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October 2015 Track and Field Writers of Contents America (Founded June 7, 1973) P. 2 President’s Message PRESIDENT P. 4 2016 TAFWA Awards Jack Pfeifer, 6129 N. P. 6 TAFWA Book Sale Lovely St., Portland, OR 97203. Office/home: 917- P. 7 Peter Walsh and the Inwood Community Group 579-5392. Email: P. 8 FloTrack Among Top 20 Media Companies in the USA [email protected] P. 9 World Women’s Athletic Lists Book Still Available VICE PRESIDENT P. 10 Kenyan Sprinters Fail Doping Test at Worlds Doug Binder. Email: [email protected]. P. 11 Phoebe Wright And The Science of Running Phone: 503-913-4191. P. 12 The Flying Carlewisimo TREASURER P. 15 USTFCCCA National High School Coaches Awards Tom Casacky, P.O. Box P. 17 Edward Cheserek 4288, Napa, CA 94558. Phone: 818-321-3234. P. 26 Ihab Abdelrahman El Sayed: The Pharaoh of Throwing Email: [email protected] P. 28 Eva Mantell’s Tribute in Art to Her Husband, Merrell Noden SECRETARY/ P. 30 Allie Ostrander Golden at 31st World Mountain AWARDS CHAIR Running Championships Don Kopriva, 5327 New- port Drive, Lisle IL 60532. P. 32 Noah Scherf. Extraordinary. Home: 630-960-3049. P. 34 Sandi Morris - Hey Lufthansa, We Want Our Poles Back!! Cell: 630-712-2710. Email: donkopriva777@ P. 35 Notre Dame Alums Gift for Construction of Track Stadium aol.com P. 37 Sarah Sumpter Loses to Cancer NEWSLETTER EDITOR P. 40 Mary Cain Leaves Portland, Enrolls at Fordham, Wins Bronx Kim Spir, University of Cross Country 5K Portland, 5000 N. Willamette Blvd., P. 41 Franklin Field Renovation Update Portland, OR 97203. P. 43 Worlds Ticket Prices Too High To Handle? Work: 503-943-7314. Email: kim.spir@gmail. P. 45 Vin Tries To Elevate The World Indoor Track & Field com Championships Above the Sport’s Problems FAST P. 47 Oiselle Partners With Yale University Athletics Dave Johnson. Email: P. 50 Marathoner Stephan Shay’s Tricked-Out Crib On Wheels [email protected] Phone: 215-898-6145. P. 53 Ron Hill P. 63 2016 Portland Worlds Indoor Track To Host Pre-Event Meets in WEBMASTER Michael McLaughlin. NW Warehouse Email: supamac@comcast. P. 64 Partial Fixtures List net. Phone: 815-529- 8454. Ash Creek Preserve, Monmouth, Ore. Site of the 2015 NCAA Division II XC West Regional President’s Message Eugene and the NCAA Championships We have brought up the problem of press parking in the vicinity of Hayward Field in recent issues, and Phil Pierce, who handles these championships for the NCAA and is a TAFWA member, graciously responded privately. Phil said that he is preparing a report on press matters for the championships and will do his best to address our concerns. Meantime, TAFWA has secured 12 parking spaces at the Lutheran church on 17th, across the street from campus, for the 2016 NCAA meet. These will be available exclusively to TAFWA members for $20 -- $5 a day – on a first-come, first-served basis. Further details to come. 2016 TAFWA Events We are planning four get-togethers for next year – • Thursday evening Feb. 18 – Winter Awards Banquet, Coogan’s Restaurant, 168th and Broadway, New York City. This is two days prior to the Millrose Games. • Sunday morning March 20 – Social event for members of TAFWA, FAST and ATFS in Portland, Ore., site of the World Indoor Championships. That is the final day of competition. This will be held at Cathedral Park Place, in North Portland. • Friday morning June 10 – Annual Awards Breakfast, Gerlinger Hall, Oregon campus • Olympic Trials, Eugene – Date not yet selected, TBA. Will be held at a private home near campus. Obituaries TAFWA feels obligated to report on the passing of our past members and others who work in our pro- fession, and we make every effort to do so. We do not feel it is our role to print the obituaries in our Newsletter of past competitors. While we ad- mire these people and respect their accomplishments, there are many such events every month. These are generally reported in other media. TAFWA Awards for 2015 The criteria and deadlines for all of our annual awards are again printed in this month’s Newsletter. Please note that some of the deadlines have been moved up by four months to Jan. 1. This is because we plan to give out some of our awards again next year in New York in February. This will be based in part on where the winner is geographically located, to facilitate their presence. We do not know at the present time which awards will be presented in New York and which in Eugene in June. 2016 FAST Annual Latest update is that we remain optimistic that next year’s book will be completed in February and available in time for the US and World Indoor Championships, both of which will be held in Portland, TAFWA Newsletter - Page 2 - October 2015 Ore. If you wish to be a compiler for this season, please contact Tom Casacky ASAP. Book Sales TAFWA has surplus copies of past FAST and ATFS Annuals along with other track and field publica- tions. It is time for us to clear out some of this backlog. A notice appears in this month’s Newsletter for certain titles available @ $5 each. If there is sufficient interest, additional years will be available in future months. These come from a supply in NYC. If there is no interest, they will be sold off. There are additional copies in Portland. These will be put on sale to the general public on Saturday, Dec. 5, at the annual Christmas Sale at Cathedral Park Place, 6635 N. Baltimore St. in St Johns Portland, Oregon. Unsold copies will also then be made available to members. TAFWA Newsletter - Page 3 - October 2015 2016 TAFWA Awards Recognizing excellence in track & field journalism, announcing, photography, film & video, blogging, broadcasting and books in 2015 as well as ongoing cooperation with the media General information: These awards will be presented in February 2016 in New York and June 2016 in Eugene for work in 2015 unless otherwise noted. Self-nominations are allowed. Please include nomi- nee’s name, address, e-mail address and phone. James O. Dunaway Memorial Award For excellence in track and field journalism, both in print and online Award Chair: Jack Pfeifer ([email protected]) Nomination Deadline: January 1 Sam Skinner Memorial Award For ongoing cooperation with the press Award Chair: Don Kopriva ([email protected]) Nomination Deadline: May 1 Note: Submit name of nominee and a brief narrative Announcing Awards For excellence in track and field announcing Scott Davis Memorial Award: presented to a current announcer Pinkie Sober Award: presented to a retired announcer or posthumously Award Chair: Dave Johnson ([email protected]) Nomination Deadline: January 1 Rich Clarkson Photography Award For excellence in track and field/cross country/running still photography Award Chair: Jack Pfeifer ([email protected]) Nomination Deadline: May 1 Note: Submit an electronic portfolio with a minimum of 10 photos and maximum of 20. Bud Greenspan Memorial Film & Video Award For excellence in track and field/running film & video production Award Chair: Nancy Beffa ([email protected]) Nomination Deadline: January 1 Note: This award will recognize outstanding achievement in film or video on track & field or running during 2015. Criteria: contact Nancy Beffa for details. •Submissions are judged based on innovation, impact and creativity; •Entries must have been released, televised or copyrighted in 2015; •Must be at least 25 minutes in length; TAFWA Newsletter - Page 4 -October 2015 •Submit 5 DVD copies of the film or a link to the work online. Adam Jacobs Blogging Award For excellence in online personal writing on track and field, cross country or running in 2015 Award Chair: Parker Morse ([email protected]) Nomination Deadline: May 1 Armory Foundation Book Award For the leading book published in 2015 on track and field, cross country or running Award Chair: Peter Walsh ([email protected]) Nomination Deadline: January 1 Note: Please submit three copies of the book for review to Peter Walsh, Coogan’s Restaurant, 4015 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10032 Cordner Nelson Memorial Award For a body of work writing about track & field and running. Award Chair: Peter Walsh ([email protected]) Nomination Deadline: January 1 H. D. Thoreau Award For excellence in track & field broadcasting Award Chair: Jack Pfeifer ([email protected]) Nomination Deadline: January 1 TAFWA Newsletter - Page 5 -October 2015 Book Sale The following Annuals are available first-come, first-served exclusively to TAFWA members. Price is $5 per book, $5 shipping & handling per order Indoor Track ATFS International 1978 1992 1990 1982 1993 1991 1984 1994 1995 1986 1995 1997 1990 2005 2000 1991 2012 FAST Annuals US Juniors 1986 1995 1983 1986 1987 1996 1984 1987 1989 1998 1985 1988 1993 1999 1996 1994 2012 US Dec/Hep 1988 US XC 1980 American Athletics Annual 1984 1989 Place orders by email only [email protected] Payment by check to Jack Pfeifer, 6129 N. Lovely St., Portland 97203, or by Paypal to [email protected] All proceeds to TAFWA. Additional titles will be available in ensuing months. TAFWA Newsletter - Page 6 - October 2015 Arlene Schulman Inwood Community Group UPTOWN LITERARY NEWS: Along with running the world famous Coogan’s on 168th Street in Washington Heights for the last 30 years, owner Peter Walsh, a terrific singer and playwright, amassed an important collection of Anglo- Irish Literature. His collection consists of an inscribed first edition copy of the W.B. Yeats first published work and one of 750 copies of the numbered, unsigned first edition of James Joyce’s Ulysses.