t-and-f: Conversion factors

[Ed Grant]

Netters:         First of all, my problem with receiving messages was my computer, which is somewhat temperamental, but behaved itself on a second try.           On this question of South lakes vs. South Eugene, it is no contes,           Needing to use conversion favtors to  keep oprderly all-tiome lists in ny NJ publications, I have adpted 4.0 seconds as the conversion between a metric and "imperial" DMR for boys, 4.5 seconds for girls,           This is, of course, purely arbitrary, but certainly in the ballpark           For many years there were only three (four if you count the old 220/200 LHs) events where conversions were in general use. They were .1 for 200 to 220, .3 for 400 to 440 and .7 for 800 to 880. The change to metricity in 1980 and the nightmarish decision toi run 1600 and 3200 races in US HSA races expanded the program, as it were. It also bnrought relays into the picture. No standard  conversions were immdiately available, so statisticians had to develop their opwn---which vary very little.                                                                     Ed Grant