TrackTown USA Earns 2025 Oregon Consular Corps “Ambassador Award”
On May 15, TrackTown USA and Hayward Field at the University of Oregon will be honored by the Oregon Consular Corps (OCC) with the reception of the OCC’s 2025 “Ambassador Award,” given annually to an Oregon-based organization for outstanding work in contributing to the region’s economic vitality and quality of life. The OCC is an organization of career and honorary consular officials who serve, or have served, as representatives of foreign nations and jurisdictions in Oregon and in the Pacific Northwest. The Oregon Consular Corps promotes activities that support international trade, business, exchange, and education.
TrackTown USA was selected as a co-recipient of this award due to the organization’s work in upholding the history and tradition of Hayward Field through hosting premier track & field meets, which attract fans and athletes throughout the world. TrackTown USA organized the 2014 International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF, now World Athletics) World Junior Championships; the 2015, 2022, 2023, and 2025 USA Track & Field (USATF) Outdoor Championships; the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Portland; and the 2016, 2020, and 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials—Track & Field. In partnership with USATF, the organization brought the 2022 World Athletics Championships to the United States for the first time. TrackTown USA also delivers the Wanda Diamond League’s recurring Prefontaine Classic, recognized as one of the world’s best track and field meets and the only Wanda Diamond League meeting held in the United States.
“We are honored to be recognized by the Oregon Consular Corps for our work alongside the University of Oregon in the sport of track & field,” says TrackTown USA CEO Michael Reilly. “Our mission has, is, and will continue to be hosting premier events and providing exceptional service to thousands of athletes and fans who visit Hayward Field from every corner of the world.”
TrackTown USA and the University of Oregon will receive the award at the Oregon Consular Corps’ annual Celebrate Trade event, a gala held in cooperation with its sister organization the Oregon Consular Corps Scholarship Fund that helps fundraise for the OCC’s Scholarship Fund as well as honors organizations and individuals. This year’s keynote speaker at the event is none other than University of Oregon track & field alumnus and former decathlon world record-holder Ashton Eaton.
TrackTown USA will continue to uphold the organization and Hayward Field’s status as an international beacon of track & field excellence with next year’s hosting of the 2026 World Athletics U20 Championships, once again bringing the best in the world to the state of Oregon.