t-and-f: Preseason NCAA Women's XC Poll Analysis

2003-09-02 Thread miscott
Analysis of the 2003 NCAA Division I Women's Cross Country Coaches' Poll by Mike Scott, University of Rhode Island Updated:  Preseason   For the 7th consecutive year, I am analyzing the Women's Division I Coaches' Poll.  The top 10 teams are listed according to their ranking in the current editi

Re: t-and-f: Get rid of the IAAF

2003-09-02 Thread koala
>ok, so we cant get rid of the IAAF... what can be done >to change it? must all of the athletes grow a pair >and seriously come together to form a union? and not >only threaten to boycott the OG's but really mean >it How would you propose to convince Hungarian hammer throwers and Finnish Jav

t-and-f: Fwd: 2003 FinishLynx / NCAA Div I Women's Cross Country Preseason National Poll

2003-09-02 Thread miscott
Begin Forwarded Message Date:09/02 21:38 Received:09/02 21:40 From:Jesse Rosen, [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Jesse Rosen, [EMAIL PROTECTED] FinishLynx / NCAA DIVISION I WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY NATIONAL POLL (Conducted by the Women's Cross Co

Re: t-and-f: Lagat Finally Caught

2003-09-02 Thread Jorma Kurry
hate to be the ugly reminder of the truth, but Lagat was an NCAA XC runner. Don't worry, he's innocent. I'm sure it was someone else's. - Original Message - From: "John Molvar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Send t-and-f" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > As a fan, the NCAA XC season can't start soon enou

Re: t-and-f: Get rid of the IAAF

2003-09-02 Thread edndana
I tend to agree. I'd be just as happy to see the reaction time limit removed and an NCAA-style no false start rule. That would really force those who are truly guessing to take the ultimate risk, while removing the arbitrariness. Because under the old rules, there weren't "big penalties" for gu

Re: t-and-f: Get rid of the IAAF

2003-09-02 Thread lorenzo hill
ok, so we cant get rid of the IAAF... what can be done to change it? must all of the athletes grow a pair and seriously come together to form a union? and not only threaten to boycott the OG's but really mean it Must the OG's always be every 4 yrs...if u boycott it in 2008, cant it take plac

Re: t-and-f: Get rid of the IAAF

2003-09-02 Thread MOrfuss
I don't know about getting rid of the IAAF but I've been saying for a long time that the artifical 0.1 for starts is absurd at worst, arbitrary at best. Whjat other event has this kind of arbitrary provision? Why not also subtract the length of a discuss thrower's arm from the distance of the to

Re: t-and-f: Kenyan Question

2003-09-02 Thread Martin J. Dixon
Queue Weldon. "B. Kunnath" wrote: Weldon, Thats a far cry from your first post where you seemed to suggest that someone had walked up to you with "proof" that he/she knew of certain specific agents giving drugs to certain specific runners. Now you're into full denial and damage contr

RE: t-and-f: Lagat now

2003-09-02 Thread malmo
Oh QUIT TALKING ABOUT DRUGS!!. ITS NEGATIVITY SUCH AS THIS THAT'S RUINING THE SPORT, NOT DRUGS!. LAGAT IS A SMILING, PASTORAL FARMER WHO WOULDN'T EVEN TOUCH ASPIRIN! malmo -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Martin J. Dixon Sent: Tuesday, Sept

t-and-f: Lagat Finally Caught

2003-09-02 Thread John Molvar
Like I told this list last week, we need to call into question every top distance performance from Ondieki's 26:58 onwards. Lagat was a fool, he got caught with EPO. Most of the East and North Africans have already switched over to the undetectable Repoxagen. As a fan, the NCAA XC season can't

t-and-f: Lagat now

2003-09-02 Thread Martin J. Dixon
I forget where I saw it but someone that it was odd that Lagat pulled out at the last minute http://www.nationaudio.com/News/DailyNation/Today/Sports/Sports0.html Regards, Martin

Re: t-and-f: Get rid of the IAAF

2003-09-02 Thread edndana
> Can this be done? What would need to be done? I know > there are a ton of things to get that in place, but > why not start now? I have to speculate that the only way the IOC would even consider it would be for literally a mass boycott of an Olympic Games by track & field athletes. I think the

t-and-f: Get rid of the IAAF

2003-09-02 Thread lorenzo hill
Can this be done? What would need to be done? I know there are a ton of things to get that in place, but why not start now? Let the athletes govern themselves...After seeing and hearing what has been going on at the WC's...why not Get rid of the 0.1 startif u move AFTER the gun...then i

t-and-f: White, Goldman, Conte, CJ and T-mag

2003-09-02 Thread Martin J. Dixon
"The incident draws attention to White's association with a Burlingame nutritional company that helps some of the world's finest athletes, including Barry Bonds, Marion Jones, Tim Montgomery and some famous bodybuilders. Goldman said he consults with firm owner Victor Conte, who came to the defense

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2003-09-02 Thread Ed & Marsha Prytherch
David: Did you agree with Katrin Krabbe's career ending DQ for clenbuterol? It was not on the list when she took it. Ed Prytherch. - Original Message - From: "dcw23" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Randall Northam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003 7:17