Re: t-and-f: believe it or not

2001-08-29 Thread denise lockett
gh wrote: Brian McEwen writes: Tell me that you believe a 16 year old can run 8:19 or 27:43 (as the records would have you believe) and I will shut up. No, i don't believe it. But then, I don't believe anybody of any age can run 12:39 or 26:22 either! How do you think the rest of the world

t-and-f: regionals won't kill the NCAA schedule

2001-04-13 Thread denise lockett
The NCAA meet will be one week later than right now, running from Weds-Sat as always. The regionals will be held one week prior to the current NCAA weekend, meaning 11-15 days before the new NCAA date, depending on event. This date for the regional is currently a non-competition weekend. The week

t-and-f: NCAA regional qualifying

2001-03-23 Thread denise lockett
Although it is correct that most all-Americans are qualifying anyway, even if they are from bad weather areas, I suspect that every year 3-5 possible All-American distance runners fail to qualify. I've rarely run a track meet in New England before May, for example, where the wind wasn't a

t-and-f: close 800's at Trials

2000-07-28 Thread Denise Lockett
Roger and others, In the 800's (and some other races as well) I was surprised at how rare people finishing with the same time was. Granted, two people separated by 1/1000th of a second could have different time (e.g., 1:59.490 to 1:59.491) but it is not likely. More surprising to me was the