I was talking with someone in the know on the weekend who is a track meet director and friend of Kim McDonald agent to african super runners and he said that top africans can make up to 5MM per year, with most of it coming from shoe companies, wow who would have guessed that.
Yep and the best sprinters make even more. Generally the field events really suck in comparison though, unless you are a WR holder.
Track and running get progressively worse paying when you get even a little bit below OG level though.
Styrrell