tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29551596.comments2023-09-26T08:59:46.076-04:00The Track & Field SuperblogThe Track & Field Superfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17106381988515014325noreply@blogger.comBlogger351125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29551596.post-10599446109233830942011-05-04T06:53:03.227-04:002011-05-04T06:53:03.227-04:00This throws stadium sounds interesting, but if the...This throws stadium sounds interesting, but if the infield will be used for lacrosse and soccer, then I am not sure it is a good fit for there to be regular shot put and hammer competitions or training.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15619332184994092131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29551596.post-2362331488616216312011-05-02T08:52:49.622-04:002011-05-02T08:52:49.622-04:00I ran across a UK cricket advertising campaign tha...I ran across a UK cricket advertising campaign that was the first I saw to target immigrant groups to come root for their native country. I'd love to see more of that in track: http://www.amp-london.com/work/4/lord-s-england-v-bangladesh-test-matchMartinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15619332184994092131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29551596.post-10698581200704350382011-04-25T11:08:15.569-04:002011-04-25T11:08:15.569-04:00It's worth noting that JBS in her Boston World...It's worth noting that JBS in her Boston World Best had the same kind of aid that Haile had in Berlin, i.e. a phalanx of men to run with most of the way, because the races were still being run concurrently. It's less obvious "aid" than that which Mutai and Mosop had, but it's aid nonetheless. I'd never accuse Joanie of having it easy, but the challenge facing Kilel, Davila, Smith et al this year was different than it was for Joanie, and for Haile.pjmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09681209670821753600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29551596.post-51667019690099509392011-04-25T00:30:04.846-04:002011-04-25T00:30:04.846-04:00Cool EXCEPT what about new listers, like Caroline ...Cool EXCEPT what about new listers, like Caroline King, who ran 2:04 @ ACC's?BBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01417515944452419102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29551596.post-1544403559024201222011-04-19T11:02:55.525-04:002011-04-19T11:02:55.525-04:00House of run touched on one problem with track mee...House of run touched on one problem with track meets: they are too expensive. I went to Mt. SAC with my wife and it cost me $29 for the Friday session. I would say the stands were 10% full. That was too much money for me to go back for the Saturday session (plus the schedule on Saturday was too spread out--I didn't have 6 hours to sit in the sun). House of Run made it sound like the Oregon/Ucla meet was in the $7 range, which is better but still more than I've paid for college baseball or lacrosse.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06824191869936953739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29551596.post-29975033754543552512011-04-12T11:12:23.018-04:002011-04-12T11:12:23.018-04:00My heart ached when I read this article. I was Au...My heart ached when I read this article. I was Austins Middle School CC Coach. Nothing but great efforts and fun times with him and his classmates. I followed his career through High school...stellar and admirable. I am sorry to hear he had this underlying struggle during that time. I am very happy that he has been able to become comfortable with his identity which has been labeled by society as "different." We are all different in some way. I don't look at him any differently than before except in knowing he has worked through a struggle and come out on top..just like he trains and races. Good job Austin!! Keep running/racing the race!!! My continued support and respect, Coach Smithjmshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151556627428820496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29551596.post-19936198132532106362011-04-01T14:45:25.373-04:002011-04-01T14:45:25.373-04:00Might be. Then again, FSU thrower Michael Putman ...Might be. Then again, FSU thrower Michael Putman was listed as unattached for the FSU Relays but ended up competing for FSU.The Track & Field Superfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17106381988515014325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29551596.post-15171315878204070102011-04-01T01:54:38.430-04:002011-04-01T01:54:38.430-04:00Robby Andrews is competing unattached--does that m...Robby Andrews is competing unattached--does that mean he is redshirting?Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06824191869936953739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29551596.post-8585423487569751422011-03-24T23:51:18.637-04:002011-03-24T23:51:18.637-04:00This is a great idea!This is a great idea!Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06824191869936953739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29551596.post-24064164349928828332011-03-20T19:55:41.562-04:002011-03-20T19:55:41.562-04:00Someone, and it may as well be me, should point ou...Someone, and it may as well be me, should point out that Linet Masai was also the one Flanagan passed to win that Olympic Bronze in Beijing. Masai, of course, got a WJR out of that race.pjmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09681209670821753600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29551596.post-39034850604419254552011-03-18T01:47:09.775-04:002011-03-18T01:47:09.775-04:00Ah, Superfan, if Chief Justice Waite is an 'Il...Ah, Superfan, if Chief Justice Waite is an 'Illuminati,' whatever that is, his definition of "natural born Citizen" remains the most cited in current constitutional cases.<br /><br />Obama's propagandists have so successfully executed a program of ridicule out of Saul Alinsky (Alinsky's 5th Rule, "Ridcule is man's most potent weapon), that people are afraid of discussion. Shoud you get curious, read Samuel Adams, who quoted Vattel more than any source but the Bible, and John Adams, or Alexander Hamilton who referred Washington to Vattel again and again, so much so that Washington never questioned John Jay's reminder to be sure to put 'natural born Citizenship' in Article II as a presidential qualification. Chief Justice John Marshall in "The Venus," 12 U.S. 253,explains that to be a natural born Citizen (he uses the French equivalent, 'native' or 'indigene') one must be "born on the soil of citizen parents," and cites Vattel (pg289).<br /><br />Find Mario Apuzzo's site. Neither Mario's, nor any eligibility case has ever been heard - no discovery. Apuzzo's writing is coherent, and citations abundent. Apuzzo's Supreme Court case for clients, the principal being Commander Kerchner, who, in the Summer of 2008, wrote registered letters to dozens of congressmen asking them to vet Obama as they had McCain, received not one response. That violates equal protection. We elect a president to execute the laws which protect our right to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, " presumably giving every Citizen standing. Congress ignored a Constitutional obligation to vet candidates, each party in the interests of its inelibible candidate!<br /><br />McCain's eligibility has been questioned for years (Prof. Gabriel Chin, U of Arizona Law, Why John McCain Cannot be President:); even raising the issue would get McCain off the ballot, and Hillary was clearly ready and willing to replace Obama. <br /><br />In April of 2008 Pat Leahy, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee filed Senate Resolution 511, co-sponsored by McCaskill, Clinton, and signed by every senator, including senator Obama. It was the ploy to silence the questions about the probably ineligible McCain. Had Congress vetted Obama, the same eligibility rules should have applied to him. <br /><br />No law can amend the Constitution, so Senate Resolution 511 was not actionable. Nor was the earlier Obama-McCaskill bill, SB 2678 in Feb 2008, actionable; it attempted to address McCain's foreign birth. Here is the opinion of every U.S. Senator, from the minutes of the SR 511 Judiciary Committee hearing.<br /><br />“My assumption and my understanding is that if you are born of American parents, you are naturally a natural-born American citizen,” Chertoff replied. “That is mine, too,” said Leahy."<br /><br />They all know. The issue most, including myself, didn't understand is the significance of a nation based upon laws. What happens if a mob can ignore our legal foundation just this once? Having once refused to acknowledge the law, what prevents representatives and parties from ignoring the Constitution whenever there is an issue they can sell, or a handsome man or woman with a gift for vapid colloquy? <br /><br />Once rules can be restated by a majority, public opinion rules, and that has always led to anarchy. Every Senator knows the truth because they all signed SR 511. They will claim fear of civil unrest as the reason for avoiding the law. At least one supreme court justice, Clarence Thomas, has admitted publically that the court is evading the issue.Spauldinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13138311172146675300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29551596.post-28090529000551348202011-03-17T10:29:56.065-04:002011-03-17T10:29:56.065-04:00Don't forget to put on your tinfoil hat. It k...Don't forget to put on your tinfoil hat. It keeps out the Illuminati's mind-control rays.The Track & Field Superfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17106381988515014325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29551596.post-24328351976036714552011-03-17T10:14:19.104-04:002011-03-17T10:14:19.104-04:00Superfan writes knowledgeably on track and field, ...Superfan writes knowledgeably on track and field, but hasn't read enough about our Constitution to understand what is going on in about seventeen states with eligibility verification.<br /><br />Forget, for the moment, that the Tennessee bill is misformed, and misinformed. Our framers wrote the qualifications for President following legal practice used by Greek and Roman governments. They also intentionally wrote the document using words in common use at the time - common law - because, as Madison explained, the meanings of words changes; if the Constitution weren't interpreted as understood and voted on by our framers it would shortly be meaninglis.<br /><br />Chief Justice Morrison Waite provided just one of dozens of clarifications, all equivalent, in his 1874 case Minor v. Happersett:<br /><br />"The Constitution does not, in words, say who shall be natural-born citizens. Resort must be had elsewhere to ascertain that. At common-law, with the nomenclature of which the framers of the Constitution were familiar, it was never doubted that all children born in a country of parents who were its citizens became themselves, upon their birth, citizens also. These were natives, or natural-born citizens, as distinguished from aliens or foreigners."<br /><br />Key are - "at common-law" - "it was never doubted" - "born in a country of parents who were its citizens." Most of the states are trying to avoid the constitutional crisis of an unconstitutional man acting as president because neither party vetted Obama. They did vet McCain and never legally found him eligible, which is why no Republican challenged. They all know, and knew. That is why Bobby Jindal and probably Rubio cannot run. Jindal certainly and Rubio probably were born before their parents naturalized.<br /><br />Senator Beavers may not know the definition, but more likely, is afraid to be the one to initiate the crisis, or to attract the venom of the pro-Obama mainstream media, and is playing dumb. She needs to appear to have done something. Being born in the U.S. makes Obama what he told us he was, a 14th Amendment citizen, and not a natural born Citizen is required by our Constitution.Spauldinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13138311172146675300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29551596.post-21359632614001205522011-03-14T09:48:00.645-04:002011-03-14T09:48:00.645-04:00Once this happens, maybe you can take over USATF &...Once this happens, maybe you can take over USATF & the IAAF to do the same thing there too!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15300414709733147320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29551596.post-84401550162859867562011-03-13T22:43:00.839-04:002011-03-13T22:43:00.839-04:00I really like this idea. It would be a humongous c...I really like this idea. It would be a humongous change to do this, but a change that I really think is needed. I also consider myself a fanatic fan, and I don't care about regular season college meets at all. <br /><br />I agree that the details will be very important. Right now, I think I would prefer to have the individual championship completely separate and two or three weeks after the team championship. That would give us the best of both. Clearly this could not be done for both indoor and outdoor, but I would gladly trade sacrificing part of indoor for this to happen.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06824191869936953739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29551596.post-53765988368482327602011-03-13T20:06:03.216-04:002011-03-13T20:06:03.216-04:00"But it ... has no central story for the medi..."But it ... has no central story for the media to tell"<br /><br />That's the nut right there. If there's no story, nobody's listening. (I just filed a column on that theme, but it's a monthly magazine and likely won't be out until June.)<br /><br />If you can tell a compelling story about the big schools and the national championship, then you at least have a theme the mid-majors can use to tell their own story. If you don't have that theme, all they have is one or two maybe-nationals qualifiers to hang their hats on. Don't worry about cutting out the mid-majors; a rising tide floats all boats.pjmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09681209670821753600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29551596.post-43985635159723655182011-03-08T18:52:38.511-05:002011-03-08T18:52:38.511-05:00I think an Olympic Trials is a must, regardless of...I think an Olympic Trials is a must, regardless of the site. And a meet at Hayward is a must, regardless of which meet it is. So when the two happen together, it's extra special. Garry Hill, who has been to more big meets than almost anyone in the hemisphere, says he likes the Trials better than even the Olympics.<br /><br />The Worlds I went to was probably the least impressive in terms of the host city, but it was still awesome. On the other hand, the Worlds were the only show in Edmonton for that week and a half and it probably got more attention from the locals than a Worlds in Paris or Beijing would.The Track & Field Superfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17106381988515014325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29551596.post-56879387062235615242011-03-08T13:12:42.350-05:002011-03-08T13:12:42.350-05:00You are correct, sir. I read 1 January 2010 for t...You are correct, sir. I read <i>1 January 2010 for the 10,000m, Marathon, Combined Events, Race Walks and Relays</i> and forgot what year it is...duh.<br /><br />Thus the USA has four eligible for the Worlds, plus anyone else who breaks 27:40 this year. New rules allow for a 'B' qualifier to add on to one or two 'A' qualifiers -- but strangely enough we don't have any of those (yet).The Track & Field Superfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17106381988515014325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29551596.post-12377269956459355242011-03-08T12:29:12.830-05:002011-03-08T12:29:12.830-05:00http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/standards/newsid=59...http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/standards/newsid=59045.html<br /><br />This document indicates that the qualification window for the 10,000m opened nine months prior to the window for most other events - meaning that anyone who ran under 27:40 in the calendar year 2010 has their Daegu standard in hand already. Or am I missing something?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15234811049173010462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29551596.post-63631064024854886202011-03-08T01:42:23.629-05:002011-03-08T01:42:23.629-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00954422143265302002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29551596.post-66742814905506756012011-03-08T01:40:33.473-05:002011-03-08T01:40:33.473-05:00I think some of the items on your bucket list may ...I think some of the items on your bucket list may vary depending on performances and/or venue -- at least in terms of how well they deliver on the anticipation. Por ejemplo:<br /><br />Olympic Trials in Sacramento? Or Olympic Trials in Eugene? Or Olympic Trials in Eugene with Oregon & OTC athletes sweeping the 800m in dramatic fashion?<br /><br />In my limited (but growing) experience I'd say that the 2008 Olympic Trials exceeded my expectations (dreams coming true right before your very eyes!); the 2009 World Championships exceeded my expectations (guessing the host heavily factors into the experience but, still, every single event is loaded with SUPERSTARS); 2008 Boys & Girls (aka "Champs") in Jamaica exceeded BIG TIME; 2005 NCAA Cross Country fell a bit short; and the OHSAA Cross Country championships never, ever disappoint.<br /><br />I would add to your list that the Belgian pro circuit can be charming, if not life-changing -- especially Heusden. Nothing like enjoying a nice Belgian beer (with fries) on a track-side patio on a mild summer evening. And, finally, this is very "niche," but the qualifying meet for the Millrose HS relays (held at the Armory) is as charged an atmosphere as I've experienced: for so many teams, just getting to Millrose will be the #1 highlight of their season.<br /><br />I really, really have to hit Penn at some point. Fingers crossed that the Olympics comes through next year.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17355705163934098004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29551596.post-76279058463430203302011-03-07T09:33:50.657-05:002011-03-07T09:33:50.657-05:00What, no love for Masters Track:
http://www.usatf....What, no love for Masters Track:<br />http://www.usatf.org/events/2011/USAMastersIndoorTFChampionships/index.aspGT Dreadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11825790518694966438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29551596.post-87844093719434867622011-01-28T14:43:06.146-05:002011-01-28T14:43:06.146-05:00Garry Hill has the power of the pen, which never i...Garry Hill has the power of the pen, which never is very much in sports (see: BCS).<br /><br />Pat Henry, as the most successful active college coach, has the ability to persuade other coaches. Ultimately, though, it's the NCAA Championships Cabinet that makes the call.The Track & Field Superfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17106381988515014325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29551596.post-73294694601167496762011-01-28T13:51:41.047-05:002011-01-28T13:51:41.047-05:00Thanks for mentioning the pole vault summit, I thi...Thanks for mentioning the pole vault summit, I think it gets less publicity than it deserves. Any time 1000 athletes get together to learn one event, the results are going to be noticeable. Ever wonder why pole vault is the only US field event to garner international success on both the womens and mens sides? The summit and 21 years of dedication from Coach Fraley is why.<br /><br />You would think other field events would follow the model of the summit, a winter time clinic to kick off the year right. Instead they chug away at profitable summer "camps" after a full year of bad technique.<br /><br />Oh well, off to gamble while the kids practice with the best in the world.... Did we mention it's in Reno?Tmohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05051318353540102310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29551596.post-33883650180124586632011-01-28T11:36:06.117-05:002011-01-28T11:36:06.117-05:00So .... do Pat Henry and Garry Hill have much clou...So .... do Pat Henry and Garry Hill have much clout over these things?GT Dreadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11825790518694966438noreply@blogger.com