Many athletes were affected by a flu type virus. Monique Hennagan's
temperature was 102 the day of her 400 race. Maybe some of the women you
list were similarly affected. Glover and Richardson looked like medal
prospects.
Ed Prytherch
-----Original Message-----
From: Jack Pfeifer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Monday, October 02, 2000 9:54 PM
Subject: t-and-f: u.s. women
>In a way, it's a good thing Marion Jones contested five events in
>Sydney, because without her, what would the U.S. women's team have
>left?
>1. No other finalists in the 100 or 200
>2. Probably no medals in the relays
>3. Only 2 other medalists -- Dragila gold in the pv, Morrison bronze
>in the 100H
> Four leading members of the team withdrew (Inger Miller, Gail
>Devers, Kelly Blair, Regina Jacobs) and a number of others performed
>far below their Trials form (Deena Drossin, Sandra Glover, Latasha
>Colander-Richardson, Jearl Miles, Shelia Burrell, Shana Williams, Amy
>Acuff, etc.)
> What happened?
>JP
>
