USATF rules say only that an athlete must compete at the national championships. It can be in ANY event. Maurice's plan had *always* been to run the 200 here at Stanford, and that alone would have been enough. He had hoped to run just one round of the 100 for fun (something he did in 2001 as well),.but his coach, John Smith, in the last two weeks decided Mo should run only the 200. He's got more things to work on in the 200, and John wanted him to concentrate on that.
It's completely on the up-and-up, and is not a problem. It is very similar to what Marion Jones did in 2001. An automatic qualifier in the 100, she ran only the 200 at the U.S. championships. Best, Jill Jill M. Geer USATF Director of Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED] Home office phone/fax: 508-695-0595 The 2003 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships presented by Verizon, June 19-22 at Stanford University, are the grand finale of USA Track & Field's Outdoor Golden Spike Tour. Don't miss the live broadcast June 21 on NBC from 4-6 p.m. ET and June 22 on ESPN2 from 4-5:30 p.m. ET. For more information on the Golden Spike Tour, visit www.usatf.org. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan Kaplan Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 4:14 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: t-and-f: Greene & Godina I read somewhere recently that Mo planned on running *a* round of the 100, but that it wouldn't be the first round. Can't say I understand how that would be allowable. Dan --- Randy Treadway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A few weeks ago Maurice Greene said he would at least make an > "appearance" in the 100 at Nationals to 'put on a show' for the fans > (make them wonder what a head-to-head against Montgomery in the Final > would have been like. But the real reason was supposed to be to meet > the requirements of a USATF rule that athletes only get to go to the > WC's under the IAAF's 'previous winner' auto entry, if they compete in > that event at the USA Nationals (at least an opening round). > Earlier this week there was a press conference and MG talked about > looking forward to both the 100 and the 200. > > Then he was a no-show for the 100 in the opening rounds (at least I > don't see his name in the agate). > What happened? Last minute injury, or did the USATF change their rule > so that his competing in the 200 is all that is needed to earn him the > IAAF "special invite" in the 100 at WC's? > > Is he or is he not gonna be in the 100 at the WC? > > Also, Godina DNS'd in the mens discus. Anybody know why? Is he still a > "go" in the shot? > > RT ===== http://AbleDesign.com - Web Design & Custom Programming http://Run-Down.com - 10,000 Running Links, Fantasy T&F ------------------------------------------------------------ @ o Dan Kaplan - [EMAIL PROTECTED] <|\/ <^- ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) _/ \ \/\ (503)370-9969 phone/fax / / __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com
