Re: t-and-f: USADA procedures
> > >The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has informed > the United States Olympic > Committee (USOC) of New York cyclist Juan Pineda's > >positive test for a > controlled substance. According to USADA, Pineda > tested positive for > 19-norandrostestosterone and 19->noretiocholanolone > on June 4, at the First > Union Invitational in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. > > >Pineda is currently disputing the result through > the USADA adjudication > process. The imposition of any sanctions would > depend upon the >outcome of > this dispute. > > Is it standard to announce a positive before > adjudication is complete? I > must confess I can't remember what USADA policy is. > > - Ed Parrot It seems to run counter to USADA policy. The USADA FAQ can be found here: http://www.usantidoping.org/files/USADA_FAQ.pdf The FAQ says that the NGB, USOC and athlete are the only ones informed of the positive test(s). The positive testing and suspension can only be made public after the adjudication process is completed. That's the way I interpret the FAQ. On a side note, I wish USADA would put their FAQ and press releases in HTML format instead of PDFs. Unless you own the full version of Adobe Acrobat, you either have to link to sections of their site or retype. It's not a very user-friendly site IMHO. John __ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com
t-and-f: USADA procedures
I found the following release regarding a USADA cycling positive: >The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has informed the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) of New York cyclist Juan Pineda's >positive test for a controlled substance. According to USADA, Pineda tested positive for 19-norandrostestosterone and 19->noretiocholanolone on June 4, at the First Union Invitational in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. >Pineda is currently disputing the result through the USADA adjudication process. The imposition of any sanctions would depend upon the >outcome of this dispute. Is it standard to announce a positive before adjudication is complete? I must confess I can't remember what USADA policy is. - Ed Parrot
t-and-f: Sept 23 D-1 Women's Coaches' Poll Analysis
Analysis of the 2002 NCAA Division I Women's Cross Country Coaches' Poll by Mike Scott, University of Rhode Island Updated: September 23 For the sixth consecutive year, I am analyzing the Women's Division I Coaches' Poll. Teams are listed according to their ranking in the current edition of the FinishLynx/NCAA DIVISION I WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY NATIONAL POLL, as conducted by the Women's Intercollegiate Cross Country Coaches' Association. Here's the top five teams; the complete version of the analysis is posted at: http://miscott.home.att.net/wxcanal Places listed in parentheses refer to finish at the 2001 NCAA D-1 XC Championships at Furman University, unless otherwise noted. Performances are from the 2001-02 year, unless otherwise noted. Performances at the Foot Locker High School Cross Country Championships are denoted by "FL". As always, I appreciate additions, corrections, and updates. Please send them to me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Weekend Roundup: A fairly quiet weekend as most teams are prepping for the September 27-28 weekend, the first of the season that count towards at-large qualifying. Notre Dame dominated the National Catholic meet. Michigan State looked strong at their own Spartan Invite and would have beaten Toledo had the meet been scored. Villanova opened up by perfect-scoring D-3 foe Haverford. Michigan won the Sundodger Invite over Washington, Idaho, and Texas A&M. Tennessee won the adidas Wolfpack Invite over NC State's "B" Team. Purdue was the winner of an exciting Indiana Intercollegiate over Indiana and Ball State, which featured inclement weather (including a nearby tornado!) and several of the top runners reportedly going off course in the final 800 which led to an interesting mass sprint for the finish. Weekly Preview: In what could be one of the best "opening weekends" (ie, first weekend that scores count towards at-large qualifying) in a few years, most of the nation's ranked teams will compete in one of four major inter-regional invitationals. The new kid on the block, the 9/27 Great American Cross Country Festival, appears to have come out on top in the recruiting wars. Great American features a rematch between the top three teams at last year's NCAA championships -- Brigham Young, NC State, and Georgetown. None of these squads have tipped their hand yet this fall and the big question is how many potential national scorers will BYU mentor Patrick Shane sit out in this early season clash of the titans. Arkansas and Duke will also line up loaded for bear. Other top teams in this field include Northern Arizona, William & Mary, Colorado State, North Carolina, Columbia, Virginia, Coastal Carolina, James Madison, South Florida, Georgia Tech, Baylor, Brown, La Salle, and Richmond. Michigan State and Providence headline the field at that perennial powerhouse meet, the 9/28 Roy Griak Invitational. Other top contenders in Minneapolis include: Arizona, Arizona State, Minnesota, Marquette, Toledo, Weber State, Indiana, and Ball State. Stanford hosts UCLA, Wisconsin, and Purdue at the 9/28 Stanford Invite, while Yale, Wake Forest, Dartmouth, Missouri, and Rhode Island square off in the Bronx for Iona's 9/28 Meet of Champions. TOP THIRTY TEAMS: 1. Brigham Young Patrick Shane's BYU Cougars have won three NCAA crowns in the last five years (97-99-01). BYU would appear to be in the driver's seat to win it all, returning five of their seven -- a quintet that would have won last year's meet by a large margin. Last year's individual fifth-placer finisher Michaela Manova stepped it up in during track to win the steeple in an NCAA record and should be considered an individual contender, while teammate Jessie Kindschi claimed 7th. Lindsey Thomsen and Nan (nee Evans) Kennard finished 23rd and 36th in 2001. Their fifth returnee, Amy Bair, finished 45th last year -- and the Cougars add a sub-34:00 10k runner in Devra Vierkant, a 34:32 10k performer in Kristen Ogden, a 10:28 steepler in Breanne Sandberg, and the junior national 1500 champ Kassi Anderson. Redshirt frosh Breanne Sandberg, a 10:28 steepler last spring), led the Cougars at the 9/14 BYU Autumn Classic as Coach Shane held out his top five. Meets: 9/27 Great Amer, 10/19 Pre-NCAAs, 11/1 MW Conf (BYU), 11/16 Mtn Reg (NMex) Returnees: Michaela Manova (5th, 148th '00; 9:18.49i, 9:45.94 s/c; steeplechase champ; 8th ind 3k), Jessie Kindschi (7th, 28th '00 D-2; 34:32.48), Lindsey Thomsen (23rd, 150th '00; 16:16.47; 33:58.20; 8th ind 5k; 16th 10k), Nan (nee Evans) Kennard (36th, 152nd '00; 10:14.16s/c), Amy Bair (45th), Kassi Anderson (WXC, 4:18.04, 1st USA Jr 1500), Devra Vierkant (16:16.97; 33:56.02), Breanne Sandberg (10:28.87s/c), Kristen Ogden (34:32.28), Not returning -- Sarah Taylor (24th, 94th '00, 55th '98), Newcomer: Shalice Pugmire (4:56.62y) 2. Georgetown The Hoyas return their entire squad that claimed team bronze in 2001. Jill Laurendeau, Mar
Re: t-and-f: Talence results???
Full results from from Decastar 2002 in Talence at this link: http://www.athle.org/asp/mai_html/htm_vie.asp?htmID=1380 Regards, Ívar Benediktsson.
Re: t-and-f: Talence results???
Got this from "Dr.Z" yesterday: In case you have not seen the results from DecaStar in Talence, Tom Pappas upset WR holder Roman Sebrle, 8525 to 8417. Tom won 3 events (100m hj, 110m). Tom had PR 4497 1st day (and 99 pt lead) which included an outdoor PR in the shot (15.68m/51-5 1/2 ) and wins in the 100m (10.80) and high jump (2.12m/6-11 1/2 ). He also won the hurdles 14.08 and by the javelin had an unbeatable 216 point lead. Hope to have story in Newsletter on website (www.decathlonusa.org) in a few days. Frank Zarnowski
t-and-f: USATF News & Notes: September 23, 2002
Contact:Tom Surber Media Information Manager USA Track & Track (317) 261-0500 x317 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.usatf.org USATF News & Notes Volume 3, Number 93 September 23, 2002 Gutsche, Heppner win race walk titles Marcia Gutsche won her first-ever national title and Al Heppner won his first U.S. crown since 1999 at the USA 5K Race Walk Championships Saturday in Kingsport, Tennessee. Gutsche grabbed the lead for good in the womens race after the first kilometer and had little trouble in winning the U.S. crown in 25 minutes, 53 seconds. Top five womens finishers included Victoria Herazo (2nd-26:47), Teresa Aragon (3rd-26:39), Erica Adams (4th-27:31) and Debbie Topham (5th-28:50). I wish my time was better, but Ive been having hamstring problems, so I wanted to get under 26 minutes and finish in the top two or three, Gutsche said. I did accomplish that so Im happy. Gutsche, 41, won the National Masters (over 40) 10K title earlier this year. She began competitive race walking just five years ago. In winning his fourth career national title, Al Heppner took control of the mens race at the gun and won it in 21:51. Top five mens finishers included Ian Whatley (2nd-22:36), Keith Luoma (3rd-23:39), Rod Craig (4th-24:04) and Drew Swonder (5th-25:15). The most impressive performance of the day may have come from eighth-place finisher Paul Johnson, who crushed the U.S. 65-69 mens age-group record by more than a minute in 26:51. Johnsons performance bettered the previous standard of 27:53 by Bob Mimm in 1992. Tigers invade the White House Louisiana State Universitys men's and women's 2002 NCAA championship track teams will be honored by President George W. Bush at the White House on Tuesday, September 24. As part of the White House's 2002 NCAA Spring Sports Championships Day, President Bush will welcome LSU's women's indoor national championship team, as well as the men's outdoor national championships team at a reception in the East Room of the White House at 1:30 p.m. LSU's 2002 Women's NCAA Indoor National Championship marked the 21st national title in Lady Tiger track history. In all, the LSU women have won nine indoor titles and 12 outdoor titles, including 11 consecutive outdoor national championships between 1987 and 1997. The Tigers 2002 NCAA Outdoor mens championship marked the program's fifth national title and its second in two years. # # # PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE: If you would like to respond, please direct your e-mail to the "Contact" person listed at the top of the text of this message. To be removed from this mailing list or to notify us of a change in your e-mail address, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
t-and-f: Talence results???
I've looked all over, but I can't find full results for both men and women from this weekend's Decastar Meeting in Talence, France. The meet has a website, but it doesn't have results yet, as far as I can tell. It's possible they're in there somewhere, but my high school French hasn't TOTALLY left me yet... http://www.decastar.com Anyone seen full results anywhere else? sideshow
Re: t-and-f: The Times and Title IX
> > People like Miss McNeill have no business in any academic instituoon >in a democratic society. She would have been very comfortable working in >Nazi Germany or behind the Iron Curtain. > Okay, Ed, you need to get a grip. While I don't think I entirely agree with McNeill, she has a point. I was basically a walk-on at the U. of Texas in 1986-87 (they gave me some books to get around a stupid admission requirement), and, while I love telling people I ran track for the Longhorns, the truth is I contributed absolutely nothing to the team in the one year I ran, and it's questionable whether I ever would have. I might have broken 15 minutes in the 5K before I graduated if I had kept it up -- not the kind of time that will ring up points at the NCAAs. Most of my fellow walk-ons also contributed about as little as I did (which is not to say they didn't work very hard). The only notable exception was Harry Green, who became an All-American distance runner. Frankly, I don't think Harry really disproves her point, though -- let's face it, a kid who ended up running in the 28-minute range in the 10K (maybe sub-28, I can't remember) probably would have found his way onto the team one way or another. While I thought McNeill's assessment of walk-ons was a bit on the harsh side, I find your assessment of her offensive and vulgar. If you think she deserves to compared to Nazis or Iron Curtain Communists, maybe you need to consult your history books and refresh your memory about the crimes they committed. Your perspective is a way off. -- Lee Nichols Assistant News Editor The Austin Chronicle 512/454-5766, ext. 138 fax 512/458-6910 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/authors/leenichols.html
t-and-f: X/C pre-high schoolers was Title IX +
>In another matter. In NY State a school has shot to the topo of the > CC rankings with a team coimposed of five 7th-graders and a ninth grader. We > have had occasional individual grade school stars in the past in that (and > other) states, but this is the first time, to my knbowledge, that an entire > team (almost) is so constituted. I'm sure there are other stories like this in states that allow it. In Massachusetts, the rule is (or was) that if the 7th and 8th graders are in the same "building" (generally interpreted as the same "campus") as the the high schoolers, they can compete for the sports teams. The obvious reason here is that such schools will usually not have the resources to have separate programs or even just separate meets for the middle-schoolers. And while I have some concerns about the possibility of putting too much pressure on the younger kids, that is more a function of how the individual program approaches it, and I'd rather see the danger of too much pressure than no opportunities, which is what the alternative is in most cases. If the option was denied, most of these athletes would choose a community-based sport like soccer and would never even try track & field. As for the concern that it affects the state rankings, that is a laughable concern. If high school runners are getting beaten by younger runners, then they need to suck it up and get better. And if 7th and 8th graders somehow end up getting around transfer rules, that's nobody's fault but the rulesmakers. I believe that Amherst High School in Massachusetts was top 5 in the Massachusetts state meet a while back with their top 4 consisting of four 8th graders. Their 5th and 6th runner were a feshman and senior. Interestingly enough, the team had no stars, as the highest placed individual was back into the 20's somewhere, but they were all reasonably close to each other. I believe that the following year the team actually won the state meet when the core runners were all freshmen. An interesting note is that their number one X/C runner won the New England 400m in outdoor track as a freshman, beating none other than future Footlocker/Kinney champion Liz Mueller, also a freshman at the time. Unfortunately, as happens with so many of the young ones, this was the last year this girl competed at a high level. But I should note that the Amherst program is consistently one of the top in the state. Having worked with the program for several years, the positives of having the middle-schoolers on the team (for both them and the team) so far outweighs the negatives as to not even be a consideration. - Ed Parrot
t-and-f: Title IX +
Netters: Perhaps an old NJ story will illustrate my position on Title IX Back in the 1960s, a boy at a NJ HS was put off his school's tennis team because he would not cut his hair. The parents took the case directly to the NJ Education Commissioner and the verdict came down, later affirmed by the state Board of Education: Every student in NJ public schools has a right to try out for a HS athletic team. This cannot be denied except for a serious reason. How does this apply to the current Title IX controversy. It seems simpole to me. The right of a college student to try out for a team can also be denied only for a serious reason and a cockamanie interpretation of Title IX simply doesn't quality. Walk-ons have been part of college athletics in this country longer than scholarship students. They are still a vital part---ask the Notre Dame football coach. There was a sort of tradition at Villanova in the golden days of Jumbo Elliott that walk-ons would play a role in team succes The most notable of this group was, of course, Dick Buerkle who became one of the leading distance runners of his day. To deny anyone participation in sports is simply a crime for which there is no excuse. It is my suspicion that, at present, Title IX is more a case of punishment than of preserving rights. The imbalance in numbers between boys and girls, men and women in sports is a fact of life that is obvious on the HS level and in our sport, which certainly is the most open of all to participation. In out class meet saturday, for example, there were 484 girl finishers in the four races, as against 670 boys. Should there have been a bean count on the starting line to mkake sure the numbers were more even? Why don't the Title IX Nazis get more active on the HS level? (I know they are in some places, but not around here): Simple.. Thye would run into such parental antagonism (and lawsuits) that they would have to run for cover. College athletics are more distant from the home. In another matter. In NY State a school has shot to the topo of the CC rankings with a team coimposed of five 7th-graders and a ninth grader. We have had occasional individual grade school stars in the past in that (and other) states, but this is the first time, to my knbowledge, that an entire team (almost) is so constituted. To me, this is a distortion of HS sports. It places them on the community level instead. I prefer our situation in NJ where eligibility begins when a student enters high school and ends after eight terms (four years) of attendance. We have a school in our state which, if it coul use the eighth graders in its elementary school would probably shoot near the top of our rankings., But their best eighth-grader last year chose to attend a different school in the same town; some of these girls may do the same. What happens is the NY girls make a similar choice---are they then to be treated (and punished) as transfer students? Ed Grant
t-and-f: test by admin
this is only a test .. Charles F. Wandler office phone: (360) 650-2831 WWU, MS9150, Chemistry Dept. office fax: (360) 650-2826 516 High Streetpager: (360) 758-6157 Bellingham, WA 98225-9150 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
