t-and-f: Blast from the past: Bob Bornkessel on sub-50s

2002-08-03 Thread TrackCEO
Y ask: Kudos to USATF for affirming the monumental 400 hurdle race by Kerron Clement, a high school junior (!) from La Porte, Texas. His 49.77 at the Junior Olympics finally erases the legendary 49.8 (hand-timed) altitude mark by Shawnee Mission North's Bob Bornkessel at South Lake Tahoe

RE: t-and-f: Blast from the past: Bob Bornkessel on sub-50s

2002-08-03 Thread John Dye
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kudos to USATF for affirming the monumental 400 hurdle race by Kerron Clement, a high school junior (!) from La Porte, Texas. His 49.77 at the Junior Olympics finally erases the

t-and-f: 2 days left for the European Championships prediction contest

2002-08-03 Thread Wilmar Kortleever
Hello all, Two more days before the start of the European championships in Munich, Germany. This also means there are only two days left to enter the European championhips prediction contest ('toto' in Dutch). Entries must be filed through the internet no later than tuesdaymorning 00:01. The

t-and-f: Dave Johnson a Body Guard?

2002-08-03 Thread andrew mcdonagh
I was looking through the new US magazine, with Angelie Jolie on the cover and the had an article about celebrities and their body guards. The showed a picture of Tom Cruise jogging with his in california and I could swear that his body guard was Decathlete Dave Johnson. Does anyone know if

Re: t-and-f: Dave Johnson a Body Guard?

2002-08-03 Thread JimRTimes
In a message dated 8/3/02 8:23:54 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I could swear that his body guard was Decathlete Dave Johnson. Does anyone know if this is true? I would bet it's NOT Penn Relays Director Dave Johnson. Jim Gerweck Running Times

Re: t-and-f: the 1-second rule

2002-08-03 Thread Jonas Mureika
Luckily, I'm working on 400m altitude assistance at this very moment! Based on my models, I find the altitude assistance of the two venues (2250m) to be almost exactly 0.5s. That's purely altitude assistance, mind you, no wind considerations. Wind can play havock with 400m performances, since

Re: t-and-f: the 1-second rule

2002-08-03 Thread Jonas Mureika
By the way, here is a link to an on-line calculator I've created for altitude corrections to 400m races: http://desert.jsd.claremont.edu/~newt/track/wind/400alt.html It technically only works for world class times, so don't try to correct 47s or 53s races and assume it to be accurate for