Links of Interest, May 28, 2010, courtesy of Walt Murphy, note by Larry Eder

Walt Murphy’s News & Results Service ( wmurphy25@aol.com), provided these Links of Interest for this coming weekend!

Links of Interest 5-28-10

NCAA Div.I Preliminaries Continue Today
Day One in the Decathlon at NCAA Div.II, Div.III, NAIA
Bolt Misses in Ostrava
IAAF Preview-Combined Events Challenge in Gotzis, Austria
The Marines History in Track and Field

NCAA Div.I Preliminaries Continue Today-10k fields set.
Liberty’s Sam
Chelanga and West Virginia’s Clara Grandt led the way in the East
10,000, with Oklahoma State’s John Kosgei and Iowa State’s Lisa Koll,
the collegiate record holder, showing the way in the West, as the top
12 finishers advanced to the NCAA Div.I Championships in Eugene. There
was first-round action in many other events on Thursday.
East Results: http://www.flashresults.com/2010_Meets/outdoor/NCAAEast/
West Results: http://www.texassports.com/livestats/m-track/index.htm
East Site: http://www.ncaa.com/sports/c-otrack/champpage/c-otrack-div1-east-index.html Live Webcast-beginning Friday at 10amET.
West Site: http://www.ncaa.com/sports/c-otrack/champpage/c-otrack-div1-west-index.html Live Webcast—beginning Friday at 1pmPT.

Day One in the Decathlon at NCAA Div.II, Div.III, NAIA
Decathlon guru Frank Zarnowski reports on the first day of the decathlon.
http://decathlonusa.typepad.com/files/volumexxxvnumber27may62010.pdf

Usain Bolt is human–doesn’t set a WR in the 300!
Ostrava, Czech Republic, May 27
http://www.iaaf.org/IWC10/news/kind=100/newsid=56873.html
Usain Bolt
was going after Michael Johnson’s “World Record” (not an official IAAF
event) of 30.85 in the 300-meters, but fell short with his winning time
of 30.97, which is the 2nd fastest performance in history in the
seldom-run event.
Fellow Jamaican Asafa Powell didn’t let the rain bother him,
running 9.88 in his heat of the 100 and a world-leading 9.83 in the
final.

IAAF Preview-Combined Events Challenge in Gotzis (5-29,30)
http://www.iaaf.org/WCE10/news/newsid=56865.html
A battle for decathlon supremacy-2008 Olympic Champion Bryan Clay and 2009 World Champion Trey Hardee

The Marines in T&F
Larry
Rawson, who served in Vietnam as a member of the Corps, writes about
the glory days of the U.S. Marines’ involvement in T&F.
http://www.leatherneckmagazine-digital.com/leatherneckmagazine-share/201005#pg43 (Use the zoom-in feature to enlarge the type).
Additional photos at: http://www.mca-marines.org/leatherneck/trackandfieldphotos2010

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Larry Eder
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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