The Dallas Morning News did a pretty inspirational story on a high school
kid who lost part of his leg playing football. He now runs track and turned
in a 14-flat 100 meters.
http://www.dallasnews.com/sports/columnists/ksherrington/stories/040103dnspo
sherrington.cb422.html
Also, I know interest
This sums up my opinion on it, plus it gives Paula Radcliffe some publicity:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/inside_game/rick_reilly/news/2003/01/23/lif
e_of_reilly/
-Original Message-
From: ghill [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 1:31 PM
To: track list
One year I went on a 450-mile (one way) trip with a team to play a district
basketball game. The school they were playing against had trips of 400, 450,
and 320 miles that winter. Teams would play Saturday afternoon games, then
arrive back at 4 in the morning.
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From:
have no idea what travel is like for high school
kids.
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From: Berry,Bruce [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 1:39 PM
To: Bloomquist, Bret; Lee Nichols; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: t-and-f: driving times (was: NJSIAA sux
My favorite is the junior college in Corpus Christi, which is on Airs
Street.
UCLA: University of Corpus, Left on Airs
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From: ghill [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 7:01 PM
To: track list
Subject: Re: t-and-f: The REAL athlete of the
are a big deal is
kind of ludicrous.
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From: magpie [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 10:40 PM
To: Bloomquist, Bret
Subject:RE: t-and-f: Dropped Men's Programs???
not just dual meets
by about 100 points. Of course that's because they
were offering three times as many scholarships as any Division I.
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From: Rich Harrington [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 5:13 PM
To: Bloomquist, Bret; 'Scott Davis'; david lesley
Cc: ghill
Blinn Junior College. Just a JC, but arguably the greatest JC track program
of all time.
They cut it but kept men's tennis because men's tennis had a better quality
of student athlete. Read: Rich white kids.
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From: Scott Davis [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday,
The usatf website says voting for the finalists begins today. The longer
this thread gets kicked around, the more impatient I am to find out the five
finalists. Did Apocolypse make it?
-Original Message-
From: Dan Kaplan [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 11:17 PM
Did you catch the Texas-LSU game where Roy Williams single-handidly won the
game?
He's the best prep decathlon prospect I've ever seen:
His senior year in high school, he ran 10.30 FATs in the 100 (he was
consistent with that), 25-6 long jumper, 7-2 high jumper, 45-flat split on
1,600 relay. As
That is not accurate, I am afraid. Every Tour De France winner is
held in
high appreciated and a multiple winner - all the more.
UG
Maybe the American media likes to play up the put-upon Yankee angle,
but over and over again we read about French fans screaming
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Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 12:20 PM
To: track list
Subject: Re: t-and-f: The REAL athlete of the year
that's like saying that the only thing Mo Greene has going for him as a
sprinter is his speed.
gh
From: Bloomquist, Bret [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: Bloomquist, Bret
Then there's Bonds. A great hitter, maybe deserving of top five status.
But how can you seriously consider an athlete with a critical error in
the
most significant game of the year? If he hadn't focused on bulk to the
exclusion of all else, not only would he have likely played the field
As a sports editor for a paper affiliated with the Associated Press, I had a
vote on this.
My ballot was: Armstrong, Tiger Woods, Bonds. I would have had Montgomery
fourth. That's part of the problem here, however. You only get to pick three
and I just couldn't justify putting him ahead of any of
There was an interesting steroid tidbit that came up in the NFL earlier this
year.
Pittsburgh quarterback Tommy Maddox injured his head and neck and briefly
lost all feeling in his limbs. As he was being rushed to the hospital, the
emergency medical people on the ambulance pumped him full of
We need to come up wit the winning name.
Because of my lack of orginality, I submitted Apocalypse
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From: ghill [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 1:34 PM
To: track list
Subject: t-and-f: FW: April Fool's day at USATF Convention
I'd like to see a running pentathlon: 100, 400, 800, 1,500, 5,000 with a
points table. Or maybe a steeple instead of the 800 or 1,500.
A few years ago this local high school kid ran a strong leg on a sub-41
sprint relay and was a pretty good cross country runner (16:40 or so for
5,000 meters). He
How about worst races in track history?
I nomiate the Michael Johnson/Donovan Bailey fiasco, or Jesse Owens racing a
horse.
BTW, most of the posts I've seen on the original topic have been light on
field events (other than Beamon, of course).
-Original Message-
From: Steve Grathwohl
This is too obvious, but Chariots of Fire.
And there was the javlin throw in Revenge of the Nerds. Can't forget that.
-Original Message-
From: FJ LEE [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 1:37 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject:
Not all track writing is bad.
BC-RUN--Sports Topic: Running Scared,1105
For release anytime
College track is next for refugee from Liberian civil war
AP Photo TXFOR105
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
By KATHLEEN O'BRIEN
ARLINGTON, Texas - She can hardly believe that her youngest son is going to
That paper's coverage of nationals last year was spectacular. I'm the sports
editor of a mid-sized paper in Texas, and when our town hosted the NCAA
Division II meet, our goal was to cover it like Eugene covered nationals.
That paper is remarkable with its track coverage.
-Original
As a journalist who makes many mistakes on an every-day basis, let me offer
my thoughts.
Unless you're talking about the Dallas Morning News, sports departments are
tremendously understaffed and overworked. We don't have time to craft
stories and triple-check every fact we put in a story like we
San Fran and NY. The only way the US will get the Games is if there is a
sympathy vote for New York. It's just not the U.S.'s turn in 2012. Plus,
fairly or not, the Atlanta Games were considered a debacle and the Salt Lake
Games were tainted by scandal, and right now the U.S. just isn't really
Do I win a prize for predicting this?
CHICAGO (AP) - New York and San Francisco were selected Tuesday as the U.S.
finalists to host the 2012 Summer Olympics, while Houston and Washington,
D.C., were eliminated as contenders.
The USOC's board of directors will pick the U.S. candidate for the 2012
In Texas, JimAnne Baker of Cisco will probably sign with Texas Tech to play
basketball (a top 10 program). As a junior she triple jumped in the mid 42s,
long jumped 20-6 and ran a 54-second split on the 1,600 relay. She won five
gold medals at the state meet here (both horizintal jumps, the 200
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Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 12:56 AM
To: Bloomquist, Bret; 'David Eiger'; T-and-F Mailing list; Peter
Matthews; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: t-and-f: Israeli results
Israel is in many ways a European colony. Most Israelis are descended
from
European Jews
I stole this from the PGA website. I imagine other people know more about
the Wanamaker mile than me:
Each summer, one of the nation's most outstanding golf facilties hosts
golf's best professionals as they compete for the Rodman Wanamaker Trophy.
Winning this trophy has only been savored by 58
Well, I looked itnto it more. Yes, same guy. From another website on the
Wanamaker Mile:
The Millrose Games features sprints, hurdles, middle distances, pole vault
and high jump. It also includes the famed Wanamaker Mile, this year making
its 77th appearance. This celebrated event received its
I was wondering during the Euro championships why Israel was part of Europe.
Geographically it's in Asia and Jordan plays in the Asian soccer
confederation. Is this just because the Middle Eastern countries and Israel
don't want to compete against each other for security and political
concerns?
On the other hand, Nigeria would have fewer mosquitos than Houston.
-Original Message-
From: P.F.Talbot [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 4:09 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: t-and-f: BBC E-mail: Nigeria plans 2012 Olympic bid
This is easily a
The UIL doesn't tape the track meet, so you'd be relying either on
television stations or family recordings from the stands -- and fans weren't
let anywhere near the shot put ring. You probably have this, but here are
the results of Texastrack.com (note to non-Texas high school fans: yes,
Here you go Lee:
Okay, athletics zombies-
time for a quick contest (with short notice)
First take a look at the current Stadium Records
at the Letzigrund Stadium in Zürich:
Men:
100 m Montgomery Tim USA 9.90 (+0.2) 17.8.01
200 m Marsh Mike USA 19.95 (-1.0) 19.8.92
400 m Reynolds Butch USA
32 matches
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