Interesting story. I was only 10 years old at the time but I still remember reading about it. I remember seeing Jim Ryun get tripped in a preliminary round and then not allowed to advance even though he finished, a practice that I hope has come to an end. I remember Bob Seagran not being allowed to use his poles. I remember the imposter who showed up to steal glory from Shorter. Do you think there was any anti-American sentiment involved? It sure looks that way.
-----Original Message----- From: Ed Grant [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2004 6:46 PM To: Ray Cook Subject: Re: t-and-f: Eddie Hart returns to sprint wars ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray Cook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 10:58 PM Subject: RE: t-and-f: Eddie Hart returns to sprint wars > Hey...does anybody know how Robert Taylor managed to get the correct > information but the Hart and Robinson didn't? Taylor didn't get the message any earlier; he was lucky enough to get there just in time, after the U.S. learned of the mistake. There was another factor in all this which no one ever mentions. One of the other two, I think it was Robinson,m had pulled up at the end of his heat in an earlier round and there was a question as to whether he would be ready. When he failed to appear---he was the first listed to run---we figured he was unable to run. It was only when the second runner also failed to appear that it became apparent there was something wrong. I was not covering the meet on a daily basis, but was with Hy Goldberg when we got back to the village. He had been hired that day by AP after his paper went down the drain the day before. When we got to the village, I accompanied him to the US headquarters and, when he went in to inquire about the injured runner, I walked over to the Irish rooms to see Mike Keoigh, a NJ lad who was running for his native country in the 5K. I was a few steps behind Stan Wright as I walked and almost caught up to ask him, just casually, whether Robinson (as I think it was) would be ready for the next round; hbut I figured he had enough on his mind and didn't. My question would probably have been phrased: "will be he ready by 3 p,m.?" What would have ensued i have no idea. The Irish headquarters, by the way, had the proper schedule posted on the inside of its front foor Ed Grant > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 12:48 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: t-and-f: Eddie Hart returns to sprint wars > > > Greetings, all > > Buried in the results of last weekend's Modesto Relays is this > intriguing > 100: > > Men 100 Meter Dash MASTERS > > Name Year School Finals Wind > ===================================================================== > 1 Kevin Morning Unattached 11.25 2.8 > 2 Greg Turner Unattached 11.35 2.8 > 3 Eddie Hart Unattached 11.47 2.8 > 4 Peter Grimes Unattached 11.59 2.8 > 5 J. Smith Unattached 11.73 2.8 > 6 Calvin Carter Unattached 13.33 2.8 > 7 Martin Adamson Unattached 14.18 2.8 > 8 Benson Ford Unattached 14.61 2.8 > -- Hubert Evans Unattached DNF 2.8 > > If this is THE Eddie Hart of Munich fame (or infamy), we're talking > some incredible sprinting. Eddie just turned 55! > > Here's Eddie's bio on Mirko's site: > http://www.tilastopaja.net/db/atm.asp?ID=11865 > > For you youngsters, here's a summary (copied from Web) of Eddie's > Olympic > nightmare: > > Eddie Hart and Rey Robinson had both been timed at 9.9 sec in the US trials > and were regarded as the only men capable of beating the great Russian > Valery Borzov. All three won their first-round heats in the morning, > but there was no sign of Hart or Robinson as the 4.15pm start time > approached for the second round. > > Their coach, Stan Wright, working from an 18-month-old preliminary schedule, > thought their races were at 7pm and Robinson was just leaving the > village three-quarters of a mile from the track when he saw on an > ABC-TV monitor the > very heat in which he was supposed to be running. Only the third and > least fancied American, Robert Taylor, arrived in time for his heat. > He went on to > finish second in the final behind Borzov, who won the gold in 10.14 > sec. > > Me again: > > 11.47 (albeit wind-aided) is amazing for M55. The listed world record > is 11.57 by Briton Ron Taylor in 1991. Eddie is not a stranger to > masters (except for past 10 years). He ran a 10.87 for an American M40 > record in 1989. > > If Eddie is in fact back, welcome, Champ! Keep on trackin' > > Ken Stone > http://www.masterstrack.com > > >
