I agree 100% w/ Schiefer here, and will go even further.
If any of our 1500/Milers of the last 20 years had half his balls we
wouldn't have had the horrific performances to put up with. Alan believes
in himself, and has taken more crap than the whole lot of runners who have
run in his entire
So, what are the details on Hootie this year at the OT in Sacto?
MJR
, but it's a meet and making the OT
standard should be an easy thing for someone of your talent to accomplish.
Please contact me directly if you are interested in this offer, it is not a
joke. Come, smile, compete, talk to the kids (big and small) and get your
qualifier for Sacto.
Michael J. Roth
Last chance for entries!!!
USATF-Long Island Championships
6/13-14
Meet is PRE-ENTRY only!
Entry form (PDF) is online here:
http://www.litf.org/Events/ViewBrochure.cfm?EID=365
For distance people, there is a 1500, 3000St, 5000 1 on the schedule.
Get those entries in NOW!!!
All levels of
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
5/22/04
CONTACT: MICHAEL J. ROTH 631-379-2833
TIM SEAMAN MAKES OLYMPIC QUALIFYING TIME
VALLENSBAEK, DENMARK - Tim Seaman, North Babylon, fulfilled his quest for an
Olympic qualifying performance today in the 20km race walk at the
Phonixmarchen race, winning in a time
USATF-LI Open Masters Championships
6/13 9:30 am Mitchel Athletic Complex
6/14 5:00 pm Farmingdale HS
Entry:
$7.00 USATF-LI members
$8.00 Guests
PRE-ENTRY ONLY (DUE 6/7), NO EXCEPTIONS
Entry form w/ schedule directions online at http://www.litf.org
Event Schedule:
Sunday
Track
3000
May 8, 2004
Birstonas, Lithuania
The Army World Class Athlete Program's John Nunn was the class of the field
in today's A. Milkeno Racewalk Competition on the streets of Birstonas,
Lithuania.
Nunn bettered his personal best and achieved the Olympic 'A' time standard
with a 1:22:31 for the 20km
Wayne,
Normally I would agree with your thought on Ritz' racing at Stanford instead
of the Big 12 Meet as being bad for the collegiate sport. In this case, and
with this athlete, I have to disagree. CU should do well the meet without
him, and he's not likely to get an A standard running by
HAR-HAR!
Nelson
(If they lie about where they are, its not a stretch to think they lie about what they
take/don't take - MJR)
http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/gen/wire?messageId=10472620
Wednesday, April 2
Athletics-Greek federation to investigate whereabouts of Kederis
malmo
Normally, I wouldn't bat an eye at this type of thing, but with the
scutiny that these two have been under over the last year relating to
not racing anywhere outside of Greece until a major championship, they
have to think a bit more before acting. Maybe their coaches need to
wake up
But no one, anywhere, has made any assumptions as to whether Alan is
using anything, and Alan is far from being the World Champ. I'm sure
that Alan has no problem being found when he has to report for a drug
test either.
No accusations here, just doesn't look good. This guy is a
US Men win again; women finish 2nd
Chula Vista, CA--The rain came down and the US poured it on. Fighting off a
steady stream of showers in usually sunny southern California, Tim Seaman led
the US team to another stunning upset at the Pan Am Cup this afternoon. This
time the red, white, blue
There seems to be a lot of DQs for lane violations at the WIC. Does
anyone know why?
They're probably running in another lane!!??
MJR
USTCA/RWI Collegiate Race Walking Grand Prix
Report #2
All Indoor Races Included thru March 10
It is the unofficial mid-point of the track season, now that the Indoor
Championships have all been completed. The USTCA/RWI Collegiate Race Walking
Grand Prix has brought a total of 48 university
The problem with the page, and the whole NSIC website, is that they compose their
website in MS Word, which creates a lot of garbage in the html code and subsequently
creates problems in older browsers with even loading the page at all. Newer browsers
will load the page, but there is so much
Kamal
Don't regret charging a fee. TF must get past the spectators get in for free
mentality if it is to be respected as a professional sport. You're broadcasting
something with value, the least you can do is cover your expenses. With this, you
should also gain some more legitimacy in the
Watch to see who gets mysteriously hurt and injured really soon. I'm sure a few of
the announced disappearances are related to rumors about this being a reality.
MJR
LONDON (AP) _ Athletes will undergo blood testing at the World Indoor Championships
for the first time.
The drug
Carol said something to the effect of these kids aren't used to running on a banked
track like this, as they spend most of their time running on the flat track at the
Armory. Her implication was probably meant to be that the MSG track is tougher than
the 200m oval at the Armory, but once
Carol - The Armory in NYC does not have a flat track. Maybe if you'd
gone there once in the last decade.
It was really nice to hear Lewis Johnson put down St John's University
for their bonehead decision of dropping Men's TF/XC. A little national
publicity should do the cause wonders.
No, blocks are only used in the 60m races.
2003 Verizon Millrose Games Entry List
(January 29, 2003)
2003 VERIZON MILLROSE GAMES ENTRIES*
EVENT 1 - MASTERS WOMEN'S 4x400m RELAY - 5:20pm
A Bohemia Track Club Bohemia, NY
B Central Park Track Club - A New York, NY
C Central Park Track Club - B New York, NY
D Genesee Valley Harriers
http://uk.sports.yahoo.com/030128/203/doifs.html
The controversial new false start rule which came into effect at the
beginning of the year will be reviewed by leading athletics indoor
meeting promoters next month.
Organisers of the events in Stockholm, Birmingham and Lievin will
convene with
Ethics chairman has done work for Ward-directed GM
http://espn.go.com/oly/news/2003/0125/1498500.html
Associated Press
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- The chairman of the U.S. Olympic Committee's
ethics panel, which let USOC chief Lloyd Ward keep his job after a
conflict-of-interest
http://espn.go.com/mlb/news/2003/0124/1498234.html
Jordan sues trainer Kersee over debt
Associated Press
ST. LOUIS -- The husband of Olympic track star Jackie Joyner-Kersee and
the company he used to run owe Los
http://uk.sports.yahoo.com/030122/80/dm35x.html
Coe calls for probe into doping coaches
By Daniel Howden
ATHENS (Reuters) - Twice Olympic 1,500 metres champion Sebastian Coe has
called for an investigation into the coaches of athletes who fail drug
tests. We have a responsibility to look
I just actually saw a TV commercial for a track meet!! MSG Network
/ Fox Sports NY had a pretty nicely done 15 sec spot on the Millrose
Games in the intermission of the Islanders v. Capitals hockey game.
Maybe we're getting somewhere after all?!
MJR
An inquiry into USATF's doping procedures following the Sydney Games found evidence that the athlete in question tested positive for the banned substance, nandrolone, on July 6, 1999.
As there was no International competition (as listed on the IAAF site) on that date, this would make it an out
Random thoughts on the available names:
1. Cinders - what is left of the track at Stony Brook University
because the AD wanted better sightlines for football in their new
stadium so they left out the track.
2. Re-run - fat kid from 70's sitcom, Hey hey hey, what's happenin Rog!
3. Spike -
Fox also did a bit on Race Walking this past Sunday night on Malcolm in the
Middle. It was well done, rather funny and tastefully done - something NBC
can't manage to pull off. Featured in the episode were US Team members Curt
Clausen, Philip Dunn, Sean Albert Susan Armenta. An interesting
To back Jill up on this one, they have the right idea on the Mascot, no
matter how sick it turns your stomach. While attending a college
basketball game last night, the school's Mascot entered the stands. One
large section was devoted to a local CYO girls team that played during
halftime.
The Mascot has an equal stupidity look, but kids don't know the
difference, so the point is moot. Mascots attract kids, there is no
debating this, anything to the contrary is pointless banter. Whether
the children are spectators or contestants (we're not talking Millrose
here, but JO meets
1. I was in Ellicottville this past summer and can vouch for the
relative inbred-ness of the locals there.
2. If you runners think you have it bad, try race walking, where even
the other tf-types (the inbred ones) heckle you.
I can only imagine how bad it will get when the inbreds start
He died in 1984.
MJR
By JIM VERTUNO, AP Sports Writer
AUSTIN, Texas (December 27, 2002 1:32 p.m. EST) - Texas women's track
coach Beverly Kearney was upgraded to serious condition on Friday after
back surgery following a car accident in Florida.
The crash on Thursday killed a university staff member and the
By JIM VERTUNO, Associated Press
AUSTIN, Texas (December 26, 2002 8:03 p.m. EST) - Texas women's track
coach Beverly Kearney was critically injured Thursday in a car accident
in Florida that killed a university staff member and the mother of
former world champion sprinter and Olympic medalist
Agence France-Presse
PARIS (November 27, 2002 1:20 p.m. EST) - High jump world record holder
Javier Sotomayor gave a veiled hint that he retired because he had taken
banned substances, the Cuban athletics federation told world governing
body IAAF, it emerged on Wednesday.
About a month ago
Am I missing something?? There is no tie for 8th place. B-W beats
Elmhurst on the 6th place finisher, in fact all 7 were in before the 5
from Elmhurst.
MJR
___
women: http://www.raceberryjam.com/nc3ccwomen02.html
1 Williams College 423457 23 43 62
http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=2/newsId=20033.html
Wednesday 20 November 2002
2002 was a crucial year for Jefferson Pérez, the 1996 Olympic 20km Race
walking champion. The Ecuadorian's victory over that distance on the streets
of Turin at the 20th IAAF World Race Walking Cup in October, capped
http://www.ncaa.org/releases/makepage.cgi/champselections/2002111804sl.htm
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT:
Monday, November 18, 2002 Mark Bockelman
Assistant Director of Championships
317/917-6513
2002 NCAA DIVISION I MEN'S AND WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
QUALIFIERS
Ed
Having been at the NYS Meet (and filing the Dyestat report), this
situation is not the fault of the officiating. At some point the
athletes coaches need to wake the F up. The Sunken Meadow course was
known to be the State Meet for over a year. Everyone had a chance to
run it during the
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Citing competitive and economic concerns, Canisius College
announced Thursday that Division I-AA football is among the seven varsity
sports the school will eliminate at the end of the current academic year.
Also being cut are men's and women's indoor and outdoor track, men's and
But she did do this race at 1:00/mile slower than her normal pace,
finishing almost 12 minutes back from where she did the year before.
She also has become an expert at this, being her fourth time. I'm
sure she could write a book on this process. Hopefully it would be more
well received than
Throwers-
Check out Jeff Everson's Planet Muscle Nutrition Magazine, Dec
edition, has a really extensive areticle on the US Shot Putters and the
history of the event. It has many classic pics as well. You might be
able to get it at www.planetmuscle.com too.
MJR
In the article linked below, Mourhit contends that his ban should be removed
for just about every reason, except that he's innocent. Very interesting way
to go further than even Dennis Mitchel did in being ridiculous.
http://www.sportserver.com/track_field/story/606104p-4683538c.html
Jonathon Edwards 60+ foot TJ was the most amazing Field event for me,
and MJ's 200m in Atlanta still gives me chills.
My greatest sports moment (as a spectator (I know its off topic!!)) was
the Game 6 in 1986. Mookie would have beat them to 1st even if he had
fielded that ball. This just
I guess this answers the guilt question, now for the penalty phase.
MJR
---
MADRID, Spain -- U.S. distance runner Seneca Lassiter could be punished by USA Track
Field for setting the pace for a Kenyan in the 1,500 meters at the World Cup.
Bernard Lagat, who trains with Lassiter, won the
Guido, Leroy, etc
I don't know what will happen, but I doubt whether he'll get more punishment than being
sent to sit in the corner with a dunce hat on. We can always dream, though!
MJR
malmo wrote:
Penalty phase?
Like we already told youze guys how diss works out. Da Nike goons paid
off
It strikes me that many of the people (re: women), who are now in positions to make
these
decisions, are acting out of some warped sense of revenge towards male athletes in the
name of equality. This is not, nor never has been about equality, with these people,
but
is a matter of who is in
Someone in the AAC should file a grievance against him or they should just lynch the
guy.
What a jackass.
MJR
MADRID (Reuters) - U.S. middle-distance runner Seneca Lassiter will face disciplinary
action if national federation officials decide he deliberately acted as a pace maker on
the first day of the World Cup team competition on Friday, sources close to the
American
team said.
Fred
All US athletes are required to now sign a contract regarding conduct when representing
the US in Int'l competition. I'm sure this BS is in direct violation of that conduct
agreement, not to mention just basic good sportsmanship and common sense. He should be
suspended for at least a year
I agree totally. This sport needs to rid itself of all rabbits. At this rate they're
going to put them in field events too. These Euro Meets are turning into practices
where
everyone runs one interval, its no longer about the competition. The IAAF needs to
wake
the hell up.
MJR
Ben Hall
From the Espn article about Bob Hayes:
When Dallas won the Super Bowl after the 1971 season, Hayes became the only
athlete to win an Olympic gold medal and a Super Bowl ring. More than 30 years
later, he's still the only person with both.
--
I seem to remember a guy named Willie Gault . . .
Ooopss, my bad!!!
Checking Michal Rabinovich's TF Statistics site at
http://trackfield.brinkster.net/ clued me in on my error.
BTW, that site is great. He has about every major champs result online. He
even has made the corrections when drug tests come back positive.
MJR
On Thu, 19 Sep 2002
BRUSSELS, Belgium (August 29, 2002 9:15 a.m. EDT) - Steeplechase world-record
holder Brahim Boulami has failed a doping test, the organizer of the Van Damme
Memorial meet said Thursday.
Wilfried Meert said Boulami was tested on the eve of the Weltklasse meet in
Zurich two weeks ago, when he
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (August 26, 2002 2:27 p.m. EDT) - The world's best ever pole
vaulter
Sergei Bubka, of the Ukraine, has been appointed Chairman of the International Olympic
Committee (IOC) Athletes' Commission, the IOC announced.
Gee, go figure, a rich guy his corporation get behind TF and support it
financially. Too bad that's SOOO difficult today.
MJR
Gee, go figure, I rich guy his corporation get behind TF and support it
financially. Too bad that's SOOO difficult today.
MJR
Well, he got the royal screw in 2000, but in 2002 he should get even more
consideration.
He's lost twice this year, some will say. Ok, but both of those losses were to people
setting world bests at distances that are not his strength (10k 20k - he was second
in
both). His Euro victory in the
Have no doubt that two-golds-in-two-days walker Nathan Deakes is superhuman?
The drug testers here don't: they have subjected him to five tests in less
than 48 hours, presumably to ensure the minerals in his system do not include
kryptonite.
Agence France-Presse
GDANSK (July 27, 2002 2:34 p.m. EDT) - Alesia Tourova of Belarus has established a new
3000m women's steeplechase world record, posting a time of 9 minutes, 16.51 seconds at
the
Gdansk athletics meet here on Saturday.
NEW YORK (July 23, 2002 4:27 p.m. EDT) - For the first time in any major
marathon in the United States, the women's elite race at the New York City
Marathon on Nov. 3 will start 35 minutes before the men's elite and open
races.
http://www.sportserver.com/track_field/story/475572p-3800926c.html
Official Results - 1 METRES WALK - Women - Final
Thursday, July 18, 2002 - 19:40
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 337 Mitsumura Fumi JPN 46:01.51 (NJ)
2 92 Liu Siqi CHN 46:07.15
3 57 Tsikhanava Maryna BLR 46:14.67 (SB)
4 90 Guo Dongmei CHN 46:31.49 (PB)
5 511 Malíková Zuzana SVK 46:46.29 (NJ)
6
Official Results - 1 METRES WALK - Men - Final Wednesday, July 17, 2002 - 19:50
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 722 Kanaykin Vladimir RUS 41:41.40
2 170 Xu Xingde CHN 41:44.00
3 165 Lu Ronghua CHN 41:46.07
4 118 Duarte Rafael dos Anjos BRA 42:00.39 (NJ)
5 510 Yamazaki Yuki JPN 42:02.76
6 95
Larry
I was the doing the meet results. If any sprinter was slow at the meet is was because
they didn't want to run fast (or they suck). The weather was made for sprinters, very
hot, but it seemed that the distance athletes were the only ones racing hard. I
vaguely
remember an older girl
IAAF Golden League
Golden Gala
Roma, 12-Jul-2002
RESULTS MEN
GP
100 METRES - MENCombined Results
Pts
1 Greene Maurice USA 9.89 12.0
2 Montgomery Tim
http://espn.go.com/oly/news/2002/0702/1401541.html
Ed
WOW, something we're in total agreement on!!!
The state of affairs in regards to ACTUALLY doing something to promote foster the
growth
of Youth Athletics from USATF is abmissmally weak. The so-called Youth sponsors give
no
money to any program outside of the National Champs. I'm not
Chambers blows past Greene again in 100 meters
SHEFFIELD, England (June 30, 2002 1:02 p.m. EDT) - Britian's Dwain Chambers beat world
record-holder Maurice Greene for the second time in 48 hours, winning the 100 meters at
the Norwich Union Classic on Sunday.
22.35 in the 200m, sad but true, these dopes can't think past 3-4 athletes per sport.
MJR
The Associated Press
SAN DIEGO (June 26, 2002 4:13 p.m. EDT) - A star sprinter from San Diego State
University
has been jailed in the stabbing death of her married boyfriend, who died early
Wednesday.
http://sportserver.com/track_field/story/447862p-3583839c.html
By NED BARNETT, The News Observer
RALEIGH, N.C. (June 25, 2002 12:22 p.m. EDT) - George Williams, a self-taught
coach who built St. Augustine's College in Raleigh into a national
track-and-field power, will cap his career with a top honor in his sport -
head coach of the U.S. Olympic men's
Richard
You're talking in circles. All races in TF are about moving the body over a distance
as
fast as possible. Some of these races have obstacles rules which restrain the
athlete
to some degree. These are hurdles, exchange zones, lanes and yes, technique(s)
required
to navigate the
I don't see the problem with these statements from Carl. All he said was he doesn't
miss
the competition. It was nice that he didn't make statements about Mo, et al, for once.
The big, latest, problem with him was his no show for his USATF HOF Induction. His
excuse
was that he was working
Y'all
Wanna know about Nova Ovals, read Russ Ebbets' book SuperNova. Its about the funniest
track book you'll ever read.
MJR
LONDON (June 15, 2002 3:28 p.m. EDT) - Sprinter Dwain Chambers scorched to victory in
the
men's 100 meters at the English Commonwealth Games trials in Manchester on Saturday.
Chambers defeated his rivals with a season-best time of 10.03 seconds to guarantee
himself
a place in the Commonwealth
PITTSBURGH (June 14, 2002 1:14 a.m. EDT) - Steve Lewis, fired earlier in the week
after 20 years as a track coach at Pitt, issued a statement Thursday condemning what
he called racial and gender hate and dollar mongers at the school.
Guys/Gals -
Wayne's given many clues. Think outside of the box. 2 names: Curt Clausen Enrique
Pena.
MJR
VILNIUS (June 13, 2002 11:15 a.m. EDT) - Former Olympic discus champion Romas Ubartas
has
been temporarily suspended by the Lithuanian athletics federation following
allegations of
anabolic steroid use, the federation secretary told AFP Thursday.
John, et al,
I too love the little musings from Malmo, they certainly add some spice to the list.
Maybe, if he's not too busy, he can do one regularly scheduled story per week. Kinda
like the Tuesdays with Morrie, but without the sadly prolonged death at the end.
MJR
Mike
This is very similar to the format proposal I submitted for the Golden Spike Tour. I
got
into complete scoring details for individuals and teams, along with how to go about
dividing into teams, etc.
Sadly, it got little consideration by the USATF Board and we were left with the inane
Well, one positive out of this, if the rumors are fact, is that its wasn't Regina
Jacobs.
MJR
Wayne
The point that most people miss with Road Racers and TF, is that most of the Racers
have
never had anything to do with TF, and know nothing about it. 95% of these (RW
subscribers) do this for fitness and have no interest in TF. They think that they
can't
possibly run on the track, it
Shawn
AGREED!
While we're at it, end all appearance fees. This disgusting practice is a hold over
from
the under-the-table days when TF athletes had to fake being amateur. Make them
perform
to get paid, similar to what happens in the road races that actually have prize money.
Their only
Racewalking fans,
Adam Staier does it again. Yesterday (6/1) at the Maine High School State Track and
Field
Championships at the University of Maine track in Orono, Maine, Adam Staier, from
Farmington, ME, racewalked a 6:01.48 1600 meter (6:03.6-Mile conversion). This time
lowers
the
Talking of TV, it is S obvious the commentators of the England/Sweden match are
watching the tape and calling it after the fact. They call wide shots before the ball
even leaves the players foot. Thankfully, we've got pros like Larry who don't call
crap
like that.
MJR
By BERNIE WILSON, Associated Press
SAN DIEGO (June 2, 2002 08:48 PM EDT) - Sammy Korir made his winning move in the Rock
'n'
Roll Marathon not long after the lead pack ran by a band named 2nd Wind.
Korir got his second wind and no else did, as he pulled away for an impressive win in 2
hours, 9
Agence France-Presse
(June 2, 2002 03:10 PM EDT) - Ethiopian distance runner great Haile Gebrselassie halted
his attempt to set two world records at the Fanny Blankers Koen Games in the
Netherlands
Sunday, when he stopped running after 40 minutes.
June 01, 2002 -
By BOB BAUM
AP Sports Writer
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Angela Williams made NCAA track and field history Saturday
night
with her fourth 100-meter title.
http://www.ncaachampionships.com/0,5920,1_715_0_16042,00.html
toby said: apparently, the intended sarcasm didn't come through as i had intended
I feel for ya here, as that was my intent too. Damn I opened up a can of whooopass on
myself with that one. At least the ratio of real email to spam got better with all the
responses I got. Thanks, I enjoyed
Steve
NY has B 3000m St G 2000m St. Also most Sections contest G Race Walk indoors, as it
is
in the State Meet. Only one does it outdoors. The boys stills contest it outdoors in
this Section, but barely because the coaches officials are more concerned with the
most
they can out of the
By BOB BAUM, Associated Press
BATON ROUGE, La. (May 30, 2002 09:57 PM EDT) - Serene Ross of Purdue needed just one
throw
to win the NCAA championship in the women's javelin on Thursday, and set an American
record in the process.
http://sportserver.com/track_field/story/419328p-3342179c.html
Like i've said many times about Gabe, he should shut up, get a normal hair cut, shut
up,
shut up, train better, shut up, race smarter, shut up, actually beat people, or just
shut
up!
MJR
LONDON (May 29, 2002 12:21 PM EDT) - British middle-distance runner Diane Modahl
announced
her retirement from athletics with immediate effect Wednesday.
http://sportserver.com/track_field/story/417372p-3328911c.html
There are enough people here who are involved with the NFHS State Fed Ruling bodies.
Please remove heads from rectums and get this uniform rule changed across the US to
read
as follows: A Uniform is that which is issued and/or approved by the scholastic
program.
The Uniform consists of a
Dan
Point taken, but how many times do schools show up in similar colors already?? It
happens
all the time in HS competitions. When I raced in HS, a team in our league had the
exact
same uniforms, and we had no problems telling anyone apart. Stony Brook University
and St
Johns University
From a posting I sent to Dyestat. For compete HS RW Rankings, go to
http://www.dyestat.com. (I don't make any money there, but John does and i'm sure he
appreciates it.)
Adam Staier (Mt Blue HS, ME) broke the 1600m Race Walk HS National Record on 5/25 in
his
Sectional Championships. His time
Baldwin steps down as USOC president
http://espn.go.com/oly/news/2002/0524/1386536.html
Agence France-Presse
REHLINGEN/WESEL (May 20, 2002 04:10 PM EDT) - German thrower Boris Henry sent
his javelin to a year-leading distance of 86.42 meters at an international
meeting here on Monday.
http://sportserver.com/track_field/story/407672p-3249953c.html
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