Noted this bit in the Examiner article:
Day two of the U.S. Olympic Team Trials <http://tracktown12.gotracktownusa.com/> in Track & Field starts Friday, June 22 at 1:00 p.m. PST. The big events of the day are the men's and women's 10,000 meter finals beginning at 6:45 p.m. PST. This being June, I would assume that means that day 2 started at 2:00 pm, with the 10,000 meter finals beginning at 7:45 pm. Carleton From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John M. Steele Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2012 06:44 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:51725] Track & Field: Kudos & Brickbats Well, the US Olympic trials for Track and Field are underway this weekend. Naturally, field events in the Olympics, the national trials, etc are entirely measured in metric and the qualifying standards are stated in metric. Some media coverage respects the original measurements and reports them (with a few conversions thrown in afterwards)). This is the way it should be reported: http://www.examiner.com/article/hammer-throw-kicks-off-track-field-us-olympi c-team-trials-2012 (Yes, AP, the actual results, really measured in metric, ARE important to the story. More important than some made-up, rounded number that WASN'T measured.) Others do their best to either pretend the metric system doesn't exist or no sane person would use it to measure an athlete's performance in full obediance to AP dictates: http://www.timesunion.com/sports/article/Kibwe-Johnson-and-Amber-Campbell-wi n-hammer-3653302.php (However, note that 2/3 down, one paragraph oddly switches to metric with no comparison to the imperial preceeding it. Is the goal to make sure we don't know what they are talking about?)
