t-and-f: Japanese Depth

If any of you are looking for an excellent example of how to generate Marathon depth, check out these 10k track race results from Japan: http://www.tilastopaja.net/results/results.asp?CID=7808802 I count 81 men under 30minutes in a single day of racing... How many US athletes cracked that

t-and-f: Pounding away (was USATF-Rogge story)

OK, it appears some non-US list members are starting to pipe in on this ongoing jibberish re: liberties, rights, US-bashing, Pound's political ambitions and the like. Some simple questions from a simple man down under: 1. Can anyone on this list tell me they believe every member of the US team

t-and-f: Alvin's down here

Alvin Harrison is running the Australian summer circuit: Canberra 08 February 2002 Final MEN'S 400 METRE 1. Paul Pearce, VIC 46.23; 2. Alvin Harrison, USA 46.28; 3. Clinton Hill, NSWIS 46.52; 4. Patrick Dwyer, NSWIS 46.66; 5. David Geddes, NSW 46.90; 6. Michael Rehardt, QLD 46.97; 7. Casey

t-and-f: Fast times in Zatopek 10000m

Thompson, Mark, Victoria, 28:48.57. More reporting at http://www.theage.com.au/sport/2001/12/07/FFXF4IAFWUC.html Andre Sammartino A cog in the wheel of the Bayside machine 1999-2000, 2000-1 State League (Men's) Champions Are you hip to our funky groove? http://surf.to/bayside

re:t-and-f: Great Lakes photos

go to http://www.runmichigan.com and click on the great lakes regional photos, there are 20 pages of photos From: Jared Fletcher [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 4:10 PM Subject: t-and-f: Great Lakes photos I was wondering if someone knew if there

t-and-f: looking for Geb

Leigh Vial ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is a distance runner (PR 1500m 4:01.5), who lives on a farm abutting the Murray River in southern Australia. By necessity, he trains alone through the flat, dusty countryside and along the local river flats. Leigh visited Ethiopia to look at possible ways of

t-and-f: The list

from transparent... (Other topics i might raise in the future include what the hell is NAIA basketball and why would we see it on cable here?) Oh, and i love GH and Malmo's jokes... they lighten up what can be dreary reading... Thanks, Andre Sammartino A cog in the wheel of the Bayside machine

t-and-f: Women's AOY

candidates despite the poll being have way thru... Andre Sammartino A cog in the wheel of the Bayside machine Come vote in our Athlete-of-the-year polls http://surf.to/bayside

t-and-f: AOY Poll

overall rankings. Anyway, we hope you enjoy it. Oh, and the deadline is Oct 12. Happy voting, Andre Sammartino A cog in the wheel of the Bayside machine 1999-2000, 2000-1 State League (Men's) Champions Are you hip to our funky groove? http://surf.to/bayside

Re: t-and-f: 30 year (very) old thing

/08/01 +1000, Andre Sammartino wrote: Story that was reported by Eurosport commentators that we get here in Australia was that Boulami was given a pain-killing injection prior to the Edmonton final and that it wasn't administered very well... the phrase we would have used at high school would

t-and-f: 30 year (very) old thing

Story that was reported by Eurosport commentators that we get here in Australia was that Boulami was given a pain-killing injection prior to the Edmonton final and that it wasn't administered very well... the phrase we would have used at high school would be 'dead leg'...

t-and-f: AOY discussions

On this issue of prospective AOYs for 2001, any view on Jonathon Edwards' chances?... has 4 longest jumps plus 7th and 9th...and only outdoor loss appears to have been by 9cm in Helsinki GP... and he has jumped about fairly regularly given event is non-GP (a real hindrance for non glamour

Re: t-and-f: Entine's flaws

8th). On Wed, 15 Aug 2001, Andre Sammartino wrote: Jon, I don't understand where you are getting these numbers from... each time you reappear on this list to boost book sales you undermine your credentials substanitally by citing WRONG numbers. Where is the 800m evidence you cite

RE: t-and-f: Entine's flaws

i have tried to remove as many folks as possible from the lists in a similar straw-clutching fashion as Jon... At 11:09 AM 8/15/2001, malmo wrote: Cruz mostly African ancestry? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Andre Sammartino

t-and-f: AOY - try listing and see how you go

The debate here seems to be floundering on the identity of challengers to our Polish Pedestrian. Here's my top 10 =-11 1. Korzenioswki - only doubler at Olympic has to count 2. Alekna - no.2 performance all time and victory in best quality championship DT comp in many a year, 8 of top 10 throws

t-and-f: AA Information Release - Throws Competition - Blacktown Athletic Track, Sydney - 18th September 2000

ATHLETICS AUSTRALIA INFORMATION RELEASE Results of the Pre-Olympic Throws Competition held at Blacktown Athletic Track, Sydney on 18th September 2000 WOMEN Discus Throw - 1. Beatrice Faumuina (NZL) 63.40m; 2. Kris Kuehl (USA) 61.36m; 3. Kari Monia (TUN) 58.08m Hammer Throw - 1. Dawn Ellerbe

Re: (fwd) t-and-f: Clausen Local Confidence/Everett Outdoes E.T.

At least if he races in them there'll be something to giggle at other than his clumsy running style http://www.olympics.smh.com.au/athletics/2000/09/18/FFX2YXJ69DC.html and check out the picture of Mark Everett, too. Hurry up if you want to enter the Bayside/Brooks

t-and-f: bahamas looking for gold

Bahamas plot relay replay http://www.olympics.smh.com.au/athletics/2000/09/19/FFXVK6U59DC.html When Pauline Davis-Thompson saw Cathy Freeman at the training track yesterday, the pair engaged in a brief conversation. Davis-Thompson was a silver medallist in the 400metres at the 1995 world

t-and-f: mystery solved?

I think i may have managed to manoeuvre my way through the impenetrable mass that is the official Olympics site and find the fields for the various track and field events. No idea how i got to the page or where the links to it might be... Here goes: The list of men's 100m runners:

t-and-f: AA Information Release - Results of Pre-Olympic Warmup Meet held on SIAC #1 Track, Sydney on Thursday, 14th September 2000

ATHLETICS AUSTRALIA INFORMATION RELEASE Results of Pre-Olympic Warmup Meet held on SIAC #1 Track, Sydney on Thursday, 14th September 2000 MEN 100 metres Heat 1: (-0.3) 1. Deji Aliu (NGR) 10.19; 2. Mathew Quinn (RSA) 10.48; 3. Dejan Jojnovic (CRO) 10.60; 4. Slaven Krajacic (CRO) 10.71; 5. Iram

t-and-f: pre-olympic chucking of stuff

Complete results of Pre-Olympic Throws Meet held at Blacktown (Sydney) on Wednesday evening 13th September 2000 ATHLETICS AUSTRALIA INFORMATION RELEASE MEN Discus: 1. Frits Potgieter (RSA) 63.14m; 2. Ian Winchester (NZL) 59.74m; 3. Marcelo Pugliese (ARG) 58.28m Javelin: 1. Rigoberto Calderon

t-and-f: Re: [OZTRACK] IOC approved EPO Test scandal

While we're on the topic of TV docos, there has been a very interesting 3-part series on the current state of world athletics running on SBS on Tuesday nights at 8.30pm... first two looked at role of IAAF, increases in prizemoney, chase for $$ by shoe companies, drug use... focus on HSI group,

t-and-f: geting us back to the Olympic prediction thang

Here's some more half-assed prognostications: Women's 100m: 1. Jones, for gold medal no.1 (the biggest certainty of her five events) 2. Ottey, presuming she gets a run, for her most impressive Olympic showing and a big story 3. Thanou, been in hiding but ran fast early on 4. Miller, better over

t-and-f: spanish team picked

from IAAF page, Spanish team (Estevez was left out) Men - 100 200: Venancio José; 400: David Canal; 4x400: Canal, Iván Rodríguez, Andrés Martínez, Antonio Andrés, Iñigo Monreal; 800: José Maria Cerezo, Roberto Parra; 1,500: Andrés Díaz, José Antonio Redolat, Juan Carlos Higuero; 5,000: Yusef

Re: (fwd) re: t-and-f: Brussels 10k

It was my understanding that runners had been wearing computer chips in the bibs this season in the big Euro meets, hence the impressive "distance behind" split for the runners in the lead pack that had been coming through each lap on the TV coverage (at least the UK version being shown

t-and-f: Rieti Results - Frankie Fredericks is finally back

IAAF Grand Prix II - courtesy of http://www.iaaf.org/ Rieti 2000 Rieti, 03-Sep-2000 RESULTS MEN 100 METRES Race 1 - MEN Wind: +0.1 1 Zakari Abdul AzizGHA 10.13 2 Lewis Brian USA 10.34 3 Mitchell Dennis

t-and-f: re: Time to start talking about the games !!

I wholeheartedly agree with the need to focus our energies on Olympic predictions: here's my early prognostications: Men's 100m: 1. Greene, because he was so impressive on Friday night, and J.Smith ain't gonna get it wrong 2. Surin, got a great championship record 3. Drummond, doesn't, but

Re: t-and-f: pre-olympic meets downunder (incl.A.Harrison 44.74)

This is getting a far bit of press Down Under: http://www.olympics.smh.com.au/athletics/2000/09/04/FFXI3K82KCC.html They didn't exactly kiss and make-up but they came as close as two big boofy blokes dare after staging a langing match. United States long jumper Savante Stringfellow and his

Re: t-and-f: pre-olympic meets downunder (incl.A.Harrison 44.74)

Story of contest: http://sport.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,1160603%255E5282,00.html AMERICAN Savante Stringfellow won the long jump at the pre-Olympics meet in Brisbane today, making a mockery of Australian Jai Taurima's taunt that black men could not leap in the cold. Taurima said

t-and-f: Olympic drug-testing and preparations

Athletes greeted by drug blitz By Trudy Harris and John Lehmann 04sep00 DRUG testers have swooped on star athletes within hours of their arrival in Australia, marking the start of the biggest-ever Olympics drug-testing regime. As more than 4000 athletes poured in to Sydney at the weekend,

t-and-f: flo-jo

Three is presumably a whole lot more on this floating around the Web: Flo-Jo's doctor believes the world's fastest woman was a drug cheat Yet just 11 days before the Sydney Games, there is open speculation that Florence Griffith Joyner used drugs. An investigation by British newspaper The

t-and-f: pre-olympic meets downunder (incl.A.Harrison 44.74)

ATHLETICS AUSTRALIA INFORMATION RELEASE Sunday 3rd September 2000 Pre Olympic Meet, Nudgee College, Brisbane WOMEN'S 100 METRES (2 heats, collated results) 1. Melinda Gainsford-Taylor, AUS 11.16 w:2.1; 2. Veronica Campbell, JAM 11.18 w:2.1; 3. Nova Peris Kneebone, AUS 11.45 w:2.1; 4. Elly

t-and-f: Longo sets new European best for 600m

Palio Citta della Quercia, Rovereto, Italy, August 30th Men 100m Race A (-0.6): 1. J Laynes (USA) 10.27, 2. T Harden (USA) 10.30, 3. S Tilli 10.33, 4. A Coilombo 10.45, 5. F Scuderi 10.51, 6. D Phillips

RE: t-and-f: Talking tough

Jai's a bit "out there" generally, and it is fair to say, he takes liberties even with Australian-English... Even as a native-speaker, i can only hazard a guess and suggest he means they are babies... or that they tend to spill their beers (a much bigger insult downunder)... Look out for

t-and-f: Ottey 10.99 in Greece, Lamela Jayasinghe back

IAAF Permit Meeting, 30 Aug 2000, Thessaloniki, Greece MEN 100 m. 10''29. Denis Mitchel (USA); 10''32 Donovan Bailey (CAN); 10''36. Coby Miller (USA); 10''40. Davis Patros (FRA); 10''57. Aninos Markoulidis (CYP); 10''63. Roland Nemeth (HUN) 200 m. 20" 55. Cobby Miller (USA); 20" 72. Denis

t-and-f: Oops

oops, should sayThessaloniki results from http://www.eexi.gr/athletix/Salonika2000.html André Sammartino Reckon you know your stuff? Come try our Olympics track and field tipping comp http://surf.to/bayside

t-and-f: Talking tough

Australian long-jumper Jai Taurima (4th Seville) has been doing his own trash-talking of late: http://www.abc.net.au/news/sport/moreSport/2000/08/item2830100356_1.htm Taurima talks tough ahead of Olympic long jump If confidence means anything, Australia will win a gold medal in the long