t-and-f: re : Meanwhile back at the hall of fame

In my twenty or so years of watching the sport a couple that stick in my mind that haven't been mentioned. Joaquim Cruz and his four races of front running to win the 800 in LA 84. I just love that sort of tactic. Burrell vs Lewis in the 100 at US Champs 91. Almost more memorable than the fact

Re: t-and-f: Anticipating the Gun (was Assertions)

RMc wrote The wind standard creates a situation where at least a third of the performances are not eligible for record consideration, but the standard ignores the many other factors that may have equal or greater influence. I have to say something about this. We have been down this road

Re: t-and-f: Why The Higher World Champs Standards?

gh wrote Note that WC standards are now linked to OG, which didn't used to be the case. WHY?? If i were king the world champs would be come less like and less linked to the olympics. David Donley

t-and-f: Why The Higher World Champs Standards?

I was wondering if someone on the list has some insight into why the A and B standards for the World Championships continue to escalate relative to the yearly world lists. For instance I randomly picked 4 field events (mens and womens HJ and DT) and looked at the average field size for 97,99

t-and-f: USATF Entries

I find the way entries into the US championships are treated at the very least odd. Rules are publicly published, athletes enter and then declare. In one case (Dan OBrien) rules are completely ignored. In another case after athletes declare they seem to be bent severely. In both the case of

t-and-f: How Is Dan O'Brien Qualified

I noticed on the entry list at http://www.usatf.org/events/2002/USAOutdoorChampionships/entry/status.asp that Dan O'Brien is listed as qualified. I was wondering how that is? I can not figure out any of the exclusions that would fit as he has not to my knowledge won a world champ's, oly games

t-and-f: Regional Qualifying

First of all let me state that as a fan of the sport (and at the college and elite level never having any other status) that I very much like the idea of regional qualifying. I generally travel to one major meet (US Champs,NCAA Champs, Oly Trials, WC, OG etc) and one or two other minor meets.

t-and-f: AOL 7.0 Problems

If this message gets through it will be the only way I have figured out how to get messages to the list since upgrading to AOL 7.0.(by sending mail via the aol.com web site) Anyone else having these problems (or already fixed them). David Donley

t-and-f: NCAA Indoor Ticket Info

I am considering going to the NCAA Indoor in Fayetteville. Just searching various University of Arkansas and NCAA sites I have been unable to get any information about ticket prices etc. Anyone know prices or have a number (preferably an 800 number) that I could call. I realize this is not a

t-and-f: Stockholm Grand Prix On US Cable TV

In an odd bit of programming my schedule shows the Oxygen network (channel 251 on DIRECTV, don't even know how many cable systems carry it) will show 2 hours of coverage of the Stockholm Grand Prix at 7:00 am and again at 4:00 PM central time tomorrow August 26. Over five weeks after the fact

t-and-f: Most Pleasant Major Competition To Attend

I won't jump into the middle of the best competition discussion (although having attended US Oly trials in 88 and 92 and watching as close as possible in 96 and 00 I agree with Conway's choice of 88) but would like to comment on how much I enjoyed Edmonton. I attended Rome in 83 (with a TFN

t-and-f: RE: WC Qualifyinh

While I wholeheartedly agree with RT's suggestion of a World Championships completely free of by nation restrictions (which I posted some stuff to the list a couple years ago advocating), it seems a few folks GH, etc., who know more about IAAF politics than I say it will never happen.

t-and-f: USATF Mens Field Events Qualifiers Questions and Comments

I have been looking at the USATF qualifiers list at http://www.usatf.org/events/2001/USAOutdoorChampionships/entryStatus.asp and the following questions and comments come to mind. First of all the lists seems to be firming up with only three total entries listed as open and three listed as

t-and-f: Track and Field On US Cable TV

Depending on what regional sports network you get (If any) you can catch one ore more of the conference meets over the next couple weeks. What follows is a search for track and field from the directv.com web site. Sorry I ran out of energy to continue filling in the blanks as to what exactly

t-and-f: Michael Johnson On Edmonton 4x400

Edmonton Journal is reporting Michael Johnson is interested in competing on the US 4 x 400 relay team at the World Championships in Edmonton. I have also seen reports there will be a conference call this weekend among USATF folks to decide whether to allow that, given that Michael has no

t-and-f: Track and Field On US Cable TV

632 - SUN Sun Apr 15 08:00AM 00:30 Track and Field Gator Relays 634 - FSFL Sat Apr 21 05:00PM 01:00 College Track and Field Miami Inv Sun Apr 22 09:00PM 01:00 College Track and Field Miami Inv 651 - FSNW Sat Apr 14 10:00AM 02:00 Track and Field ??? 653 - FSW2 Sat Apr 14

t-and-f: Texas Relays 4-200 Whos Running?

Saw this on the Texas Relays site. 1 OCT Octigan 1:20.42 2 HSI HSI 1:20.44 Anyone want to fill us in on the runners and running order. Splits would be great! DGS or

t-and-f: Modernizing the IAAF World Rankings

Previous threads have pointed out several flaws in the current IAAF world rankings system. I believe they are in fact numerous flaws and they need to be addressed. Some are probably reasonably straightforward to fix and some are not. One issue that has not been mentioned on this list is the

t-and-f: Edmonton Advice Wanted

I have now received confirmation of my tickets for the 2001 World Championships and am now looking for hotels. I have been somewhat disappointed with the list of hotels available via the 2001.edmonton.com web site. I assume most of the really nice hotels have already been taken by officials,