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Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 22:13:47 -0400
From: DANIEL DEYO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: t-and-f: Webb's "record"
Unfortunately the NFHSAA is not a T&F body, is a private organization & does
not understand that when the high schools went metric, that the times could
be converted into a metric equivalent. This is the same body that gave us
the 1600 & 3200 distances that are only run in the USA & only by the high
schools. The only logical move would have been to go to the 1500 & 3000,
but then the extra $20 dollars to put two waterfall marks was thought to be
totally outrageous; so just spend $10 & only put one waterfall & run weird
distances that few people outside the USA high schools would understand.
Try explaining to an athlete & her parents that when she ran 4:59.5 for a
1600, that she DID NOT run a sub 5:00 mile!! Or the 10:58.7 3200 is not a
sub 11:00 2 mile!!
Dan Deyo
University Liggett T&F, CC
Grosse Pointe Woods, MI
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 15:56:27 -0400
> From: bobhersh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: t-and-f: Webb's "record"
>
> Message text written by Dan Deyo
> >Luckily, Michigan at least posts both the metric
> & imperial records, if the imperial record is still superior to the
> metric.<
>
> The point, in the case of the Webb "record" is that because the imperial
> time is faster and the imperial distance longer, the imperial record IS
the
> metric record and listing the separate metric record would be wrong.
>
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