There seem to be a bunch of games divided by continent. European games, Australian Games, African Games. So how about the North American games, where are they?
There seem to be a bunch of games divided by continent. European games, Australian Games, African Games. So how about the North American games, where are they?
go for it! all that's lacking is someone to put it on!
NACAC perhaps ? Pan Am Games ?
Yep, we should do that. We could call it the Pan Am Games.
USATF should have been held this week while European, African Champs, etc were going on.
You had guys sitting out USATF this year getting ready for Pre and other events.
Maybe now would have been better participation while everyone else is having a big meet to run.
I know about the Pan Am games, that also includes South America.
Australia Games - Continent
Africa Games - Continent
Europe Games - Continent
Pan Am Games - Multiple continents
Why should we include South America. Make the North American games more exclusive.
stuck with match.com wrote:
I know about the Pan Am games, that also includes South America.
Australia Games - Continent
Africa Games - Continent
Europe Games - Continent
Pan Am Games - Multiple continents
Why should we include South America. Make the North American games more exclusive.
Canada would win medals in men's 800m (reed) and women's 100mH (lopes-schlieps) and maybe men's shot (dylan armstrong) but unlikely in many other disciplines. I doubt Mexico or any other central American teams would do much. Why not just make a USA vs Jamaica duel meet?
stuck with match.com wrote:
I know about the Pan Am games, that also includes South America.
Australia Games - Continent
Africa Games - Continent
Europe Games - Continent
Pan Am Games - Multiple continents
Why should we include South America. Make the North American games more exclusive.
Um, yeah, that would be a real exciting meet between Canada, the US, and Mexico. At least Pan Am makes it a little more interesting than that.
There are 5 Areas within the IAAF which are used for records and for championships. You have seen someone's time listed with (AR) next to it in iaaf results? That means Area Record (not American Record which most people think.) National Records are denoted as (NR). Each Area has a championship:
European Champs
African Champs
Asian Champs
Oceania Champs (which includes Aussies)
NACAC Championships - North America, Central America, and Carribbean . The NACAC Jr champs just took place about a month ago in Florida. I don't know when the Sr. Champs are/were.
And there is a South American Area, but don't know much about how active their championship series is.
The PanAm games are not affiliated with the iaaf, although the track and field portion follows iaaf rules and regulations. This is both North and South America, as well as Carribbean I think.
A North American Champs would be pretty dumb, actually, as only 3 nations would be competing. That's why we have NACAC.
When I said North America I didn't mean Canada, US Mexico. I meant the actual offical continent which is all of these guys
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_North_American_countries
Again. That's called the NACAC Championships. They hold XC champs, U23 champs (which is actually the one that recently happened where Charles Jock ran 1:45 to win the 800), and Senior Champs.
Noth, Central and Caribbean Sept 3-5
well you have to be 35 or over but those are the best meets anyway.
The other countries use Euros, Africans, etc. to dodge Los Angeles metro area athletes. In Los Angeles, the undisputed Track & Field Capitol World (with the IAAF Outdoor medals and Summer Olympics medals to prove it) we don't have time for minor playoff type meets. There should be a IAAF Outdoor Worlds in 2010 and every non-Oly year.
Because there wouldn't be enough countries to make it worthwhile. Also, not everyone includes North and South America as separate continents. There are 4 to 7 continents depending on how you divide them up:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continent
It's really pretty arbitrary geographical measure.
Besides the PanAm Games have had a hard enough time financially and games with only the US, Canada, and Mexico (+ Central America? + the Caribbean?) would be even less viable. Besides, it wouldn't be much different than the USATF championships in a lot of events.
Because America would absolutely dominate everything. It would pretty much be the USA chapmionships, round #2. Noone wants to see that again.
stuck with match.com wrote:
There seem to be a bunch of games divided by continent. European games, Australian Games, African Games. So how about the North American games, where are they?
The North American Games are called the USA Championships. It has been held every year for a long time. Can't believe you missed this. It was in Iowa I believe this year.
Hey Big Brain!
NACAC Championships - North America, Central America, and Carribbean
The big names do not run, but this is the Area Championship per the IAAF!
stuck with match.com wrote:
There seem to be a bunch of games divided by continent. European games, Australian Games, African Games. So how about the North American games, where are they?
Cause it'd be OTC vs Simon Bairu
We have the Olys and IAAF WCs that's why. The USA is the #1 track team in the world. Residents of the County of Los Angeles brought back 9 medals alone from Berlin 2009. That's NINE MEDALS from one county (not state, not country) !
Many people in Europe consider the Americas to be on continent. Because they are connected. For some reason they refuse to carry this logic over to Europe and Asia. I find it distressing.