t-and-f: David Kimani Interview and SEC Coverage
David Kimani Interview athttp://runflorida.com/highschool/SEC's/davidkimaniinterview.htmSEC coverage athttp://runflorida.com/highschool/SEC's/Previewpage.htmBroadband? Dial-up? Get reliable MSN Internet Access. Click Here
t-and-f: NYTimes.com Article: A Debut With a Difference
This article from NYTimes.com has been sent to you by [EMAIL PROTECTED] A Debut With a Difference October 30, 2002 By JERE LONGMAN Dressed in tights and a skullcap against yesterday's chill, Marla Runyan stepped out of a van in Queens and pressed a course map of the New York City Marathon close to her face. She is the most versatile female runner in the country, and perhaps the best all-around athlete, all the more remarkable given that she is also legally blind. She stood on Crescent Street, facing the Queensboro Bridge, which will carry runners into Manhattan on Sunday between Miles 15 and 16. David Monti, coordinator of the elite runners, told Runyan that she would make a hard left onto the bridge. A couple of barrel-shaped orange traffic barriers could serve as a kind of turn signal. Do they block this off? Runyan asked about the traffic and side streets. Yes, Monti said. So you can't possibly go the wrong way? Runyan asked. At the 2000 Sydney Games, she became the first legally blind American athlete to compete in the Olympics, finishing eighth in the metric mile. Now, at 33, she will make her marathon debut. She will have to negotiate 26.2 miles without being able to read a pace clock, or even her watch. She will need assistance to find her water bottle, and she will have to navigate changes in elevation of more than 100 feet by feel instead of anticipation. Unless other runners are within 20 to 25 feet, Runyan will not know that they are near her. Beyond that, she has only a vague sense of motion. Even when her competitors are within 15 feet, she will identify them by swatches of gauzy color and running styles instead of by their faces or the numbers on their running bibs. She toured the tricky stretch of course leading to the Queensboro Bridge yesterday afternoon to familiarize herself with a warren of turns. Her husband and coach, Matt Lonergan, suggested that Runyan look for the Nike billboard on the bridge span as a signpost. I can't even see that, she said. I can just see an image. A more reliable marker would be the aquamarine Citicorp building that rises 48 stories above the drab landscape. Monti told her that it was one of the taller buildings on the East Coast outside of Manhattan. A left turn at the building would put her on a straight path toward the bridge. Now that is a great landmark, she said. Runyan, who lives in Eugene, Ore., has Stargardt's disease, a degeneration of the retina that has left her with a hole in the center of her vision. Even with corrective lenses, her eyesight is no better than 20/400. But her life has been one of extending possibility, not succumbing to limitation. Her ambition for Sunday is to finish among the top 10 women with a time of about 2 hours 28 minutes. At the 1996 Olympic trials, Runyan competed in the running, throwing and jumping events of the heptathlon. She holds the event's record time for 800 meters. At the 2000 Sydney Games, she made the final of the 1,500 meters. She has since set an American indoor record for 5,000 meters (3.1 miles) in 15 minutes 7.33 seconds, also winning two national track championships at 5,000 meters and American road titles at 5,000 and 10,000 meters. My sense is that she says, `This is what you can do,' instead of, `This is all you can do,' said Allan Steinfeld, race director of the New York City Marathon. If she holds her intended pace, Runyan could threaten the American debut record of 2:26:58, set in New York last year by Deena Drossin. But she is running into the unknown at this distance, and there are several concerns that could adversely affect her times and, potentially, risk her health. Road running presents different challenges from racing on a track, where the surface is uniform, turns are predictable and unvaried and changes in elevation are nonexistent. Two weeks ago, at the national 10-kilometer (6.2-mile) road-racing championship in Boston, Runyan hoped to use an arch of balloons at the finish line as a signal to begin her final kick. But the balloons blew away, confusing her plans. She won, but was unable to locate the tape stretched across one side of the finish line. In New York, race organizers have made two accommodations for Runyan. Their support is designed to aid her without providing an unfair advantage over other runners. Essentially, visual cues will be converted into audible cues. It's like those talking books for little kids, Monti said. She's going to be able to hear what others can see. A male bicyclist will ride behind and to the side of her, shouting her time at each mile. The cyclist will be allowed to read aloud any signs announcing water stations and course hazards, and he can notify her of coming turns. But he will not be allowed to ride in front of Runyan, which would provide an unfair edge in pacing and shielding from the wind. And the cyclist will not be allowed to call out her split times, only her cumulative time. A female
t-and-f: Weekend XC Schedule(U.S.)
Drop me a private line if you want a comprehensive schedule, complete with links, for this weekend's x-country schedule(lots of conference meets, H.S. state meets). (It's too long to post to the list). Please indicate if you want to be added to my results list for the weekend (be prepared for LOTS of messages). Good luck to all who are participating this weekend. I'd be interested in receiving first-hand observations from anyone attending or competing in any of this weekend's meets. Walt Murphy X-Country X-Press
t-and-f: Women's Outdoor National Vault Records 2002
Some general information about the pace of record change: After a few late additions, during the 2002 outdoor season I've recorded 110 improvements or ties of the national records of 41 countries. Those of 56 countries remained unchanged. The first time I posted this list, in 1997, it included 37 countries and the average of the NR heights was 3.91m (12'9 3/4). Five years later, the average NR height of those same countries is now 4.34m (14'2 3/24). It may say something of the maturing of the event, that 15 of the 37 original countries did not improve in 2002. Along the way, I happened to note that the Russian record had been improved in each of the years I had recorded. I thought that must be unusual. When I checked, though, I found that to be true of nine of my original 37 countries; Brazil, Germany, Greece, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden. What proved to be exceptional, though, was that only one athlete had been responsible for every annual improvement in her national record since 1997. That was Monique de Wilt, of Netherlands, whose records at the end of each year were, respectively, 3.90, 4.16, 4.20, 4.30, 4.35, and 4.40m. As always, corrections and additions to the list that follows would be very much appreciated. --RR Women's National Pole Vault Records a/o 29 October 2002 Algeria 3.70 Linda Meziani 2000-05-07 Franconville Andorra 2.60 Lorena Alverez 2001-06-03 Igualada Argentina 4.42 Alejandra Garcia 2000-02-20 Sydney Australia 4.60 Emma George1999-02-20 Sydney Austria 4.40 Doris Auer 2000-09-17 Gold Coast Belarus 3.80 Svetlana Makarevich2002-05-23 Kiev 3.80 Yuliya Taratynova 2002-06-06 Brest Belgium 4.03 Irene Dufour 2002-07-13 Oordegem Belize 2.40 Clarencia Jones2002-05-24 Cd Guatemala 2.40 Kay de Vaughan 2002-05-24 Cd Guatemala Bolivia 2.30 Emily Ochoa2002-03-13 Capiapo 2.30 Cristel Pardo 2002-09-21 Cochabamba Brazil 4.00 Karla Rosa da Silva2002-05-12 Cd Guatemala Bulgaria4.43 Tanya Koleva 2001-05-30 Athína Canada 4.35 Stephanie McCann 2002-06-21 Edmonton Chile 4.00 Carolina Maurer-Torres 2002-07-22 Bern China 4.52 Gao Shuying2001-08-29 Beijing Colombia3.90 Milena Agudelo 2002-10-12 Medellin Costa Rica 2.65 Maureen Calvo 2000-06-17 San Jose Croatia 3.55 Ivona Jerkovic 2002-06-08 Zagreb Cuba4.05 Katiuska Pérez 2001-05-31 La Habana Cyprus 4.05 Anna Fitidou 2002-06-16 Trikala Czech Republic 4.51 Daniela Bártová1998-06-09 Bratislava Denmark 4.35 Marie Bagger Rasmussen 2000-09-25 Sydney Dominican Rep 2.81 Leydy Araujo 2000-07-23 Santiago, DR Ecuador 2.92 Erika Lemari 2000-11-30 Machala Egypt 3.51 Sonya Ahmed2002-03-30 Kansas City El Salvador 3.73 Michelle Rivera2002-05-10 Van Nuys, CA Estonia 3.90 Merle Kivimets 2000-07-08 Kaunas Fiji2.60 Ioawana Vakaloloma 1998-05-28 Suva Finland 4.15 Paulina Sigg 2002-08-07 Munich France 4.46 Marie Poissonier 2002-07-13 Saint-Etienne 4.46 Vanessa Boslak 2002-07-13 Saint-Etienne Germany 4.77 Annika Becker 2002-07-07 Bochum Great Britain 4.40 Janine Whitlock2001-07-14 Birmingham Greece 4.38 Yeorgyia Tsiliggiri2002-06-08 Mytilene Guatemala 3.30 Denise Jerez Agueda2001-09-29 Cd Guatemala Honduras2.60 Glenda Aguilar 1998-07-05 Mexico City Hong Kong 2.87 Sharon Kong Yuen Fan 2002-04-07 Hong Kong Hungary 4.53 Krisztina Molnár 2002-09-08 Rieti Iceland 4.50 Vala Flosadóttir 2000-09-25 Sydney India 3.45 Karamjit Kaur 2002-09-07 New Delhi Indonesia 4.10 Desi Margawati 2002-08-10 Colombo Ireland 3.72 Bridget Pearson1999-05-15 Long Beach Israel 4.00 Olga Dogadko 2002-06-08 Tel Aviv Italy 4.31 Arianna Farfaletti 2002-09-28 Conegliano Ivory Coast 3.20 Dapéa Zaourou 1996-06-02 Annecy Jamaica 3.30 Maria Newton 2000-04-23 Bromley Japan 4.20 Masumi Ono 1999-05-22 Hamamatsu 4.20 Takayo Kondo 2002-06-07 Kanazawa
t-and-f: Test from Scott @ Mt. SAC
Test from Mt. SAC account. Scott
t-and-f: African Annual 2002
Gang, I have been having much trouble with my aol account lately, so I am trying to now post things from Mt. SAC. We shall see if this works. In response to these messages, you may write to me either here at this address or at [EMAIL PROTECTED] as always. So here we go. I now have copies of the 2002 African Annual for sale, albeit few. I only have 12 so let me know soon if you want one. North American orders only, please. As always, great effort by Yves Pinaud with complete details of the 2001 season, all-time lists, results and lots more. Just $15.00 payable to me at the usual address and I will send the book by priority post. I am also working on new lists of the Potts material which will come in the near future. Scott Davis, 4432 Snowbird Circle, Cerritos, California 90703
t-and-f: Chicago sportscaster dies
Those of you who were at the LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon press conference Thursday before the race will remember Mr. Chapman as the guy who did a fine job as the master of ceremonies. Remember Mr. Chapman's wife and two young children in your prayers. http://www.chicagotribune.com/chi-021030chapman.story http://www.nbc5.com/nbc5/1661285/detail.html Ch. 5 sportscaster dies Tribune staff reports Published October 30, 2002, 1:58 PM CST Darrian Chapman, WMAQ-Ch. 5s sports anchor, collapsed while playing hockey early this morning and was pronounced dead a short time later at a Chicago hospital. WGN-AM 720 reported that Chapman, Channel 5s lead sports anchor on the 5, 6 and 10 p.m. newscasts, fell ill at Johnnys Ice House, a Near West Side skating rink. He was taken to Rush-Presbyterian St. Lukes Medical Center, where doctors worked unsuccessfully for an hour to revive him. In a statement on its Web site, Channel 5 confirmed Chapmans death and said the cause was not yet known. Chapman, 37, suffered a heart attack several years ago when a piece of plaque that had flaked off from an artery wall restricted the flow of blood to his heart. According to Channel 5, Chapman joined the Chicago station as a weekend anchor and sports reporter in May 2000 from an NBC station in Washington, D.C. He was a weekend morning sports anchor and sports anchor for more than four years for the Washington station and also did play-by-play for George Mason Universitys mens basketball team on Home Team Sports. Prior to that, Darrian was sports director at WGR NewsRadio 55 in Buffalo, N.Y. Chapman was active in community and charitable events for organizations including the American Heart Association and Arhritis Foundation. He had attended the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, where he majored in journalism and communications. He is survived by two children, Marissa and Jordan, and his wife, Deborah. Copyright © 2002, Chicago Tribune
t-and-f: USATF News Notes: October 30, 2002
Contact:Tom Surber Media Information Manager USA Track Field (317) 261-0500 x317 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.usatf.org USATF News Notes Volume 3, Number 104October 30, 2002 Olympians enter USA 10K Championships Four members of the 2000 United States Olympic team - Nick Rogers, Abdi Abdirahman, Brad Hauser and Rod DeHaven - are the first group of elite runners named to the field for the Food World Senior Bowl Charity Run this Saturday (November 2) in downtown Mobile, Alabama. This year's Charity Run will serve as the USA Men's 10K Championship for the third straight year. A championship prize money purse of $25,000 is available to the top men finishers, with the first place prize set at $7,500. Rogers, from Eugene, Ore., is ready to defend his USA 10K title after taking top honors at last year's Charity Run in a course record 28 minutes, 18 seconds. A 2000 Olympian at 5000 meters, the Team USA California athlete also won the 1999 race and is also a two-time USA World Cross Country and 2001 U.S. World Championship team member. Abdirahman, who finished runner-up to Rogers last year with a time of 28:26, is the 2001 USA Outdoor 10,000m champion and was America's top finisher at 10K at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney where he placed 10th in 27:46.17. The Tucson resident was also runner-up at this year's USA Outdoors 10,000m in a personal record (27:42.83). Hauser, who made the 2000 Olympic team at 5000 meters after finishing second at the Olympic Trials with a PR of 13:27.31, also won the 2000 NCAA Outdoor 5K and the 1998 and 2000 NCAA 10K championships while at Stanford University. In 2001, he was runner-up at both the USA Indoor 3,000m, and the USA Cross Country 4K. DeHaven, from Madison, Wisc., represented the U.S. in the men's marathon at the Sydney Olympic Games after winning the 2000 U.S. Olympic Men's Marathon Trials in 2:15:30. A two-time USA half-marathon champion and the 1998 USA Running Circuit champion, DeHaven also ran the fastest marathon of any American in 2001 with a 2:11:40 at the Chicago Marathon. The race is also the ninth and final stop on the 2002 Men's USA Running Circuit - a USA Track Field road series featuring USA Championships from 5K to the marathon. Dan Browne has already claimed the overall grand prix title worth $6000, but the final two grand prix prize money positions ($4000 and $2500) will be determined in Mobile. Seaman, Dunn out-walk runners In what has become an annual event, U.S. Olympic race walkers Tim Seaman and Philip Dunn competed in the Beat the Race Walkers competition Sunday at the Arturo Barrios 5K/10K in Chula Vista, Calif. In both the 5K and 10K races, runners had the opportunity to finish ahead of Seaman and Dunn to earn a commemorative pin from the ARCO Olympic Training Center Spirit Store. While many of the participants received pins for defeating the two walkers, most did not. Seaman and Dunn defeated more than 80% of the runners in the field in both races. Dunn, coming off a 50K personal best at the 2002 World Cup, walked 21:31 for 5K to finish 147th out of 843 competitors. He topped 82% of the field while walking mile splits of 6:40, 6:58, and 7:15. Seaman walked 43:24 on his way to besting 624 out of 748 runners (83%). He walked mile splits of 6:52, 6:57, 7:22, 7:00, 7:00, and 6:44. # # # 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]
