Maybe this is a ploy to ensure that at least one world record is held by an American. After all, an American team won the world baseball series last year. I don’t know who it was though.
Martin From: USMA [mailto:usma-boun...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of jmsteele9...@sbcglobal.net Sent: 21 December 2015 14:11 To: Ressel, Howard R (DOT); USMA List Server Subject: [USMA 41] Re: Running Backwards Lengthy discussion on metric reddit. The IAAF is now accepting mile qualifying times to run the 1500 m at world championship level, and USATF accepts them by appeal only for US Olympic Trials. At most only the mile and 1500 m are affected. However, athletes feel running the mile is suboptimal training for running the 1500 m at international level vs. their coaches who are too old to run for themselves. The athletes are quite negative, fully as negative as their coaches are positive. No clue as to whether NCAA would ratify this recommendation. They have voted down several (very) similar recommendations in recent years. It seems to be a perennial, although the IAAF mile qualifiers is new. _____ From: "Ressel, Howard R (DOT)" <howard.res...@dot.ny.gov> To: USMA List Server <usma@colostate.edu> Sent: Monday, December 21, 2015 8:52 AM Subject: [USMA 40] Re: Running Backwards This would not be good. I’d be curious what the international sporting commissions would say about this. Would records by Americans athletes not count? Would the not be able to compete internationally? I’d hope that would have a big influence on the NCAA’s vote. Howard R. Ressel Project Design Engineer New York State Department of Transportation From: USMA [mailto:usma-boun...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of Peter Goodyear Sent: Friday, December 18, 2015 7:58 PM To: USMA List Server Subject: [USMA 35] Running Backwards Hi, everyone, The mile might return to college track and field sports: http://www.flotrack.org/article/38609-breaking-mile-voted-to-replace-1500-at-ncaa-outdoor-championships If you are to believe the head coach at Southern Utah University, the switch to internationally recognised distances such as the 1500 metre is the cause of the decline of public interest in college athletics. Re-introducing the mile will turn this around. Does he want to introduce the 100-yard dash later? High jumps, long jumps and pole vaults in feet and inches again? Weightlifting in pounds? According to the article I linked to, there is a lot of support for re-introducing the mile among the sporting organisations but not so much from the athletes. Depending on the meetings of the national governing bodies this change won’t occur until 2017 at the earliest. Best wishes from Melbourne, Australia, 41ºC today! Peter Goodyear _______________________________________________ USMA mailing list USMA@colostate.edu https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma
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