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PostPosted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 1:45 am    Post subject: NCAA Div-I Championship finals Reply with quote

Male 200m:
Wallace Spearmon - 20.10 US Indoor & Collegiate Record after going 20.21 (previous US Indoor & Collegaite Record) in the heats! Also Walter Dix (who I believe is still a Junior) running 20.37 (WJR) & Rodney Martin 20.38 finishing in 2nd & 3rd place respectively.

http://www.ncaasports.com/track-and-field/results/indoor/2005/050311F002

Talk about depth in the US Sprints! The 400m final is coming up...could we see a sub-45.20? Another note, if anyone knows, why did Carter get dq'ed? Thanks in advance
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 5:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have only just got word of this but; 44.57WIR from Kerron Clement in the 400m final...what more can I say? Smile

http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=2/newsId=28846.html

Video of the race (follow the instructions given in order to downlaod it correctly):

http://www.trackshark.com/videos.php

For what it's worth, I believe if MJ had run a serious Indoor 200m race in say, 1996 (when he was in his best 200m shape) he could've have eaisly gone sub-20 on one the Fast tracks, and would've have put the record out of reach (as he did Outdoors) with something silly like 19.7-19.8...

I hope the Outdoor season can live up to the expectances that are obviously place atop of it following this year's great Indoor season...and people (not on these forums) said that Indoor Track & Field Athletics was on a downward spiral!
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 10:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Last year started a major swell of collegiate running, and it doesn't appear to be slowing down this year. Thumbs Up

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 15, 2005 8:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

no kidding its been great to see
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 11:32 am    Post subject: re. Wallace Spearman Reply with quote

If my memory serves me right wasn't their an eighties sprinter also called Wallace Spearman. Any relation ?, it's not a common name after all.

In fact if I am correct he also specialised in the 200m,please can someone verify this in the interest of useless Trivia.

Dan, Conway... anyone !
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 11:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

You need not bother, I just checked the ESPN site and found out it is Wallace spearmon jnr. I thought the name was familiar.
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 12:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Never under-estimate genetics!

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PostPosted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 3:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

On the subject of genetics, I cannot recall any time a child has gone onto follow their parents footsteps in track and emulate their success.

Idon't recall spearmon snr being very successful outside of the u.s if at all but it looks like junior will go much further.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 12:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lennox Miller -> Inger Miller?

I'd have to think long and hard after that one to come up with another example, other than regional/national level athletes...

Conway???

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 5:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes, I missed that one.

I suppose the chances of following in the footsteps is always low as the same ability is not always there as well as the greater likelihood in having a different interest and in the case of us high schoolers and collegians the chance to go into pro-football, baseball etc is more appealing even if dad was NCAA 100m champ and son can manage a worldclass 10.0/10.1.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 10:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah, there's lots of examples in other sports, but top tier examples of T&F seem hard to come by. The lure of the "pro" sports is probably a big factor.

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 23, 2005 6:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hmmm ... Good question ... The obvious would be Inger and Lennox ... Warren Edmonson had a couple daughters that were very good in high scool but haven't done the same in college ... The Spearmons would defintely be the fastest combination ... One area that y'all have forgotten is the field events ... Michael Carter has a daughter that is tearing up the hgih school scene and should do the same in college ... That's all I can come up with off the top of my head ... Will have to think on this some more ...
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 23, 2005 7:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wow, that really was a tough question if Conway has to think that hard!

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One area that y'all have forgotten is the field events ... Michael Carter has a daughter that is tearing up the hgih school scene

Well sure, if only I knew he had a daughter, let alone one in the sport and doing well...

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 23, 2005 10:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Willie & Kelli White? Not the fastest, but def. fast
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 23, 2005 11:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

You know, they went through my mind and I don't know why I didn't put them down ... But yes, they defintely fit the description ...
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