I first saw Gerry Lindgren at London's White City stadium in, I think,
1965. Ron Clarke had taken the world 3 mile record down from about 13:14
to just over 13 minutes and this day was about to take another 8 seconds
off. In those days Ron just ran away from everybody much of the time, and
the b
Netters:
Despite the transfer of the World CC to Belgium because of the hoof (foot) and
mouth disease, Villanova alumni went ahead with their resunion party last night
in Dublin and my Irish correspondent---who attended---said it was a great
affair.
The
affair was attende
malmo wrote:
> Any computer geeks out there know how to take the word wrap out of the
text
> so it's readable? Looks like this decision answers all the legal issues
> brought up by the amateur lawyers (including myself) on the list.
I think it answers one or two of the legal issues, but as far a
http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov/fox/foxweb.exe/Op3?yr=99&num=4146&Submit1=Reques
t+Opinion
Any computer geeks out there know how to take the word wrap out of the text
so it's readable? Looks like this decision answers all the legal issues
brought up by the amateur lawyers (including myself) on the l
Yes. Soon to be revealed at the Track and Field Hall of Fame. Inscription to
say, "Only by honoring the past can you live in the present and build for
the future."
malmo
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Randy Treadway
> Sent: Tuesday
gh wrote:
>
> You're joking, right?
>
> Neither Shorter, Pre, Virgin nor Kennedy have an OVERALL career that
remotely compares with Lindgren's. He >absolutely stomps the crap out of any
of them as both a prep and a collegian, and his forays into the open ranks
on the track >are right up there wit
> ``Finally, the District Court correctly determined that
>Slaney did not state a proper claim against the USOC for
>violation of the federal RICO statute,'' the appeals court said.
Isn't she President of USATF ? :-) I didn't know she
had a statute.
RT
Y ask Y:
The handsome and fashionable Steve Vaitones of New England USATF shares a preliminary
rundown on world and American records set at this past weekend's USATF National
Masters Indoor T&F Championships in Boston -- many more than I highlighted in an
earlier post.
Steve writes: "Note th
In a message dated Tue, 27 Mar 2001 6:34:03 PM Eastern Standard Time, Richard McCann
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
<< You're right. I am looking at their high school careers not overall careers. For
example, I'm not considering either Frank Shorter or Bob Kennedy, who really blossomed
collegi
Nathan
Thurm Masback: "Our American system of law prevents me from commenting on this
matter." Takes a drag form a
cigarette.
Nathan Thurm Masback: "Why are you looking at me
that way? I didn't take...Nike didn't give...offer... me any money. Did you give
me any money? I didn't see anyone
Distance runner Mary Decker Slaney rebuffed by appeals panel
.c The Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP) - A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld a lower court's
dismissal of distance runner Mary Decker Slaney's lawsuit claiming she was
unfairly found to have failed a 1996 drug test.
A three-judge
We've gone over this many times before.
Newspaper editors fill their pages with what they
believe people want to read.
Period.
Of course there are exceptions, but the vast majority
aren't pro-anything or aren't anti-anything. They're
not biased against T&F. They are simply trying to do
their j
Particularly when they were beating him...
I don't recall that Fritz ran the two mile much/at all. He was a miler and
spoiled Virgin's attempt at a 1-2 double at state in 1973.
wb
At 09:50 PM 3/27/01 -0500, malmo wrote:
> > FWIW, (as you know), Virgin was an awesome runner in high
> > school
I think television coverage (or lack thereof) unfortunately also affects newspaper
coverage. TV coverage "legitimizes" the event in the minds of many sports editors
although they would never admit it (even to themselves in many cases). WCC had no TV
and hence was ignored. The ironic thing is th
> FWIW, (as you know), Virgin was an awesome runner in high
> school. He ran for a no-name school in central/southern
> Illinois - lapped the competition in every 2 mile race
> until the state meet (where he won by 20+ seconds). Won
> two cross country championships by 30 seconds each over the
When I posted women's national indoor vault records yesterday, I invited
additions and corrections. First off the mark was Andy Mühlbach, who
reported that Doris Auer had improved her Austrian record, given as 4.32m.
Her new mark, achieved at Glasgow on 18 March, is 4.44m.
As I filed her new mark
Garry Hill writes in response to Roger Ruth:
<>
At some peril, I think I'm going to jump into this. I guess what I'm
looking for in clarification is a completion to this sentence: Garry,
who advises not relying on the "news media" for info, suggests that
Roger instead...
rely on.
wait
Dave, and Bill, You're right. I am looking at their high school careers
not overall careers. For example, I'm not considering either Frank Shorter
or Bob Kennedy, who really blossomed collegiately and later but have to be
considered on the same level as Pre and Virgin career-wise, and better
On Saturday 4/7/01 the Red Estes men's mile is being held in conjunction
with the Bob Mathias Relays in Fresno. This event, sponsored by Venue
Sports and the Reebok Aggie running club has the following prize money
breakdown:
First place overall: $200
Second Place Overall : $100
Third Place over
One thing that must be born in mind is that birth dates are very often not
known accurately in many, if not most, African countries. This is not
(always) due to wilful or malicious intent, but mostly due to the fact that
there is very little centralized record keeping. Babies born in hospitals
usu
Looking at the links (to athlete bios) on iaaf.org a few nights ago I was
pointing out how fast the world's best junior runners are to a friend.
I was also looking to see who might be around for next year (or the year
beyond for some junior men). One thing I noticed was that the men's junior
win
Brian,
Remember what you said to CPoTaF?
What about "junior-medallist."
Sean
--- "Mcewen, Brian T" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Steve said:
> <<<
> On the topic of results in newspapers from
> Derderian's earlier post, I
> suggest that the problem is not so much pre-event
> publicity nor su
Just got a release from Drake saying that Arkansas will run Drake Relays this year.
First time since '81 after a long run at Penn. The look and feel in Philly will
certainly be markedly different.
Quote from John McDonnell says "We took a vote and our team wanted to comew to the
Drake Relays f
Steve
said:
<<<
On the topic of results in
newspapers from Derderian's earlier post, I suggest that the problem is not so
much pre-event publicity nor submitting results (both of which were done for the
masters meet), it's that sports editors have their choice of what they want to
print
In a message dated 3/27/01 9:51:01 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I always wanted to start up a pursuit race in track. Have two runners start
on opposite sides of the track and go until one catches the other. I figure
the 10k guys would be best at this.
Or how about star
University of Florida wide receiver John Capel stopped by the NFL.com chat
room to answer fan questions about the combine. You can view the entire page
at:
http://www.nfl.com/news/nfldraft2001/combine/capel.html
Capel said his best 40yd time was 4.27.
Tom Borish
Kent State volunteer sprints
Hunter's acquiescence smacks of guilt
Track athletes need to do more to prove they are clean
Posted: Friday March 09, 2001 4:15 PM
On the morning of last Sept. 25, C.J. Hunter sat in a jam-packed hotel
banquet room in Sydney and gave the performance of his life. Two days earlier
In a message dated Tue, 27 Mar 2001 10:21:54 AM Eastern Standard Time, "Mcewen, Brian
T" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
<< >
My guess would be yes, and by a quantum amount. It's easy to confuse people who like
to run themselves with people who like to follow other peoples' running. There are
mil
If that's what Rich meant (and on second reading, it appears that way), I
agree.
Wish I had been old enough to see/appreciate Lindgren in his prime.
Unfortunately, my direct memories are of disappointing OT performance
late in his career.
Bill Bahnfleth
At 08:26 AM 3/27/2001 -0800, Dave Camero
Don't mean to speak for Rich McC - but I believe he's only
talking about their performances through high school.
He's saying that Lindgren and Ryun were running with world
class runners in high school, Virgin and Pre were not.
FWIW, (as you know), Virgin was an awesome runner in high
school. H
In a message dated Mon, 26 Mar 2001 11:56:01 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Roger Ruth) writes:
<< Garry enjoys the luxury of publishing only monthly, after most of the
confusion has been resolved. What I meant by confusion, in real time, due
to problems in the news media convertin
Organisers in general certainly could do a better
job of promoting their meets. They could start by at least answering
emails and faxes from the media and sending out results the same
day.
OK, I concede that, even in this high tech age, for
some reason, it's still too much to ask that peo
The reality is that there are sports editors at
newspapers in the U.S. who do not care about track and that determines their
coverage of the sport no matter how good local organizers are providing the
editors with information and results.
Editors at The Oregonian here in Portland have told
I always wanted to start up a pursuit race in track. Have two runners start
on opposite sides of the track and go until one catches the other. I figure
the 10k guys would be best at this.
Or how about start 8 guys, one every fifty meters. If you get passed,
you're out. Last one standing wins.
In a message dated 3/26/01 11:55:44 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< After her first-attempt clearance of 4.66m in that meet, we are told by
Walt Murphy that Stacy requested a new height of 4.71m. She missed the
height twice, then cleared on her third attempt. Again according to Murphy,
the heig
Consider yesterday's Sports section of USA TODAY, the
defacto national newspaper of the USA.
Ad
nauseum coverage of NCAA final four, a couple of pieces on the
Richard/Venus/Serena Williams "controversy", huge previews of a couple of
divisional races in upcoming Major League Baseball season
That cop out just doesn't cut it. Sure, just blame the lack of coverage on
the newspaper editors. That way we are sure to make good progress, and
enhance our public relations effort with the news media.
It's great to have our sport mentioned in the same breath as bowling.
Larry
NeTrack
I think that's an excellent point. I would imagine that
one of the reasons that it is more common for the top
African juniors to generate faster times at earlier ages
compared to North Americans is the training partner idea.
I know from working with high schoolers, that oftentimes
I don't know if it happened in Stacy Dragila's case or not, but one of
the confusing things which can happen is that a height is measured in BOTH
systems. The two heights you get by doing this will not necessarily
convert to each other if you use the conversion tables. This is because
the convers
This reminds me of something. Here at CERN where I work we have had an
annual relay race (running) for teams of 6 around the 4 km site for the
past 30 years. About 20 years ago, the head of the Fire Brigade, who had
played some part in founding the race, retired and wanted to donate a cup.
Being
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