Two statements by Jon Entine written in different postings recently
That makes 800 meters very much a distance race.
I'll say it again: Athletes of West African ancestry (African Americans in
particular) will NEVER become great long distance runners.
By any standard Johnny Gray was a great
Message text written by Michael Reilly
Cardinal Track Field Invitational
Cobb Track and Angell Field
Stanford University
May 4, 2001
LIST OF DECLARED ENTRANTS
. . . .
Men's 3000 Meter Steeplechase (2 sections)
NON-Championship section will be at 7:15pm.
Championship section will race at
I agree. One thing that annoys me is scanning through a results sheet and
seeing the same event being staged umpteen different times only with
different titles that make it difficult to establish which is the main one.
Calling them 'A' and 'B' makes it obvious which is the more important.
Hi All
Amazing how two people can watch the same debate yet draw diametrically
opposite conclusions.
I think that the treatment Jon Entine has received on this list has been a
disgrace. In his recent exchanges he has been painfully accurate, avoiding
any of the sorts of generalisations for
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Since all members of the Council
are elected for four-year terms, it might be possible to arrive at some
approximation of this information through the Structure links on the
website, but the question would remain of which members who are concluding
a four-year
This talk of what kind of correlation in ability exists between 400/800m and
800/1500m has hatched a question from me:
Out of the greatest Middle-distance runners ever (based on time), how come
the SUPER-Studs of the 90's are so far behind in the 800m?
Starting with the first stars of the '90's
DOES ANYONE DISAGREE THAT THERE ARE LOTS OF COES, ,OVETTS AND ELLIOTTS IN
BRITAIN TODAY - BUT THEY'RE NOT RUNNING.
John Bale
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David Honea wrote:
- The concept that you can use the age-graded tables - which I think
somehow
are related to the best performances previously done in an age-group - to
show that someone is equivalent to a world championships medalist.
Although they are partially related to performances
that would be . . . a fatty NO. coe et al are not so common. i mean, his 800 record
stood for how long, even with africans running and drugs available etc etc etc?? coe
and the others were/are special athletes, and there not many of them out there.
period.
didigio
DOES ANYONE DISAGREE
LS
A nice initiative of the IAAF to promote track and field athletics. Too
bad that last years winners were not given the opportunity to go to the
Sydney olympics?
Regards,
Wilmar
Courtesy IAAF,
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
International Amateur Athletic Federation
Fédération
Justin wrote:
I think that the treatment Jon Entine has received on this list has been a
disgrace. In his recent exchanges he has been painfully accurate, avoiding
any of the sorts of generalisations for which he was rightly criticised
last
time.
I agree that Jon's more careful - but he's
On 5/3/01 8:01 AM, t-and-f-digest [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 09:46:58 +0100
From: Randall Northam [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: t-and-f: Jon Entine
Two statements by Jon Entine written in different postings recently
That makes 800 meters very much a distance race.
Thought some of y'all would be interested in this excerpt from the NCAA's
Division I Board of Directors meeting last week:
è (1)Men¹s and Women¹s Outdoor Track and Field. Discussed concerns
received regarding the proposed regional-qualifying system for men¹s and
women¹s outdoor track and
Considering the fact that my message was the one quoted, I feel a little,
well let's not call it guilt, but responsibility, at least with respect to
the debate about Mr. Entine. I'm sorry to see you leave this list; I've
lurked since 1996 (via the digest) and always read your postings with
This is up at www.letsrun.com, but figured some of you might
want to see it as well, and some of the info came from this list. And I'm
sure you'll find some track statistical errors as well:
Showdown at Stanford: The Assault
on the American 10k Record
Distance Running Fans in the bay
area
I realized I sent you all the first unedited
version of the preview. The corrected version is up at:
http://www.letsrun.com/stanford10k050401prev.html
-Weldon
I don't know what want needs to show healthy skepticism. My ONLY absolute
statement is that patterned population biology plays a role in sports
success and that cultural exaggerates those small but (at the elite level)
critical differences. That's it. That's the essence of moderation.
Do I
At 09:01 PM 5/2/2001 -0700, t-and-f-digest wrote..
Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 18:02:17 -0700
From: Jon Entine [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Try to grasp the difference between INDIVIDUALS and GROUPS. There may be an
ideal body type based on the AVERAGE of INDIVIDUALS, but it is not
eliminate the possibility of
On 5/3/01 11:58 AM, Richard McCann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At 09:01 PM 5/2/2001 -0700, t-and-f-digest wrote..
Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 18:02:17 -0700
From: Jon Entine [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Try to grasp the difference between INDIVIDUALS and GROUPS. There may be an
ideal body type based on the
On Thu, 3 May 2001, Elliott Oti wrote:
About nine years ago I ran against Koers in a 400m which he won in 47.2
- 47.3. This despite the fact that Koers considers himself to be
primarily a 1500m man.
Nine years ago I was a teammate of Marko's and I saw him run mid 48s in an
open though he
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