Re: t-and-f: no U.S. television deal for World Championships (sofar)
On Wed, 7 Mar 2001, Post, Marty wrote: From Terry Jones at the Edmonton Sun: "Back in early January, Edmonton 2001 chairman Jack Agrios had what we'll call 'Premature Jack Elation' over what he perceived to be a done U.S. major network TV deal... It should come as no surprise that the IAAF turned down TrackMeets.com's request for US web rights to the World Championship, following the IOC's "leadership" at Sydney... ... but you can watch LIVE Every Lap of Every Race of both the New York State and Armory Nationals this weekend. Kamal DR KAMAL JABBOUR - Engineer, Educator, Runner, WriterO o 2-222 Center for Science and Technology /|\/ |\ Syracuse University, Syracuse NY 13244-4100 | | Phone 315-443-3000, Fax 315-443-2583 __/ \ \/ \ http://running.syr.edu/jabbour.html\ \
t-and-f: May 19 5000
We are looking for a competitive (hoping to run 16:25) women's 5000m track or road race the weekend of May 19 in the NC, SC, TN, VA, GA, KY area. Any suggestions would be appreciated. TM
t-and-f: World Cross Country Championships moved again...
Title: World Cross Country Championships moved again... Courtesy IAAF media relations Paul Merca World Cross Country Champs moved to Ostend IAAF Release 8 March 2001 - Lisbon - Portugal - IAAF President Lamine Diack, on the occasion of the official Press Conference of the World Indoor Championships, has announced that the IAAF World Cross Country Championships will now take place in Ostend, not Brussels, at the request of the Belgian Athletics Federation. The change is due to the difficulty of finding sufficient hotel rooms in the Belgian capital to accommodate over 1000 athletes and officials. The event takes place on the weekend of March 24-25 on the course that will host this year's Belgian National Championships.
t-and-f: Track di's addenda
Netters: Just for the record, I was not asking for equal time for the Camden track team in the Times article, just for an acknowledgement that the school's athletic program is much more than a basketball team, which, unfortunately, been the trigger for incidents that have brought to disgrace on the school for the past 20 years despite the awesome accomplishments on court. The Times made passing mentions of these problems, but hardly gave a full picture.The penalties put upon the school were, as bad as they may have seemed, mere wrist-tapping when you consider that other NJ schools have been placed on probation for utterly innocuous reasons. Ed Grant PS: On another subject I have been going to the NY Armory for more than 50 years and there have always been regular seats there. These have been upgraded recently and new ones installed in a few places as part of the general upgrading of the facility. I still believe that it is the USATF which should step in and settle this matter once and for all., particularly with the Hall of Fame making the Armory, as it should be, a centerpiece of our sport. Also, for the recoprd, there never would have been a National meet but for Tracy Sundlun.
t-and-f: World Cross Country championships moved from Brussels
World Cross Champs have been moved a second time, from Brussels to Belgian coastal town of Ostende. Apparently there were too many problems with hotel accommodations in Brussels. Marty Post Senior Editor Runner's World Magazine www.runnersworld.com
t-and-f: USATF Statement Regarding C.J. Hunter
All: I'm staying out of this. Let the conspiracy guys (other than me) hash this out. MJR _ USATF Statement Regarding C.J. Hunter 3-8-2001 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jill Pilgrim General Counsel/Director of Business Affairs USA Track Field (317) 261-0478 x341 [EMAIL PROTECTED] INDIANAPOLIS - Mr. C.J. Hunter has today informed USA Track Field (USATF) that he has chosen not to contest the charges that were brought against him by the International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) and USATF as a result of the finding that certain urine specimens he provided had tested positive for a prohibited substance, nandrolone. Mr. Hunter has confirmed his long-held desire to retire from competition by submitting to USATF the appropriate retirement form. As a result, USATF has imposed the mandatory two-year ban from the sport that is required by its rules. Although he accepts the ban, Mr. Hunter "vehemently denies knowingly taking any banned substance" and maintains that he is "the victim of an otherwise legal, contaminated supplement." Under IAAF and USATF rules, an athlete is responsible for any prohibited substance found within his or her system, regardless of how it got there, and therefore Mr. Hunter's statement that he did not intend to take a prohibited substance would not be a defense to a finding of a doping violation. Because intent is not an element of the charge, USATF neither endorses nor contests Mr. Hunter's denial of an intent to commit a doping violation.
t-and-f: Trevor Graham
Does anyone have the contact information for Trevor Graham? If so, please contact me privately at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks.
Re: t-and-f: USATF Statement Regarding C.J. Hunter
I'm not into conspiracies either .. However, has not Marion herself stated on more than one occasion that CJ was innocent and that they would prove so through the proper channels ??? Is this not a reversal or did I imagine that Marion/CJ had said that previously ??? Yes, it is a reversal. However, he has chosen to stay out of court, and USATF, while not commenting on his statement, has followed procedure and suspended him. I certainly don't know about his guilt or innocence, but so far I'd say that the actions on the part of both Hunter and USATF have been acceptable. - Ed Parrot
t-and-f: Sacto Trials story
For an in depth story on the finances of the 2000 and 2004 Trials, go to: http://sacramento.bcentral.com/sacramento/stories/2001/03/05/story4.html Richard McCann
Re: t-and-f: World Cross Country Championships moved again...
Although it may be too late to get an advance-purchase fare, if anyone has the desire to go to the World Cross in Belgium, you should know that Oostende is just across the English Channel from Britain, on a major ferry route from Ramsgate, I believe. Flights to London are usually very cheap (usually significantly cheaper than Brussels or Paris), and a train to the English coast and a ferry to Oostende shouldn't cost that much. sideshow
Re: t-and-f: World Cross Country Championships moved again...
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Although it may be too late to get an advance-purchase fare, if anyone has the desire to go to the World Cross in Belgium, you should know that Oostende is just across the English Channel from Britain, on a major ferry route from Ramsgate, I believe. Flights to London are usually very cheap (usually significantly cheaper than Brussels or Paris), and a train to the English coast and a ferry to Oostende shouldn't cost that much. [I am NOT employed by the airline or travel industry, so this is simply an FYI post] Actually fares are relatively cheap right now from the US to Europe if you shop around. United has a cheap flight from Wash-Dulles to Brussels. British Airways is running US to London flights during March for $199 to $260 round trip (check out their website for details/restrictions) with almost no advance purchase requirements (I think they want 3-day advance). Mike
RE: t-and-f: `Real' cheats prosper claims drugs chief
WHUT-CHU-TALKIN-BOUT-WILLIS?
Outside the world of HSNI ("N" is for nepotism) we can
be subject to random drug testing with NO recourse. It works just fine if you
have nothing to hide.
malmo
-Original Message-What people will not talk about is the fact
that sports is the only arena where the employees are subjected to random
testing with minimal
recourse.
t-and-f: WIC Startlists
The IAAF website for Lisbon has managed to get their startlists up today for the competitions that start tomorrow. They can be found at http://www.iaaf.org/wic01/ on the Results link. Cheers!
t-and-f: O'Sullivan's sights on settling old score
THE IRISH TIMES Friday, March 09, 2001 Ian O'Riordan World Indoor Championships: The only thing certain anytime Sonia O'Sullivan races Gabriela Szabo is that one of them is going to lose. Almost nothing has separated their confrontations in the past, and nothing suggests it will be any different when it comes to deciding the world indoor 3,000 metre title. As the eight edition of these championships get under way in Lisbon this morning, few events are more eagerly anticipated than the meeting between O'Sullivan and Szabo. There is no greater rivalry in the world of women's athletics, and, as always, both athletes have come here with the sole intention of winning. There is little doubt that this morning's heats will be of limited obstacle to either of them. But come the final late tomorrow afternoon, in what will be the first confrontation with the Romanian since the homestretch duel in Sydney, expect the 8,000 sellout crowd in Lisbon's Atlantic Pavilion to be on their feet. O'Sullivan is the less familiar face on the indoor circuit, and indeed this will be her first indoor race since allowing Szabo to sneak the gold medal in Paris in the 1997 championships. But when O'Sullivan is running well, she will run well on any surface. "It makes no real difference to me where I race," said O'Sullivan yesterday, surrounded by her familiar entourage of partner and baby. "I've run good 10km races on the road without racing much on the road and you could say the same about cross country. From the indoor races she's run obviously Szabo is in very good shape. All I know right now is that I'm in as good a shape as I've ever been at this time of the year. And I haven't run against anybody yet who can really bring out the best in me." Of course, no athlete creates a more competitive fever in O'Sullivan than Szabo. Although six years younger, the Romanian has since 1997 been her greatest rival on the track. The Olympic 5,000 metre dual - so narrowly won by Szabo - was the most recent in a long list of championship bouts. "I definitely run very well when I race against her," added O'Sullivan. "And I really want to go well against her in a championship race. When you're racing against someone who is as good as yourself then you have to be at your best. I get excited about that and can really focus on the race. Although I don't think too much about the rivalry. I never get on the starting line and think we are the only two in the race. "But I suppose it is good for the sport. People look forward to watching and it becomes like a boxing match or a tennis match when it comes down to a one-on-one. We are very evenly matched and I can deal with whatever way the race is run. I can run 29 seconds for the last 200 metres as well." It is somewhat surprising that both athletes have arrived here in similarly competitive shape not long after the Olympics. Szabo has again turned heads with her world indoor record of eight minutes 32:88 seconds in Birmingham last month, while O'Sullivan concluded a most productive winter training in Australia with a solo run of 8.43:51. At this time of the year anyway, most people are running faster indoors. Although Paris four years ago was O'Sulliavan's only recent flirt with indoor running, she won the American collegiate 5,000 metre title back in 1992, the year after she also set a world indoor record of 15.17:28 for the distance. Szabo more recently returned to the championships in Japan two years ago, and came home with double gold in the 3,000 and 1,500 metres. None of those facts have any bearing on O'Sullivan's ambitions: "Once I'm fit and all the training is done then I'm always confident. My biggest thing is that I always believe in myself. The Olympics didn't change that but it has helped in that I was away from those kind of races for over a year. But I was brought right back to that level again at the Olympics." No one honestly expects it to be anything more than a twoway contest, but there are other elements in the race which deserve some attention. Regina Jacobs took bronze two years ago and comes off the American circuit with the fourth fastest time in the world this year (8.43:88). Russia's Yelena Zadorozhnaya, with a 8.41:44 to her credit, also has the potential to provide the upset. O'Sullivan has further motivations: "Well I've never won this title. I have gold medals from lots of different things but never the indoors. And when you train hard in the wintertime you need something to look forward to. And of course finishing second in the Olympics got me motivated to come here. I constantly get people saying to me they thought I had her, that they thought I would get past . . . Well so did I." Eamonn Condon WWW.RunnersGoal.com
t-and-f: Carroll facing uphill battle
THE IRISH TIMES Friday, March 09, 2001 Ian O'Riordan One of the first impressions of Lisbon is how every side street appears to go uphill. That's exactly the sort of battle facing Mark Carroll is his quest for some sort of reward in the 3,000 metres. Off all the 28 titles up for grabs over the next three days, the Cork athlete faces the greatest sprinkling of world-class athletes with major credentials to their name. Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco has chosen the 3,000 metres to seek some redemption for his Olympic failure. Million Wolde of Ethiopia is here as Olympic 5,000 metre champion. And his countryman Hailu Mekonnen is world indoor two-mile record holder. And those are but a few. "To come away with any silverware here will be a good weekend's work," says Carroll. This will be his first 3,000 metres of the season, but with a hamstring injury now behind him, and a three minutes 54:55 seconds mile in his legs, Carroll is certainly looking closer at Sunday's final than this morning's heats. Daniel Caulfield, who last month improved the Irish 800 metre indoor record to 1.47:21, faces a similar presence of Africans in the heats this afternoon. Kenya's David Lelei is to the fore of the world lists with his 1.45:65, and defending champion Johan Botha of South Africa is also in town after running 1.45:80 in Stockholm. But most people's favourite will be the Russian Yuriy Borzakov skiy, fastest in the world this year with 1.44:15. Completing the Irish interest today will be Peter Coghlan and Karen Shinkins, who go in the heats of the 60 metre hurdles and 400 metres respectively. Coghlan admits that he "hasn't been setting the world on fire so far this season", but he is confident of improving his season's best of 6.68 seconds and that could see him through to the final. Shinkins has had her most consistent indoor season ever, twice lowering her Irish record to 52.31 seconds. She too has genuine ambitions of reaching the final, especially after a narrow fourth-place finish in the European Indoor championships in Gent last year. Meanwhile, the World Cross Country Championships moved venue yet again yesterday. After the foot-and-mouth crisis forced the cancellation of Leopards town, the IAAF chose Brussels as the alternative but lack of accommodation there means the northern Belgian town of Ostend will instead host the event on March 24th-25th. Eamonn Condon WWW.RunnersGoal.com
t-and-f: Dale Keyser remembers coach Ray Kring
The following is a letter that Dale Keyser sent to Millie Kring, the widow of long-time Allan Hancock Community College coach Ray Kring. Kring was ranked #9 on the world pole vault list in 1953. Dale Keyser has given me permission to use it. It tells the story of how these two young men learned to pole vault in Stockton, CA and even vaulted with bamboo poles on Guadacanal and Guam during WWII. February 21, 2001 Dear Millie, Bob McGuire called yesterday to give me the sad news of Ray's passing. There are many who share your grief and I am one of them. Ray was a very big part of my whole life and I would like to relate some of the history of our relationship which I suspect Ray had not shared with you. It is a story that needs to be told and I would like to tell it to you now. Stockton High School was the only high school in the fairly small town of Stockton when I was a freshman there in 1941. Hap Evans was my gym teacher and he was also the track coach. Playing the usual field games common to gym classes in those days was not of any interest to me. What did tweek my interest was the big pile of wood shavings at one end of the field and some guys with bamboo poles who were lofting themselves skyward, trying to wiggle over a crossbar placed a little higher than their heads. Hap Evans saw the sparkle in my eye ( he also saw my long skinny frame and muscular arms) so he asked me if I would like to play around with the bamboo pole instead of playing the field games with the class.) After a few days of playing around, I was going higher than the other guys so Hap said he'd like me to come out after school and meet Ray Kring. He explained Ray was very good at the vault and was going much higher than the boys who were just playing around in the class. He said Ray was also good at teaching others how to do things and he wanted me to meet Ray. The afternoon of that day late in September 1941 was the day my life changed. Hap introduced me to Ray at the pole vault pit. We hit it off right away as I loved his enthusiasm and respected his great patience with me. Everyday saw me on the field after school working out with my mentor. Week-ends no longer were to be shared at home with parents and family, instead, every Saturday and Sunday would see me and Ray climbing through the gym window (a window carefully left ajar by Hap) to get our poles, crossbars, and gym suits. After an hour of jumping we'd put everything back and take a howlingly cold shower! Warm sunny days prevailed most of October and November and the sessions went on. New heights were being reached on a regular basis and Ray seemed pleased with his protege's progress. After only eight weeks, his skinny freshman was clearing ten feet. Sunday December 7, 1941 was a bit cool and misty but the vaulting went on regardless. It went on that is until a newsboy on a bicycle pedaled down California Street next to the pole vault pit. He was shouting something about Japanese bombers and a place called Pearl Harbor. His newspapers had headlines with the biggest type I had ever seen. My Dad was a captain in the army and I knew I better get home right away. This day changed a lot of people's lives forever and my Dad was ordered to join General Eisenhower in England and my Mom, four brothers and a sister were planning on going to the east coast. I was not happy about leaving California and wanted to stay in Stockton. Hap Evans knew Ray and I had a good relationship and that Ray was doing quite well on his own as an orphan. I often visited Ray at his little apartment and marveled at all the pictures of pole vaulters on his walls. We bicycled all over Stockton and I would accompany him on some of his telegram deliveries. I especially enjoyed his singing telegrams even though he maybe didn't. He said he didn't really mind them that much although he admitted to not being a great singer. He liked the bigger tips that these brought so he poured it on. One time Ray wanted to take me out to College of Pacific to do some vaulting after school with COP's vaulter, Lew Ford. Ray seemed to know every vaulter within a thousand miles. He got his pole and I got mine and we tried holding them like a lance as we each rode our bikes but it didn't work too good. Next we tied them together and he held the one end and I had the other while he led up front on his bike and I brought up the rear on my bike. So, like a big city hook and ladder fire engine, we set off through Stockton and sailed down Pacific Avenue. Things got mighty exciting when we came to our first big intersection and got stuck. A car tried driving between Ray on the front bike and me in the rear since he must not have seen the poles between us. We were going past my house which was close to the college when I suggested that Ray stop by for a minute to help me kill two chickens that I was supposed to make ready for my mother. I told Ray if he would hold
Re: t-and-f: `Real' cheats prosper claims drugs chief
Malmo wins. He got me. Such a thoughtful and insightful comment, I have no recourse against. But please inform me of what nepotism has to do with anything? I am lost on that one. If any of you doubt my statements, read the comments of the IAAF concerning their drug policy, anything, regardless of how it got there, the athlete is responsible for. In the real world, that would never fly. Not even at malmo's job. Faith is a road seldom traveled
Re: t-and-f: `Real' cheats prosper claims drugs chief
If any of you doubt my statements, read the comments of the IAAF concerning their drug policy, anything, regardless of how it got there, the athlete is responsible for. In the real world, that would never fly. Not even at malmo's job. Actually, if you get stopped for driving with a burned out taillight, slur your answers to the questions, and fail a subsequent breathalyzer test, it makes no difference HOW the alcohol got in your system. You're gonna get hit with a DUI conviction. "But officerr, I brrrushed my, uh, my uh, oh yeh, my, what was it, oh yeh, my teeth, how silly of me, hee hee, just before I left the house, and, uh,... somebody must have, let's see, put something in my, my, my, uh, oh, yeh, toothpastethat's the ticket, officerr, I swear. Hic!" "You're right bud, it's a ticket alright, plus you're under arrest for DUI. Toothpaste huh? Thought I'd heard everything :-)" RT
