RE: t-and-f: FW: April Fool's day at USATF Convention
http://www.harlemglobetrotters.com/kids/globie.php I didn't see anything about whether he was for sale. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of B. Kunnath Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 10:12 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: t-and-f: FW: April Fool's day at USATF Convention Is he related to Alf? related? He IS Alf dressed up in a Harlem Globetrotters outfit! bob
RE: t-and-f: FW: April Fool's day at USATF Convention
You know, that one looks better than ours. Hell, anything looks better than ours. Lee http://www.harlemglobetrotters.com/kids/globie.php I didn't see anything about whether he was for sale. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of B. Kunnath Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 10:12 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: t-and-f: FW: April Fool's day at USATF Convention Is he related to Alf? related? He IS Alf dressed up in a Harlem Globetrotters outfit! bob -- Lee Nichols Assistant News Editor The Austin Chronicle 512/454-5766 ext. 138 fax 512/458-6910 http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/authors/leenichols.html
Re: t-and-f: FW: April Fool's day at USATF Convention
Ahem! OURS?! From: Lee Nichols [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Lee Nichols [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2002 13:21:00 -0600 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: t-and-f: FW: April Fool's day at USATF Convention You know, that one looks better than ours. Hell, anything looks better than ours. Lee http://www.harlemglobetrotters.com/kids/globie.php I didn't see anything about whether he was for sale. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of B. Kunnath Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 10:12 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: t-and-f: FW: April Fool's day at USATF Convention Is he related to Alf? related? He IS Alf dressed up in a Harlem Globetrotters outfit! bob -- Lee Nichols Assistant News Editor The Austin Chronicle 512/454-5766 ext. 138 fax 512/458-6910 http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/authors/leenichols.html
t-and-f: USATF News Notes - Annual Meeting edition
Contact:Tom Surber USATF Media Information Manager In Kansas City: 816-283-4420 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.usatf.org USATF News Notes Annual Meeting Edition Volume 3, Number 116December 6, 2002 Bowl with Mo Olympic gold medalist and hometown Kansas City hero Maurice Greene will host a charity bowling event Saturday beginning at 3:30 p.m., at the AMF Pro Bowl Lanes at 505 East 18th Street in Kansas City. The event is part of USATFs Annual Meeting. The charity bowl will team athletes, donors and youngsters together in a bowling tournament. Proceeds benefit the Maurice Greene Foundation and the USATF Foundation. As for his bowling average, Greene said, I was bowling a lot last winter when I wasnt training. But I havent had too much time lately, joked Greene, who spoke at a USTF media luncheon on Friday. Decathlon champ Berlinger dies Former collegiate decathlon champion Bernard Ernst Barney Berlinger died from heart failure Monday at his home in Carversville, Pa. He was 94. A member of the 1928 Olympic team as a collegiate freshman at the University of Pennsylvania, Berlinger was a three-time winner of the collegiate decathlon at the Penn Relays, where he set records each year from 1929-1931. Berlinger won the James E. Sullivan Award as the nations best all-around amateur athlete in 1931. He is survived by his wife Marguerite Wagner Berlinger; a son, Barney Berlinger Jr.; a daughter, Linda Burke; and seven grandchildren. Ferrara named to team staff Andy Ferrera has been added to the 2004 World Junior team staff. He will serve as an assistant coach for the mens team. # # #
t-and-f: USATF Release: Roe wins Giegengack Award
Contact:Tom Surber Media Information Manager USA Track Field (317) 261-0500 x317 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.usatf.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Saturday, December 7, 2002 Roe wins Giegengack Award KANSAS CITY, Mo. USA Track Field President, longtime official and coach Bill Roe has been named the 19th winner of the Robert Giegengack Award. Roe received the award Friday evening at the Jesse Owens Awards Dinner and Xerox Hall of Fame Banquet. The award is presented annually to an individual who excels in contributing to the excellence and high standards of the sport. The Giegengack is USATFs only accolade for contributions not limited to one of the sports three disciplines track and field, long distance running and race walking or to any one of the three areas of consideration official, coach, administrator. The award was established in 1982 and named after the former Yale University track and field coachs half-century of superior and outstanding contributions as an Official, as a Coach, as an Administrator to the sport and to the Organization The founder in 1972 of Seattles Club Northwest and in 1973 of the Pacific Northwest Association of USATF, Roes resume includes work in nearly all capacities of the sport: as a coach, meet director, clinician, official, administrator and executive. Roe was a member of the founding USATF Board of Directors in 1979 and became one of three vice presidents in 1988. In 1992, he won the job of Secretary and in 1996 was re-elected to the position of vice-president for a four-year term. He has served on the organizations Executive Committee as part of is officer duties since 1988. Roes election as President made him the only person in USATF history to be elected to 16 years as an official. The founder and past editor of Northwest Runner magazine, Roe has been a member of countless committees and task forces on the local, regional, and national level. Roe has coached the mens and womens cross country and distance programs at Western Washington University in Bellingham since 1988. His athletes have set 22 school records, been NAIA or NCAA All-Americans 21 times, and won national scholar athlete honors on 14 occasions. He was regional cross country coach of the year in 1995 and conference cross country coach of the year in 1997. He has been an international team leader or coach nine times and led the USA team to the 2001 World Cross Country Championships in Ostend, Belgium. He has been rated a Master official and referee since USATFs certification program was founded in 1980. He directs a number of track field meete, cross country meets and road races each year, including a series of 10-12 summer all-comes meets in Seattle he has directed since 1969. Roe was born in Seattle and attended Nathan Hale High School and the University of Washington. In 1985, he moved to Bellingham to pursue an advanced degree in education, and he has lived there ever since. # # #
t-and-f: Arledge
Netters: While erevyone on TV is falling all over themselves in praise of Roone Arledge, it might be well to relate this story: At the Los Angeles Olympics, on closing night, there was a big party for the officials who worked the meet, as well as the VIPs. It took place while the closing ceremonies were going on. A friend of mine, who officiated track for more than 60 years, told me that, during the party, Arledge came in to speak to games director Peter Uebberoth. He told him that the ceremony was :running over: because, as had by that time become customary, the athletes had taken over the field and were having their own celebration. Arldege said that he was losing his East Coast audience because of the latening hour. As a result, about a third of the cememony---which of course, the people in the stands had paid good (and, in some cases, huge) money to attend---was cancelled. Arledge was aklso responsible, in a way, for the down-sizing of track and field's position as indisputably the center of every Olympic Games/ At Munich, there was a whole week of competition in other sports before the track program began. For the first time, ABC had paid a huge sum to televise the games and even more, perhaps, to staff it, installing its own cameras (while the rest of the world was using the central feed). So something had to be done to keep the ratings high. Arledge decided to center on women's gymnastics, until then a rather obscure sport which gained little or no press attention in the United States. But, as the ABC carneras concentrated on Olga Korbut, the press guys in Munich began to get messages from editors at home, asking why they weren't covering the sport. Thus began the insanity which continued through Montreal and Los Angeles and to today. And track and field, though still No. 1 for those attending the Games, faded into the background on the all-important tube. Other sports also moved front and center---can we ever forget that, while Carl Lewis was winning his 4th gold medal at Los Angeles, Americans were watching, live, the almost meaningles preliminary trials in men's diving. Ed Grant
t-and-f: Tough at the top of world sport
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/2550475.stm By Harry Peart BBC sports correspondent in Mexico City There are many who believe that sport and politics shouldn't mix. Last week the International Olympic Committee met in Mexico for its general assembly, or session as it's called, of all its members. For the past few decades, these meetings have been relatively uncontroversial, but this session proved a baptism of fire for the IOC President, Jacques Rogge. Elected 16 months ago to replace his controversial predecessor Juan Antonio Samaranch, Dr Rogge discovered, much to his discomfort, that sport and politics do, indeed, mix. For 21 years, Mr Samaranch had ruled the International Olympic Committee and taken an organisation that was on the verge of bankruptcy to the multi-billion dollar business that it is today. It was his political ability that took him to power when the members voted him into office in Moscow in 1980, not his sporting prowess. As the Spanish ambassador in the Soviet Union's capital he had cultivated members from the Eastern Bloc, and by the time of the vote he had their solid backing, together with his growing influence in Africa and Asia. He was a consummate politician - little evaded his global radar as he built up a powerful and wealthy organisation. His executive board was virtually hand-picked and the ordinary members rarely challenged his authority. Although slight in stature, he commanded respect as he mixed with world leaders. But he never missed a trick if he thought that lesser mortals could help his cause. I remember one meeting at the IOC headquarters in Lausanne in Switzerland. Before open government became the rule, and the sessions were broadcast on closed circuit television to the press, journalists like me would lurk around the corridors of power hoping that one of the IOC members at least would drop us a titbit of information ahead of the formal, and heavily orchestrated, news conference. While standing around, we were suddenly and surprisingly ushered into the meeting hall. After we had taken our seats, Mr Samaranch switched from speaking Spanish to English and promptly dropped his bombshell. The Athens Olympics in 2004 were so far behind in their preparations that they were in danger. The traffic lights, he said were on amber and soon would be red. There never was any danger of the games being moved away from Greece, but Mr Samaranch was perfectly happy that some newspapers and news agencies implied that the games could be switched. The resulting outcry forced the Athens organisers and Greek Government into a frenzy of re-organisation to get back on track. Towards the end of his IOC presidency he appeared frail, and after the crisis of the Salt Lake City scandal, there were murmurings that he was a lame duck. His final general assembly in Moscow in July last year ended all doubts that his powers were on the wane, when he achieved what is known as a triple whammy. Beijing won the right to stage the 2008 Olympics, having been beaten for the Millennium Games by Sydney in spite of his backing for China. He pushed through his son's application to join the IOC, despite claims that it smacked of nepotism. And thirdly, his favoured candidate was elected to replace him. Dr Rogge, a Belgian surgeon, won the vote against powerful contenders. His clean image and support from Europe gave him the most important job in world sport. But in 16 months, the flashing white-teeth smile has given way to a more wearied look as his vision of the IOC future has been repeatedly blocked. He wants to be more of a chief executive officer of a company than a figurehead president - to consolidate after the IOC's years of expansion. But he's finding the IOC members do have teeth. As almost 40 of them stood up to speak against his proposal to eliminate three sports - baseball, softball and modern pentathlon - from the Olympic programme, we shook our heads in disbelief. Surely, he must have canvassed the feelings of members - evidently not. Mr Samaranch would never have allowed himself to be exposed to such a revolt. Members of his executive board would have been dispatched to sound out the mood, he himself would have talked to key people and sometimes even journalists. Any sign that he could lose the vote, and the proposal would have been quietly shelved. Instead, Dr Rogge had to sit on the stage for two-and-a-half hours as member after member attacked the proposal and the flawed report that led to the revolt. The idea that the modern pentathlon should be removed was the most inflammatory. The sport - which combines in a military fashion, shooting, fencing, swimming, horse riding and running - was created by the founder of the modern Olympics, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, and one meddles with Olympic tradition at one's peril. Coupled with the fact the Juan Antonio Samaranch junior is the sport's vice president, and that Prince Albert of Monaco
t-and-f: USATF News Notes - Annual Meeting Edition - December 7, 2002
Contact:Jill M. Geer USATF Director of Communications In Kansas City: 816-283-4420 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.usatf.org USATF News Notes Annual Meeting edition Volume 3, Number 117December 7, 2002 Womens TF names coaching staffs The Womens Track Field Executive Committee has named coaching staffs for upcoming international meets. 2003 Pan Am Junior Championships: Head Coach Lissa Olson; Head Manager Wendy Truvillion; Assistant Coaches Maicel Malone, John Turek, Dayna Holston; Assistant Manager LaVonna Martin Floreal. 2004 World Junior Championships: Head Coach Carla Coffey; Head Manager Rita Somerlot; Assistant Coaches Sharifa Barksdale, John Green, Megan Thomas; Assistant Manager Charlotta Gaines. 2004 World Indoor Championships: Head Coach Diane Wholey; Head Manager Sandra Farmer-Patrick; Assistant Coaches Remi Korchemny, Connie Price-Smith, Rose Monday. 2004 NACAC U-25 Championships: Head Coach Lori Shepard; Head Manager Gwen Harris; Assistant Coaches Kim Hyatt, Catina Acosta. World Cross Country team staffs named USATFs Cross Country Council has named the mens and womens coaching staffs for the 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Lausanne, Switzerland. Dave Rinker will be the head coach of the Senior mens team, with Scott Christiansen serving as the head coach of the Junior mens squad. Doris Heritage will be the head coach of the Senior womens team, with Julie Henner leading the Junior womens squad. IAAF positions selected in Saturday voting USATF elections were completed on Saturday, with one race that went down to the wire. In the only race that required more than one round of voting, David Katz was selected as IAAF Technical Committee Member. Katz defeated Chaplin in a second-round runoff after John Blackburn was eliminated in first-round voting. In other voting results, Dr. Evie Dennis was selected as IAAF Delegate over Harry Groves and Russ Ebbets. Rex Harvey was selected as IAAF Masters Committee Member, defeating Charles DesJardins. Bob Bowman won the race for the IAAF Race Walking Committee Member over Gary Westerfield. Previously elected by proclamation at Thursdays Opening Session were: Bob Hersh, IAAF Council; Anne Timmons, IAAF Cross Country and Road Racing Committee Member; Dr. C. Harmon Brown, IAAF Medical Committee; Dee Jensen, IAAF Womens Committee. Athletes Advisory Committee elects officers The Athletes Advisory Committee on Sunday elected its four officers for 2003: Chair Sandra Farmer-Patrick, Vice Chair Antonio Pettigrew, Secretary Erica Wheeler, and Treasurer Jon Drummond. # # #
Re: t-and-f: FW: April Fool's day at USATF Convention
Ahem! OURS?! Look, whether I like it or not, I have to refer to Bush as our president, no matter how distasteful it may be. (And quite frankly, I felt the same way when Clinton was president.) Yep, Globenose is ours, Garry. Deal with it. (Is there some way to impeach a mascot?) -- Lee Nichols Assistant News Editor The Austin Chronicle 512/454-5766 ext. 138 fax 512/458-6910 http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/authors/leenichols.html
Re: t-and-f: FW: April Fool's day at USATF Convention
USATF Communications wrote: This guy is a first for USA Track Field, said President Bill Roe, introducing the mascot. We believe that the future of our sport lies with attracting and keeping youth, and this mascot will be a key to grabbing them early. The mascot will appear at numerous 2003 events and meetings. What is sad about this whole thing, in spite of the funny comments that are filling this list, is that no matter how much money is spent on this, no matter where it (the mascot) shows up, and no matter what publicity comes out of this; it appears that nothing positive is going to come out of this issue. At least, that is what is the consensus of this list. Track and field is filled with many ills; too many to repeat (as many have been done here so eloquently). We all know the problems. What is needed now is level headed thinking and not back porch politicking. Improvement in coaching at the scholastic and collegiate level, more opportunities for competition, research in improving equipment and safety, ideas for saving programs on the verge of being dropped, and a move to more head to head competition instead of chasing marks in a rule book are the areas that USATF should be focusing. Unfortunately, there are too many individuals who think that those last five items are pipe dreams. Some will say that I am a dreamer. Some will even admit that if any of those items get touched, that it will take some serious politicking to even be heard. (A paradox if there ever was one!) Now is not the time to sit on laurels and talk about mascots or what it used to be back in the day. USATF, the NCAA, and the high school federation have been run by politicians padding resumes for too long. What is needed is not butt kissing; what is needed is butt busting to get things done. There are plenty of administrators, coaches, athletes, officials, and parents out there who are willing to bust their butts to get things done. However, with the deluge of politicians, they get tuned out and turned off. Yeah, I know, USATF's mandate is to get athletes to win Olympic medals. That's what the Amateur Sports Act legislated when it formed the USOC and the national governing bodies. But, if the sport is not improved at the base level, the Olympic champs will never get there. However, putting stock in an un-named mascot, which the spin doctors think will help, is a poor use of resources. The other night, while filming the local high school game for the coach, I was yelled at by an older gentleman for blocking his view, he had been sitting in the same seat for 30 years. I told him that while I was sorry for blocking his view, that the coach wanted this angle (in the middle of the stands) for taping for the kids. The point I left him was that the game was for the kids and not the spectators. Of course, he didn't like that and went to complain to the A.D. The point of this story is that sport is for the kids (high school, college, open, or masters). Sometimes we need to change our perspective, in spite of too many years of sitting in the same seat. Track and field will continue to suffer the same ills that have plagued it for years if all of us and those who elect themselves in charge don't bust butts and get dirty and change our perspective as to what the sport is all about. Coming up with mascots or more committees isn't going to fix it. Just my two cents worth after coaching for over 20 years in the trenches. (Guess that this post will kill my credibility with the powers-to-be in the governing bodies.) Trey Jackson A Division III collegiate coach
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RE: t-and-f: TFN names AOYs
With El G now with three TFN AOY's, he equals Carl Lewis for the most ever for men. I guess now we should consider him among the greatest athletes ever??? I am not sure he would even be in my top ten. Cory Beard -Original Message- From: ghill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 12:19 PM To: track list Subject: t-and-f: TFN names AOYs RADCLIFFE EL GUERROUJ NAMED ATHLETES OF THE YEAR Mountain View, California--Track Field News has named Paula Radcliffe of Great Britain and Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco as its 2002 Athletes Of The Year in its December edition. TFN's international panel of experts made marathon World Record setter Radcliffe, 28, an almost unanimous choice for No. 1, according her the top spot on 32 of the 35 ballots. The other votes for No. 1 went to Marion Jones (2) and Ana Guevara (1). In becoming just the second ever to be named men's AOY three times (Carl Lewis did it in 198284), mile star El Guerrouj had a very tough battle. Indeed, voting runner-up Khalid Khannouchi actually got more 1st-place votes, 17-16. But the marathoner World Record setter had less support across the board, so El Guerrouj, 28, was able to defend his status as No. 1. Hurdler Felix Sánchez (4) and sprinter Tim Montgomery (1) also got 1st-place votes. Men's Voting Leaders: 1. Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco--1500m) 344 2. Khalid Khannouchi (US--marathon) 319 3. Felix Sánchez (Dominican Republic--400 hurdles) 303 4. Róbert Fazekas (Hungary--discus) 245 5. Adam Nelson (US--shot put) 188 6. Tim Montgomery (US--100m) 157 7. Sergey Makarov (Russia--javelin) 145 8. Roman Sebrle (Czech Republic--decathlon) 120 9. Wilson Kipketer (Denmark--800m) 90 10. Francisco Fernández (Spain--20K walk) 63 Women's Voting Leaders: 1. Paula Radcliffe (Great Britain--distances) 344 2. Marion Jones (US--sprints) 305 3. Ana Guevara (Mexico--400m) 265 4. Svetlana Feofanova (Russia--pole vault) 189 5. Tatyana Kotova (Russia--long jump) 172 6. Gail Devers (US--100 hurdles) 161 7. Kajsa Bergqvist (Sweden--high jump) 149 8. Süreyya Ayhan (Turkey--1500m) 144 9. Maria Mutola (Mozambique--800m) 65 10. Yuliya Pechonkina (Russia--400 hurdles) 40
