Pre-Olympic Track Meet at UCSB Canceled

The first of four pre-Olympic track and field meets for the United States team, scheduled for Saturday at UC Santa Barbara, has been canceled, U.S. men’s Coach Stan Huntsman said.

“It was scheduled to provide competition if the athletes wanted it,” Huntsman said Sunday. “But there was no interest in it.

“I guess it was too close to the Olympic Trials (which ended July 23). They don’t need to get tuned up for the Games yet. If they have a couple of meets three or four weeks before the Games begin, they should be all right.”

The Seoul Games begin Sept. 17, but the track and field competition doesn’t start until Sept. 23.