t-and-f: American WAVA roster revelations

Greetings, all The American roster for the 14th World Veterans Athletic Championships this July in Brisbane has been released -- and it contains several surprises and ironies. See the roster at: http://www.masterstrack.com/USAList.html Not a shock is the steep drop in entrants from the

t-and-f: Promotion of nationals on the backs of the stars...

I just have a hard time believing that running in the national meet is such a wicked burden. If he doesn't want to run that one meet, fine, but don't try to sell the idea that he is being exploited by USATF. That's a bit much given that USATF is an organization whose absence would remove the

Re: t-and-f: Promotion of nationals on the backs of the stars...

In a message dated 05/10/2001 6:47:48 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: '...[promoting] the national championships on the backs of stars...' is disingenuous. No, it is not. It is the truth. The marketing department has decided that they need the stars there to help promote

Re: t-and-f: Promotion of nationals on the backs of the stars...

Hi Darrell, You wrote: The marketing department has decided that they need the stars there to help promote the event. You are probably right about this. However, my objection was the characterization of this as exploitation. Granted, this was not a word you used, so perhaps I am overstating

Re: t-and-f: Promotion of nationals on the backs of the stars...

Message text written by INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] He does not have to compete, all he has to do is participate in one event. That means he can jog a lap waving to the fans, and viola, he has his wild card. But he wants to be on the Edmonton team with no strings attached at all.

t-and-f: re: MJ and WC

FWIW: I was in an airport waiting area when the '96 Olympic 200m was being run. A crowd of (apparently) non-runners was crowded around all available tvs. An audible gasp was heard throughout the airport as MJ made men look like boys, made sub20 runners look like joggers. Many of the maintenance

Re: t-and-f: Promotion of nationals on the backs of the stars...

Didn't IAAF grant entry to all former World Olympic Champs? Now USATF steps in declares all athletes from USA need to at least participate at Nationals. Isn't this a bit of overstepping their own authority? Granted that could be used to select relay members, but not for any individual

Re: t-and-f: Promotion of nationals on the backs of the stars...

Bob Hersh wrote: Message text written by INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] He does not have to "compete," all he has to do is participate in one event. That means he can jog a lap waving to the fans, and viola, he has his wild card. But he wants to be on the Edmonton team with no strings

t-and-f: ominous $$$ signs for World Championships

A report was published in a local Edmonton newspaper yesterday saying the August track and field world championships could fall $15-million short of revenue targets for sponsorship and ticket sales. Citing a memo from the city auditor warning liabilities should be closely monitored, the report

Re: t-and-f: re: MJ and WC

I would submit that no one was there before or after the event beccause they were not told to be Here is why I say that ... Michael and his attempt at the double was hyped ... As I said in a previous post almost a "Made for TV" type event ... Everyone knew that they were supposed to watch

Re: t-and-f: Promotion of nationals on the backs of the stars...

Didn't IAAF grant entry to all former World Olympic Champs? Now USATF steps in declares all athletes from USA need to at least participate at Nationals. Isn't this a bit of overstepping their own authority? Granted that could be used to select relay members, but not for any individual

t-and-f: Owens classic photos and story

Hi all, A summary and 20 photos from Sunday's Jesse Owens Classic have been posted on http://www.trackprofile.com. Enjoy. Cheers! -| Bob Ramsak| TRACK PROFILE News Service| *Images, Features and Coverage of Track Field, Road Racing and Olympic

t-and-f: Pre Classic Women's 800

May 10, 2001 For Immediate Release OLYMPIC CHAMP MUTOLA HEADLINES PRE CLASSIC 800 Eugene, Oregon--Olympic Champion and hometown favorite MARIA MUTOLA headlines a stellar international field in the women's 800 Meters in the Prefontaine Classic Grand Prix on May

t-and-f: Measuring is hard - or?

Even though I know that I am throwing gasoline on a fire which at the moment just lies dormant... The following excerpt is from the Swedish TF site. Mr. A Lennart Julin follows all Swedish athletes in the US and he is normally capable of delivering all their results to the site a day after they

Re: t-and-f: Measuring is hard - or?

The whole imperial vs metric issue is a complex one that has caused much discussion here before. There may be respective merits or drawbacks for using each of the systems in various circumstances. It depends whether you're talking about results sheets from news outlets or from the organisers

RE: t-and-f: Promotion of nationals on the backs of the stars...

Tell me Darrel, I want to agree with you but I seem to be coming back to the same question. Why wouldn't MJ be running our National Championships if he is so interested in "promoting our sport"? THAT, it seems to me, would be the place to do it? No? It's not as though the lap counters in

t-and-f: XC schedule

Coaches, i am trying to set my schedule for XC for next season. Can you please sned me your schedule, or a list of any meets you know of. that would be so very greatly appreciated. if you had contact info of meet directors, that would be even more wonderful. thank you Bobby Van Allen Head