THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 10, 2000
SPORTS
3B
TRACK & FIELD
Despite struggles, team places in East Coast competition
BY JASON BAKER
jbaker@kansan.com
weekend."
Coach Stanley Redwine tries to find the good in any situation. Despite the majority of the Kansas track and field team struggling at the New Balance Invitational in New York City, he's proud of some of the performances and how they will help in the future.
"People are starting to perform better," Redwine said. "Week by week they're getting better, so we're looking forward to the next
During the two day trip, the team had some highlights in the distance races.
Sophomore
A m a n d a
Miller took
third place in
the women's
3,000-meter
run with
a time of
9 minutes.
Miller
53. 31 seconds, Junior Bret Inglorm and senior Patrick McGwain also
placed 11th and 13th respectively in the men's one-mile run. Imgmrd finished with a time of 4:15.86, and McGowan finished in 4:15.90.
But things didn't go as hoped for senior Victoria Howard, who placed 22nd in the 200-meter dash and missed the cut for the finals for the second straight year.
"It wasn't a performance that I was happy about, but I could build off of it for the next meet and for conference," Howard said.
Howard was happy with her performance in the 4x400 relay, helping her team win its heat and place ninth overall. Howard ran as anchor with a time of 56.30 seconds for the
team. She was filling in for fellow senior S h a' r A y Butler who had to attend to family matters.
In the field events, junior
Jordan Scott was not able to match his best jump of 5.50 meters (18
Howard
feet) and took second place with 5.30 meters (17 feet 4 inches) in the men's pole vault championship.
"It's dis-
appointing,
but you can't
always have a
good day," he said.
Scott said it was great that they invited French pole
vaulter Renaud Lavillenite to compete at the event. Lavillenite took
Scott
first place jumping 5.70 meters (18 feet 8 inches).
Redwine said that this weekend was a learning experience.
"I think the athletes learned an awful lot and sometimes racing on the East Coast is a little bit more different than racing in the Midwest," he said. "They're a little bit more aggressive on the track and our athletes take what they learned and take it to the next meet and make themselves better."
- Edited by Susan Melgren
OLYMPICS
Report contains blistering critique of USA track & field
ASSOCIATED PRESS
They asked for a candid review of their problems and they got it
- 69 pages of unflattering details, uncomfortable advice and a laundry list of possible solutions for the U.S. track team.
A task force commissioned by USA Track and Field released its report Monday, lashing out at the American relay system, recommending streamlining Olympic trials and calling for a more stringent policy for dopers who want to be reinstated.
The report came in the wake of a disappointing showing at the Beijing Olympics. Americans led all countries with 23 track and field medals but their seven golds were the lowest total since the 1997 world championships.
The task force is called "Project 30," a nod to the goal of winning 30 medals at the 2012 London Olympics.
United States' Torri Edwards, right, and Lauryn Williams drop the baton during a relay race at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. A task force lashed out at the relay system, calling for across-the-board changes.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
"We're headed toward having single digits in the next few Olympics if we don't make the changes," said Carl Lewis, one of the nine members of the task force.
The panel decried an overall "lack of accountability, professionalism and cohesion" among staff, coaches and athletes. The group suggested athletes focus more on winning Olympic medals, acting like professionals and possibly creating a union, and less on things
such as appearance fees and access to TVs in the Olympic village.
To spearhead the changes, the task force called for the hiring of a general manager to oversee all aspects of USATE
Chief executive
Doug Logan said he would decide how to respond to the panels 10 key recommendations by the time of the next USATF board meeting in March.
"This report has and will produce a significant amount of discomfort and the change that comes with it will produce a significant amount of discomfort," Logan said.
"But it's the only way the institution can change and get better."
The task force covered the doping issue even though it wasn't asked to, saying it was the single most important issue in the sport.
It called for current anti-doping standards to be augmented by the USATF, saying cheaters should be reinstated only if they provide depositions under oath "detailed what went into their decision to cheat, how they obtained and used
"We're headed toward having single digits in the next few Olympics if we don't make the changes."
CARL LEWIS Member of task force
their drugs, and who contributed to their cheating."
The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency said it was pleased to see the task force take such a strong stance but noted that some of the recommendations now in the
anti-doping program.
"Of course, we look forward to assisting the USATF Task Force in developing specific programs that they believe will address and improve their unique sport issues," USADA spokeswoman Erin Hannan said.
Officials at the U.S. Olympic Committee applauded the report.
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