TFS News Briefs: 2/01/08
Posted February 1st, 2008 at 12:00 PM by Jimmie R. Markham
Section: News & Results, Track & Field, Olympics, TFS News Briefs
2007 World High Jump champion “Way Ahead” Of Where He Was Last Year
Even though he didn’t win his first competition of his -08 season, 2007 high jump world champion Donald Thomas of the Bahamas said that, “I’m way ahead of where I was at this time last year, that’s for sure…. The results won’t show it, but physically and every other way, I know it… “I’m just a little rusty right now, I need a little more time.” It should be an exciting year for the high jump.
Read more at: [IAAF]
Mottram Determined to Show That Big Runners Can Run Indoors
Craig Mottram, at 6′ 2″ and 162 lbs, is much bigger that the average middle-distance runner. He is determined to proved tonight that a big guy like him can take on the best in the world in an indoor, 11-laps-to-the-mile race, and beat them. His determination will surely be challenged by a smaller (5′ 8″, 134 lbs.) Bernard Lagat, the current world champion at 1500m and 5000m.
Read more at [The Age, Australia]
USC Graduate Allyson Felix Begins Two-A-Days
Now that she has graduated from USC with a degree in Elementary Education, Allyson Felix suddenly has a little more spare time, time to step up her training regimen to include two workouts a day. This is all part of her plan to do a 200m/400m double (maybe even tripling in the 100m!) in Beijing.
Read more at: [AFP]
Stacy Dragila’s Comeback Profiled
Stacy Dragila’s hometown newspaper has a profile of the 2008 Olympic pole-vault champion, who is attempting a comeback after Achilles tendon surgery. Dragila will take on Jenn Stuczynski at the Millrose Games tonight in New York City.
Read more at: [Auburn Journal]
Lagat: Kenya Is Like A Roller Coaster
Bernard Lagat’s home country is weighing heavily on his mind these days. As he prepares to take on Craig Mottram in the Millrose Games’ Wanamaker Mile, he says that, “Kenya is like a roller coaster. Things change every day. It is very sad. And it is on my mind all the time
Read more at: [IAAF]
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Tags: 100m, 400m, Bernard Lagat, Craig Mottram, donald thomas, highg jump, kenya, mile run, Millrose Games, pole vault, Stacy Dragila, Wanamaker Mile
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The Final Sprint
allyson is off the chain however she can’t do a double…the iaaf shot down her request for a schedule change.
February 1st, 2008 at 4:59 pm