Extractions: THE COMPETITION Track Events Field Events Road Events Combined Events TRACK EVENTS The track events include the 100, 200, 400, 800, 1,500, 5,000 and 10,000 metres, 110 metres (100 metres for women) and 400 metres hurdles, relays over 4 by 100 and 4 by 400 metres and the 3,000 metres steeplechase (only for men). All take place in the Olympic stadium. The track is an oval that is 400 metres long in the inside lane, with seven other lanes of between 1.22cm and 1.25cm in width stacking outwards from lane 1 on the inside. The track is bordered by a kerb 5cm high. Races are run anticlockwise. In each event, heats, or rounds, are stages for qualification for either the quarter or semi-finals. The first two to finish in each heat qualify automatically for the next round, with the third-placed finisher qualifying next in some cases, the fastest losers qualifying in other cases. Ranking for heats is based on entry times, which are usually the athletes' best times for the season. Subsequent placing across the eight lanes of a track is based on qualification placing. Lanes 3, 4 5 and 6, the middle lanes are occupied by the fastest four and the second fastest four occupy the other lanes. In the sprint events, up to 400 metres, the 110 metres hurdles and the 4 by 100 metres relay runners stay in their own lane throughout the race. Lanes The 800 metres and the 4 by 400 metres relay begin in lanes, and runners stay in lane until the breakline, a curving line across the track that indicates the point beyond which they can break out of their lane and find their place in the pack.
Texas A&M Athletics Athletic Facilities track SPECS 9lane Spurtan surface; CHAMPIONSHIP history The Frank G.Anderson track and field Complex, entering its 18th year of existence, http://sports.tamu.edu/facilities.php?FID=3
American Track And Field -- Regional News Article American track field, American track field Athlete, americanTRI Team USAwill take on the olympic goldmedal 4x100-meter men s and women s relay http://www.american-trackandfield.com/news/USAvsTheWorld05relay.html
Extractions: Go to a Publication Near You! americanTRI Athletics Athletes HI Chicago Athlete Colorado Runner Footnotes Inside Texas Running Michigan Runner Midwest Running New England Runner New York Runner Northwest Runner Oklahoma Runner RaceCenter Northwest RunMinnesota Runner Triathlete News Runner's Gazette Running Journal RUNOHIO Silent Sports Tail Winds Washington Running Report Team USA will take on the Olympic gold-medal 4x100-meter men's and women's relay teams from Great Britain and Jamaica Saturday at USA vs. The World at the 111th running of the Penn Relays at Philadelphia's Franklin Field. Some of the biggest names in U.S. sprinting, including Justin Gatlin, Lauryn Williams, Shawn Crawford and Allyson Felix, will compete in the sixth edition of USA vs. The World, as well as international stars such as Mark Lewis-Francis and Jason Gardener. The first event of the 2005 USATF Outdoor Visa Championship Series, USA vs. The World will be broadcast live from 4-6 p.m. Eastern Time on NBC.
Extractions: The Legion's involvement in track and field goes back to the 1950's when Ontario Legion Hydro Branch 277 first sponsored the former Canadian Olympic Training Plan. This program went Dominion wide after the 1956 Legion Dominion Convention in Vancouver. By 1957 the Legion was conducting national athletes' clinics with each province being invited to send athletes and coaches. By 1961 more than 700 athletes had attended these sessions. In 1962 the Canadian Government awarded a grant to sustain the program and this funding continued until 1969. When this support was withdrawn, the track and field program went back to being a provincial level program. In 1975, however, the Legion decided to run a pilot national track and field meet in Waterloo, Ontario. It's extreme success led to the continuation of the program for a 1976 meet in Edmonton, Alberta, since when it has become an annual event and a major program within the Legion. Funding is provided from the Legion's own resources. The nationally sanctioned event which has developed over the years is now divided into two sections - a two-day meet and a two-day clinic for the athletes. These events are attended by more than 330 athletes, 25 coaches and 35 chaperons.
Cleave Books - Olympics History The early games of the modern Olympics were of varied quality and success, The following list gives the (individual) women s track and field events and http://www.projects.ex.ac.uk/trol/databank/olympics/olymhist.htm
Extractions: Exactly when they started is not known, but the first written records date from 776BC, and the games continued until they were banned by a decree of the Roman Emperor Theodore I, "the Great", in 393AD So the last games held were in 389AD, which meant the games had been held 293 times (at least). The actual events in the games varied from time to time, but mainly were to do with running, wrestling, boxing and chariot racing. In those games there was interest only in who won, and the winner was awarded an olive wreath. Women were not admitted to the games, either as competitors or spectators. Revival Ernst Curtius, a German archaeologist, did a lot of excavation work at Olympia and, presumably inspired by that, in 1852 suggested that the Olympic Games should be revived. This idea was well-received by many and was finally taken up by Baron Pierre de Courbertin and, at his instigation, in Paris on 23 June 1894, a committee agreed to re-establish the Olympic Games, with a first meeting to be held at Athens in 1896 and every 4 years thereafter. Apart from the war years when no games were held, this has been kept up. In the ancient games, wars were suspended in order to allow the games to continue. The early games of the modern Olympics were of varied quality and success, with many highlights and low points. There were several calls for the games to be discontinued at various times but they always managed to keep going and, once they were re-established in 1948 (after a 12-year break), their future seemed assured. However, since that time they have become much bigger, very much more costly to stage, the subject of many scandals, and often the target of political action (in the form of boycotts and terrorism) so that it is not inconceivable that the future might see them discontinued, or at least modified in some way.
2004 Indoor - DyeStat High School Track The National track and field Hall of Fame was begun in 1974 in Charleston you need to visit the Hall and experience the rich history of track and field. http://www.dyestat.com/3us/4in/newbalance/donna-fame/
Extractions: The "Wall of Fame" is a glass wall etched with the names of 197 inductees in the Hall of Fame. The wall greets athletes and visitors to the Armory. You look through the glass wall as if looking through history to the action of today on the Armory track. Look closely through the glass and you can see the interior of the track. A peak at the National Track and Field Hall of Fame to heighten your interest. If you're a track and field athlete, fan, parent, you need to visit the Hall and experience the rich history of track and field. Enter and be immediately immersed into the world of faster, higher and further. Step inside and walk on track lanes. Look above into plasma TVs. See yourself reflected on a wall where runners run. In the Auditorium sit back and watch a short film on the sport of track and field and "its living legacy-the National Track and Field Hall of Fame. "
TRACK AND FIELD: Williams Leaves Early, Botches Relay Handoff track AND field Williams leaves early, botches relay handoff Lauryn Williams hopes of winning an olympic gold medal were over. http://www.freep.com/sports/2004olympics/olytrack-bar128e_20040828.htm
Extractions: Marion Jones, left, can't complete the handoff to Detroiter Lauryn Williams in the 4 x 100- meter relay. Williams said she heard Jones yelling to slow down, but ... "I didn't react in time. I probably got out too quickly." ATHENS, Greece By the time she slowed down, by the time the silver baton finally found the palm of her right hand, it was too late. Lauryn Williams' hopes of winning an Olympic gold medal were over. Williams, who captured the silver medal in the 100 meters a week ago, flubbed a key handoff with Marion Jones in the 4 x 100 relay final Friday at the Olympic Stadium. The U.S. team didn't finish the race. It was a disheartening conclusion for what had been a glorious Olympics for Williams, 20, who grew up running on Detroit's west side. With her family and friends from Michigan and Pennsylvania watching from their seats in Aisle 205, Williams, running the third leg, sprinted beyond the 20-meter exchange zone before accepting the baton from Jones. Had the U.S. team finished the race, it would have been disqualified.
INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - SPORTS olympic Sports The current olympic Games program includes 35 sports and Athletics (or track and field) is about running faster, jumping higher and http://www.olympic.org/uk/sports/programme/index_uk.asp?SportCode=AT
Extractions: Posted Monday, 9 May, 2005 NEW YORK CITY (May 5) â In a major breakthrough for the sport of track-and-field in the United States, Reebok International Ltd. will launch a new, world-class event â the Reebok Grand Prix â on June 11, organizers announced today. The Reebok Grand Prix, featuring an array of Olympic and World Championship medalists, will be the first international competition ever held in the new Icahn Stadium on Randallâs Island, and marks the return of world-class outdoor invitational track-and-field to the East Coast. Title sponsorship of the New York event is another in Reebokâs recent initiatives to enhance the sport of running. In addition to the Reebok Grand Prix and the Reebok Boston Indoor Games, the Canton, Mass.-based firm has also recently become a sponsor of the Paris Marathon and the European Indoor Championships, among other events. Icahn Stadium is the premier outdoor track-and-field venue in New York City. The $42-million facility features a 400-meter Mondo track and covered seating for spectators.
NCCU Track & Field Home Page NCCU track MEETS. LeRoy T. Walker olympic Development Meet North CarolinaCentral University head cross country/track field coach Michael Lawson has http://www.nccu.edu/campus/athletics/tfhome.html
Extractions: 2004 CIAA Men's Cross Country Champions !!! North Carolina Central University sophomore Yolanda Barber and junior Aisha Brown placed first and second to lead the Lady Eagles to the women's Division II team championship at the 22nd annual Greensboro Cross Country Invitational at Hagan Stone Park. [ Full Story North Carolina Central University sophomore distance runner Aisha Brown emerged victorious at NCCU's dual meet with Duke University. The 4K race was held on the Fit Loop in the Duke Forest. Brown, a native of Kodiak, Alaska, finished with a time of 17:25. [ Full Story Three North Carolina Central University relay teams posted season-best times en route to All-America honors at the 2005 NCAA Division II Mens and Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Abilene, Texas. [ Full Story Eleven North Carolina Central University student-athletes will compete at the 2005 NCAA Division II Mens and Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships to be held May 26-28, at Elmer Gray Stadium on the campus of Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas. [
Track Field News A History Of The Results Of The National Track A history Of The Results Of The National track field Championships Of The USA With the kind permission of the authors, track field News is proud to http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/tfn/displayArticle.jsp?id=257
Track & Field News: Archive: Past Issues: 2005: February (for more, read the February Issue of track field News) 1 in the postOlympicyear. history is against Wariners success. http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/archive/past_issues/issues/200502issue.html
Extractions: Dathan Ritzenhein may have had to fly back to Colorado the day after his Belfast win to start classes, but the History major, with an emphasis on Europe, made the most of his week in the troubled capital of Northern Ireland. 100 METERS 10.04 ........ *Steven Mullings' (MsSt) ........ jc 10.06 ........ Tyson Gay (Ar) ................... 1 10.07 ........ *DaBryan Blanton (Ok) ........ i1/60 10.11 ........ *Brendan Christian' (Tx) ......... 8 .............. Tyree Gailes (TxT) ............... 4 10.13 ........ ***Churandy Martina' (UTEP) .... int 10.15 ........ **Demi Omole (Wi) ................ 5 10.21 ........ *Jonathan Wade (Tn) ........... 6h/2 10.22 ........ Airese Currie (Clem) ............ 5h 10.23 ........ *Tyrone Edgar' (TxAM) ........... jc 10.24 ........ ***Tesfa Latty' (Jam) .......... int .............. Dusty Stamer (Nb) ............... 4h .............. *Kelly Willie (LSU) ............ 2/4 10.27 ........ Wes Felix (USC) ............... 3h/2 .............. *Tye Hill (Clem) ................ 5h Hogs Now A Sprint Power
SU Athletics - Cross Country/Track & Field Coaches In 1995, he was the head coach of the East squad at the olympic Festival after Hartshorn was also the head girls indoor and outdoor track and field http://www.suathletics.com/Sports/ccountry/2002/coach.asp?path=ccountry
:: Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays :: More importantly, in 1925 he created a showcase for track and field which Michael Johnson s place in history was sealed at the Atlanta Olympics, http://www.texassports.com/mainpages/txr/2004/032704_11.html
Extractions: Dunaway Ink Mildred 'Babe' Didrikson Zaharias poses with her javelin at the 1932 Olympics. Texas, they say, is not just a state. It's a state of mind. It's big larger in area than Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska combined. From North to South, it's 751 miles. East-West, 815 miles. Texans think big, and they talk big. Before Texans voted to join the United States in 1845, Texas won its freedom from Mexico in 1836, and was an independent nation for nine years. And in track and field, Texas has a history which might make any nation proud. As Texans are fond of saying, "It ain't braggin' if it's true." * Texans have won 28 individual men's Olympic gold medals, more than all but three countries outside the United States: Finland, which has 45; Russia, which including the Soviet era has 37; and Great Britain, which has 34 or 38 depending on how one allots the four medals described as "GBR/IRL" in the record books.
EdGate Summer Games track and field. The basics of athleticsrunning, jumping, The United StatesOlympic Committee site includes the rules and history of events as well as http://www2.edgate.com/summergames/spotlight_sport/track_field.php
Extractions: Sprints: The very first race of the modern Olympics was the opening heat of the 100-meter dash. Also known as sprints, dashes are the shortest and swiftest running events. Distances are 100, 200, and 400 meters. A fast start is especially important in sprinting. The athlete crouches at the starting line, leaps into full stride at the crack of the starter's pistol, and races to the finish line at top speed. Sprinters usually attain speeds of roughly 27 miles per hour. Starting positions of the 200- and 400-meter dashes and the 4 x 100-meter relay are staggered to prevent runners in the outer lanes from having to cover a greater distance. Efficient sprinting is achieved by lifting the knees high, allowing free-swinging arm movements, and leaning forward about 25 degrees. Middle-Distance Runs: Races ranging from 800 meters to 1,500 meters are often referred to as middle-distance events. The standard Olympic middle distance events are the 800- and 1,500- meter races for women and men. (The 3,000-meter race for women has been discontinued, and the men's 3,000 is a steeplechase.)
Loudoun Track And Field Club A youth program focused on developing strength, speed and skill in kids interested in track and field. As a USATF club, participants have the opportunity to compete in the Junior Olympics and World Championships. http://www.loudountrack.org/
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