RE: t-and-f: NCAA comment

2000-11-22 Thread Michael Casey
Maybe he instills the will to win ??? Maybe he knows how to get his athletes to peak at just the right time. Come on give credit where credit is due. Mike -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 22 November 2000 05:25

t-and-f: Fwd: [OZTRACK] Emil Zatopek dies aged 78

2000-11-22 Thread FranciCash
In a message dated 11/22/00 6:41:43 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/hi/english/athletics/newsid_1035000/1035152.stm Wednesday, 22 November, 2000, 11:12 GMT Czech legend Zatopek dies Legendary Czech athlete Emil Zatopek has died aged 78 in

t-and-f: Emil Zatopek dies aged 78

2000-11-22 Thread Fred Finke
A legend passes away. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/hi/english/athletics/newsid_1035000/1035152.stm Wednesday, 22 November, 2000, 11:12 GMT Czech legend Zatopek dies Legendary Czech athlete Emil Zatopek has died aged 78 in a Prague military hospital. Zatopek, who became a quadruple Olympic

Re: t-and-f: NCAA comment

2000-11-22 Thread JimRTimes
In a message dated 11/22/00 12:36:46 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: So what does McDonnell do that nobody else does???. I'm not sure, but maybe more people should copy it. Jim Gerweck Running Times

t-and-f: Zatopek's greatest record

2000-11-22 Thread Post, Marty
While Zatopek's Olympic triple will surely never be duplicated, I believe he set another record that is just as, if not more untouchable: an unbroken streak of 69 victories over 5,000 and 10,000 meters between 1949 and 1952. Few elite runners today will even come close to running

Re: t-and-f: NCAA XC Splits and Leader Info

2000-11-22 Thread Bettwy, Bob
Allow me to explain why we used mile splits for the announcing at the NCAA XC meet. Remember, we are using high school kids at the intermediate points with walkie talkies. We instruct them to give us the split, the leaders and the team scores or team 1-5 differentials, depending on their

t-and-f: Corrections

2000-11-22 Thread Ed Grant
Netters: Senility is really setting in. 1) I forgot to give Julie Farrell's destination. It is Stanford/ 2_ Franklyn Sanchez is, of course, at georgetown (my sons will kill me for this mistake). So the Villanova foursome are all virtually no-names, though Jon Fasulo is certainly

t-and-f: NCaa TV

2000-11-22 Thread nad wilson
when is the meet going to be aired? Does anyone have a tape of the start? i doubt that many people were taping (just seems like it was too cold to tape- my mothers camara froze). I would really like to see the start so if anyone has pictures or a tape could you let me know? Thanks Dan Wilson

Re: t-and-f: Zatopek's greatest record

2000-11-22 Thread SMLurie
The best thing the amazing Emil Zatopek ever did was to give one of his Olympic 5,000-meter gold medals to the legendary Ron Clarke. From all I've heard and read, Zapopek was an absolutely terrific man. He will be missed. Steve Lurie

Re: t-and-f: NCAA comment

2000-11-22 Thread Runtenkm
Coach Mac's record stands on it's own. He's obviously has an excellent system which allows his athletes to perform their best on the right day. To say that Stanford has more "talent" than Arkansas is just not true. Karanu, Travis, Karie and Link certainly stack up, in terms of perceived

t-and-f: National X-country championships

2000-11-22 Thread Bruce Goodchild
I live in Boston, and intend to watch the races this weekend in Franklin Park. I assume it is on Sunday; does anyone know what time it starts? Thanks, Bruce Goodchild Cambridge/Boston.

Re: t-and-f: National X-country championships

2000-11-22 Thread Mpplatt
In a message dated 11/22/00 1:51:29 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: live in Boston, and intend to watch the races this weekend in Franklin Park. I assume it is on Sunday; does anyone know what time it starts? Thanks, It's Saturday

Re: t-and-f: National X-country championships

2000-11-22 Thread John Lunn
Bruce, Check it out because I think that Sunday gets you there a day late. JL Bruce Goodchild wrote: I live in Boston, and intend to watch the races this weekend in Franklin Park. I assume it is on Sunday; does anyone know what time it starts? Thanks, Bruce Goodchild Cambridge/Boston.

t-and-f: national XC

2000-11-22 Thread nad wilson
the women race at 11:45, and the men are after that. There is a masters race and another race before the womens 6k. see you'll there. Dan Wilson _ Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download :

t-and-f: Emil Zatopek

2000-11-22 Thread Randall Northam
I first met Emil Zatopek at the Prague European Championships in 1978 and was amazed at how friendly and warm he was to mere hacks. We would meet at the stadium bar/cafe and he would talk track and field for however long people wanted to listen. He was self deprecatory, too. Talking about his

Re: t-and-f: NCAA comment

2000-11-22 Thread alan tobin
So what does McDonnell do that nobody else does???...give it up Schiefer A.C. My guess is this: tradition. He gets everyone on the same page at the right time better than anyone. In the eyes of Arkansas there is only one meet during an XC season. The others are just training runs. You don't

t-and-f: USATF Fall Nationals - Saturday November 25

2000-11-22 Thread Steve Vaitones
The race times are: 10:30 - Women's 6K 11:15 - Men's 10K 12:30 - Masters 10K The link that was on the usatf website was old and not updated. The results will be at www.usatfne.org sometime in the early afternoon Steve Vaitones [EMAIL PROTECTED]

t-and-f: Fwd: B.A.A. and adidas present the USA Fall Cross Country Championship s

2000-11-22 Thread Steve Vaitones
MEDIA ADVISORY The Boston Athletic Association and adidas present the USA Fall Cross Country Championships Franklin Park in Dorchester Boston, Massachusetts When: Saturday, November 25 Where: The Playstead (across from New England Zoo). Schedule: Women's Championship

t-and-f: Goodbye to a legend

2000-11-22 Thread Ed Grant
Netters: Let me just second all that has been written on the list to date about the great Emil Zatopek. His name stands with the egreatest icons in the sport and, as my good friend Steve Lurie pointed out, the greatest thing about him was not his amazing running career, but his worth as a

t-and-f: Title defense won't be easy

2000-11-22 Thread drew.armiger
Title defense won't be easy By Michael Sandrock Camera Sports Writer If you were to take winner Kara Grgas-Wheeler out of the results from Monday's NCAA cross country championships, the champion University

t-and-f: Holiday Greetings

2000-11-22 Thread Michael J. Roth
Happy Thanksgiving to all!

t-and-f: NEEDS AUTHORITATIVE ACTION

2000-11-22 Thread Ryan Sullivan
To All Runners/ Officials Last week, I was in an audition for a commercial featuring a long jumper for Degree Antiperspirant. The commercial is going to air during hockey games throughout Canada. My e-mail is intended to alert the necessary authorities to stop the commercial. The content

t-and-f: Zatopek; 'human locomotive' who made Olympic history

2000-11-22 Thread Eamonn Condon
The Electronic Telegraph Thursday 23 November 2000 Tom Knight EMIL ZATOPEK, the four-time Olympic gold medallist and arguably the world's greatest ever distance runner, has died in Prague at the age of 78 following a long illness. The former Czech army colonel, who was hospitalised with a

t-and-f: Re: Ryan Sullivan posts

2000-11-22 Thread Roger Ruth
Today, within a two-minute period, "Ryan Sullivan" sent three posts to this address, each with different subject lines, all with the same message. I don't know what his scam might be, but I resent his sending it under a mailing address of "seb_coe" and find it deeply suspicious that he addressed

t-and-f: ncaa xc pix

2000-11-22 Thread Geoff Thurner
many of you may have already visited the www.trackwire.rivals.com site for ncaa cross country post-race stuff, but if you haven't seen our pix yet (or read the quotes after the chilly race), check it out... i don't care what the other warm-weather birds said, the weather made it a blast,