>>Subject: t-and-f: Heusden: Rogers 13:18; Lunn 3:36.85 > >Is this an "A" qualifier for Lunn by .05? Not that I'm betting against >Stember, but this would eliminate Holman. He missed it by, well as Maxwell Smart would say, "he missed it by THAT much!"... ... the A standard is 3:36.80. You might want to bookmark this page: http://www.iaaf.org/news/index.asp?Filename=/news/Articles/getnews.asp?Code=1698 It shows all the Sydney standards. Apparently Lunn still has the Belgium meet coming up, then he and Stember will go head-to-head at Zurich. And Stember says he will continue to try wherever he can find a race after Zurich, if need be, right up to midnight September 11th (the deadline). There's still the possibility of what might seem odd on the surface: If Lunn beats Stember 3:34 to 3:35, Stember is the one that would get to go to Sydney. In fact if Lunn runs 3:29 tomorrow, and Stember doesn't get the standard until September 11th, and then runs exactly 3:36.80, Stember gets to go. If only one of them makes the standard, that person goes. If neither make the standard (as the situation currently remains), Holman would go. P.S.- Seeing today's result by Meb, anybody besides me what-if'ying about a Sacramento 5K-10K double? Kennedy might have some company when he comes back from the injury. For those keeping lists, add one more American with a top U.S. time or distance for the year, who won't be toeing the line in that event at Sydney. I would venture a guess that somebody could form a team of people who did NOT qualify in each event, and they could give the people who DID qualify a run for their money in a scored dual meet! RT
