In a message dated 6/18/01 9:22:18 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< >From my calculations the 1977 South Eugene team ran ~23.4 meters further
than the South Lakes team of 2001. So... barring any really strange
conversion factors the South Lakes time is considerably better. I don't
have my Big Green Book in front of me. But 23.4 meters and 11 seconds don't
add up.
--Ben
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Post, Marty
Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 8:35 AM
To: 't-and-f@darkwing. uoregon. edu' (E-mail)
Subject: t-and-f: what's the best HS distance medley of all-time?
South Lakes 9:49.78 at the distance medley broke the 14-year-old HSR of
9:53.31 by McCullough.
However,. back in 1977 South Eugene ran a 10:01.6 when the legs were at
non-metric yard distances.
What's the conversion factor and which mark is intrinsically superior?
Marty Post
Senior Editor
Runner's World Magazine
www.runnersworld.com
>>
I'm often amazed that some of the more astute contributors to the t-and-f
list don't have some of the basic research sources. This is from Jack
Shepard's High School Track 2001:
All-Time List(Pre-Raleigh)
Distance Medley(metric)
(+-converted from yards)
9:53.31 McCullough, The Woodlands,TX 1987
9:56.3 Jesuit, Carmichael, CA 1986
9:58.2 + South Eugene,OR 1977
9:59.5 + Lompoc,CA 1973
9:59.9 + South Eugene,OR 1979
Walt Murphy
