t-and-f: A little more on Marion's coach

2002-12-15 Thread Martin J. Dixon
If the magnitude of Larsen's improvement is the true measure of Hansen's potential impact, then the mysterious Canadian coach could be exactly what Jones needs. Here: http://www.nationalpost.com/sports/story.html?id={AADF7243-1A98-474F-9766-19CF698CD1AB} Go here and do a search on Hansen and

Re: t-and-f: A little more on Marion's coach

2002-12-15 Thread Martin J. Dixon
That story is there notwithstanding what it says when you hit that link. NP makes it very difficult to send articles unless you use their email function. Just go to their home page and hit sports and it is the first item. Or try to get one of those funny looking close brackets on the end which

Re: t-and-f: A little more on Marion's coach

2002-12-15 Thread William Bahnfleth
Off the topic of the thread, but the article at the first link in Martin's message states: Griffith-Joyner, who died four years ago of congestive heart failure at the age of 38, established the world best for both distances in 1988, running the 100 in 10.49, and the 200 in 21.34. I thought

t-and-f: online petition for st johns track

2002-12-15 Thread Graffcj
Below is a link for an online petition opposing the elimination of st. johns mens cross country and track and field. If you arent fired up enough to write the AD (David Wegrzyn [EMAIL PROTECTED]) hopefully you can take a minute to sign this. Thanks to the many people who have emailed me with

t-and-f: A last laugh

2002-12-15 Thread Ed Grant
Netters: Robert Papazian of Gill-St. Bernard's School had a sort of last laugh on the Newark Star Ledger yesterday when he won the intermediate division of the USATF Junior Olympic championships in 16:23, third fastest time of the day on the 5K course. As expected, Papazian was

Re: t-and-f: A little more on Marion's coach

2002-12-15 Thread Kurt Bray
Would suffocation ultimately lead to congestive heart failure, or is this a different story? No. Suffocation and congestive heart failure are completely different. Most people understand what suffocation is, but congestive heart failure is a chronic disease, usually in old people,

t-and-f: Track TV hero

2002-12-15 Thread Ed Grant
Netters: Tonight, at 9 p.m., on CBS, there is a movie called The Man Who Saved Christmas, based on a real-life story. The hero of the tale is A.C. Gilbert, who before he took up the profession of toy-maker in the WW I era, was a natonal indoor AAU PV champ, also an IC4A champ,

Re: t-and-f: Track TV hero

2002-12-15 Thread Bob Duncan
Ed Grant wrote: Tonight, at 9 p.m., on CBS, there is a movie called The Man Who Saved Christmas, based on a real-life story. The hero of the tale is A.C. Gilbert, who before he took up the profession of toy-maker in the WW I era, was a natonal indoor AAU PV champ, also an

t-and-f: sju coaches letter

2002-12-15 Thread Graffcj
The following is a letter from Jim Hurt, head coach at st. johns. again the AD is David Wegrzyn, [EMAIL PROTECTED], 718-990-6153; university president Fr Donald Harrington 718-990-6307.the petition website is http://savesjutrack.tripod.com Dear St. John’s Cross Country, Track Field

Re: t-and-f: Track TV hero

2002-12-15 Thread Bob Duncan
Alfred Gilbert (aka A. C. Gilbert) was the co-winner in the pole vault (with another American, Edward Cook) in the Olympic Games of 1908 in London (3.71m). As Ed Grant had implied, it is a bit difficult to imagine that Jason Alexander's television character had once achieved such athletic