This reminds me of a similar odd double. In 1993, Marko Koers ran the 600 and the 3000 at the indoor Big Ten meet. He won the 600 and was 4th or 5th in the 3000 (which he ran in a body suit!). On Sat, 27 Jan 2001, Gary Liguori wrote: > Mike I was at that NY state meet competing int he > 1600m the year Irish pulled that double. I asked him > the night before why such an odd double, and he simply > said "why not?". He was awesome to watch, and it > seems in the duece he was falling off the pace late, > but his incredible speed brought him close at the > finish. > > Gary Liguori > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Netters > > > > Thanks John Dye for this > > > Webb's performance fits in behind > > > the record of 2:23.85c (George Kersh MS 1987) and > > 2:242.1d (Miles Irish NY > > > 1983). > > > > Interesting we were just talking about the top guys > > in H.S. being out > > performed later by other athletes. In that thread i > > talked about Miles > > Irish and here he comes up again. I remember seeing > > him set that > > 1000m mark and then late that season he set the then > > National Mark > > at 1:20.7 for 600m on a 10 lap to the mile tack by > > the way.. Later he > > went to the indoor State meet in the 600 and 3200. > > he was dodging > > Mike Starr. Miles won the 600 then was (I think > > here) 3rd in the 3200 > > behind Charles Marsella for sure. The guy who won > > the 1000 that year - > > Tom Day of Bishop Gibbons in 2:30. something, a > > state meet record at > > the time. Last time I heard from Day he was in > > Houston Tx were he was > > in school - why he called me in the middle of a > > hurricane I'll never know :) > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. > http://auctions.yahoo.com/ > ******************************* Paul Talbot Department of Geography/ Institute of Behavioral Science University of Colorado, Boulder Boulder CO 80309-0260 (303) 492-3248 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
