FO has burnt a lot of bridges in Australia and is in need of a change. He struggles in any competition he has done, he has been seen throwing tantrums at the track and is out right rude. He consistently runs HIGH mileage and is NOT undertrained at all. BANG.
Obviously an enemy or foe of Freddy's, because everything you just accused him of there is completely and utterly wrong. Who do you think you are putting the kid down like that through lies and behind the security of a keyboard? Grow up.
lose one, gain another wrote:
via twitter -
@FreddyOvett
I will be heading to The University of Oregon early next year. Very excited about the opportunity.
Does anyone know how old he is? I don't know much about him but his dad was pretty good!
Does this mean that he will be at Oregon this spring doing outdoor track? Or even indoor track?
Is Freddy Australian or British?
He was a very good runner
Born Brit, moved to Oz when he was around 8-10. So assuming he is a citizen of Oz now? So he's both really.
They do look very very similar
The Moscow Olympic finished in mid-August 1980. Yuri was born ten months later to a single mother (allegedly, anyone confirm/deny?)
3.59 wrote:
They do look very very similar
8 and a half months after 800 final
just coincidence i am sure
Untrue. Borza's father was a factory worker. This bio. from IAAF:
His mother Ekaterina worked at a factory, then became a street cleaner. She woke up at 4 or 5 o’clock in the morning each day and it was Yuriy, the elder son, who at 7.30am each morning had to accompany his younger brother to his kindergarten and then make his way to his own school. He also had to prepare the meals for his brother and sister, for his father who worked at a factory had absolutely no time for things like cooking. To say the least the family was far from being rich.
Freddy is only the third ever Aussie to run middle distances for Oregon. His predecessors are:
Jim Bailey: (1960s) the first man to break the 4 minute mile in the USA, NCAA mile champion, and Olympian.
Colin Dalton: (1990s)Sub 4 mile and 6th place finisher in NCAA 1500m.
Good luck to you Freddy. Do us Aussie's proud!
Not really true that Freddy is the "third ever Aussie to run middle distances for Oregon". Zoe Buckman was an excellent 800/1500 meter runner (2nd at NC's in 2010?) and represented Australia at the Commonwealth Games this year.
Going a little further back was Lisa Martin-Ondieki who ran at Oregon before going onto International Marathon fame.
Lisa Martin was a hurdler at Oregon (1980s) and went on to win Olympic silver in the marathon.
Don Wright (1980s) 110m hurdler for Oregon became an Olympian.
Gary Knoke (1960s) undefeated at 400m hurdles during entire collegiate career at Oregon became a 3 time Olympian (best place 4th in Tokyo).
Any other Aussies compete for Oregon?
Randal Markey - 3.39.98 for 4th at the 1976 NCAA outdoor championships was another Australian at UofO
NCAA 1500m result for Randal
NCAA 1500m result for Colin Dalton
NCAA results for Jim Bailey
Beat teammate Bill Dellinger for the mile title.
aussiemiler wrote:
Untrue. Borza's father was a factory worker. This bio. from
http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=2/newsId=27977.html
Indeed, the man who raised Borza and married his mother was a factory worker. However, the marriage was after Borza's birth and he is not his biological father.