TFS News Briefs: 2/28/08
Posted February 28th, 2008 at 12:00 PM by Jimmie R. Markham
Section: News & Results, Marathons, Track & Field, TFS News Briefs, Masters
Valencia Boasts 159-Nation Roster
The 12th IAAF World Indoor Championships, to be held in Valencia, Spain from March 7th through March 9th, 2008 will be the biggest ever by a huge margin. The previous largest nation count was 139.
Read more at: [IAAF WIC08]
Mottram Scorches Last 400 of Australian Championships 3000m with 54.0
Craig Mottram sent a loud message to the other World Indoor Championships qualifiers that he is the man to beat by running a 7:48.26 in the Australian Championships 3000m. He scorched the last 400m in 54 seconds to win by nearly 5 ½ seconds.
Read more at: [IAAF]
MastersTrack.com Interview With Speedster Alisa Harvey
Ken Stone over at Masterstrack.com got a chance to interview 42-year-old Alisa Harvey, who has provisionally qualified for the US Olympic Trials, having run a 2:05.75 at the AT&T US Indoor Championships.
Read more at: [Masterstrack.com]
Results and Verdict Finally In: Timing System Is A Colossal Flop
Because of the heroic efforts of the Honolulu Marathon organizers, participants finally got their official race results, two months after they crossed the finish line. All of the extrea work was caused by the colossal flop of the new timing system they used. SAI Timing and Tracking, based in Southfield, MI, is most definitely not “the next step in the evolution of transponder timing,” as their website still claims. Out of 22,839 finishers, only 1,798 had accurately-measured times. That’s a fail rate of 92.1%!
Read more at: [Honolulu Advertiser]
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Tags: 3000m, 800 meters, 800m, Alisa Harvey, Craig Mottram, honolulu=marathon, IAAF, masters track, sai timing and tracking, spain, timing system, Valencia, world championships
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