Re: t-and-f: University Vault Opportunity?

[Shawn Devereaux]

On a related note, here's a really good idea from a british high school high
jumper. she made a web page with video of herself competing, scanned images of
her transcripts, SAT scores, press clippings, etc. in an effort to get a
scholarship. It must have worked, she's going to UTEP in the fall.

http://www.hjstar.cjb.net/

Roger Ruth wrote:

> An overseas vaulter has written to me to ask what I know of opportunities
> to continue her university education and vaulting career in the U.S. I have
> corresponded with her since she was a high school student writing a term
> paper on vaulting equipment changes and her coach suggested me as a source
> on the days of wooden poles and iron men.
>
> Her criteria for selecting a U.S. university would appear to include, in
> this approximate order, a congenial atmosphere for learning and living, a
> strong academic program, a good track tradition with strong interest and
> coaching expertise in the vault, opportunity for financial assistance, and
> transferability of her approximate year of university credits.
>
> She is 20 years old and her best vault height in the last year is 4.30m
> (14' 1 1/4").
>
> If this young lady's abilities and interests and your university's program
> seem to be a good match, I'd be happy to pass your e-mail address along to
> her.
>
> Incidentally, I don't recall posts similar to this on the t-and-f list,
> with the exception of one I posted two years ago on behalf of another
> foreign vaulter. If such messages violate any provision of the list charter
> or its spirit, I'd appreciate having this brought to my attention.
>
> Regards,
> Roger


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Re: t-and-f: O'Sullivan sub-4 attempt on March 2?

[Michael Contopoulos]

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With the next nearest competitor at 4:15, almost 4:16, Marcus can surely 
"dawdle."  I saw him pace the 3k 2 weeks ago at the armory, and he looked 
like he was jogging a 4:16.  The man is still a machine.




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Re: t-and-f: Politics & Olympics really old news?

[Kurt Bray]

>Funny note from the can-you-believe-this file: The father of a girl in my 
>son's class ran a leg on
>the Greek 4x100 relay that made the finals at the 1976 Olympics (we live 
>outside Chicago.) This
>really cut down on the research time.

The girl's father's memory of his track career may be getting a little fuzzy 
with age.  The teams in the finals of the men's 4x100 in 1976 were (in order 
of finish):

1. USA
2. East Germany
3. USSR
4. Poland
5. Cuba
6. Italy
7. France
8. Canada

No Greece.

Kurt Bray


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Re: t-and-f: Politics & Olympics really old news?

[Mike Prizy]

That's even funnier! Well, from his accent, I'm pretty sure he's Greek, and I know he 
sells
expensive wine.

Kurt Bray wrote:

> >Funny note from the can-you-believe-this file: The father of a girl in my
> >son's class ran a leg on
> >the Greek 4x100 relay that made the finals at the 1976 Olympics (we live
> >outside Chicago.) This
> >really cut down on the research time.
>
> The girl's father's memory of his track career may be getting a little fuzzy
> with age.  The teams in the finals of the men's 4x100 in 1976 were (in order
> of finish):
>
> 1. USA
> 2. East Germany
> 3. USSR
> 4. Poland
> 5. Cuba
> 6. Italy
> 7. France
> 8. Canada
>
> No Greece.
>
> Kurt Bray
>
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t-and-f: Not a track event but want some comments

[Johntherunner]

What is the story on this guy?  7:33 miles for 100 miles?!?!!?!??!  

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Greek-Australian ultrarunner Yiannis Kouros set a new course record in the
Taupo 100-mile race in New Zealand yesterday.  In the solo division of the
popular round-the-lake relay, which doubles as the NZ 100 mile road
championship,
Kouros took nearly 5 hours off the record time set by Gavin Smith in 2001,
finishing in 12:35:48.

Kouros finished over 4 hours clear of second place getter Vesa Murto
(16:49:03), and six hours ahead of joint 3rd-place finishers Ashley Smith &
Albie Jane (18:42:35).

On a time basis, Kouros beat over 290 relay teams around the lake.  The
fastest relay team (Adidas/Deloitte/HEB) finished in a new course record of
8:42:27.

Results at: http://relay.co.nz/social.htm (teams)

http://relay.co.nz/solo.htm (ultrarunners).


100 Mile Solo   
 
Place Total Time   Name Town No. 
1= 12:35:48 Yiannis Kouros  (Record) Australia 10 
 
2= 16:49:03 Vesa Murto Christchurch 3 
 
3= 18:42:35 Ashley Smith Waitara 9 
 
3= 18:42:35 Albie Jane Stratford 6 
 
5= 18:48:30 Carolynn Tassie Auckland 16 
 
6= 19:08:50 Nathan McKay Thames 4 
 
7= 87 km Rainer Neumann  Australia 1 
 
8= 75 km Michael Simons Auckland 8 
 
9= 16 hr 3 min Mike Hos Wanganui 5 
 
dnf  Trevor Warr Christchurch 7 
 
dnf  Suzie Postello Wanganui 15 

t-and-f: Olympic and track and field fabricators

[James Dunaway]

The girl's father joins a long list of people who claim to
have competed in the Olympic Games, or in his case in a particular
Olympic event, without actually having done so.

I sort of collect the names and/or stories of people like this, 
and I'd appreciate hearing from any list member who knows of
someone who you know or suspect has exaggerated or invented his
or her participation in the Olympics, including as much detailed
information as you can.

Any specifics which you supply will be kept 100% confidential.

jim dunaway




At 10:01 AM 2/19/02 -0600, you wrote:
>That's even funnier! Well, from his accent, I'm pretty sure he's Greek,
and I know he sells
>expensive wine.
>
>Kurt Bray wrote:
>
>> >Funny note from the can-you-believe-this file: The father of a girl in my
>> >son's class ran a leg on
>> >the Greek 4x100 relay that made the finals at the 1976 Olympics (we live
>> >outside Chicago.) This
>> >really cut down on the research time.
>>
>> The girl's father's memory of his track career may be getting a little
fuzzy
>> with age.  The teams in the finals of the men's 4x100 in 1976 were (in
order
>> of finish):
>>
>> 1. USA
>> 2. East Germany
>> 3. USSR
>> 4. Poland
>> 5. Cuba
>> 6. Italy
>> 7. France
>> 8. Canada
>>
>> No Greece.
>>
>> Kurt Bray
>>
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>
>

t-and-f: Scoring Figure Skating

[Bettwy, Bob]

I start with an initial plea for those who don't care about the subject to
hit "delete" now.

There was discussion of how Figure Skating is scored in determining the
winner.  I can give a short explanation.

Like cross country, the low score wins.

There are 2 program, short and long.

As someone mentioned earlier, it is ordinal scoring so placing in each
program is all that matters...NOT how much you win by in each round.

The short program is in multiples of .5 and the long is in multiples of 1.0.

So, in the short program, the winner gets .5, second gets 1.0, third gets
1.5, forth gets 2.0 and so on.  In the long program, the winner gets 1.0,
second gets 2.0, third gets 3.0, forth gets 4.0 and so on.

Add the points together to get your winner and ties are broken by the better
placing in the long program.

Therefore, if you are in the top 3 after the short program, you can still
win it all by winning the long program as follows:
3rd in short = 1.5 points
1st in long = 1.0 points
Total = 2.5 points

Your best competitor can do no better than:
1st in short = .5 points
2nd in long = 2.5 points
Total = 2.5 points

You were better in the long so you win.

Simple enough?


Sorry to fill t-and-f time with this Winter Olympic tidbit.

Bob Bettwy
Director - Program Control
Washington Group
SRS Technologies
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Re: t-and-f: Not a track event but want some comments

[William Bahnfleth]

Probably the greatest living and/or dead ultra runner.

Here's an interesting profile:

http://www.lehigh.edu/dmd1/public/www-data/yiannis.html

wb

At 09:03 AM 2/19/2002 -0900, Johntherunner wrote:
>What is the story on this guy?  7:33 miles for 100 miles?!?!!?!??!
>
>_
>
>
>
>
>Greek-Australian ultrarunner Yiannis Kouros set a new course record in the
>Taupo 100-mile race in New Zealand yesterday.  In the solo division of the
>popular round-the-lake relay, which doubles as the NZ 100 mile road
>championship,
>Kouros took nearly 5 hours off the record time set by Gavin Smith in 2001,
>finishing in 12:35:48.
>
>Kouros finished over 4 hours clear of second place getter Vesa Murto
>(16:49:03), and six hours ahead of joint 3rd-place finishers Ashley Smith &
>Albie Jane (18:42:35).
>
>On a time basis, Kouros beat over 290 relay teams around the lake.  The
>fastest relay team (Adidas/Deloitte/HEB) finished in a new course record of
>8:42:27.
>
>Results at: http://relay.co.nz/social.htm (teams)
>
>http://relay.co.nz/solo.htm (ultrarunners).
>
>
>100 Mile Solo
>
>Place Total Time   Name Town No.
>1= 12:35:48 Yiannis Kouros  (Record) Australia 10
>
>2= 16:49:03 Vesa Murto Christchurch 3
>
>3= 18:42:35 Ashley Smith Waitara 9
>
>3= 18:42:35 Albie Jane Stratford 6
>
>5= 18:48:30 Carolynn Tassie Auckland 16
>
>6= 19:08:50 Nathan McKay Thames 4
>
>7= 87 km Rainer Neumann  Australia 1
>
>8= 75 km Michael Simons Auckland 8
>
>9= 16 hr 3 min Mike Hos Wanganui 5
>
>dnf  Trevor Warr Christchurch 7
>
>dnf  Suzie Postello Wanganui 15

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Dept. of Engineering Professional Development
University of Wisconsin-Madison
432 North Lake Street
Madison, Wisconsin 53706 USA

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t-and-f: Athina 2002

[Michalis Nikitaridis]

Stacy Dragila and Svetlana Feovanova are already in Athens to participate in
the IAAF Permit Meeting "Athina 2002", to be held tomorrow Wednesday. Monica
Pyrek is also going to compete.

Rui Silva, Christian Olsson, Jason Gardener, Cobby Miller, Vyacheslav
Voronin, Avard Moncur, Glory Alozie, Tatyana Lebedeva, Allan Johnson and
Anier Garcia, Sandie Richards, William Tanui, Ashia Hansen are among the
entries of the meeting.

Entries at www.athletix.org

Michalis Nikitaridis - Panayotis Christopoulos

Re: t-and-f: Athina 2002

[Ed and Dana Parrot]

> Stacy Dragila and Svetlana Feovanova are already in Athens to participate
in the IAAF Permit Meeting "Athina 2002", to be held tomorrow >Wednesday.
Monica Pyrek is also going to compete.


Any predictions??


- Ed Parrot

t-and-f: Athlete Bios

[Roger Ruth]

The kinds of track stats I usually deal with (national depth summaries, PV
national records) seldom require any more biographical info than age or
seasonal bests.

Before I posted yesterday's request for information on university
opportunities for an overseas vaulter, I checked Mirko Jalava's Athlete
Database  for her age. Since I hadn't used
that part of his website before, it brought two surprises. The first was
that the Database is available in the non-subscription section of his site.
The second was the thoroughness of the information. When I input Stacy
Dragila as subject to check that, I found her indoor and outdoor seasonal
bests from 1996, her results in major meets, and even her best marks in
hurdles, long jump and heptathlon. Finally, to check for depth, I looked
for a Canadian vaulter who ranked below 450 on the 2001 world list and
found similar, although of course far more limited, information.

If I'm not the very last person on the mailing list to find this out, you
might want to give it a look. Pretty impressive.

Cheers,
Roger

Re: t-and-f: Athina 2002

[Michalis Nikitaridis]

- Original Message -
From: "Ed and Dana Parrot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: ""Athletics"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 10:52 PM
Subject: Re: t-and-f: Athina 2002


> > Stacy Dragila and Svetlana Feovanova are already in Athens to
participate
> in the IAAF Permit Meeting "Athina 2002", to be held tomorrow >Wednesday.
> Monica Pyrek is also going to compete.
>
>
> Any predictions??
>
>
> - Ed Parrot
>

>From the press conference they gave today:
Dragila: "I haven't started this season so well this year, but now I 'm
recovering, the competition with Svetlana helps me a lot. The indoor record
can exceed 4.80 this year. I think I can pass 5.00 meters untill Athens
2004"

Feofanova: " The competition will be great tomorrow as big athletes have
come to compete. The world record is a question of several factors as the
specific conditions in the stadium and the crowd, but I am ready of a big
performance. I agree with Stacy that 5.00 m. is a possible objective for the
outdoor competitions."

Pavla Hamackova is also included in the entry list, along with Pyrek and the
Greeks Tsiligiri, Prezerakou, Iakovidou and Emmanuel, all over 4,00 this
year.

MN

t-and-f: heads up, race directors

[A1Boyd]

marian sutton's problems with the russian/ukranian runners are not  unique... 
 the previous week, at the mercedes marathon in birmingham, a male  (trpe 
martinovski) who was traveling with the eventual winner (elena fadeveov),  
harassed, tripped, and interfered with the leading woman runner (ann boyd 
stewart), from the start of the race to the 10 mile mark.  
los angeles, pittsburgh, green bay, and grandma's marathons await...  
 i hope these incidents are an aberration, not a trend.  

bill stewart
michigan association usatf
long distance chair

t-and-f: Re: Rockford

[Ed Grant]

Netters:
The Rockford "doping" story reminds me of something that happened in
NJ many years ago.

This was in the late 30s. There is a school in jersey City
called Ferris and it was then only a few years from its foundation. The
ruling football power in the area then was Dickinson which literally
overshadowed the new school--being situated on a hill directly above the
site of the newer school. There was also an "arrangment" by which the
industrial course at ferris was only for two years so the students then had
to transfer to Dickinson. (The second oldest school in the city, Lincoln,
had no industrial course at all with the results that promising football
prospects could enroll at Dickinson as industrial students, then switch to
any course they wished and remain there.

The first football coach at Ferris was Lou Lepis, who had three
times won the National AAU 35-pound weight title while a student at
Manhattan College. He was a man much admired by everyone who knew
him---including my wife who once worked for him in the JC Department of
Recreation and, believe me, when she approves of someone, he has to be the
real goods.

Around 1934 or so, a new class entered Ferris with some very
promising athletes. Eiether they took other course or were persuaded to
switch from industrial so that the team could be held together.

Now what does this have to do with the present Rockford situation?
Well, these athletes became known as the "cod liver oil" boys. Worried about
the nutrition they were receiving at home, Lou would jhave them come to his
office each school day and give them cod liver oil pills, then believed to
me (and maybe this is true, for all I know) a way of building their bodies.
Whatever, it worked and they had a great junior year and seemed headed for a
county and possible state group title the next year. The fly in the ointment
proved to be the loss of a star fullback who, as they used to say, "ran into
a shotgun: and had to drop out of school and get married.

Now this was a more relaxed age, long before "zero tolerance" was
invented, so there were no complaints or disciplinary actions. It was a sort
of "urban legend" which happened to be true. I was too young at the time to
know anything about it, but was told the story later by the same reporter
who was my mentor in track and field coverage. He had married into the
city's Italian American community, of which Mr. Lepis was a leading iocon,
and also worked for Lou as the publicist for the Department of Recreation.

It may be that there is more to the Rockford story than has been
revealed to date. But what I have read in the stories on the Dyestat site to
date sounds like "much ado about nothing." I know a coach here in NJ who had
to resign from his post at one school because he had given an ailing runner
an aspirin. A few years agoi, there was the case of aNJ college runner, who
was penalized (fortunately very lightly) because he had gone to a drug store
between heats and finals of the 1600M relay at the indoor USATF meet to get
something that would temporarily "dry up" a nagging cold.

In theological terms, we seem to be too often punishing the venial
sins and letting the mortal ones go undisturbed..


Ed Grant

t-and-f: Boit moves up in Winter Games!

[TrackCEO]

Y ask:

Nike's investment in Kenyan runner Philip Boit as a cross country skier hasn't quite 
paid off yet. But some improvement is being made.

In the 1998 Nagano Olympics, Boit finished last in the 10-kilometer classical 
cross-country race (as the first Kenyan Winter Olympian). Today in Utah, Boit took 
66th out of 71 in qualifying for the new Olympic 1.5K cross country sprint event.

Boit clocked 3:51.49 today -- more than a minute behind leader Haavard Bjerkeli of 
Norway (2:50.07).  Earlier in the Games, Boit was 80th out 83 in the 10K classical 
race.

Despite his weak showing, Boit, 30, remains a strong favorite with some. 

The unofficial (and ugly as sin) Boit Zone is at:
http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Loge/5933/

The Kenyan Winter Olympics site is:

http://www.kenyatrain.com/

Boit -- Kenya's only entrant at these Games -- is listed at nbcolympics.com
as the brother of 1972 Olympic 800 bronze medal winner Mike Boit (the guy behind 
Wottle and a falling Arzhanov).

Just goes to show: Those Scandinavians are just naturally strong skiers.

Ken (with apologies to Jon Entine) Stone
http://www.masterstrack.com

t-and-f: Track Athlete Wins Gold Medal

[Cedric Walker]

Vonetta Flowers, present assistant coach and former All-American won a Gold Medal with her partner Jill Bakken.  She is the first African-American to win a Winter Olympic Medal. Not bad for an athlete who never knew what a bobsled was prior to the 2000 US Olympic Trials.
Cedric Walker 






























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t-and-f: O'Brien to return to decathlon competition in April

[Michael J. Roth]

Agence France-Presse

NEW YORK (February 19, 2002 07:32 PM EST) - Dan O'Brien, America's
three-time decathlon world champion, will return to competition at the
Mt. SAC Relays in California on April 21, his first decathlon
competition in four years.

"Contrary to what has been written, I've never really said I was
retiring," O'Brien said.

"I was unfortunate these last couple of years each time I tried to come
back to the top," he said. "I hope this time I won't be bothered by any
more injuries so I can accomplish a few good things before I retire."

While O'Brien has competed in a handful of scattered races, the 1996
Olympic champion hasn't competed in a decathlon since his victory at the
1998 Goodwill Games.

The 35-year-old said he wanted to surpass 9,000 points at the U.S.
championships next June.

"It's possible. It has always has been one of my goals in my career. I'm
pretty confident because you think the decathlon is wide open. "

O'Brien established the world record at 8,891 points in September 1992
in Talence, France.

That mark was broken by Czech Thomas Dvorak with a total of 8,994 in
1999, and Czech Roman Sebrle broke the 9,000-point barrier with 9,026 in
2001.

As well as the Mt. SAC Relays, O'Brien also is planning to compete at
the Modesto Relays on May 5 and the Prefontaine Classic Grand Prix
meeting in Eugene, Ore., on May 26 and the national championships which
start in Stanford, Calif., on June 21.

Re: t-and-f: Track Athlete Wins Gold Medal

[James Dunaway]

At 09:35 PM 2/19/02 -0500, you wrote: 

Vonetta Flowers, present assistant coach and former All-American won a Gold Medal with her partner Jill Bakken.  She is the first African-American to win a Winter Olympic Medal. Not bad for an athlete who never knew what a bobsled was prior to the 2000 US Olympic Trials. Cedric Walker  




Better known as Vonetta Jeffrey, a versatile sprinter-jumper at Alabama/Birmingham
with bests of 11.32 (100m), 23.05 (200m), 13.98 (100h), 6.62m (lj -- 21-8 3/4 for 
Randy 'koala' Treadway), and a windy 12.60 (tj -- 41-4 1/4w)

According to the 2001 FAST Annual, she competed at 140 lbs. in track and field.
According to the NBC telecast 'graphic' she bobsleds (new verb) bulked up to 155 
pounds. That's just over 70 kilograms, Randy. Of course, in a gravity-driven event 
like the the bobs, the extra weight helps, whereas in an anti-gravity event like 
the long jump (her best event) weight hurts.

Extrapolating, one can't help wondering if bobsledders might not start wearing 
belts with lead inserts to help them get down the track faster. 

What does Dick (Tricky Dick) Pound say about this?

jim dunaway 

t-and-f: USA WINTER NATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS TO RECEIVETELEVISION COVERAGE ON FOX SPORTS NET 2/20 (US interest)

[Paul Merca]

USA TRACK & FIELD OF OREGON
39400 Pioneer Boulevard, Suite 11
Sandy, OR 97055-8000
E-MAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
WEB SITE:  http://www.usatf-oregon.org

For Immediate Release:  19 February 2002
Contact:Paul Merca, Championships Media Relations Consultant
206/499-4329, telephone
206/725-3662, fax
[EMAIL PROTECTED], e-mail

Mike Long, Elite Racing, Inc.
858/450-6510


USA WINTER NATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS TO RECEIVE TELEVISION 
COVERAGE ON FOX SPORTS NET

Meet organizers of the USA Winter National Cross Country 
Championships, held February 9-10 at Fort Vancouver National Historic 
Site in Vancouver, WA., remind fans and viewers that highlights of 
the men's races will be aired February 20th on FOX SPORTS NET at 3:30 
pm as part of its "New Balance Elite Racing" television series.

"New Balance Elite Racing", produced for FOX SPORTS NET by 
Elite Racing Television, has established a well-earned reputation 
over the last decade as the source for the finest foot races in the 
world, including such classic events as the NCAA Men's and Women's 
Cross Country Championships and the Carlsbad 5000.

"New Balance Elite Racing" records the most memorable moments in the 
sport of running, then brings them to you with all the sweat still 
glistening on the faces of their champions.

Over the last 12 years, "New Balance Elite Racing" has ventured 
around the globe, to capture world and national records, breakthrough 
performances, and features which illuminate the dedication, and joy 
which lie behind the successes and failures come race day.

Describing the action on FOX SPORTS NET are award-winning 
broadcaster and journalist Toni Reavis and two-time U.S. Olympian and 
former national cross country team member Ed Eyestone.

The women's national cross country championship races airs on 
FOX SPORTS NET on March 8th, at 3:30 PM, with a repeat air date of 
March 21st.

 From cross country to the track to the roads, "New Balance Elite 
Racing" discovers the best races, then pulls them together for a 
half-hour that will have you lacing up your own running shoes and out 
the door before the TV set has cooled down.

The Winter National Cross Country Championships brought 
together many of the USA's top distance runners, and served as the 
selection meet for the USA national team that will compete in the 
IAAF World Cross Country Championships on March 23-24th in Dublin, 
Ireland.

Meb Keflezighi won his second straight men's 12-kilometer 
championship, while Deena Drossin won her fifth national women's 
eight-kilometer harrier title at the Fort. Regina Jacobs and Tim Broe 
repeated as women's and men's 4-kilometer champions, while Maria 
Cicero and Tim Moore won the national junior championships.

For more information on the USA Winter Cross Country 
Nationals, please visit the meet's official web site at 
http://www.usatf-oregon.org.

For more information about Elite Racing Television, producers 
of "New Balance Elite Racing", please visit their web site at 
http://www.eliteracing.com.

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t-and-f: USATF Release: Whitfield to donate Olympic gold medal to Hall ofFame

[Charles F Wandler]

-- Forwarded message --
From: "USATF Communications" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: USATF Release:  Whitfield to donate Olympic gold medal to Hall of Fame
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 14:39:13 -0500

Contact: Jill M. Geer
 Director of Communications, USATF
 317-261-0500 x360
 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 http://www.usatf.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, February 18, 2002

Whitfield to donate Olympic gold medal to Hall of Fame

NEW YORK - Three-time Olympic gold medalist Mal Whitfield on Monday
announced that he will donate his 1952 800m gold medal to the National Track
& Field Hall of Fame. Whitfield will make the presentation March 1 in
ceremonies at the 2002 USA Indoor Track & Field Championships, held March
1-2 at the Armory Track & Field Center on 168th Street in Washington
Heights. The Hall of Fame will reopen at the Armory in 2003.

Whitfield, 77, made the announcement at a meeting of the Track Writers
Association of Metropolitan New York.

"I thought, maybe what I need to do before I give up this whole thing is to
try to let young people see what an Olympic gold medal looks like," said
Whitfield, who displayed the medal at the luncheon. "For 12 straight years I
trained at the Armory with (coach) Joe Yancey and the New York Pioneers. I
am willing to donate this medal to the Armory, and I am doing that in hopes
that young people will have a vision. My vision goes beyond track & field.
It has taken me to 187 countries."

The 800-meter Olympic gold medalist in 1948 and 1952 and 4x400m relay gold
medalist in 1948, Whitfield was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1974.
During his competitive days, Whitfield - or "Marvelous Mal," as he was
called - trained and competed at the Armory. Whitfield will join fellow
members of the 1952 Olympic Team who will be honored during a special
presentation during the Indoor Championships in celebration of the 50th
anniversary of the 1952 Team.

Born October 11, 1924 in Bay City, Texas, Whitfield held his share of world
records. But first and foremost, he was an athlete who ran to win rather
than running for time. Competitive at any distance from 220 yards to the
mile, Whitfield put together a record that included two Olympic 800m crowns,
six world records and eight National AAU titles, six of them outdoors.

A sergeant in the U.S. Air Force while attending Ohio State, Whitfield won
national collegiate 800 yard/800 meter titles in 1948 and 1949. He made his
first Olympic team in 1948, taking the 800 meters in 1:49.2, an Olympic
record, and placing third in the 400. He garnered a second gold medal in the
4x400m relay, which ran a world-record time of 3:10.4. In 1952, he repeated
his 800m victory, again in 1:49.2, and earned a silver medal in the 4x400.

Whitfield narrowly missed making the 1956 Olympic team while a student at
Cal State Los Angeles. The 1954 Sullivan Award winner as the top amateur
athlete in the U.S., he later worked for the U.S. State Department in
Africa. He was elected to the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame in 1988. Earlier
this month he was inducted into the Millrose Games Hall of Fame.

For more information on the 2002 USA Indoor Track & Field Championships,
visit the USATF Web site, www.usatf.org.

Sauer, Mueller ready to soar

Also at the Track Writers luncheon, U.S. pole vaulters Mary Sauer and Mel
Mueller discussed by phone hook-up their seasons, in which both women have
vaulted over 15 feet in the span of just over a week. Sauer cleared 4.61
meters/15 feet, 1.5 inches Sunday in Flagstaff, Arizona, while Mueller
cleared 4.60/15-1 the previous weekend, also in Flagstaff. The two train
together under Anthony Curran at UCLA.

Below are excerpts from their phone call-in.

MEL MUELLER

Q: Mel, you have had a great deal of success vaulting in New York, winning
at Millrose in 1999 with a then-American record. How do you feel about
coming back to New York for Indoor Nationals?

MUELLER: I'm always excited to come back to New York, but Mary and I will
probably be there for the shopping (laughter). I hear the Armory is a great
place to compete. The crowd goes crazy - we thrive on that, and I'm really
looking forward to it.

Q: How do you account for your improvement this season?

MUELLER: I am injury-free this year for the first time in two years.
(Mueller had knee surgery in 2001). Both Mary and I went to UCLA to train
with Anthony Current, so we will have a very good year.

Q: Would you rather win an Olympic/World Championships gold medal or set a
world record?

MUELLER: I think I want it all. We want to jump well and do it when it
counts.

MARY SAUER

Q: How have you and Mel going over 15 feet recently changed the complexion
of the upcoming Nationals?

SAUER: I think it's going to make for a great competition. I think it has
been pretty one-sided with Stacy winning. It should be more interesting this
year.

Q: How has training together (with Mueller) under Anthony Curran affected
your training?

SAUER: He 

t-and-f: USATF Release: Clausen named Athlete of the Week

[Charles F Wandler]

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Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 16:38:09 -0500

Contact:Tom Surber
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USA Track & Field
(317) 261-0500 x317
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 19, 2002

Clausen named Athlete of the Week

INDIANAPOLIS – Curt Clausen has been named USA Track & Field’s Athlete of
the Week after winning his third career U.S. 50K Race Walk Championship
Sunday in Chula Vista, California.
Clausen passed 2000 Olympian and defending champion Philip Dunn with about
2K remaining in the race before winning the championship in 3 hours, 58
minutes, 55 seconds. Dunn was second in 3:59:59.
The bronze medalist in the 50K race walk at the 1999 IAAF World Outdoor
Championships in Seville, Spain, Clausen now owns seven career U.S. outdoor
race walk titles (four at 20K and three at 50K).
Other top performances this week included world-leading marks by sprinter
Shawn Crawford and pole vaulter Jeff Hartwig. Crawford ran a blistering
20.30 in winning the 200 meters in Birmingham, England over the weekend,
while Hartwig, the U.S. outdoor record holder, cleared 5.91 meters/19 feet,
4.75 inches in Flagstaff, Arizona.
Also at Flagstaff, Mary Sauer set a U.S. leading mark in the women’s pole
vault, clearing 4.61m/15-1.50. An additional U.S. leader was turned in by
Kevin Mannon with a 35-pound weight throw of 23.37m/76-8.25 in Columbus,
Ohio.
Other notable performances were turned in by Susan Armenta, who won the
U.S. women’s 50K race walk title in the new American record time of 4:39:39,
which bettered her old U.S. standard by more than 10 minutes.
In masters action, Marie Louise Michelsohn continued her season-long
assault on the women’s 60-64 age group records by setting a new world and
American record in the mile with a hand-timed mark of 6:15.5. She also set a
new American record in the 3,000 meters by running 12:18.77, bettering the
previous U.S. standard of 12:38.96.
Now in its second year, USATF’s Athlete of the Week program is designed to
recognize performers at all levels of the sport. USATF names a new honoree
each week and features the athlete on the USATF Web site. Selections are
based on top performances and results from the previous week.
2002 USATF Athlete of the Week winners: January 3, Jim Garcia; January 8,
Mary Louise Michelsohn; January 15, Tamara Diles; January 22, Miguel Pate;
January 29, Regina Jacobs; February 5, Jeff Hartwig; February 12, Meb
Keflezighi; February 19, Curt Clausen.

TOP INDOOR PERFORMANCES, WEEK OF FEBRUARY 17

60 METERS – 6.56 – Brian Lewis at Birmingham, England
6.57 – Shawn Crawford at Birmingham, England
6.59 – Ray Saddler at Birmingham, England

200 METERS – 20.30 – Shawn Crawford at Birmingham, England (world leader)

400 METERS – 46.42 – Mike Kenyon (Arizona) at Flagstaff, Arizona

60-METERS HURDLES – 7.56 – Allen Johnson at Birmingham, England

HIGH JUMP – 7-4.5 (2.25m) - Nathan Leeper at Kansas State

POLE VAULT –  19-4.75 (5.91m) – Jeff Hartwig at Flagstaff, Arizona (world
leader)
  19-0.75 (5.81m) – Tye Harvey at Flagstaff, Arizona

LONG JUMP – 26-10 (8.18m) – Kevin Dilworth at Birmingham, England

TRIPLE JUMP – 55-3.5 (16.85m) – LeJuan Simon (Barton County CC) at Norman,
Oklahoma

SHOT PUT – 66-1 (20.14m) – Christian Cantwell (Missouri) at Kansas State

WEIGHT THROW – 76-8.25 (23.37m) – Kevin Mannon at Ohio State (U.S. leader)

WOMEN’S 60 METERS  - 7.19 – Gail Devers at Birmingham, England

WOMEN’S 400 METERS – 52.99 – Monique Hennagan at Birmingham, England

WOMEN’S POLE VAULT – 15-1.5 (4.61m) – Mary Sauer at Flagstaff, Arizona (U.S.
leader)

WOMEN’S TRIPLE JUMP – 43-11.25  (13.39m) – Tiombe Hurd at Fairfax, Va.

WOMEN’S SHOT PUT – 57-4.25 (17.48m) – Teri Steer at Columbia, SC (U.S.
leader)

WOMEN’S WEIGHT THROW – 75-3.5 (22.95m) – Dawn Ellerbe at Columbia, SC

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t-and-f: USATF Media Teleconference: Wade and Teter to speak on ThursdayTeleconference

[Charles F Wandler]

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Subject: USATF Media Teleconference: Wade and Teter to speak on
Thursday Teleconference
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 15:56:19 -0500

MEMO:   February 19, 2002
TO: U.S. Athletics Media
FROM:   Tom Surber  (317) 261-0478 x317
Media Information Manager
USA Track & Field
SUBJECT:Media Teleconference

MEDIA ADVISORY:
Wade and Teter to speak on Thursday Teleconference

Larry Wade, winner of the 60m hurdles at the Verizon Millrose Games and the
adidas Midwest Indoor Track Classic, and Nicole Teter, who ran a winning
debut in the women’s mile at the adidas Midwest Indoor Track Classic, will
speak on a USATF media teleconference at 1 p.m. Eastern on Thursday,
February 21. Both athletes are expected to compete at the USA Indoor Track &
Field Championships March 1-2 at the Armory Track & Field Center in New York
City.

Wade has stormed onto the track scene in 2002, winning two Golden Spike Tour
meets and proving he has recovered from a devastating injury suffered in a
2000 automobile accident. At the 2002 Verizon Millrose Games, Wade beat a
tough field with winning time of 7.60. One week later, Wade beat an equally
impressive field to win at the adidas Midwest Indoor Track Classic.

Teter ran a world-leading time of 4:32.71 in her debut of the women’s mile
at the adidas Midwest Indoor Track Classic. Previously an 800m specialist,
the California native pulled away from an impressive international field in
the final 200m that included Russian Lyudmila Vasilyeva, Jamaican Mardrea
Hyman and Americans Sarah Schwald and Miesha Marzell.

To participate in Wednesday's teleconference, please dial (800) 791-2345
just prior to the beginning of the call. If you are dialing from outside
North America, dial (317) 713-0120. The access code is 64186. Shortly after
the call, a full audio replay and partial transcript will be available on
the USATF Web site - www.usatf.org.

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