RE: t-and-f: Witherspoon's NCIS HS Record

2003-03-22 Thread Ben Hall
Kim, That's a lot of questions. So let's pose two more, as I feel a discussion of the situation would be incomplete with them. 1. Why was the race run under a three turn stagger? By this I mean, what was the intent of using a three turn stagger? 2. Does any know of the use of a three turn stag

RE: t-and-f: Witherspoon's NCIS HS Record

2003-03-22 Thread Matthew Starr
--- Ben Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kim, > > That's a lot of questions. So let's pose two more, > as I feel a discussion > of the situation would be incomplete with them. > > 1. Why was the race run under a three turn stagger? > By this I mean, what > was the intent of using a three turn

RE: t-and-f: Witherspoon's NCIS HS Record

2003-03-22 Thread Ben Hall
Kim, Here is my personal (i.e. NOT as a TFN editor) response. Let me also say that Witherspoon's time is a great effort but simply doesn't stand up to the test as a record. Let's start with a quote from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution article on Witherspoon, "Meet officials were operating under

RE: t-and-f: Witherspoon's NCIS HS Record

2003-03-22 Thread Ben Hall
That's part of racing 400m indoors. Were some of these athlete particularly dangerous? Or an official just decided to arbitrarilly change the nature of the event? > > 1. Why was the race run under a three turn stagger? > By this I mean, what > was the intent of using a three turn stagger? My un

RE: t-and-f: Witherspoon's NCIS HS Record

2003-03-22 Thread Ben Hall
So heats were run w/ a two turn stagger and only the final was run with a three? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Matthew Starr Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2003 6:49 AM To: Ben Hall; Kimberley Spir; Robert Hersh Cc: Kebba Tolbert; [EMAIL PROTECTE

t-and-f: Marc Sylvester

2003-03-22 Thread Ricky Quintana
From Tennessee SID Meanwhile, the Tennessee distance medley relay outdueled Michigan in a good race in the Sunshine State. Returning from an injury-induced indoor redshirt season, Marc Sylvester looked more than capable leading off and opening up a lead on the 1,200m leg. Sylvester passed the b

Re: t-and-f: Witherspoon's NCIS HS Record

2003-03-22 Thread ghill
> From: Kimberley Spir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Kimberley Spir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 19:59:20 -0800 (PST) > To: Robert Hersh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: Kebba Tolbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: t-and-f: Witherspoon's NCIS HS Record > > Why are s

t-and-f: Witherspoon's 400m

2003-03-22 Thread Robert Hersh
Message text written by Kimberley Spir >Perhaps I missed the indepth discussion regarding the three-turn stagger and why it appears in some rule books and is not included in others.< I don't believe there has been an on-list discussion of this. > What was done right, or wrong, according to regul

t-and-f: Iraq casualty has track history

2003-03-22 Thread Mike Prizy
Ryan Beaupre, reported to be the pilot of the U.S helicopter that crashed Friday in the Iraqi war killing eight British soldiers and four U.S. Marines, was the leadoff man on his high school's state championship 4x400 relay in 1991. Mr. Beaupre was from St. Anne, Ill. and attended Bishop Mc

t-and-f: On Witherspoon

2003-03-22 Thread Ed Grant
Netters: A few comments on the Witherspoon "record" To begin witt the question, who keeps these records? There are actually two outdoor lists, one published annually by the National Federation of HS Atheltic Associations, the other bvy Jack Shephard in his invaluavle natio

Re: t-and-f: Why Willingboro?

2003-03-22 Thread Gerald Woodward
Willingboro is also the home of Carl and Carol Lewis and their track coaching parents, who coached at rival schools, but took their kids to practice with them. That is how Carl and Carol got started in track and field. Gerald Woodward A Fellow New Jerseyan transplanted to California

t-and-f: test...

2003-03-22 Thread LOVE91397
test. Larry A. Morgan

t-and-f: No indoor track?

2003-03-22 Thread Ed Grant
Netters: Checking my HS rule book anent the Witherspoon controversy, I suddenly realized that the HS rules are written exclusively for outdoor track. The only mention of the indoor sport is a list of the "approved" events. So there is no rule at all on how many turns are run in lanes for a

RE: t-and-f: No indoor track?

2003-03-22 Thread Ben Hall
Just a little reminder, "Let's start with a quote from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution article on Witherspoon, "Meet officials were operating under U.S. Track and Field rules."" USATF does have a "how many turns are run in lanes" rule, which I cited earlier. -Original Message- From: [EMA