In a message dated Sat, 9 Mar 2002 8:34:59 PM Eastern Standard Time, Bruce Lehane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> For those who like to cite regionals as a sound method for progressing to the >NCAA's, examine the result of tonight's men's 400 meter result at the NCAA. ALL the >athletes are from the Southeast. >> i don't think you can apply indoor results to what's an outdoor concept. With the SEC the nation's strongest conference--and apparently taking indoor as seriously as outdoor--it's not surprising they'd come up with such dominance indoors. Many of the nation's schools (partic. those in the West) give no more than lip service to the undercover side of the sport. I don't think you'll see that kind of dominance outdoors. And even if you did, would shorting a region by one fast guy or two (something that's unlikely to happen with the proposed mix of Q and time) in one event be the end of the world? I think not. gh
