1:47 800M win for SC guy. Spirited meet; on tv here on west coast. First win for USC in years. (as a private, expensive school, they don't get near as many walk-ons that a State U. like UCLA does, which is alot of points in dual meets). USC is more quality; UCLA is more quanity.
that was a good meet. you don't see alot of dual meets in college anymore. It used to be 1/2 our schedule in college.
Glad to hear about it. I can remember when USC/UCLA was a *major* meet, frequently producing world-leading marks. Kudos to both schools for continuing the tradition.
The demise of the dual meet, in favor of non-scoring qualifying meets, has mirrored the decline of track and field in the American public's sports consciousness. I can remember when Sports Illustrated used to have a track article nearly every week during the outdoor season--incredible!
OTOH, the early-start, early-finish college calendar did a lot to hasten the end of dual meets. (So did scholarship restrictions, but that wouldn't explain the dearth of dual meets at the Ivy and DIII levels.) With so few opportunities to qualify for championships, college coaches opted to focus on trying for qualifying marks and to coach limited event areas--and the end of dual meets means they can get away with it.
Until, of course, their fan-less, win-(and loss-)less programs get cut in budget crunches. "Why, oh why us?"
I can also remember when Penn was the *end* of the early-season relay meets; followed by a month (or close to it) of dual meets, and maybe the occasional invitational; followed by a month (or close) of championship-type meets.
The change in the colleges' calendars is why Penn is now as big (in terms of records) as it is: Penn is now at the beginning of championship season (some conf. championships are *before* Penn), and the college teams are finishing, not starting, their peaking process.
what Penn or Drake Relays wrote:
1:47 800M win for SC guy. Spirited meet; on tv here on west coast. First win for USC in years. (as a private, expensive school, they don't get near as many walk-ons that a State U. like UCLA does, which is alot of points in dual meets). USC is more quality; UCLA is more quanity.
Perhaps more importantly, USC lacks a cross country program and thus sucks in the distances. I don't think that UCLA is doing a great job in the distances, but at least they have a program.
The L.A. Times used to be well known for their outstanding coverage of track and field. This meet would have taken up a whole page 25 years ago. I could not find any article on the meet this year. shame on them.
It was in Sunday's paper on an odd-numbered page, at the bottom, about 4 inches times two columns....hard for me to find it. I remember in the 70s the meet would be on the first page, and depending on the marks it was sometimes the main headline. The Times' diminishing coverage mimics the lack of coverage for our sport overall.
In the southwest they run outdoors all year around, they don't have scortchingly humid summers nor freezing winters. Texas, Penn, Drake are spring thaw meets, coming out of the cold. In the southwest, springtime is not as dramatic event as it is elsewhere. USC/UCLA has no indoor track season, although some athletes do participate in NCAA indoor competitions. USC/UCLA are the two top schools in NCAA athletics, with Stanford following.
I have a feeling that there are more things going on in the world of sports today than 25 years ago.
mobile9 wrote:
I have a feeling that there are more things going on in the world of sports today than 25 years ago.
I think you're probably right! So that would also mean less coverage now, compared with 25 years ago, for football and basketball and baseball, right?
Oh, but wait--there's now *more* coverage of those activities. Hmmm...
Ah, those were the days when you had to show up very early to get into a sold out Drake Stadium to see the dual meet. Jim Bush was the man. James McAlister, their star running back, would compete in the long jump. Mike Powell was just a little upset with the long jump officials this weekend.
MORE HUMAN THAN HUMAN
kiko wrote:
UCLA jumps coach, Mike Powell was just a little upset with the long jump officials this weekend.
right, when a long jump was mis-measured. But then UCLA got those points back and more when the SC guy who won the I.M. hurdles in 50 flat got D'q'd for having his trail leg outside a couple of hurdles, too much. It was an exciting meet that came down to the last event, as it should; the 'mile relay'.
does anyone have the results, to post?
Where was Klech?
present wrote:
mobile9 wrote:I have a feeling that there are more things going on in the world of sports today than 25 years ago.
I think you're probably right! So that would also mean less coverage now, compared with 25 years ago, for football and basketball and baseball, right?
Oh, but wait--there's now *more* coverage of those activities. Hmmm...
Link?
Klech hangs out with Toby Keith, Alec Baldwin, and the San Deigo Navy SEALS in West Hollywood gay bars.
not needed...and klech hurt his quad last week so they kept him out of this one.