International Track & Field News Thread (featuring Top Non-T&T Athletes)

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Sally Pearson calls for prize money at Olympics
By Susie East and Alex Thomas (CNN News)
Updated 0417 GMT March 18, 2015

Sally Pearson won gold at the London 2012 Olympics in an OR of 12.48 seconds

(CNN)—Entertainers are paid for entertaining and it's time athletes received financial recompense for taking part in the Olympics, says 100m hurdler Sally Pearson.

In 2014, while the winner of Wimbledon received $2,600,000 and the Augusta Masters champion picked up $1,620,000, when Pearson won gold in the Olympics three years ago she received zero prize money.

"People come for the entertainment from the athletes -- we are entertaining them, we are entertainers" the Australian, who set an Olympic record of 12.48 seconds in her 2012 winning run in 2012, told CNN anchor Alex Thomas.

"Entertainers get paid every single time they step up onto a stage, and that's exactly what we're doing in a sporting sense."

Billions might have tuned in to watch London's 2012 Olympic Games which saw over 10,000 athletes compete across 302 events in a battle for golden glory, but the International Olympic Committee's current policy is to (IOC) hand out gold, silver and bronze medals as well as a bouquet of flowers to athletes, but no financial remuneration.

"I can see why they don't, and I'm sure they want to keep it like that, they want to keep it pure," added Pearson. "To be honest we're all still going to turn up whether we get paid or not. But the Games wouldn't happen without the athletes."

It also wouldn't happen without sponsors.

The IOC has just signed a new eight-year sponsorship deal with car manufacturing giant Toyota -- reportedly worth just under $1 billion -- adding to their list of partners that include McDonald's and Coca-Cola.

Athletes usually fund themselves through sponsorship deals, government support, grants and part-time work. In 2012 only half of American track and field athletes -- who were ranked in the top 10 in their nation -- earned more than $15,000 a year from their sport.

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The fifth fastest 100m hurdler in history, Pearson told the Australia's Daily Telegraph in 2013 how a year after her Olympic gold medal in London she still wasn't attracting enough sponsors.

No stranger to hard work -- the hurdler sometimes vomits after intense training sessions -- she decided to chase down her own deals rather than sit on her hands waiting for private sponsorship.

While she has some support from Qantas, AMP and Adidas, appearance fees and prize money in the Diamond League -- an annual series of track and field meetings -- also provides revenue earning potential for the 28-year-old.

Now targeting more medal success at the 2016 Rio Olympics, Pearson achieved a resounding win at the Queensland Track Classic on March 7 with a time of 12.74s.


Sally Pearson shows off training gear from her Adidas sponsor

Even so the issue of Olympic prize money still clearly grates.

"I think the times have changed from 1896 to 2016, I think it might be time to at least have a think about it, and discuss it because there's no such thing as the Olympics without athletics or athletes," said Pearson.

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Former 400 meters world champion Montsho to appeal doping ban
CAPE TOWN, March 18 Wed Mar 18, 2015 3:19pm EDT

Amantle Montsho of Botswana celebrates winning second place in the women's 400 metres final during the IAAF World Athletics Championships at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow August 12, 2013.
Credit: Reuters/Phil Noble

(Reuters) - - Former 400 meters world champion Amantle Montsho of Botswana has been suspended for two years after testing positive for a banned substance at last year's Commonwealth Games, the head of her country's athletics association Moses Bantsi said on Wednesday.

The 31-year-old, who tested positive for methylhexaneamine at the Glasgow Games in July, plans to appeal against her ban and has until March 26 to do so, local media reported.

The Botswana Athletics Association (BAA) delivered its verdict last month following six months of investigations after Montsho's’s A and B samples tested positive for the drug.
   
The case was first investigated by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF), which found the athlete guilty of violating its anti-doping code.

It was then handed to the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) and finally referred back to the BAA to determine a punishment.

Montsho was the poster girl for Botswana athletics having won gold at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Dehli, the first athlete from her country to do so, and being crowned 2011 world champion in Daegu, South Korea.

She also won the silver medal at the 2013 world championships in Moscow, losing out in a thrilling photo finish to Briton Christine Ohuruogu by four thousandths of a second.

If it is upheld, the suspension would probably end Montsho's career at the highest level.

(Reporting by Nick Said, editing by Ed Osmond)

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Tyson Gay working with John Smith
By Christopher Chavez | Special to ESPN.com
Updated: March 20, 2015, 7:03 PM ET

Tyson Gay and his new coach John Smith

Former U.S. sprint champion Tyson Gay is working with world renowned sprint coach John Smith, Gay's agent, Mark Wetmore, confirmed to ESPN.com on Friday.

Gay received a one-year ban in 2013 after testing positive for a banned substance and was stripped of his 2012 Olympic silver medal from the 4x100-meter relay in London.

The new coaching move comes before the start of the 2015 outdoor track season, during which Gay could compete at the U.S. Outdoor Track and Field Championships in June for a spot on the national team that would represent the United States at the IAAF World Championships in August.

Smith has coached other Olympic track stars, including Ryan Bailey, Ato Boldon, Carmelita Jeter and Jason Richardson.

Gay cooperated with the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency's investigation into his positive test and received a shortened suspension. His ban ended on June 22, 2014, and he returned to competition at a Diamond League meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland, on July 3.

Gay owns three World Championship gold medals in the 100, 200 and 4x100-meter relay from the 2007 World Championships.

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Nike gives controversial sprinter Justin Gatlin sponsorship deal
By Matt Slater | BBC Sport
25 March 2015 Last updated at 13:10

Justin Gatlin celebrates victory

Controversial sprinter Justin Gatlin has been given a new sponsorship deal by US sportswear giant Nike.

The 33-year-old American dominated the 100m and 200m in 2014, and is some experts' favourite to win a golden double at August's World Championships.

But Gatlin is a divisive figure, having served two doping bans, including a four-year suspension between 2006-2010.

Ex-Team GB star Jason Gardener said: "Nothing surprises me but this another bad message being sent by our sport."

The former world indoor and Olympic 4x100m champion added that there was mounting evidence that "systematic dopers" gained long-term residual benefits from their cheating, so repeat offenders needed much harsher punishments.

Top 100m times in 2014 
1. Justin Gatlin  9.77  Brussels (5 September)
2. Justin Gatlin  9.80  Lausanne (3 July)
3. Justin Gatlin  9.82  Linz (14 July)
3. Richard Thompson  9.82  Port of Spain (21 June)
5. Justin Gatlin  9.83  Rieti (7 September)

Marlon Devonish agreed with his teammate from that 2004 Olympic relay quartet, saying news of Gatlin's contract will be a "kick in the teeth to the 99% of guys who are clean" but that this was a matter for the rule-makers to deal with.

"No, it doesn't sit well with me," said Devonish, who won four world relay medals between 1999 and 2009.

"But Gatlin has served his ban according to the rules: if people don't like that, change the rules."

Gatlin was sponsored by Nike prior to his second ban but has been wearing Chinese firm Xtep's kit since 2012.

His US teammate Tyson Gay, who has also recently returned from a drugs ban, will also be wearing Nike clothes and spikes this season, although the company denies this is a result of a formal tie-in.

The Oregon-based company said Gay, who was dropped by Adidas when he tested for a banned substance in 2013, is getting its equipment because he has started working with the Nike-sponsored coach John Smith in Los Angeles.

The 32-year-old Gay claimed a hat-trick of sprint medals at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, and is still the joint second-fastest man over 100m with a personal best of 9.69 seconds, but he has struggled to win individual honours during the Usain Bolt era.

Gatlin, however, has emerged as the greatest threat to Bolt's ambitions of winning a third consecutive clean sweep of the Olympic sprint medals - 100m, 200m and 4x100m - at Rio 2016.

Bolt's predecessor as Olympic 100m champion in 2004, Gatlin was unbeaten over both sprint distances last year, setting six of the seven fastest times for 100m and smashing his personal best for 200m.

The fact that he did all of this aged 32, when most sprinters are slowing down, and he was beating or matching times he set when he was proven to be cheating, has provoked widespread disquiet, bordering on disgust, on the international athletics circuit.

This flared up when the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) proposed him for its Athlete of the Year award. German discus champion Robert Harting asked to be withdrawn from consideration in protest, while IAAF presidential candidate Lord Coe told the BBC he had "big problems" with Gatlin's nomination.

The Florida-based athlete, who was also booed by the crowd at London 2012, ultimately did not make the final shortlist, despite his undeniably impressive results.

Given this reaction, Nike is taking a risk in associating itself with Gatlin, who has never admitted to cheating, although it could be argued that all publicity is good publicity.

And with Nike locked in a fierce battle with Adidas, Puma and other challengers in the global sportswear market, the chance to sign a home-grown potential Olympic champion was clearly too good to pass up.

Diamond League: Justin Gatlin powers to 100m/200m double in Brussels last year

News: Justin Gatlin wins 100m at Diamond League Brussels in 9.77sec
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Justin Gatlin wins 200 m in Diamond League, Brussels 2014
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25 MAR 2015General NewsNew York City, USA
Usain Bolt returns to New
York – IAAF Diamond League

Usain Bolt on his way to the 100m world record in New York (Getty Images) © Copyright

Usain Bolt will compete at the Adidas Grand Prix in New York City for the first time since 2008 when he returns to the IAAF Diamond League meeting on 13 June.

It will be a homecoming of sorts for Bolt, who set his first world record in winning the 100m in 9.72 at Icahn Stadium on 31 May 2008. His 100m world record now stands at 9.58, while his 200m mark is 19.19. Bolt has competed in the United States only once since that night, when he anchored a Jamaican 4x100m team at the 2010 Penn Relays.

Since that electric night at Icahn Stadium seven years ago, the 28-year-old Jamaican has won six Olympic gold medals and eight World Championships titles, broken seven more world records, and become one of the most famous people on the planet.

“No one could ever forget their first world record, and I will never forget the crowd in New York that night,” said Bolt. “They had to wait for an hour during a thunderstorm delay before our race, and I don’t think a single person left the stadium. They deserved a great performance, and I’m glad I was able to give it to them. I’m looking forward to running in New York again.”

Already the first man to win six Olympic gold medals in sprinting (at 100m, 200m, and the 4x100m in both 2008 and 2012), Bolt hopes to add to that legacy at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. He recently announced his plans to retire after the 2017 IAAF World Championships in London.

One of the premier athletics events in the world, the Adidas Grand Prix has hosted two world records and 17 national records in its first 10 years, and its fans have had the privilege of witnessing more than a dozen US all-comers’ records. Bolt’s 2008 performance qualifies in all three categories.

The seventh stop on the international IAAF Diamond League circuit, the Adidas Grand Prix is in its 11th year at Icahn Stadium on Randall’s Island.

Organisers for the IAAF

2015 IAAF Diamond League calendar
Doha, QAT – 15 May
Shanghai, CHN – 17 May
Eugene, USA – 30 May
Rome, ITA – 4 June
Birmingham, GBR – 7 June
Oslo, NOR – 11 June
New York, USA – 13 June
Paris, FRA – 4 July
Lausanne, SUI – 9 July
Monaco, MON – 17 July
London, GBR – 24-25 July
Stockholm, SWE – 30 July
Zurich, SUI – 3 September
Brussels, BEL – 11 September

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IAAF wants walkers to lose medals
Story Created: Mar 26, 2015 at 8:56 PM ECT (T&T Express)

Moscow

The IAAF wants two Russian race walkers to be stripped of medals from the 2012 London Olympics because of doping, the Russian anti-doping agency said yesterday.

The IAAF said on Wednesday it has lodged an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport against the “selective” doping bans handed to six Russian athletes earlier this year, arguing that the Russian agency decision wrongly let some results stand.

The agency, Rusada, confirmed in a statement yesterday that a key focus of the appeal is that “the IAAF did not agree with our decision to leave in force” results for walkers Sergei Kirdyapkin and Olga Kaniskina at the London Olympics.

Kirdyapkin won gold in the men’s 50-kilometre event, while Kaniskina was the silver medalist in the women’s 20-kilometer race.

In its dispute with the IAAF, Rusada has the support of Russia’s influential Sports Ministry, deputy minister Yuri Nagornykh told Russia’s Tass news agency.

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Long run ends
Distance running great Gebrselassie retires
Story Created: May 10, 2015 at 11:12 PM ECT (T&T Express)

Calls it quits again: Haile Gebrselassie

Haile Gebrselassie, considered one of athletics’ greatest distance runners, said yesterday he was retiring from competitive running.

The Ethiopian’s long-time manager at first said it was not the end of Gebrselassie’s career, but later issued a press release saying the runner had retired from athletics.

“Running legend Haile Gebrselassie announced his retirement from competitive running at the Great Manchester Run today where he ran his last competitive race,” the statement said.

Gebrselassie was quoted as saying: “I am retiring from competitive running, not from running. You cannot stop running, this is my life. And I am still enjoying my farewell tour like today in Manchester.”

His manager, Jos Hermens, could not be reached to explain the new statement.

“Yes, probably a kind of retirement!” Hermens said in a text message alerting Reuters to the new statement.

Earlier, Hermens had texted Reuters: “No, he’s not retiring; he will be in Glasgow in October. He’ll probably never retire.”

Gebrselassie, 42, had told BBC Sport he was retiring from competitive running after finishing 16th in the Great Manchester Run yesterday.

But it is not the first time he has talked about calling it quits.

Gebrselassie had tearfully retired five years ago after knee problems forced him to drop out of the New York City Marathon.

But he returned to racing a few months later.

Hermens admitted Gebrselassie was training a lot less than before, “so may be kind of a farewell trip in the UK!” the manager said of Gebrselassie’s upcoming race in Glasgow.

The soft-spoken Gebrselassie achieved success both on the track and the roads during his long career.

Nearly unbeatable on the track in his prime, he won his first of eight indoor and outdoor world championships at Stuttgart in 1993 and went on to hold world records from the 5,000 metres to the marathon.

His Olympic medals came in the 10,000 metres in successive Olympics, 1996 in Atlanta and 2000 in Sydney.

Gebrselassie will now focus more on his businesses in Ethiopia where he is involved in real estate projects, owns four hotels, a coffee plantation and is an automobile distributor, his management company’s statement said.

“He will also remain a running ambassador and wants to stay active in athletics.”

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Get Miki to US Championships
GoFundMe.com


Miki Barber is an Olympian and World Champion track and field athlete who has competed in numerous International competitions.
Miki will be competing in the 100m and 200m at the US Championships in Eugene, Oregon on June 26th, 2015.
Miki currently does not have a sponsorship and it is very difficult to compete at a world-class level without financial support.

Miki hopes to represent USA at the Beijing World Championships this upcoming August. With your help, Miki will be able to get a hotel room and flight to compete against the best in the US at the U.S. Track and field championships.

Miki is also an assistant coach at Pasadena City College and helps mentor young kids. Track and field has been her passion for years and knows that being an athlete does not last forever and nothing is promised. Help Miki get to the US Championships and get a chance to compete! Team Barber!

Click this link if you wish to donate: http://www.gofundme.com/wkm4c28

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McClain 9.82, Bromell 9.84, Bailey false-started at US Trials
By Gary Smith, TrackAlerts.Com Contributor
June 25th, 2015 11:01pm (TrackAlerts.com)

Tyson Gay

EUGENE, Ore. — Trayvon Bromell flashed to a collegiate record of 9.84 seconds when winning his 100m heat at the USATF Outdoor Championships here in Eugene, Thursday evening.

The Baylor University sophomore and World Junior record holder, also improved his own personal best with Thursday’s performance, while clocking the second fastest time on the day.

Remontay McClain posted the fastest time of the day at 9.82 seconds, but achieved his mark in a heavy +4.9 m/s traveling wind when beating Tyson Gay (9.85) in the third heat.

Bromell’s time was done in a legal +1.3 m/s wind.

It was a sad evening for sprinter Ryan Bailey though after he false-started in his heat and failed to make it past the first round.

The wind affected most of the times on the day, as Carmelita Jeter and Jasmine Todd of Oregon both ran 10.87 with the assistance of a powerful +4.5 tailwind.

Tianna Bartoletta, Jenna Prandini, English Gardner, Jeneba Tarmoh, Tori Bowie and Dezerea Bryant all booked places in the semis.

LaShawn Merritt was the quickest around the track in the heats of the men’s 400m dash at the USATF Outdoor Championships here in Eugene, Thursday evening.

Fans Can Watch Online Streaming Coverage on USATF.TV

Merritt, who won the world title at the 2013 championships in Moscow, Russia, and doesn’t need to qualify, opted to carry over his midweek training session to Hayward Field to test his fitness against a quality field in the heats.

In the end, the 28-year-old finished first in 44.95 seconds and was the only runner this evening to break the 45-seconds barrier.

Bryshon Nellum and Michael Berry also looked good when they finished behind Merritt in 45.12 and 45.13, respectively.

Other heat winners on the day were David Verburg, who posted 45.20 to take the first race, while Marcus Chambers of Oregon finished super fast to land the third heat in 45.27.

NCAA champion Vernon Norwood from LSU was the winner of the fourth heat in 45.49, with the fifth and final heat going to James Harris, at 45.64.

Former World and Olympic gold medal winner Jeremy Wariner was third in heat five in 45.74 and he also booked a place in the semi-finals.

In the women’s race, world-leader Francena McCorory and Quanera Hayes both looked pretty good in their respective heats.

McCorory pulled no punches when winning her race in a quick 51.25secs, with Hayes taking her heat in 51.31.

Allyson Felix, who has a wild card in the 200m, continued her endurance work with an impressive 51.40 on her way to finishing first in heat one.

Elsewhere in the women’s 400m, Sanya Richards-Ross made easy work of her heat when winning in 51.93, while Natasha Hastings raced home behind Hayes in heat two in a quality time of 51.44.

In the women’s 800m, Ajee’ Wilson was a very relaxed 2:01.96 heat winner and she was the fastest of the heats on the day.

Joining her in the semi-finals are the likes of Alysia Montano (2:02.00) and Brenda Martinez (2:02.33).

In the men’s 400m hurdles, NCAA champion Michael Stigler won his heat in a wind-affected 49.66, with Jeshua Anderson (49.80), Quincy Downing (49.95), Bershawn Jackson (49.96) and Johnny Dutch (50.43) going through as well.

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Should be interesting to see how the young athletes compete against veterans for a spot in Beijing.

Not sure who will be competing. Is Gatlin, Felix, Stowers, Brommel, Gay, B Jackson competing?

Startlist here, but at the moment not showing competitors for all events http://www.flashresults.com/2015_Meets/Outdoor/06-25_USATF/

[Sando prince]

Socapro I hope you are not the one deleting and merging my threads. I will ask Flex if there is a glitch in the site

*I just messaged him" No point in every post being merged into Socapro threads

[Socapro]

Socapro I hope you are not the one deleting my threads. I will ask Flex if there is a glitch in the site

It is clear as daylight that I moved your post to this thread to follow on from my previous post in this thread dealing with the topic of the USA Trials.

I am a Mod on this board and did not delete your post, it was simply moved to the relevant thread which I am entitled to do as a Mod on this board.

Flex will not entertain your childish nonsense as I am simply doing my job as one of the board Moderators to avoid too many unnecessary threads on the same topic on the board.

[Sando prince]

Socapro I hope you are not the one deleting my threads. I will ask Flex if there is a glitch in the site

It is clear as daylight that I moved your post to this thread to follow on from my previous post in this thread dealing with the topic of the USA Trials.

I am a Mod on this board and did not delete your post, it was simply moved to the relevant thread which I am entitled to do as a Mod on this board.

Flex will not ebntertain your childish nonsense as I am simply doing my job as one of the board Moderators to avoid too many unnecessary threads on the same topic on the board.

You have a thread on Jamaican Track . This is no different and this is a separate Championship. I have messaged Flex

[Socapro]

Socapro I hope you are not the one deleting my threads. I will ask Flex if there is a glitch in the site

It is clear as daylight that I moved your post to this thread to follow on from my previous post in this thread dealing with the topic of the USA Trials.

I am a Mod on this board and did not delete your post, it was simply moved to the relevant thread which I am entitled to do as a Mod on this board.

Flex will not ebntertain your childish nonsense as I am simply doing my job as one of the board Moderators to avoid too many unnecessary threads on the same topic on the board.

You have a track on Jamaican Track . This is no different and this is a separate Championships. I have messaged Flex

Flex will not entertain your childish nonsense. You need to grow up.

[Sando prince]

Man have a separate thread for Jamaican Track and Field but now contradicting himself on a thread dedicated to a separate Championship.

[Socapro]

Man have a separate thread for Jamaican Track and Field but now contradicting himself on a thread dedicated to a separate Championship.

Grow up son. Stop cluting the board. It is clear that you can post in this thread on the topic which I already starting doing since yesterday.

Flex will not entertain your childish behaviour so go complain if you wish, I am doing my job which is keeping the board clutter free.

[Sando prince]

Man have a separate thread for Jamaican Track and Field but now contradicting himself on a thread dedicated to a separate Championship.

Grow up son. Stop cluting the board. It is clear that you can post in this thread on the topic which I already starting doing since yesterday.

Flex will not entertain your childish behaviour so go complain if you wish, I am doing my job which is keeping the board clutter free.

You are simply moving everyone thread into your threads. There are various championships happening around the world. You are moving every one post and thread into your own thread. This is CLEAR for everyone to see hence why the board looks very repetitive with similar posts in almost every thread right now.

[Sando prince]

Should be interesting to see how the young athletes compete against veterans for a spot in Beijing.

Not sure who will be competing. Is Gatlin, Felix, Stowers, Brommel, Gay, B Jackson competing?

Startlist here, but at the moment not showing competitors for all events http://www.flashresults.com/2015_Meets/Outdoor/06-25_USATF/

Flex this was my original thread.

[Socapro]

Should be interesting to see how the young athletes compete against veterans for a spot in Beijing.

Not sure who will be competing. Is Gatlin, Felix, Stowers, Brommel, Gay, B Jackson competing?

Startlist here, but at the moment not showing competitors for all events http://www.flashresults.com/2015_Meets/Outdoor/06-25_USATF/

Flex this was my original thread.

Your original thread is at reply #10 above. Honestly you need to grow up.

Don't let me merging your post into a thread that was already dealing with the topic at hand ruin the rest of your life.

I am a mod on this board and I was simply doing my job so Flex will not entertain your childish argument.

[Sando prince]

Now I am going to re-post my original thread AGAIN. A separate championship happening at the moment similar to threads created for different championships on the board . If you don't see it as a thread you know Socapro merged or deleted it again.

[Socapro]

Man have a separate thread for Jamaican Track and Field but now contradicting himself on a thread dedicated to a separate Championship.

Use your braincells nah man?
The thread on Jamaica Track & Field includes news on all Jamaican track meets of interest because this is not a Jamaican track and field board.

I am only allowing seperate threads for Meets if those Meets involve T&T athletes because this is a board which is basically dedicated to promoting T&T track and field above everything else. 

Where other countries are concerned all their meets will be included/merged into one dedicated thread unless of course there are T&T athletes involved in that meet.

Doh hurt yuh head and get with the programme.

[Sando prince]

Man have a separate thread for Jamaican Track and Field but now contradicting himself on a thread dedicated to a separate Championship.

Use your braincells nah man?
The thread on Jamaica Track & Field includes news on all Jamaican track meets of interest because this is not a Jamaican track and field board.

I am only allowing seperate threads for Meets if those Meets involving T&T athletes because this is a board which is basically dedicated to promoting T&T track and field above everything else.  Where other countries are concerned all their meets will be included/merged into one dedicated thread unless of course there are T&T athletes involved in that meet.

Doh hurt yuh head and get with the programme.

There are separate threads on the board for International athletes (Bolt for example). There is a thread on Jamaican meets which is International meets and not merged into this thread. We have had other International based championships discussed in separate threads. You are contradicting yourself.

[Sando prince]

Now I am going to re-post my original thread AGAIN. A separate championship happening at the moment similar to threads created for different championships on the board . If you don't see it as a thread you know Socapro merged or deleted it again.

See the thread on the US championships was deleted. Posted then merged into this 100th International thread (seeing most threads are based on International meets)

[Socapro]

Man have a separate thread for Jamaican Track and Field but now contradicting himself on a thread dedicated to a separate Championship.

Use your braincells nah man?
The thread on Jamaica Track & Field includes news on all Jamaican track meets of interest because this is not a Jamaican track and field board.

I am only allowing seperate threads for Meets if those Meets involving T&T athletes because this is a board which is basically dedicated to promoting T&T track and field above everything else.  Where other countries are concerned all their meets will be included/merged into one dedicated thread unless of course there are T&T athletes involved in that meet.

Doh hurt yuh head and get with the programme.

There are separate threads on the board for International athletes (Bolt for example). There is a thread on Jamaican meets which is International meets and not merged into this thread. We have had other International based championships discussed in separate threads. You are contradicting yourself.

You need to grow up, seriously. Don't let my decisions as a Mod on here to help keep the board clutter free ruin your life.

You need to grow up and live with it. I have already explained myself and will entertain your childish behaviour and arguments no further.

[Sando prince]

Your decisions as a moderator has exposed the reasons for why the Track board look like this today. Not many people willing to contribute.  Flex and everyone will see this is obvious.

[Socapro]

Your decisions as a moderator has exposed the reasons for why the Track board look like this today. Not many people willing to contribute.  Flex will see this is obvious.

People contribute and I do a great job as a Mod on this board. I have been a moderator on here for many years now and this is the very first time I merged one of your threads and it was for a logical reason which I have already explained. Your post was not deleted, it was simply merged and if you noticed I already posted in this thread on the very topic so you were late in posting on the topic.

Now grow up and stop behaving like a 5 year old spoilt child with nothing better to do with your life.

[Sando prince]

You merged a thread because it was not a Caribbean based athlete or Championship. Everyone can see it, everyone knows it. As we look on the board and see MANY threads not based on T&T athletes that are dedicated to International events and not merged into this thread we see your way of thinking and why you were in a rush to merge my thread. You can only fool yourself

The board remains mostly dormant in terms of poster discussion because many people are not willing to contribute to your threads due to your way of thinking

[Socapro]

You merged a thread because it was not a Caribbean based athlete or Championship. Everyone can see it, everyone knows it. As we look on the board and see MANY threads not based on T&T athletes that are dedicated to International events and not merged into this thread we see your way of thinking and why you were in a rush to merge my thread. You can only fool yourself

The board remains mostly dormant in terms of poster discussion because many people are not willing to contribute to your threads due to your way of thinking

You really need to get a life.

I don't regularly merge threads on here but when I see the need to do it I will as that is the job of the board moderators of which I am one.

You honestly need to get a life and stop hurting your head as I already explained why I did the merge and you just have to live with it.

You are behaving like if me merging your late post on the US Trials with this thread will affect the rest of your life. Your life could not be that empty, could it?

[Socapro]

Some vids of the Men's 100m Heats from US Trials yesterday.

Men's 100m Prelim Heat 1 - USATF Outdoor Track and Field Championships
http://www.usatf.tv/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=45365&do=videos&video_id=150010

Event   Heat   Wind   Status
Men 100 Meter Dash SR (Prelims)   1   +2.1   In progress

Record   Name      Date
American   Tyson Gay - adidas   9.69   9/20/2009
Meet   Tyson Gay - adidas   9.77   2008
Hayward   Tyson Gay - USA   9.77   6/28/2008

Top 3 + next 4 fastest to semis

Place   Name   Affiliation   Time   Reaction Time
1   Isiah Young   NIKE   9.85 Q   0.143
2   Marvin Bracy   adidas   9.93 Q   0.138
3   Ronnie Baker   T C U   9.94 Q   0.180
4   Trell Kimmons   adidas   10.09   0.145
5   Clayton Vaughn   Unattached   10.10   0.149
6   Aaron Ernest   L S U   10.11   0.188
7   Jalen Miller   Ole Miss   10.19   0.215
DNS   Markesh Woodson   Missouri   -   


Men's 100m Prelim Heat 2 - USATF Outdoor Track and Field Championships
http://www.usatf.tv/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=45365&do=videos&video_id=150011

Event   Heat   Wind   Status
Men 100 Meter Dash SR (Prelims)   2   +1.7   In progress

Record   Name      Date
American   Tyson Gay - adidas   9.69   9/20/2009
Meet   Tyson Gay - adidas   9.77   2008
Hayward   Tyson Gay - USA   9.77   6/28/2008

Top 3 + next 4 fastest to semis
Place   Name   Affiliation   Time   Reaction Time
1   Michael Rodgers   NIKE   9.92 Q   0.170
2   Diondre Batson   adidas   9.94 Q   0.149
3   Beejay Lee   U S C   9.99 Q   0.154
4   Sean McLean   NIKE   10.01   0.149
5   Charles Silmon   adidas   10.02   0.137
6   Bryce Robinson   Tulsa   10.06   0.163
7   Walter Dix   Unattached   10.19   0.141
8   Carl Horsley   CS Northridge   10.32   0.185


Men's 100m Prelim Heat 3 - USATF Outdoor Track and Field Championships
http://www.usatf.tv/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=45365&do=videos&video_id=150014

Event   Heat   Wind   Status
Men 100 Meter Dash SR (Prelims)   3   +4.9   In progress

Record   Name      Date
American   Tyson Gay - adidas   9.69   9/20/2009
Meet   Tyson Gay - adidas   9.77   2008
Hayward   Tyson Gay - USA   9.77   6/28/2008

Top 3 + next 4 fastest to semis
Place   Name   Affiliation   Time   Reaction Time
1   Remontay McClain   Unattached   9.82 Q   0.154
2   Tyson Gay   Unattached   9.85 Q   0.158
3   Kyree King   Unattached   10.11 Q   0.169
4   Keith Ricks   Unattached   10.13   0.169
5   Rakieem Salaam   adidas   10.14   0.154
6   Calesio Newman   Unattached   10.30   0.174
DNS   Dentarius Locke   NIKE   -   
DNS   Jarrion Lawson   Arkansas   -   


Men's 100m Prelim Heat 4 (False start) - USATF Outdoor Track and Field
http://www.usatf.tv/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=45365&do=videos&video_id=150016 (Bailey false starts)

http://www.usatf.tv/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=45365&do=videos&video_id=150017 (Bailey runs under protest)

Men 100 Meter Dash SR (Prelims)   4   +1.3   In progress

Record   Name      Date
American   Tyson Gay - adidas   9.69   9/20/2009
Meet   Tyson Gay - adidas   9.77   2008
Hayward   Tyson Gay - USA   9.77   6/28/2008

Top 3 + next 4 fastest to semis
Place   Name   Affiliation   Time   Reaction Time
1   Trayvon Bromell   Baylor   9.84 Q   0.143
2   Quentin Butler   Texas-Arlington   9.96 Q   0.136
3   Kendal Williams   Florida St.   10.07 Q   0.158
4   Tevin Hester   Clemson   10.11   0.151
5   Justin Walker   NIKE   10.14   0.162
6   Ameer Webb   NIKE   10.15   0.158
7   Joseph Morris   Ultimate Speed   10.27   0.165
FS   Ryan Bailey   NIKE   -   0.175

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Some vids of the Women's 100m Heats from US Trials yesterday.

Women's 100m Prelim Heat 1 - USATF Outdoor Track and Field Championships
http://www.usatf.tv/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=45365&do=videos&video_id=150005

Event   Heat   Wind   Status
Women 100 Meter Dash SR (Prelims)   1   +3.0   

Record   Name      Date
American   Florence Griffith Joyner - World Class AC   10.49   7/16/1988
Meet   Marion Jones - Nike   10.71   1998
Hayward   Carmelita Jeter - USA   10.70   6/4/2011

Top 3 + next 4 fastest to semis

Place   Name   Affiliation   Time   Reaction Time
1   Jenna Prandini   Oregon   10.90 Q   0.191
2   Barbara Pierre   Nike   11.00 Q   0.175
3   Morolake Akinosun   Texas   11.08 Q   0.188
4   Alexandria Anderson   Nike   11.10   0.176
5   Jessica Young   Unattached   11.14   0.233
6   Kaylin Whitney   Nike   11.18   0.199
7   Sabria Hadley   Clemson   11.39   0.200
DNS   Alexis Browner   Wayland Bapt   -   


Women's 100m Prelim Heat 2 - USATF Outdoor Track and Field Championships
http://www.usatf.tv/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=45365&do=videos&video_id=150006

Event   Heat   Wind   Status
Women 100 Meter Dash SR (Prelims)   2   +4.5   

Record   Name      Date
American   Florence Griffith Joyner - World Class AC   10.49   7/16/1988
Meet   Marion Jones - Nike   10.71   1998
Hayward   Carmelita Jeter - USA   10.70   6/4/2011

Top 3 + next 4 fastest to semis
Place   Name   Affiliation   Time   Reaction Time
1   Carmelita Jeter   NIKE   10.87 Q   0.168
2   Jasmine Todd   Oregon   10.87 Q   0.267
3   Tianna Bartoletta   NIKE   10.89 Q   0.189
4   Charonda Williams   adidas   11.06   0.250
5   Kimberlyn Duncan   NIKE   11.08   0.170
6   Katie Wise   Indiana St.   11.24   0.186
7   Shayla Mahan   Unattached   11.39   0.241
8   Mackenzie Flannigan   Boise St.   11.58   0.326


Women's 100m Prelim Heat 3 - USATF Outdoor Track and Field Championships
http://www.usatf.tv/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=45365&do=videos&video_id=150007

Event   Heat   Wind   Status
Women 100 Meter Dash SR (Prelims)   3   +2.1   In progress

Record   Name      Date
American   Florence Griffith Joyner - World Class AC   10.49   7/16/1988
Meet   Marion Jones - Nike   10.71   1998
Hayward   Carmelita Jeter - USA   10.70   6/4/2011

Top 3 + next 4 fastest to semis
Place   Name   Affiliation   Time   Reaction Time
1   English Gardner   NIKE   10.92 Q   0.150
2   Jeneba Tarmoh   NIKE   10.97 Q   0.174
3   Dezerea Bryant   Kentucky   11.07 Q   0.177
4   Tawanna Meadows   NIKE   11.22   0.172
5   LaShauntea Moore   Unattached   11.23   0.186
6   Keilah Tyson   Kentucky   11.37   0.194
7   Erica Alexander   Unattached   11.42   0.163
8   Kenyanna Wilson   Unattached   11.51   0.215


Women's 100m Prelim Heat 4 - USATF Outdoor Track and Field Championships
http://www.usatf.tv/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=45365&do=videos&video_id=150008

Event   Heat   Wind   Status
Women 100 Meter Dash SR (Prelims)   4   +1.8   Official

Record   Name      Date
American   Florence Griffith Joyner - World Class AC   10.49   7/16/1988
Meet   Marion Jones - Nike   10.71   1998
Hayward   Carmelita Jeter - USA   10.70   6/4/2011

Top 3 + next 4 fastest to semis
Place   Name   Affiliation   Time   Reaction Time
1   Candyce McGrone   NIKE   11.00 Q   0.152
2   Tori Bowie   adidas   11.01 Q   0.171
3   Lekeisha Lawson   adidas   11.06 Q   0.165
4   Mikele Barber   Unattached   11.22   0.173
5   Aaliyah Brown   Texas A&M   11.23   0.171
6   Alexis Faulknor   U S C   11.26   0.179
7   Dominique Booker   Kentucky   11.39   0.155
8   Cierra White   Texas Tech   11.40   0.188