RE: t-and-f: It's not fair...

2003-01-21 Thread Rich Harrington
It's nice to see how Princeton University gives back to the community. Truly heartwarming isn't it? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Berry,Bruce Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 8:57 AM To: Robert Kiessling; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Track and

t-and-f: re: It's not fair...

2003-01-21 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Here on Long Island, the kids in Nassau County have been told by the facility operators that they can go to hell, literally. This season, they were forced to schedule meets outdoors for the 1st time in almost 20 years. Thankfully, the weather being so miserable, the meets got cancelled, but that

RE: t-and-f: It's not fair...

2003-01-21 Thread Philip_Ponebshek
Rich Harrington wrote: It's nice to see how Princeton University gives back to the community. Truly heartwarming isn't it? Well, you have to remember that Jadwin Gym isn't just a track - it's also Princeton's home venue for Basketball: Home games on Saturdays: 2/1 (men) 2/8 (women)

Re: t-and-f: re: It's not fair...

2003-01-21 Thread Ed and Dana Parrot
MJR - Maybe you could contact everybody's favorite senator from New York :) Certainly this is a major problem in cold weather states around the country. The USATF associations committee regularly discusses this issue as it relates to access for youth clubs. As bad as facility access is for

RE: t-and-f: It's not fair...

2003-01-21 Thread Rich Harrington
I seem recall running there on Sundays and weeknights at Jadwin when I was in H.S., though my memory could be getting foggy 15 years later. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 12:15 PM To:

Re: t-and-f: old long jump stat question

2003-01-21 Thread Scott Davis
If memory serves, that Coleman mark was subsequently found to be bogus which is why we removed it from the ATFS Annuals. Scott Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm currently working on progressive all-time lists for various events and have come upon something weird. Does anyone remember an

t-and-f: One down . . .

2003-01-21 Thread Roger Ruth
A note yesterday from Carole Fuchs, off-list, told of the French indoor record for the women's pole vault being broken twice at 4.40m on 19 January, by Vanessa Boslak at Liévin and by Agnés Livebardon at Clermont-Ferrand. A follow-up note today says that the French federation won't ratify the

t-and-f: tf extinct

2003-01-21 Thread Lee Nichols
Well, we have now ceased to even be listed under other sports at Yahoo! Sports (http://sports.yahoo.com). They have no track coverage at all. I had my My Yahoo! page (which is my home page) set up to include track headlines in my news headlines section, but now the link no longer works (even

t-and-f: re It's not fair

2003-01-21 Thread Ed Grant
Netters: The situation in NJ is more complicated than either Larry Morgan or Bob Kiessling has indicated in their posts What they did not say is that the NJSIAA reaps a huge profit each e=year from track and field entries in the three seasons---CC, indoor and out. The indoor

Re: t-and-f: tf extinct

2003-01-21 Thread Philip_Ponebshek
Lee Nichols wrote: Well, we have now ceased to even be listed under other sports at Yahoo! Sports (http://sports.yahoo.com). They have no track coverage at all. I had my My Yahoo! page (which is my home page) set up to include track headlines in my news headlines section, but now the link no

t-and-f: UW Indoor Meet Attendance Error

2003-01-21 Thread Bill Roe
Listers, The report by the UW Sports Information Department that the meet at the Dempsey Center this past weekend was the largest ever in attendance in the state of Washington was laughable at best and terrible reporting at the very least. The long-time mentor of the UW track field program,

Re: t-and-f: tf extinct

2003-01-21 Thread Tom Borish
At least that's only in the US... I actually noticed the same thing theother day looking at CBS Sportsline - the only track news to be found was coverage of the 2000 Olympics. Speaking of CBS, when I contacted them over the summer of trying to use the domain ncaatrack.com for my website, they

Re: t-and-f: UW Indoor Meet Attendance Error

2003-01-21 Thread Randy Treadway
(anyone else remember the old ITA besides me and Garry Hill and Bob Hersh?) Absolutely Bring back the rabbit lights! RT

Re: t-and-f: UW Indoor Meet Attendance Error

2003-01-21 Thread Bob Duncan
Bill Roe wrote: A professional tour stop (anyone else remember the old ITA besides me and Garry Hill and Bob Hersh?) reported crowds using a dart board, which obviously weren't connected to reality. Some of the big stars of ITA were Jim Ryun and Ben Jipcho. (Keino Lindgren too, I believe.)

Re: t-and-f: tf extinct

2003-01-21 Thread Ed and Dana Parrot
I still have my yahoo home page setup to get track headlines on My Yahoo page. And it works. The latest is from two days ago, but that's not unusual. So I'm not sure where it as been removed from. - Ed Parrot - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

t-and-f: Track Meets in San Francisco Area

2003-01-21 Thread Tim Karen O'Dowd
Does anyone know of any all-comers track meets (outdoor or indoor) within 50 miles or so of the San Francisco area? I am specifically looking for distance events ranging from 1,500m - 5,000 metres for women/girls. 'Tis for a 5-minute miler, 10.55 2-mile. etc. Thanks. Cheers Timothy Patrick

Re: t-and-f: Track Meets in San Francisco Area

2003-01-21 Thread Joe Rubio
Los Gatos, Berkeley, Diablo Valley College all have all comers now, all are within 50 miles of SF. Scroll to the bottom of this link for the current info: http://www.pausatf.org/data/2002/TFMeets2002.html Only indoor meets are in Reno (3+ hour drive) starting 2/1:

t-and-f: USATF News Notes: January 21, 2003

2003-01-21 Thread USATF Communications
Contact: Melvin Jackson II Communications Coordinator USA Track Field (317) 261-0500 x317 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.usatf.org USATF News Notes Volume 4, Number 7

t-and-f: USATF Release: Collins named Athlete of the Week

2003-01-21 Thread USATF Communications
Contact:Tom Surber Media Information Manager USA Track Field (317) 261-0478 x317 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.usatf.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 21, 2002 Collins named Athlete of the Week INDIANAPOLIS - Michelle

Re: t-and-f: tf extinct

2003-01-21 Thread Lee Nichols
I'm still getting the headlines too, but have you tried clicking on them? Do they go anywhere? Mine did not. I get a message saying page not found. Lee I still have my yahoo home page setup to get track headlines on My Yahoo page. And it works. The latest is from two days ago, but that's

Re: t-and-f: tf extinct

2003-01-21 Thread Ed and Dana Parrot
Lee - You are correct - I'm not sure what's going on - Ed - Original Message - From: Lee Nichols [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Ed and Dana Parrot [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 6:12 PM Subject: Re: t-and-f: tf extinct I'm still getting the headlines