Garry Hill summarized the current status of the U.S. team...
<<20K Walk: Tim Seaman. Seaman has the B standard. No other Trials finishers within
1:50 of the 1:23:00 A standard.
50K Walk: Curt Clausen, Andrew Hermann, Philip Dunn.>>
Hermann presumably is content with being in the 50K walk. Maybe some of our expert
walkers on the list could enlighten us whether Eastler will bother making a try at the
A. (That is, first, does he have a prayer, and, second, is there sufficient recovery
time after the Trials 20K?)
<<Long Jump: Melvin Lister, Dwight Phillips, Savant� Stringfellow. Third- and
4th-placers Walter Davis and Robert Howard will contest the triple jump only.
Triple Jump: Robert Howard, LaMark Carter, Walter Davis.>>
Wow. So Stringfellow *is* on the team. I figured Davis to go ahead and double.
<<Javelin: Breaux Greer. Tom Pukstys (2nd) has the A standard, which Greer does not.
Should any other finalist(s) achieve the A standard (269-0/82.00), that thrower(s) and
Pukstys would make up the team. Greer can guarantee a spot by making standard.>>
So if Riech (or Sevin) has any chance to make the A and sneak in, Greer for safety
purposes does better to make the A, even though that puts Pukstys on the team and
revives him as an extra competitor for Greer to have to beat at Sydney (for instance,
trying to get into the top twelve).
<<Triple Jump: Nicole Gamble. No jumpers have the 46-51/4 (14.15) A standard. Tiomb�
Hurd (3rd) is closest this year, with an indoor 46-11/2.>>
Are there any high-altitude meets in the works for our triple jumpers?
Chris Kuykendall
Austin, Texas
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