Re: t-and-f: Greene's supremacy challenged

Dear everyone. 9.84 with a following wind of 2.0 is no better than 9.92 at the 1997 US champs in Indianapolis - Tim Montgomery time with a following wind of merely +0.2 m/sec. Most likely, Maurice Greene, had he consented to run in Bisslet for only 75,000 dollars, would have won by a meter

t-and-f: Bolota Asmerom interview

For a lengthy interview of one of the NCAA's top distance runners this past spring, Cal's Bolota Asmerom, go to the Bay Area Running News www.barn.to Brian McGuire

t-and-f: re: World Youth Qualifying

Ed Qualifying for the World Youth Meet was done at last year's JO Nationals, with athletes wishing to compete (who had qualifying performances) required to compete in the National Youth Meet in Illinois. Basically, the fault lies in some combination of the USATF National Office, your

t-and-f: FLASH: Perkins, Wade win World Youth 200 gold

DEBRECEN, HUNGARY -- American sprinters Angel Perkins and Jonathan Wade raced to the fastest youth times in the world this year and picked up gold medals in the 200 meters on the final day of the IAAF World Youth Championships. Perkins, from Cerritos, Calif., won her race in 23.07, downing

Re: t-and-f: re: World Youth Qualifying

I am a high school coach only found out about the meet by viewing the USATF website looking for 2 other youth nationals that USATF sponsors. An athlete can compete in 3 USATF junior national meets. One is the one that was held on June 15-16 (conflicting with the scholastic nationals), one that

t-and-f: Yuliana Perez

The latest in the saga of the Tucson TJ'er is that she may not get to go to the World University games in China. When she was given $2,200 by the Swiss in Havana to get to the U.S., they put a proviso on her passport not allowing her to leave North America until it's repaid. John MCCain's office

Re: t-and-f: re: World Youth Qualifying

I agree that there must be cooperation between the Governing bodies involved. USATF has approached all of them to work together, and they all have voting power in the USATF Convention as well. They are not willing to play ball in most cases. Also, the Amateur Athletics Act actually states that

t-and-f: LJ/100mH combination

Earlier there was a discussion of those who competed in both LJ and 100mH at Worlds or Olympics. If you extend to the World Junior Championships, add Kumiko Ikeda to the list. Kumiko Ikeda was third in the Long Jump (6.43m) as well as 6th in the semi at 100mH (13.52 against 0.4m/s wind) at

t-and-f: NJ win at Nationals

Netters: The NJ win in the state team score at the National Scholastic was hardly surprising after the number of gold and silver medals won there. SAnd it was accomplished without the certain points for Dwight Ruff in the two hurdle races and without the expected high place for Glenn

t-and-f: World Youth Championships -- Final Day US story

USA TRACK FIELD 2001 World Youth Championships July 15, Debrecen, Hungary PERKINS, WADE SHINE ON FINAL DAY AT WORLD YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS DEBRECEN, HUNGARY - Angel Perkins and Jonathan Wade set yearly world youth bests and won gold in the 200 meters here Sunday on the final day of the IAAF

t-and-f: Kenyan Genetic Predisposition now Explained

Turns out that the Kenyan genetic pool has evolved favoring runners, because they simply eliminate those who display less of the desired trait of running prowess, especially if the unfortunate outliers also display criminal tendencies. i.e. the genetic pool is engineered! ...read on... :-) or

t-and-f: Michael Johnson 4x200m

from sportserver.com http://sportserver.com/track_field/story/42965p-670960c.html Poland (July 14, 2001 04:10 PM EDT) - Five-time Olympic champion Michael Johnson dashed through the 200-meter leg of the 800-meter relay Saturday, giving the United States an easy victory over Poland at a meet

t-and-f: NJ win at Nationals

From: Ed Grant [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: t-and-f: NJ win at Nationals Netters: The NJ win in the state team score at the National Scholastic was hardly surprising after the number of gold and silver medals won there. And it was accomplished without the certain points for Dwight Ruff

t-and-f: USATF Release: Perkins, Wade shine on final day at World Youth Champs

Contact:USATF Communications http://www.usatf.org 317-261-0500 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sunday, July 15, 2001 PERKINS, WADE SHINE ON FINAL DAY AT WORLD YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS DEBRECEN, HUNGARY - Angel Perkins and Jonathan Wade set yearly world youth bests and won gold in

Re: t-and-f: Greene's supremacy challenged

Agreed .. As with Beamon's 29'2.5 as an example, Montgomery may have caught the perfect conditions to turn in his perfect performance .. Consistency is the mark of the champion .. And I would expect that just as Mike Powell had difficulty overcoming Carl Lewis, Montgomery will face the same

Re: t-and-f: Youth question

The second criticism has some arguable merit, the first does not. The AAU has not been the national governing body of track field for over twenty years and has nothing to do with selecting USA national teams going to international championships. If, for example, the AAU has

Re: t-and-f: re: World Youth Qualifying

In fact the national governing bodies (NGB's) of a number of sports complained to the USOC about the AAU's use of the term Junior Olympics and about scheduling conflicts, etc. (The term Olympics is reserved by federal statute for use by the USOC and NGB's domestically. The USOC created a

RE: t-and-f: Youth question

This is from what I think I remember off the top of my head. I was barely out of HS at the time: Actually, I believe that according to the Amateur Sports act of 1972, the AAU cannot put together a national team of adult championships. As for the term "Junior Olympics", I believe that it

t-and-f: Rogge is winning battle to succeed Samaranch

The Electronic Telegraph Monday 16 July 2001 Mihir Bose UN YONG KIM'S campaign to succeed Juan Antonio Samaranch as president of the International Olympic Committee looked doomed here last night, leaving the way clear for Belgium's Jacques Rogge to take over the most powerful post in sport.

t-and-f: AAA Champ's and World Trials

The Electronic Telegraph Monday 16 July 2001 Brendan Gallagher OLYMPIC 200 metres silver medallist Darren Campbell, a man desperate to go one better, is willing to bite the bullet to prove his fitness for next month's World Championships in Edmonton. The squad for Canada will be announced

Re: t-and-f: re: World Youth Qualifying

There has also been scheduling problems between Junior Olympic local and regional meets and the State Games in many places. The problem is that the State Games are multi-sport and Junior Olympic Regional meets are multi-state. Scheduling that works for track may not work for swimming etc.

t-and-f: Oldfield/Powell Clinic

WPI is please to be hosting Brian Oldfield and John Powell for a 3 day throwing clinic in Worcester Massachusetts. Traditional track and field throwing events, Highland games and strength and conditioning will be covered. Athletes will learn from these two legends in a practical hands on