COVID-19 and our Track and Field Family

[polevaultpower]

I hate to be macabre but I don't want these to get lost in the larger threads.

Please post here any members of the global track and field family who have been public about fighting COVID-19, whether they are athletes, officials, coaches, etc.


Prince Albert of Monaco has been diagnosed with COVID-19, he has had many connections to our sport over the years, you can google to find a lot of articles about this.


W84 masters thrower Mary Roman is hospitalized with COVID-19, currently in stable condition, Rob D'Avellar has been relaying updates from her family: https://www.facebook.com/rob.davellar

[Conor Dary]

Excellent idea...

[polevaultpower]

Emma (Bates) Ulmer thinks she and her husband probably have it after recent travel to Spain, she has been tweeting about it @emmajbates

They tried to get tested but were unable to get a test.

[NotDutra5]

The Bates' need to get hired as an NFL coach to get their test.

[tandfman]

An unnamed member of the Weber State track team has tested positive for the virus. https://www.deseret.com/sports/2020/...e-for-covid-19

[polevaultpower]

Mary Roman has passed away 😥

[polevaultpower]

World Athletics reports that Santiago Llorente, "a Spanish cross country international in the 1970s and 1980s" has passed away from coronavirus.

[Trickstat]

World Athletics reports that Santiago Llorente, "a Spanish cross country international in the 1970s and 1980s" has passed away from coronavirus.

I found this on the European Athletics site:

https://www.european-athletics.org/n...age/index.html

[tandfman]

On home page now--Iran's Ehsan Hadadi, the silver medalist in the 2012 Olympic discus throw, has tested positive for the virus.

[jazzcyclist]

Track and field lost Orlando McDaniel to COVID-19 this morning. Not only was he an LSU 2-sport All-American, he was a great mentor and a great human being who will be missed by all of us who had the privilege of knowing him. R.I.P. Coach. 😥😥😥

[gm]

Track and field lost Orlando McDaniel to COVID-19 this morning. Not only was he an LSU 2-sport All-American, he was a great mentor and a great human being who will be missed by all of us who had the privilege of knowing him. R.I.P. Coach. 😥😥😥

I had no idea he was 59. Yikes.

[polevaultpower]

LSU also tweeted that letterwinner Pearson Jordan passed away (and a different tweet indicated it was from COVID-19). A quick google found that he was part of LSU's first national championship relay in 1979.

[polevaultpower]

Para athlete Michael Assefa has tested positive, the coughing is pretty bad for him, but he has been ok at home so far. Young healthy guy.

[gm]

LSU also tweeted that letterwinner Pearson Jordan passed away (and a different tweet indicated it was from COVID-19). A quick google found that he was part of LSU's first national championship relay in 1979.

At age 29? Wow, times have changed...

[26mi235]

At age 29? Wow, times have changed...

No, the relay was 1979, so he was born ~1957-1962 thus ~58-65