Ed, Fortunately, the real NY State meet, or "Federation" meet, (which allows wild card teams and parochial schools) is held at the same site each year, at Bowdoin Park in Wappingers Falls. It is held a week after the NYSPHSAA meet, which excludes most parochial and NY City schools, that aren't members.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-t-and-f@;lists.uoregon.edu]On Behalf Of Ed Grant Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 5:52 PM To: track net Subject: t-and-f: Martked courses Netters: At Wariananco park, Elizabeth, there is a line which marks the course from start to ffinish. But we still put marshals out at crucial points for two purposes: 1) to make sure no one cuts the course; 2) to make sure that they go the right way. It makes no differenece how many athlketes go off course, what makes the difference is that crucial points are properly covered by officials. Look at what happened in a big college race several years ago---a coach (Mike Brady of princeton) hyad to run down the leaders who hade made a mistake on what is evidently a compliated course. When are people going to realize that someone running a tough CC race is not out for a walk in the park. One problem with NY is that they change the site of the state meet every year. We had a four-course cycle in NJ some years back, but then decided it would be best to put the last two weeks of the state meet at the same course every year---and, ion addiion, there is a major invitation meet there earlier in the year which is attended by rwo-thirds of the state;teams, including mosat of the teams and athletes who have a shot at state honors. The course is also open to practice runs every daym as are two of our other sectional sites. In a small state like ours, and with a central site like Holmdel, no one is all that far away. Ed Grant
