Re: t-and-f: Re: Irish Team for Edmonton
I think that should read 4 x 400 metres relay. Caulfield and Nolan will probably be non-running reserves on the team. I do not know their PB's for 100m or 400m. Eamonn Condon www.RunnersGoal.com - Original Message - From: Ralf Linnemann [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 10:47 PM Subject: t-and-f: Re: Irish Team for Edmonton Mike Casey wrote: Daniel Caulfield 800 metres James Nolan 1,500 metres [...] Daniel Caulfield 4 x 100 metres replay James Nolan 4 x 100 metres replay Now, that's amazing. Does somebody know their PBs for the 100 metres? Ralf
t-and-f: Irish team replay
I think that Coman, Nolan and Caulfield will most certainly be running the long relay. And since that would only leave three on the list for the short relay, I'm assuming all are on the 4x400, and not the 4x100 listed.
t-and-f: Fast Track success at Palace/ Ma to coach at Edmonton
The Electronic Telegraph Tuesday 24 July 2001 Tom Knight SUCH was the success of Sunday night's British Grand Prix at Crystal Palace, it was no surprise yesterday to find Fast Track, the promoters, still cooing about a job well done. So they should have been. This was a meeting which truly lived up to all the hype and expectation, unlike so many others on the circuit. The Crystal Palace extravaganza cost a whopping £1 million to stage and boasted most of the biggest names in athletics. But the reason the meeting sparkled so brightly in the cool night air of a south London summer was because the star athletes performed well and, with the selection deadline for the World Championships looming, every event mattered. The 17,000 capacity crowd were on their feet from the moment the athletes entered the home straight in the first track race of the night. In world terms, the 800 metres would have ranked no higher than a B-race, but the key element was that it contained three Britons desperately trying to run quicker than 1min 46sec in order to be included in Britain's team for the championships, which start on Friday week. For Simon Lees, James McIlroy and Neil Speaight, the attempt failed. In the women's 5,000m, however, as Paula Radcliffe romped to victory, the normally unheralded Hayley Yelling found herself the focus of the crowd's enthusiasm as she improved her personal best by more than three seconds to finish 10th with the time needed for the trip to Canada. The pity for Fast Track and UK Athletics is that the International Amateur Athletic Federation rank their meetings with a points system based on the number of Grand Prix-qualified athletes on the start line. It may well be, therefore, that at the end of the season a Golden League meeting like Monte Carlo might be deemed to have been of higher quality than London but, despite the discrepancy, the athletes are fast discovering where they prefer to perform. Zurich have their Weltklasse - World Class - meeting which has long revelled in its reputation of staging `the Olympics in one night' but they now have a serious challenger in London. Alan Pascoe, the seemingly tireless chairman of Fast Track, said: Athletes thrive on the response of a big crowd and when they come to London, they know they have to deliver. When we took over promoting the British meetings, not everyone thought we were going down the right path, but we've persevered. We know that as well as having athletes perform well, we need to put on a good show for the fans. They need to be entertained. If people left thinking that was a sporting event they needed to be at, then we've done our job. Maybe it's time to talk about Zurich and London in the same breath. Fast Track's next gig should present them with more problems. The company are handling the bilingual MC duties in Edmonton, where the crowd may not take kindly to being told which particular world-class athletes they should be watching. PASCOE'S achievements were not just confined to the arena. In order to overcome Crystal Palace's notorious transport problems, Fast Track managed to get RailTrack to change their weekend engineering schedule and persuade Connex South Central to lay on extra trains on the night when their contract was due to expire. No mean feat. AN EVENING of such unprecedented success could not have been more timely, coming as it did in the middle of Fast Track's negotiations with Norwich Union over the renewal of their four-year, £10 million contract with athletics. Athletics' gain could be cricket's loss. Norwich Union are reviewing their entire sponsorship programme, which includes their investment in cricket's 45-over one-day league. Like the contract they have with athletics, the cricket deal has only a year to run. With the company understood to be considering consolidating their sponsorship with a single sport, the fact that the Crystal Palace meeting coincided with England's abject failure against Australia at Lord's could mean another massive boost for athletics. IN CHINA, meanwhile, venue of the 2008 Olympic Games, it has emerged that the last has not been seen of the controversial coach, Ma Junren. State media reports claim Ma, whose runners were axed from China's Sydney Olympics team because of doping concerns, will be in Edmonton as the deputy head coach. Ma's unorthodox training regime has provoked criticism and led to rifts with sports officials and athletes. He shocked the track world at the Stuttgart World Championships in 1993, when his team of unknown peasant women from the north-eastern province of Liaoning - the so-called Ma's Army - won five of six medals at 5,000m and 10,000m. A month later they shattered three world records at the Chinese national championships. Ma vigorously denied allegations that his runners
t-and-f: Selected results from Germany
The full results of the international meetings at Cottbus and Cuxhaven plus those of the decathlon match between Germany and USA can be found at www.steeple.de Jockgrim, 20 Jul Town Square wPV: Humbert 4.43 Schapach, 21 Jul SP: R.Sack 19.67 Wipperfürth, 21 Jul wTJ: Herschmann 13.92, Umlauft 13.91 Malle, ITA, 14 July 110mh (+0.1): Fenner 13.37, Knight USA 13.47 LJ: Marcininszyn POL 8.28 w400m: Ekpo-Umoh 51.66, B.Rockmeier 52.07 Winfried Kramer Kohlrodweg 12 66539 Neunkirchen/Germany Association of Track Field Statisticians Editor of NATIONAL ATHLETICS RECORDS www.saar.de/~kramer
t-and-f: Germany and doping
German high jumper Amewu Mensah tested positive for Oxandrolon in Rehlingen, 4 June. Winfried Kramer Kohlrodweg 12 66539 Neunkirchen/Germany Association of Track Field Statisticians Editor of NATIONAL ATHLETICS RECORDS www.saar.de/~kramer
t-and-f: stanford results
The results from Stanford thie evening are now at http://gostanford.fansonly.com/sports/c-track/spec-rel/072301aac.html Does anyone know how this race progressed? Why was Lane the only finisher, and so slow?
Re: t-and-f: RE: Tyranny, revisited
on 24/7/01 4:56 AM, David Andersen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Who needs who? If the athletes who earn money and competed in a new competition that paid more than the Olympics or worlds arrived fully fledged as stars you would have a point. But who is going to nuture the athlete when he or she starts out? I'm talking pre-college age for those of you who live in the world's greatest polluter! Who runs the little leagues, the kids' competitions? The IAAF and Federations do many things other than run the top competitions for the top athletes. And if they don't make money from those top competitions they can't pay to develop the sport, so the whole thing would collapse and a successful professional track and field league that pays better than they can make now would rapidly go out of business once the present stars had retired. Randall Northam
t-and-f: Change of colours
Yvonne Harrison and Ricardo Etheridge represented Puerto Rico for the first time at the CAC championships in Guatemala. Harrison won the 400mh in 55.86s, whereas Etheridge was 4th over 800m in 1:48.35. Winfried Kramer Kohlrodweg 12 66539 Neunkirchen/Germany Association of Track Field Statisticians Editor of NATIONAL ATHLETICS RECORDS www.saar.de/~kramer
t-and-f: Swedish Relay
A while back we had a discussion on the net over the rules of the Swedish Relay. I couldn't reply, since I was on vacation. Neither could Mr. A Lennart Julin of the ATFS. He is (as many of you know) a lading international statistics and rules expert. He foloows the list, but cannot enter the discussion himself. He has asked me to post the following message concerning the Swedish Relay: SWEDISH RELAY - THE FACTS Recently there has on the mailing list been a slightly confused discussion concerning the Swedish relay that Michael Johnson was going to participate in at a couple of stops on his international farewell tour. It was somewhat bemusing to see so many Americans being so consternated by this concept. Because while the strange medley relays have become almost completely extint in other countries the US - alone - is still promoting such events even for senior elite athletes, at least on the collegiate scene. Furthermore there is no apparent hesitancy in claiming world record status for performances - indoors or outdoors - in the sprint and distance medley events that dont exist (or even have been heard about) anywhere outside of the US borders. Now for the facts about the Swedish relay: Origin It was invented around 1910 in Sweden. Name It has more or less from the start been known in Sweden as Svensk stafett, which is the exact equivalent of the English expression Swedish relay. (So the assumed parallel to expressions like French fries is not correct.) History It immediately became popular in our country, especially in matches (club as well as international) and youth competitions. It never received official championship status for seniors but official national records were registered from 1910 until 1980 when it was decided to restrict official Swedish records to events where there were world records. The final Swedish record was an 1:53.6 run in 1973 by the KA 2 IF club. However, Svensk stafett is still today an official national championship event for girls age 17/18 and it is run quite a lot in other youth competitions as well as in local club matches for seniors. In the old days the Swedish relay also was a popular event for finishing off international meets by showing off the exotic foreigners one more time. Here it should be pointed out that the international scene actually was VERY different from the current one until quite recently. The Grand Prix circuit started as late as in 1985 and way into 1970s there was nothing even remotely resembling a circuit. E.g. when Jim Ryun was in his prime in 1967 his European competitions were a couple of international matches. However, there was a tradition (at least since the 1920s) that small groups of US athletes were selected by the AAU and sent to Europe - mostly Scandinavia - to compete for a month or so on mostly small local tracks spread around the countryside. Such a US group normally was some kind of All Star Team composed of perhaps a high jumper, a shot putter, a hurdler, an 800m-runner and a couple of sprinters - most of them world leaders in their respective events. Despite being so diverse it was still possible to from such a group create a decent team for a medley relay like the Swedish relay where they could face perhaps a couple of local teams and a pick-up team of other foreigners. This was something the fans loved. Outside of Sweden the event caught on somewhat in the rest of Scandinavia (especially Norway and Denmark) as well as in Germany where it was called Schwedenstaffel (also a direct translation). That the concept still has some spark in it was very recently proven by the fact that the IAAF decided to have the Swedish relay as the only relay on the programme of the World Youth Championships. Records Of course it has never been an official world record event, but that doesnt mean that not some very good times have been run. The best time (pre-DN Galan 2001) a quick search could reveal was a 1:50.0 run in Basel (Switzerland) on 20 August 1949 by a US team consisting of Jim Fuchs, Craig Dixon, Andy Stanfield and Mal Whitfield. That was an all-star team if there ever was one: Jim Fuchs - shot put world record one month earlier Craig Dixon - world leader in the 110m Hurdles Andy Stanfield - world leader in the 200m (and World record holder and Olympic champion to be) Mal Whitfield - world leader in the 400m and 800m (and twice Olympic 800m champion) The quality of the performance could also be understood if you realise that 11+21+33+45 equals 1:50! And we are talking about something that happened over half a century ago in a world still recuperating from WWII! Rules This is how the Swedish relay always (?) has been run in Sweden: First: Run in lanes. Second: Athlete allowed 10m acceleration, run in lanes. Third: Exchange still in lanes, no acceleration, after having passed both the end of the exchange zone and the break line (which is the normal
Re: t-and-f: RE: Tyranny, revisited
Man does not exist as a lone figure. The guiding concept that a man can take without giving, that he/she owes nothing to those who came before, are now, or will come after, leads neither man, nor sport, nor nation to well being, much less to happiness. Ngeny is freely pursuing what he judges his first priority - collecting as much money this summer as traffic will allow. Competing at the world championships is of secondary importance to him, apparently. How light the hand of tyranny has become. David Andersen wrote: By the grace of reality and the and the nature of life, man - every man - is an end in himself, he exists for his own sake, and the achievement of his own happiness is his highest moral purpose. - John Galt from Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged Who needs who? Do the athletes need the federations or do the federations need the athletes? Who does the Kenyan Federation serve by punishing Ngeny? They serve their own sense of power. And they ultimately serve up their end because the day is coming when the athletes, the people who give the federations a reason to exist, say enough is enough and walk away. What does everyone else think?
t-and-f: U.S. 800 A Qualifier Attempts at Cuxhaven
Cuxhaven, Saturday, July 21: Men's 800: Floyd Thompson - NO 2nd/1:48.65 (needed 1:46.00) Women's 800: Jen Toomey - NO 1st/2:00.38 (needed 2:00.00) Nicole Teter - NO 3rd/2:01.32 (ditto) Chris Kuykendall Austin, Texas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: t-and-f: RE: Tyranny, revisited
Development programs are a legitimate activity of an association, but hardly essential. Many athletes find their way to success without the benefit of an association. Individuals, acting in their own best interest (for love of the sport, for money, for whatever turns them on) are self-motivated to coach, create meets, practice medicine, perform research, and compete. Since when was the presence of a world or national bureaucracy necessary to motivate individuals - coaches, athletes - to be their best? It is a fallacy to assume that if not for the IAAF we would not have a sport. Do you not love this sport? Are you not self-motivated to participate in it? Wouldn't an organization that runs a professional track and field league have a vested interest in promoting the sport at all levels, much like the PGA, etc.? Of course. But their promotion and development efforts would not be necessary to insure new athletes. Motivated people will show up on their doorstep. What is the driver of a sport, or anything? Individuals, always. Individuals will always find a way to do something regardless of the presence of an institution. Who needs who? If the athletes who earn money and competed in a new competition that paid more than the Olympics or worlds arrived fully fledged as stars you would have a point. But who is going to nuture the athlete when he or she starts out? I'm talking pre-college age for those of you who live in the world's greatest polluter! Who runs the little leagues, the kids' competitions? The IAAF and Federations do many things other than run the top competitions for the top athletes. And if they don't make money from those top competitions they can't pay to develop the sport, so the whole thing would collapse and a successful professional track and field league that pays better than they can make now would rapidly go out of business once the present stars had retired. Randall Northam
t-and-f: Re: Tyranny, revisited
The Kenyan federation seems to believe agents have no other motive than to squeeze as much money out of their athletes as possible. While every agent would like to earn as much money as possible, they know that the best way to do so is to have athletes that win medals (especially gold) at the big championships. Those who win the big meets get bigger bonuses, shoe contracts and appearance fees. Let's applaud Ngeny for choosing to run against El G and not ducking until the big meet! sideshow
Re: t-and-f: Funny?
In a message dated 7/23/01 11:04:52 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I know how she feels. When I ran in high school, the 400 was the equivalent of a marathon for me. Try running the 220y on a straightaway when you're a freshman in high school. I thought I was gonna die! Walt Murphy
t-and-f: Alan Webb is good, but what about Grace Momanyi?
The results of the 2001 Wharf to Wharf 10K in Santa Cruz California have been posted at http://www.wharftowharf.com/top100.htm. Male Kenyans took the top 5 spots (won by Evans Rutto in 27:16), but I think the most impressive result was for the women. Kenyan Grace Momanyi, who is only 18-years old (local TV says she is still attending high school in Albuquerque, New Mexico) beat Jane Omoro and all the other women to win the race in 31.23! When I spoke to Grace the night before the race she said she thought she was ready to run close to 31 minutes. Somewhat shy, but quite poised for an 18-year old, she said she hoped it would be enough to win. At the post-race party she carried the big silver winner's cup around as if she didn't quite know what to do with it. I asked her if she was satisfied with her race. She said she was and said the cool, foggy weather had helped. I got the feeling she could go even faster. I agree that Alan Webb was a great high school distance runner, but let's keep an eye on this great high schooler who is running with the best in the world.
t-and-f: Re: tryanny
Netters: It was Santayana, I believe, who said Those do do not read history are condemned to repeat it. A hundred years ago or so, athletes decided to run their own show in amateur track. The experiment didn't last very long and collapsed in a welter of the problems of that day: riingers, for example. Much as they may sometimes seem to be over-officious, dictatorial, etc. governing bodies are necessary. The request of the Kenyan Federation did not seem to me to be that unreasonable. Ed Grant
Re: t-and-f: Alan Webb is good, but what about Grace Momanyi?
I,m not knocking the performances at Wharf to Wharf but I believe that it is 6 miles not 10K. Still good running anyway. Dina. -- On Tue, 24 Jul 2001 12:44:48 E. Murdock wrote: The results of the 2001 Wharf to Wharf 10K in Santa Cruz California have been posted at http://www.wharftowharf.com/top100.htm. Male Kenyans took the top 5 spots (won by Evans Rutto in 27:16), but I think the most impressive result was for the women. Kenyan Grace Momanyi, who is only 18-years old (local TV says she is still attending high school in Albuquerque, New Mexico) beat Jane Omoro and all the other women to win the race in 31.23! When I spoke to Grace the night before the race she said she thought she was ready to run close to 31 minutes. Somewhat shy, but quite poised for an 18-year old, she said she hoped it would be enough to win. At the post-race party she carried the big silver winner's cup around as if she didn't quite know what to do with it. I asked her if she was satisfied with her race. She said she was and said the cool, foggy weather had helped. I got the feeling she could go even faster. I agree that Alan Webb was a great high school distance runner, but let's keep an eye on this great high schooler who is running with the best in the world. Get 250 color business cards for FREE! http://businesscards.lycos.com/vp/fastpath/
Re: t-and-f: RE: Tyranny, revisited
It is possible to argue that if, say, Maurice Greene beat everybody before the trials but was sick and had to miss them that he deserved a place. Of course everyone knows the rules in the US's case but what's the betting soon that this happens with someone and because track and is now professional that someone tries to sue because of restraint of trade? I'm betting against such a lawsuit. The US is a lawsuit-happy place to be sure, but we'd have seen this kind of suit before now if it were going to happen. Lots of top-ranked US athletes have had a bad day and failed to make the Olympic team by finishing out of the top three (potential gold medalists Dan O'Brien in '92 and Jeff Hartwig in 2000 come prominently to mind) yet none has sued. Why? Because everyone knows and understands the rules going in, and especially because the athletes themselves believe in and support the first-three-past-the-post rule. Kurt Bray _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
t-and-f: Greene on ESPN Wednesday
Maurice Greene will appear on ESPN's Up Close on Wednesday, July 25 at 5:30pm EST. Of course, they spelled his last name wrong in the promo http://espn.go.com/page2/tvlistings/programs/upclose.html?qt=up+close Tom Borish www.mactrack.net
Re: t-and-f: RE: Tyranny, revisited
Without the IAAF there would still be sport, but perhaps there would be no World Championships .. It seems to me that the purpose of organizations/federations/et al should be in great part to bring the individuals together .. A national federation to bring it's athletes/coaches/clubs/et al together .. A global body (like IAAF) to bring the nations together .. And in this sense both the individuals and the body are important .. OR at least should be .. Instead of federations trying to strong arm the individuals .. Or the individuals trying to exert their sense of strength over the federations, I would think that BOTH would be best served working in some type of symbiotic harmony .. And in order to do that they have to at some point be able to sit at the table together to set up a set of rules/guidelines to determine how they are going to function .. For example both groups should have viable representation sitting at the table to determine exactly what the rules will be to determine a national team .. And then everyone live with the result (i.e. no politicizing to try to gain individual change) .. I'm probably over simplifying it .. But seems far to many times that federations want to dictate while individuals run around crying about under representation .. I think this happens often because federations/bodies tend to be run by very old people who are a step or two behind what the individuals see as progress .. And those old boy networks are usually very hard to break into .. Perhaps there would be the place to start if we think we need change within the larger/older bodies .. Guys like Masback, Coe, Moorcroft getting involved in the sport after retirement I think is the way to take the sport to the next phase .. And to fix some of the inherent problems that exist within the federations .. Problem is there aren't enough of them involved .. Carl Lewis should still be in the sport ..Evelyn Ashford should still be in the sport .. MJ upon retirement should be in or close to the sport .. Edwin Moses should still be around .. Successful, intelligent people like these is where the future of track and field should be .. Just one rambling opinion ... Conway Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: David Andersen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Randall Northam [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 7:20 AM Subject: Re: t-and-f: RE: Tyranny, revisited Development programs are a legitimate activity of an association, but hardly essential. Many athletes find their way to success without the benefit of an association. Individuals, acting in their own best interest (for love of the sport, for money, for whatever turns them on) are self-motivated to coach, create meets, practice medicine, perform research, and compete. Since when was the presence of a world or national bureaucracy necessary to motivate individuals - coaches, athletes - to be their best? It is a fallacy to assume that if not for the IAAF we would not have a sport. Do you not love this sport? Are you not self-motivated to participate in it? Wouldn't an organization that runs a professional track and field league have a vested interest in promoting the sport at all levels, much like the PGA, etc.? Of course. But their promotion and development efforts would not be necessary to insure new athletes. Motivated people will show up on their doorstep. What is the driver of a sport, or anything? Individuals, always. Individuals will always find a way to do something regardless of the presence of an institution. Who needs who? If the athletes who earn money and competed in a new competition that paid more than the Olympics or worlds arrived fully fledged as stars you would have a point. But who is going to nuture the athlete when he or she starts out? I'm talking pre-college age for those of you who live in the world's greatest polluter! Who runs the little leagues, the kids' competitions? The IAAF and Federations do many things other than run the top competitions for the top athletes. And if they don't make money from those top competitions they can't pay to develop the sport, so the whole thing would collapse and a successful professional track and field league that pays better than they can make now would rapidly go out of business once the present stars had retired. Randall Northam
Re: t-and-f: Re: tryanny
Title: Re: t-and-f: Re: tryanny on 7/24/01 7:05 PM, Ed Grant at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Netters: It was Santayana, I believe, who said Those do do not read history are condemned to repeat it. A hundred years ago or so, athletes decided to run their own show in amateur track. Ed Grant Ed, I must agree with you amateur track and field is run very well by our national federation and the IAAF! NASCAR #1 for TV viewing in America , followed by golf!! But come on, do you believe that the Kenyan AA is NOT a corrupt group? I have spoken to many athletes and met some officials ... they would be in indicted here in USA! I would like to know hat does John Manners thinks about this? TF
Re: t-and-f: Funny?
must of been on Randalls Island NY..I ran it all so seemed like a mile back then. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 7/23/01 11:04:52 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I know how she feels. When I ran in high school, the 400 was the equivalent of a marathon for me. Try running the 220y on a straightaway when you're a freshman in high school. I thought I was gonna die! Walt Murphy
Re: t-and-f: Funny?
In a message dated 7/24/01 7:17:45 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: must of been on Randalls Island NY It was! Walt Murphy
t-and-f: USATF Release: Stringfellow named Athlete of the Week
Contact:Jill M. Geer Director of Communications 317-261-0478 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.usatf.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, July 24, 2001 Stringfellow named USATF Athlete of the Week INDIANAPOLIS - U.S. champion Savante Stringfellow turned in a personal-best and U.S.-leading mark of 8.38 meters (27 feet, 6 inches) in the long jump Sunday at USA Track Field's Mid-Summer Jumps Classic to earn USATF Athlete of the Week honors for the week ending July 22. Stringfellow's jump at Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida, puts the two-time NCAA Outdoor champion and 2000 Olympian in solid position entering the IAAF World Outdoor Track Field Championships August 3-12 in Edmonton, Canada. NCAA indoor and outdoor triple jump champion Walter Davis also had an impressive effort at Orlando with a wind-aided mark of 17.18m/56-4.5. Having perhaps the strongest week of his career was middle distance runner Paul McMullen. The 1996 Olympic Trials champion and new father continued his inspiring international comeback in 2001 with a 1,500m personal record and U.S.-leading time of 3:33.89 at the Monaco Grand Prix. He also set a personal best last week in the mile, running 3:54.94 in London. Other athletes posting U.S. leaders last week were Adam Goucher in the 3,000m (7:34.96, personal record), U.S. champion Breaux Greer in the men's javelin (85.91m/281-10, personal record) and Suzy Favor Hamilton in the women's 1,500m (4:00.38). USATF's Athlete of the Week program is designed to recognize outstanding performers at all levels of the sport. USATF names a new honoree each Tuesday and features the athlete on the USATF Web site. Selections are based on top performances and results from the previous week. 2001 USATF Athlete of the Week Winners: January 22, Alan Webb; January 29, Terrence Trammell; February 5, Stacy Dragila; February 12, Seneca Lassiter; February 20, Stacy Dragila; February 27, Andrew Pierce; March 6, Maurice Greene; March 14, Dawn Burrell: March 20, Ja'Warren Hooker; March 27, Dathan Ritzenhein; April 3, Phillip Dunn; April 10, Relay Team of Maurice Greene, Jon Drummond, Bernard Williams and Curtis Johnson; April 17, Rod DeHaven; April 24, Elizabeth Jackson; May 1, Stacy Dragila; May 8, Meb Keflezighi; May 15, Tyree Washington; May 22, Charles Clinger; May 29, Alan Webb; June 5, Justin Gatlin; June 12, Stacy Dragila; June 19, Amy Linnen; June 26, Regina Jacobs; July 3, Willie Banks; July 10, Michelle Carter; July 17, Tim Montgomery; July 24, Savante Stringfellow. TOP OUTDOOR PERFORMANCES, WEEK OF JULY 23 MEN'S 100 METERS 9.98Maurice Greene at London Grand Prix MEN'S 200 METERS 20.45Kevin Little at London Grand Prix MEN'S 400 METERS 45.45 Jerome Young at London Grand Prix MEN'S 800 METERS 1:45.89 David Krummenacker at Stockholm Grand Prix MEN'S 1,500 METERS 3:33.89 Paul McMullen at Monaco Grand Prix (national leader) MEN'S ONE MILE 3:54.94 Paul McMullen at London Grand Prix MEN'S 3,000 METERS 7:34.96 Adam Goucher at Monaco Grand Prix (national leader) MEN'S 3,000 METERS STEEPLECHASE 8:21.00Anthony Famiglietti at Stockholm Grand Prix MEN'S 110-METERS HURDLES 13.18 Allen Johnson at Monaco Grand Prix MEN'S 400-METERS HURDLES 48.36 Angelo Taylor at London Grand Prix MEN'S HIGH JUMP 7-5.(2.26m) Charles Clinger at Stockholm Grand Prix MEN'S POLE VAULT 19-0.25 (5.80m) Nick Hysong at Monaco Grand Prix Jeff Hartwig at Monaco Grand Prix MEN'S LONG JUMP 27-6 (8.38m) Savante Stringfellow (Mississippi) at Orlando, Florida (national leader) MEN'S TRIPLE JUMP 56-4.5 (17.18m) (wind aided)Walter Davis (LSU) at Orlando, Florida MEN'S SHOT PUT 68-5.75 (20.87m) Andy Bloom at Indianapolis MEN'S DISCUS THROW 215-4 (65.64m) Andy Bloom at Indianapolis MEN'S HAMMER THROW 239-7 (73.02m) Kevin McMahon at Indianapolis MEN'S JAVELIN THROW 281-10 (85.91m)Breaux Greer at London Grand Prix (national leader) 278-1 (84.76m) Breaux Greer at Stockholm Grand Prix MEN'S DECATHLON 7542 David Lemen (Georgia) at Filderstadt-Bernhausen, Germany MEN'S 4 x 100-METERS RELAY 37.93HSI team at London Grand Prix WOMEN'S 100 METERS 10.98 Chryste Gaines at Monaco at Grand Prix WOMEN'S 200 METERS 22.86 LaTasha Jenkins at Stockholm Grand Prix WOMEN'S 400 METERS 51.32 Monique Hennagan at Monaco Grand Prix WOMEN'S 800 METERS 2:00.38Jen Toomey at Cuxhaven, Germany WOMEN'S 1,500 METERS 4:00.38 Suzy Favor Hamilton at Monaco Grand Prix (national leader) WOMEN'S 3,000 METERS 8:45.77 Deena Drossin at Monaco Grand Prix WOMEN'S 5,000 METERS 15:05.48 Marla Runyan at London Grand Prix 15:08.02 Deena Drossin at Stockholm Grand Prix WOMEN'S 10,000 METERS 32:32.00 Kim Fitchen at Stanford Qualifier WOMEN'S 100-METERS HURDLES 12.75 Anjanette Kirkland at Monaco Grand Prix WOMEN'S 400-METERS HURDLES
t-and-f: re: Alan Webb is good, but what about Grace Momanyi?
E. Murdock wrote but I think the most impressive result was for the women. Kenyan Grace Momanyi, who is only18-years old (local TV says she is still attending high school in Albuquerque, New Mexico) beat Jane Omoro and all the other women to win the race in 31.23 A quick Google Search reveals this: GENESIS RIVERSIDE 4 MILERPittsburgh, PASept. 2, 20001 Joseph Ndiritu, 26, Hamilton, Ontario 18:284:37 2 Julius Githaka, 24, Hamilton, Ontario 19:014:45 3 Jason Bodnar, 26, Ft Lauderdale, FL 19:514:58 4 Joseph Mahoney, 28, Pittsburgh, PA 19:554:59 5 Dan Lesser, 24, Pittsburgh, PA 19:574:59 6 Michael Scaffardi, 23, Latrobe, PA 20:085:02 7 John Brockenbrough, 42, Murrysville, 20:445:11 8 Grace Momanyi, 19*, Hamilton, Ontario 20:465:11 May 6, 2001 1. Lyudmila Vasilyeva 31 25:31 $1,000* 2. Grace Momanyi 18 22:53 $500 *** I doubt she's a high schooler.
t-and-f: Australian Team for Edmonton
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t-and-f: USATF Release: Team USA roster for World Championships announced
CONTACT:Jill M. Geer Director of Communications 317-261-0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.usatf.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, July 24, 2001 Team USA roster for World Championships announced INDIANAPOLIS - With 13 current or former Olympic gold medalists leading the way, Team USA will enter the IAAF World Outdoor Track Field Championships August 3-12 in Edmonton, Canada, in position to defend its status as the World's #1 Track Field Team. Olympic gold medalists Marion Jones, Maurice Greene, Stacy Dragila, Angelo Taylor, Allen Johnson, Gail Devers, Bernard Williams, Tim Montgomery, Antonio Pettigrew, Jerome Young, Jon Drummond, Chryste Gaines and Monique Hennagan are on the Team USA roster for Edmonton, announced Tuesday by USA Track Field. Sixty-three of the team's athletes were 2000 Olympians. U.S. athletes who will defend 1999 World titles include Jones, who returns to defend her 1999 World Championship in the 100 meters and will go for her first 200 title in Edmonton; Greene in the men's 100, 200; Dragila in the women's pole vault; Devers in the women's 100m hurdles; and Inger Miller in the women's 200. Also entering the meet as a favorite is World Indoor champion John Godina in the shot put, Olympic gold medalist Angelo Taylor in the 400m hurdles, world record holder Khalid Khannouchi in the men's marathon, World Indoor champion Lawrence Johnson in the men's pole vault, and Olympic champion Nick Hysong in the men's pole vault. Also announced Tuesday were the women's relay pools. Listed in the 4x100 pool are 1996 Olympic relay gold medalists Chryste Gaines and Inger Miller, 2000 Olympic relay bronze medalist Torri Edwards; three-time NCAA 100m champion Angela Williams, U.S. third-place finisher Kelli White, U.S. Championships 100m finalist Brianna Glenn, and any other athlete on the Team USA roster. In the women's 4x400 pool are two-time Olympic relay gold medalist Jearl Miles-Clark, 2000 relay gold medalist Monique Hennagan, Olympian Michelle Collins, 400m team member Demetria Washington, Olympic relay pool member Miki Barber and her twin sister, Me'Lisa Barber, two-time U.S. Indoor champion Suziann Reid, and any U.S. team member. Marion Jones' relay status has not yet been decided. The announcement of the Team USA World Championships roster carried a few changes or clarifications: Regina Jacobs, U.S. champion at 800m and 1,500m, has entered those two events. She had placed second in the 5,000m at the GMC Envoy USA Outdoor Championships and was eligible to compete in the longer event as well. Jacobs will be replaced in the 5,000 by two-time Olympian Amy Rudolph. Olympic and World Championships relay gold medalist Jon Drummond was added to the men's 4x100m relay pool, as well as Mickey Grimes. Orin Ritchburg of the University of Washington leads the men's team as head coach. His staff includes assistants Ron Allice (Southern Cal), Ken Bantum (former St. John's coach), Ken Brauman (Seminole HS) and Kelly Sullivan (Willamette). Team manager is James Williams (Minnesota State-Moorhead), assisted by Scott Davis (Mt SAC Relays). J.J. Clark of the University of Florida heads the women's coaching staff. Joining him on staff as assistants are Beth Alford-Sullivan (Penn State), Chandra Cheeseborough (Tennessee State), Ramona Pagel (Ken State) and John Rembao (University of Texas). Head manager is Maryanne Torrellas (Connecticut Racewalkers Club), assisted by Kim Duyst (Cal State-Stanislaus). TEAM USA ROSTER, 2001 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS As of July 24, 2001 Subject to change MEN 100m: Tim Montgomery, Bernard Williams, Curtis Johnson, Maurice Greene 200m: Shawn Crawford, Ramon Clay, Kevin Little, Maurice Greene 400m: Antonio Pettigrew, Leonard Byrd, Jerome Young 800m: David Krummenacker, Derrick Peterson, Khadevis Robinson 1500m: Seneca Lassiter, Paul McMullen, Gabriel Jennings 3000m Steeplechase: Thomas Chorny, Anthony Famiglietti, Tim Broe 5000m: Bob Kennedy, Adam Goucher, Nick Rogers 10,000m: Abdi Abdirahman, Mebrahtom Keflezighi, Alan Culpepper Marathon: Khalid Khannouchi, David Morris, Josh Cox, Eddy Hellebuyck, Mike Dudley 110m Hurdles: Allen Johnson, Terrence Trammell, Dawane Wallace 400m Hurdles: Angelo Taylor, Calvin Davis, James Carter 20K Walk: Tim Seaman 50K Walk: Phillip Dunn, Curt Clausen High Jump: Nathan Leeper, Charles Austin, Dave Furman Pole Vault: Lawrence Johnson, Tim Mack, Nick Hysong Long Jump: Savante Stringfellow, Miguel Pate, Dwight Phillips Triple Jump: LaMark Carter, Robert Howard, Walter Davis Shot Put: John Godina, Adam Nelson, John Davis Discus: Adam Setliff, John Godina, Andrew Bloom Hammer: Kevin McMahon Javelin: Breaux Greer, Tom Pukstys Decathlon: Kip Janvrin, Phil McMullen, Bryan Clay 4x100m relay pool (subject to change): Maurice Greene, Bernard Williams, Curtis Johnson, J.J. Johnson, Tim Montgomery, Dennis Mitchell, Jonathan Carter, Jon
t-and-f: Turtle blood and caterpillar fungus
Press release state that Ma will be in Edmonton with his turtle blood and caterpillar fungus. I think these concoctions should be tried by someone. The person best qualified to this would be Garry Hill. He has the investigative reporter skills, and according to accounts on this list can consume large quantities of concoctions such as terminators. George
(fwd) t-and-f: Turtle blood and caterpillar fungus
Our good journalist friend Ken, the TrackCEO from San Diego, already tried this, in an endeavour to beat the competition and win a Pulitzer prize. Only, he got the formula mixed up and asked the Chinese bartender for a turtle fungus and caterpillar blood. Instead of ending up a superhuman who can run like the wind, he ended up running like a human while passing super wind. Oh well...we'll go after the Pulitzer another year... Come clean Ken, inquiring minds want to know...:-) RT On Tue, 24 Jul 2001 19:16:36 -0700, Barbara George Grenier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Press release state that Ma will be in Edmonton with his turtle blood and caterpillar fungus. I think these concoctions should be tried by someone. The person best qualified to this would be Garry Hill. He has the investigative reporter skills, and according to accounts on this list can consume large quantities of concoctions such as terminators. George
t-and-f: Ma move may test China's relations with IOC
The Electronic Telegraph Wednesday 25 July 2001 Tom Knight CHINA'S decision to appoint Ma Junren as deputy head coach of their team for the world championships could backfire after the suspension of two of his athletes for failing drug tests. Ma's techniques have been under suspicion ever since his army of female runners swept the board at the 1993 world championships before going on to smash world records at 3,000m and 10,000m at the Chinese national championships. Those performances and others since have been clouded by allegations of drug abuse though Ma claimed they were the result of training and a diet of turtle blood and caterpillars. Last year, six of Ma's runners were among 27 athletes dropped from the Chinese Olympic team when tests showed they might have taken the banned blood-boosting drug, erythropoietin (EPO). Liqing Song was one of them. Yesterday, the International Amateur Athletic Federation announced that she, along with Lili Yin, the 1998 world junior champion at 3,000m and 5,000m, had been banned for two years after failing out-of-competition tests last July. Earlier this week, senior Chinese officials appeared confused by the alarm over Ma's appointment. Lou Dapeng, an IAAF vice-president and a member of Beijing's successful 2008 Olympic bid team, even denied there had been allegations against Ma. The Chinese team in Edmonton contain three of Ma's athletes, including Dong Yanmei and Lan Lixin, who were also dropped from the Olympics. Their presence is bound to attract the attention of the IAAF's out-of-competition testing team in Canada. More controversy for China would mean an early test of their relationship with the International Olympic Committee, whose new president, Jacques Rogge, is determined to pursue the war against drug takers. Speaking in Spain yesterday, Rogge ruled out any reduction in the list of banned doping substances, a policy proposed by his predecessor Juan Antonio Samaranch. Said Rogge: With all due respect, he is not aware of the reality in sports medicine and doping. Eamonn Condon www.RunnersGoal.com
t-and-f: Decision day for Campbell
The Electronic Telegraph Wednesday 25 July 2001 Tom Knight DARREN CAMPBELL, whose season has been blighted by injury, will decide today if he will travel to Edmonton with the Great Britain team for the world championships. After failing to recover from a hamstring problem in time to win a place in the 100m or 200m, Campbell's only option is to go to Canada as part of the sprint relay squad. But the Olympic 200m silver medallist may decide to concentrate on getting fit in time to recover his season in the remainder of the summer grand prix meetings. Donna Fraser has delayed her flight to Canada because of her ongoing battle to recover from an Achilles tendon injury. Determined to avoid surgery, the 400m runner, who finished fourth in Sydney, has raced only four times this summer and was surprised to have been selected. Tessa Sanderson, the 1984 Olympic javelin champion who combines her role as the vice-chair of Sport England with being an agent, has hit out at the selectors for not picking the AAA champion, Diane Allahgreen, for the 100m hurdles. Allahgreen's best this summer is 13.08sec, 0.03sec short of the A standard qualifying time. Sanderson, who looks after Allahgreen, said the decision was unfair. Max Jones, UK Athletics' performance director, said an A standard, achieved this year or last, was the minimum requirement for track events. Eamonn Condon www.RunnersGoal.com
t-and-f: USATF Release: Junior Olympics kick off in Sacramento
Melissa Beasley Communications Coordinator USA Track Field 916-447-1700 (In Sacramento) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.usatf.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 Junior Olympic National Championships Kick Off in California Sun SACRAMENTO – With temperatures soaring in the triple digits, the 35th annual USA Track Field Junior Olympic Championships began preliminary and finals action in the multi events as well as finals in the steeplechase and race walk for several age divisions on Tuesday. This is the final meet of the Verizon Youth Series. The meet, being webcast live by USATF, in cooperation with i2sports Trackmeets.com, is taking place at California State University, Sacramento, site of the 2000 and 2004 U.S. Olympic Track Field Trials. Action was hot off and on the track early on Tuesday, with WNY Jets’ Alyissa Hasan establishing a new youth girls pentathlon record with 3521 points. Hasan broke Jacquelyn Johnson’s mark of 3474 points, set in 1998. In the youth boys pentathlon competition, New World Track Club’s Michael Thomas (3149) edged out San Diego Athlete’s Glen Woods (3059) to claim the youth boys title. In Tuesday’s race walk action, Andrew Adams (Spartanburg) and Victoria Dell’Aquila (NJ Striders) both won the bantam division of the 1500m race walk. Adams won the boys division (7:16.07), while Dell’Aquila won the girls division (8:40.54). While in the midget division, Eric Lawson (Elgin Sharks TC) won the boys division (7:32.37), while Allison Snochowski (New Balance) won the girls division (7:50.37) of the 1500m race walk. Other finals on Tuesday included the 2000m steeplechase, where David Ryan (Havasu Harriers) won the intermediate boys division (6:12.62), while Richie Pemberton (Bozeman Trac) won the young men division (6:08.70). After four events in the young women’s heptathlon, twin sisters Diana (3262) and Julie (3055) Pickler lead the competition. The Picklers both compete for theTexas Express. World Track Club’s Gayle Hunter leads the intermediate girls heptathlon with 2840 points through four events. Through five events of the intermediate boys decathlon, Pre TC’s Ben Looney leads with 3255 points, while Team Idaho’s Donovan Kilmartin, a member of the World Youth Championships team that competed last week in Debrecen, Hungary, is the day 1 leader with 3893 points. In order to be eligible to compete at the 2001 USA Track Field Junior Olympic Championships, athletes had to advance through association and regional competitions. USA Track Field is comprised of 57 local Associations across the country, advancers then moved on to one of the 16 Regional competitions. Athletes here in Sacramento compete in one of five age divisions, determined by birth year. Those age divisions are Bantam (1991 or later), Midget (1989-90), Youth (1987-88), Intermediate (1985-86) and Young Men/Women (1983-84). For more information on the 2001 USA Track Field Junior Olympic Championships, all USATF Youth programs and the Verizon Youth Series, including complete results, visit the USATF web site at www.usatf.org. ###
