Track and field organizers will try to elevate sport in Los Angeles this spring
Described in the simplest terms, Jesse Williams and USA Track & Field are each organizing track and field meets.
Yet in the organizers’ grandest ambitions, both believe their separate meets, held in Southern California in May, could spark something bigger in a sport furiously searching for ways to grow its audience and relevance within the U.S. ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Olympics.