Beynon Track and Field - Safety & Trainability

The most important factor to consider when making a track surface purchase decision is the safety of the athlete.   Beynon Sports Surfaces has been focused on this core principle since the inception of our product suite and it is the key competitive advantage when considering a BSS track and field system.

“The Beynon track is easier on the athletes.  I spoke with several coaches about their tracks and the common consensus was that other surfaces were much harder and injuries were more common place, particularly in colder climates.  The poured surface is substantially more forgiving and since our track has been in place stress fractures have become almost non-existent in our program.”  - Ralph Spry, Head Coach, Auburn University

Unlike competing rubber sheet good products in market today, Beynon Sports Surfaces’ products are resilient by formulation and the physical properties of our IAAF Certified system; do not change as they are exposed to the elements.  Rolled rubber sheet goods are very firm upon installation and have a tendency to become even harder over time as the plasticizers are released from the product when exposed to UV.  This hardness results in various injuries including shin splints, stress fractures and other joint damage—contradictory to the goal of creating a safe training or long-distance competition environment.  

“While SI misalignments are common in power speed athletes in a competitive setting, the severity and frequency of said problems magnifies when competing or training on the (rolled rubber) surface”.  – Dan Pfaff, World class Track & Field coach

The Fastest Track

If speed and performance rank at the top of your list when looking at tracks, Beynon Sports Surfaces full-pour track and field systems have long been recognized as the leading tracks in the world, having churned out an impressive reference list of records at such world-renowned venues as the University of Oregon’s Hayward Field, site of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials. It’s no wonder more than 50 NCAA Division I track programs and hundreds of high schools across the U.S. count themselves as Beynon customers.

Frank Litsky of the New York Times, noted that Tyson Gay set a new American record on the Hayward track at the Olympic Trials during the weekend of June 27, 2008. Gay ran two memorable 100-meter times—first 9.77 seconds and then 9.68.  As a matter of fact, Usain Bolt’s world-record shattering 9.58 and 19.19 second one hundred and two hundred meter times were both set on a polyurethane track surface in Berlin.