Flotrack To Televise USA Championships Starting Thursday
by Wish, 6/24/2009

Flotrack, an Austin-based, on-line video site for track and field, will partner with USA Track & Field to provide live webcasts of both the open and junior events at the 2009 USA Outdoor National Championships which begins on Thursday in Eugene, Oregon. Flotrack will televise the championships (June 25-28) from the University of Oregon's famed Hayward Field. This event is the selection event for the 2009 IAAF World Championships which will be held in August in Berlin.

This is a huge coup for Flotrack which was co-founded three years ago in Austin by the Floreani Brothers--Mark, a former UT runner, and Martin, a collegiate wrestler. The FloBros and their crew of techies and videographers operate out of a home on East 7th Street.

 Flotrack.org will supplement USATF's official television coverage with live, real-time coverage with race calls of every event at the USA Junior Nationals while also providing bonus, live, real-time coverage and race calls of select open events during the USA Outdoor Championships.

"As USA Track & Field continues to develop our web-based initiatives, Flotrack presents us with a popular platform to access our fanbase," said USA Track & Field head Doug Logan. "Partnering with Flotrack will enable us to provide thorough coverage of our Championships and to expand the reach of our sport."

In addition to race coverage, Flotrack will provide fans with exclusive interviews as well as behind the scenes access to select areas such as at the practice track and trackside press conferences.

Coverage begins Thursday with full-day webcasts of all events with a focus on the early rounds of the 400, 800, 1500 and men's and women's 10,000 finals.