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[El Toro]

Yeah, there's nowhere obvious to build a brand spanking new AFL stadium where the track gets ripped up straight away. They've already got enough new large...

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I think that's generally the right view to take but I'd put his final time as "6.xx - fast", rather than use 6.45 given the video evidence....

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Michael Faraday to the rescue!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faraday_cage

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Yeah, he is very unlikely to get back inside 3 years unless he does some comprehensive grovelling. The only "unless" is if tennis threatens...

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Paul Narracott, the last Australian to make a WC 100m final and Australia's first summer/winter Olympian has an accomplished niece.

Jaclyn...

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Some notable athletes on the AUS all-time list have reached decadal anniversaries this month. Links to Paul Jenes et al excellent career snapshots for...

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Alec Diamond took some time out his Bobsleigh competition schedule to start in the combined ACT and ANSW Decathlon Championships.

Unfortunatley,...

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Alec Diamond had a disastrous first day with a DNF in the 400m. He is currently continuing with the second day and needs 484 points to catch up to leader...

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Tori West won the ACT Hep with 5582, over 1200 points ahead of a very modest field. This is a reasonable season opener, considering she did not score...

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Edit to add: Ahh, V-e snuck in just before me.

Mia Gross runs well but missed out on a 100 PB from too much wind. Her official bests are...

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Alex Harmann only ran the 100 and finished 5th, 3/1000 behind our regular MAS competitor. The wind was non-legal 2.2.

Fejiro Omuvwie (PB...

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There's some more interesting stuff related to the 1956 event or rather events.

The Australian association initially tried to have lifesaving...

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Patrick Tiernan seems to be moving on from the Oregon Track Club, no reason given.

His Insta post: https://www.instagram.com/p/CYsPoM3L7...

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Stewart McSweyn talks about his training on the Australian podcast, Inside Running: https://insiderunningpodcast.podbean...y-mcsweyn-gues...

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Missed the Burnie Gift on 31 December.

Notable was Stewart McSweyn running a 4:00.41 off scratch in the mile, the fastest ever scratch time...

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As far as I know, the southern hemisphere nations RSA, NZL and AUS do the straight sprint over 90m but it's not really a thing in the northern hemisphere,...

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There seems to be an endless supply of crossover sprinters and a lot of work required to document it. The obvious solution is for AS to contact former...

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Elly Hutton did run some beach sprints but did not seem to win: https://results.sls.com.au/person/124390/elly-hutton

There's also another...

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If we go back in time on the beach sprint crossover, we can see that John "Jack" Hodgkinson competed in the 1921-22 National championships in...

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Somehow that title feels more excremental than worshipful Hinduish but I shall graciously accept. It's an interesting if rather arcane subject....