t-and-f: Steeplechaser moons crowd, loses medal...

2001-08-24 Thread Ken Parker
., northeast of Montreal, yesterday. They do it spontaneously, it's normal here but in Ontario it's not normal. More...from the National Post at: http://www.nationalpost.com/sports/story.html?f=/stories/20010824/664111.htm l Ken Parker RunnersWeb.com A Running and Triathlon Resource Portal http

t-and-f: Mooning steepler

2001-08-24 Thread Martin J. Dixon
. http://www.nationalpost.com/sports/story.html?f=/stories/20010824/664111.htm l To the tall foreheads of the Canada Games, I say let's keep this in perspective. http://www.nationalpost.com/sports/story.html?f=/stories/20010824/664163.htm l

t-and-f: WARNING - Van Damme results discussed - page down

2001-08-24 Thread Alan Shank
Well, it's a good thing Suzy saved herself for VD - another dnf. Sarah Schwald pr? 4:04.43. Cheers, Alan Shank

t-and-f: S F-H dnf

2001-08-24 Thread Martin J. Dixon
So what is S F-H saying now? Anybody know? Regards, Martin Result List 1500m Women 24.08.2001 19:22 World Record 3:50.46 Yunxia Qu CHN Beijing 11.09.1993 Meeting Record 3:57.24 Mary Decker USA 30.08.1985 rank BIB athlete

Re: t-and-f: WARNING - Van Damme results discussed - page down

2001-08-24 Thread Erik van Leeuwen
Some results already on http://www.steeple.de/results01/gl-bruessel01.html How about André Bucher beaten by Yury Borzakovsky (1.42.47 vs 1.42.75)? Again Yegorova wins the 3000. Szabo 5th, Radcliffe 6th. Wins for Montgomery 9.96, Jones 10.86. Bye, Erik - Original Message - From:

t-and-f: Great 1500 !

2001-08-24 Thread Erik van Leeuwen
Tonight in Brussels: (WR = 3.26.00) 1 El Guerrouj Hicham MAR 3:26.12 12 2 Lagat Bernard KEN 3:26.34 10 3 Chirchir William KEN 3:29.29 9 4 Rotich Laban KEN 3:31.64 8 5 Maazouzi Driss FRA 3:32.15 7 6 Higuero Juan Carlos ESP 3:32.30 6 7 Liefers Gert-Jan NED 3:32.89

t-and-f: Van Damme 200 (results)

2001-08-24 Thread Buck Jones
So when did Michael change his name to Joshua? :-) Conversely, who the heck is Joshua Johnson? 200m from the website http://www.memorialvandamme.be/re0020040.html 1 JOHNSON, Joshua USA MR 19.88 2 WILLIAMS, Bernard USA 20.01 3 MALCOM, Christian GBR 20.09 4

RE: t-and-f: Great 1500 !

2001-08-24 Thread Hanks, Jeffrey S
Yeah, what a race! The second and third fastest times in history. Anyone who thinks that El G is beyond his best, better eat their words! Jeff -Original Message- From: Erik van Leeuwen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 12:21 PM To: Track Posts Subject:

Re: RE: t-and-f: SI article about most overrated and underrated

2001-08-24 Thread Subfour359
In a message dated 8/24/2001 7:31:49 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Big fish in a fairly small pond. Even in the US distance Golden Age, holding a bunch of US NRs is admirable, but not that big a deal in the overall picture. It's kind of like holding all the basketball national scoring and

Re: RE: t-and-f: SI article about most overrated and underrated

2001-08-24 Thread JTFlash
In a message dated 8/24/2001 7:31:55 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Big fish in a fairly small pond. Even in the US distance Golden Age, holding a bunch of US NRs is admirable, but not that big a deal in the overall picture. It's kind of like holding all the basketball national scoring and

Re: t-and-f: Van Damme 200 (results)

2001-08-24 Thread JimRTimes
In a message dated 8/24/01 4:06:19 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Isn't he J.J. Johnson who ran in the heats on the 4 x 100 in Edmonton? I think you're confusing him with Jack Johnson, the heavyweight champ played by James Earl Jones. Jim Gerweck Running Times

Re: t-and-f: SI article about most overrated and underrated

2001-08-24 Thread mmrohl
Netters Gerald wrote - incorrectly: As for Steve Scott, he ran great when it was not a major meet, but did nothing in the Olympics or World's.Great athletes perform in All meets unless they are sick or injured! Steve was not injured in those meets and still did not perform. He had a

Re: RE: t-and-f: SI article about most overrated and underrated

2001-08-24 Thread Subfour359
hey im wondering, who does alan webb have a poster of on his wall? how bout stember, or ritzenhein? PREFONTAINE. another thing, every single professional athlete ought to thank pre for his work in that department . . thanks to him and other like him, greene, johnson, kennedy, jones, jacobs,

Re: RE: t-and-f: SI article about most overrated and underrated

2001-08-24 Thread Conway
Simply stated, I think an at his best Pre today would give the US the ability to talk about a medal hope at something above 400 meters on the track .. And I am surprised that everyone has allowed Kennedy to be put in the overrated category in an earlier post when he has been the only real

Re: t-and-f: SI article about most overrated and underrated

2001-08-24 Thread Wayne T. Armbrust
Conway wrote: SAnd I am surprised that everyone has allowed Kennedy to be put in the overrated category in an earlier post when he has been the only real legitimate distance threat the US has had since Padilla, Marsh and Maree (oops another import) .. Why do you rate Kennedy in a class

Re: t-and-f: SI article about most overrated and underrated

2001-08-24 Thread Conway
Wayne wrote: Why do you rate Kennedy in a class above Croghan? I think if you compare their international records you would find them pretty comparable. Because Kennedy has been top 10 world ranked and has outperformed him on the clock .. Conway Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED]