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Women's Steeple
a weekly newsletter by James Fields
1/31/00 Newsletter
by James Fields
HIGH SCHOOL RACES
E-mail messages about steeple races for high school girls have come to us recently from widespread places such as California, North Carolina, Oregon, Utah, and Washington. Our reply includes citing National HS Federation Rule 8.2 recognizing the steeple as a special event that can be included in high school meets. Now the updated schedule below includes such races for HS girls on March 18 and May 20. More are expected to follow.
CANADA & USA SCHEDULE
Below is our updated schedule of 34 track meets in Canada and the USA expected to offer a women's steeplechase during the year 2000. But Texas Relays steeple is for college and university; it's not open to postgraduate club and unattached runners. Most dates are Saturday; some are indicated otherwise. Race distance is 3000 meters unless marked 2k to indicate 2000 meters. The 24-hour clock is used, e.g. 1900 = 7 p.m.
MAR
4 Linfield Icebreaker - McMinnville, OR - Garry Killgore gkillgor@linfield.edu
18 West Valley Relays, High School 2k - Bill Campbell buflobil@pacbell.net
25 Stanford Invitational - Palo Alto, CA - Meet Director (650) 723-2736
25 Stockton Coll Inv 2k - Pomona, NJ - Wm Preston prestonw@stockton.edu
APR
7 Fri, 2035 - Texas Relays, Austin - Doug Wilson dwillie@mail.utexas.edu
8 Stockton Coll Invit 2k - Pomona, NJ - Wm Preston prestonw@stockton.edu
8 U. at Albany, NY (meet at1100) Kevin Williams kevinw@csc.albany.edu
14 Fri, Pomona Inv . Claremont,CA - Kirk Reynolds kreynolds@pomona.edu
14 Fri @ 2000, Mt. SAC - Walnut,CA - Archie Owens w_owens@pacbell.net
15 Eastern Oregon U Invit 2k - LaGrande - John Spatz jspatz@eou.edu
15 Linfield Open - McMinnville, OR - Garry Killgore gkillgor@linfield.edu
15 U. at Albany, NY (meet @1100) Kevin Williams kevinw@csc.albany.edu
21 Fri 1400 - Robison Inv. - Provo,UT - Kay Long Kay_Long@byu.edu
22 Spike Arlt Invit - Ellensburg. WA - Kevin Adkisson adkisson@cwu.edu
22 Kansas Relays, Lawrence KS - Tim Weaver (785) 864-7971 29 Linfield Open -
McMinnville, OR - Garry Killgore gkillgor@linfield.edu
MAY
4 Idaho State Twilight - Pocatello - Dave Nielsen nieldave@AD.isu.edu
5 Fri - Butler U. Twilight - Indianapolis, IN - Amy Tush atush@butler.edu
12 Fri 1700 - Univ. at Albany, NY - Kevin Williams kevinw@csc.albany.edu
20 High School Classic 2k - Charlotte, NC - Brad Herbster (704) 895-4010
20 FILA Distance Classic, USC-Los Angeles - Skip Stolley Sstolley@aol.com
21 Sun - Pacific Assn USATF - Sacramento - Mike Gipson (916) 278-6208.
JUNE
3 2k Ontario Masters Champs - York Univ, Toronto - contact TBA 10 Oregon USATF -
McMinnville, OR - Harry Simonis, 503-688-0998 email runjumpthrow@compuserve.com
10 Oly Trials Tuneup, CSU Long Beach, CA - Andy Sythe asythe@csulbedu
11 Indiana USATF, Terre Haute, AimeeDawson athdawso@scifac.indstate.edu
17 FILA Discovery - Calif. site TBA - contact Skip Stolley Sstolley@aol.com
JULY
1 Rocky Mountain Elite Open - Utah State Univ at Logan, Utah $5 entry fee -
contact Curtis Collier collier@cc.usu.edu
1 Hayward Classic 2k - Eugene, OR - Chuck Hammond, 541-687-9361 9 East Regional
USATF Open - New Haven, CT - steeple still unconfirmed
17 Mon 1900 - USATF Nationals/Olympic Trials - Sacramento, CA
19 Miami Valley TC Meet 2k (36-inch hurdles) - Cedarville, Ohio $3 entry fee ...
Contact Vince Peters mv_tc@erinet.com
29 East Region USATF Masters 2k - Springfield, MA usatfne@ix.netcom.com
AUG
11 Fri - USATF National Masters 2k - Eugene, OR ...contact NEM, PO Box 10825,
Eugene OR 97440 - Web info due in February
18 Fri 1030 - North American Veterans 2k - Kamloops, BC ... e-mail to masters2000@kamloops.com
Planning continues on more steeple races across the USA. Changes, when received, will appear throughout the season in this Steeple Report. When sending schedule updates, please include race time, entry fee, and contact person's e-mail address or phone number as shown above.
USA OLYMPIC TRIALS
Details and entry form had been available at http://www.sacsports.com/trials/entry.html but that website site is temporarily disabled. USATF is investigating the problem. We are still trying to determine who set the website entry standard for women's steeple at 10:38, a time achieved in a valid race by only four USA women last year, so we can discuss an appropriate adjustment before resuming publication of our weekly updated qualifiers list.
That website had said qualifying marks for entry into the trials must meet World Record conditions; that would include "doping control." We have since been advised by USATF Rules Chair Bob Hersh, "I can assure you that there has never been any intention that doping control be required in order for performances to be accepted as qualifying marks [for] the USATF Championships or Olympic Team Trials competition."
UPDATE
Last week's publication of "our all-time list of Best USA Performers in the women's 3000-meter steeplechase has brought a note that "Stacy" Brunton is actually "Staci" and that the team name "Reebok" should be "Reebok Aggies" for Brunton, Teressa DiPerna, Rae Henderson, and Monica Townsend when their times were run in 1996.
GLOBAL NEWS
Some steeple times are coming to us from Australian lists that use a fiscal year, 1 April 99 through 31 March 2000, reflecting the summer season there now. But without meet dates and cities we can't identify new marks to produce our year 2000 world list. We hope to sort this out for our next report. Stay tuned.
WINTER TRAINING TIP
A distinctive characteristic of good steepling is hurdling endurance to leap the 35 barriers in a 3000-meter steeple or even the 20 in a 2000m event. Developing such endurance can be hard for those who live in harsh winter regions. (Indoor track meets that include a steeplechase have been reported to us during recent years from only Russia and Eugene, Oregon.) So consider practicing with regular hurdles in an indoor gym even though they are placed much closer together than steeple barriers outdoors. Continuing clearances help develop specific muscular endurance.
ABOUT US
The Steeple Report has been distributed free via internet regularly since Spring 1996 as a volunteer service. Starting this season it is archived at the DyeStat website http://209.35.126.79/2kout/steeple/index.htm. We welcome information about and for girls and women steeplechasers -- including results, scheduled events, and training tips. Send messages, including additions or revisions for the mailing list, to
James E. Fields, Ph.D. Editor, Steeple Report paradocs@esper.com
