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July 2019 Track and Field Contents Writers of P. 2 President’s Message America P. 3 2019 TAFWA Awards (Founded June 7, 1973) P. 4 Thank You Letter from Tony Duffy P. 5 USATF Media Accreditation PRESIDENT Jack Pfeifer P. 6 Shore Athletics Club 85th Anniversary Reunion 2199 NW Everett St. #601 P. 6 NCAA Says California Schools Could be Banned from Championships if Bill isn’t Dropped Portland, Oregon 97210 P. 7 Austin Meek: Where’s the Buzz for Oregon21? Office/home: 917-579- 5392. Email: P. 8 Happy Birthday to the International Olympic Committee - 125 Today [email protected] P. 10 Former Marathon World Record Holder Dale Greig Dies P. 11 Significant Changes to Olympic Bid Process Approved by IOC Session SECRETARY- TREASURER P. 12 IAAF Submits Response to Swiss Federal Tribunal Tom Casacky P. 12 Adidas 3-Stripes Logo Doesn’t Deserve Trademark Protection, EU Court Rules P.O. Box 4288 P. 13 Hilton Eugene Rebrand Underway Napa, CA 94558 Phone: 818-321-3234 P. 14 Female Athletes File Federal Discrimination Complaint Over Transgender Competition Email: [email protected] P. 14 Thirty-three Russians Face New Doping Allegations FAST P. 15 Rosalie Fish Ran for a Cause Greater Than Herself at State Dave Johnson P. 17 Track Body IAAF to Rebrand as World Athletics Email: P. 17 Stanford Men, Oregon Women Named NCAA DI Programs of the Year [email protected] Phone: 215-898-6145 P. 17 USOC Seeks Pregnant-Athlete Insurance Reform P. 17 Transgender Woman Who Last Year Competed as a Man Wins NCAA Track Championship WEBMASTER P. 18 Withering Heights Michael McLaughlin Email: P. 20 Can Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Live up to Legacy of 1964, When Japan Last Hosted? [email protected] P. 22 Talitha Diggs Has Found Her Lane Phone: 815-529-8454 P. 23 Rule 40 Guidelines to be Sent to NOCs as IOC Claims Balance Reached Between Athletes NEWSLETTER EDITOR and Commercial Rights Shawn Price P. 24 When the New Hayward Field Finally Opens for Business, Will Eugene Still be Track Town? Email: P. 25 Scramble for Olympic Tickets in Japan; Rest of World Waits [email protected] Phone: 979-661-0731 P. 26 History and Secrets at a Place Few Know Exists - Inside the Olympic Studies Centre P. 27 Fans Beware: Posting Olympic Videos to Social Networking Service Will be Banned P. 28 Six Pennies Richer P. 30 USA Track & Field’s Pan Am Debacle Gets Ever Weirder: An Arbitrator Has Apparantly Ruled Against USATF, but Only in Certain Events P. 31 Kenya’s Rio Olympics Team Manager Gets 10-Year Ban P. 32 Allyson Felix: My Own Nike Pregnancy Story P. 33 First World Record for 2020 Virgin Money London Marathon P. 34 French Prosecutors Lay Out Allegations Against Former IAAF Chief Diack P. 35 The Match Europe v USA Minsk 2019 Website is Now Live P. 36 Whither Jamaica’s Track & Field ... P. 38 2019 TAFWA Awards - Austin P. 45 Partial Fixtures List President’s Message - July 2019 The NCAA Championships TAFWA’s annual Awards Breakfast was held at the NCAA again this year, on the Friday morning of the championships. A private organization affiliated with the host school, the University of Texas Club, was gracious enough to cohost the event at its quarters in Memorial Stadium, across the street from the track stadium. This meant the event was conveniently located and affordably priced for us. We are appreciative to the Club for its support. A complete rundown of this year’s recipients, along with a photo display by member Kim Spir, appears elsewhere in this issue. There were some issues involving the working conditions for the press in Austin this year. Rather than going into gory detail, I’ll try to be brief: Credential Pickup The timing for pickup was inconvenient for many members of the press, and you had to pay to park in order to pick up … your parking pass Press box The Mike Myers Stadium press box – an excellent setup with two levels, multiple work rooms, air condition- ing, a good view of the finish line, and restrooms -- was closed to the press. Instead, it was used sporadically by the meet Games Committee. By Day 2, someone had handwritten a sign in capital letters that said NO MEDIA ALLOWED! – yes, with an exclamation mark – and taped it to the door to the Press Box. This was to block use of the restroom. On most of the four days, it was either raining or 98 degrees. It’s hard to do your job in such conditions when you have to work outside. Interviews One more issue. With the exception of the postrace Mixed Zone and the premeet staged Press Conference, there is lim- ited access to athletes. Such access is tightly controlled. Want better coverage? Let your athletes speak to the press. There are good stories that go to waste because the schools prevent most interviews. (By the way, enough of some of the younger members of the working press asking juvenile questions such as, “What is your favorite snack food? What is your favorite song? What do you like to wear when you go out?” This is not high school.) Hayward Field Our latest information here at the Home Office in Oregon is that construction is going well. The target completion date is May 1, 2020, and the first meet is now expected to be next spring’s Pac-12 Championships. (The multis would be a week earlier in Corvallis.) The rest of the spring schedule would be the Oregon State HS Championships, the Prefontaine Classic and the Olympic Trials. Some ticket sales for the Trials have already begun. Official stadium capacity will be 12,500, with temporary seating doubling that for the Trials and for the 2021 World Championships. Eugene Hilton You will not, however, be staying at the Eugene Hilton for any of those meets. As reported in this Newsletter, that hotel has been sold and is no longer a Hilton property. You won’t get a sad farewell from these quarters. A few years ago, that hotel canceled an agreement it had made with TAFWA with no notice and moved us to a windowless room on the first floor for our annual get-together. A followup letter received no apology or response. Good riddance. History of the Michigan HS State Meet 1895-2018 Just released by the longtime TAFWA member Jeff Hollobaugh and his collaborator, Jim Moyes: Decades in the making, this is the authoritative history of Michigan’s high school state finals in outdoor track & field, a meet that traces its origins to 1895. The- ac tion, the records, the stories, the fascinating athletes and coaches--it’s all here. Each year includes a write-up of the highlights and stars who broke records. There are also over 20 feature articles on many of the legends of Michigan track: Eddie Tolan, Eu- gene Beatty, Bill Watson, Lorenzo Wright, Rex Cawley, Hayes Jones, etc. Also included is a complete listing of every state champion individual ever, even the individuals on winning relays--a total of 24,000+ names! It can be ordered directly for $24.99 + $5 shipping: Jeff Hollobaugh, 3130 Kensington, Dexter MI 48130. TAFWA Newsletter - Page 2 - July 2019 2019 TAFWA Awards Cordner Nelson Memorial Award for a body of work writing about track & field, to Sheldon Mickles, Baton Rouge, La. James O. Dunaway Memorial Award for excellence in track & field journalism, to David Hunter, of Silver Lake, Ohio Sam Skinner Award for exemplary cooperation with track & field journalists, to Leroy Burrell, University of Houston Adam Jacobs Memorial Award for online excellence, to Letsrun.com, Robert and Weldon Johnson Pinkie Sober Award for past excellence in track & field announcing, to Stan Saplin, New York City Scott Davis Award for excellence in track & field announcing, to Kevin Saylors, Seattle, Wash. Manning Solon Award for a career of excellence in track & field photography, to Tony Duffy, Los Angeles Rich Clarkson Award for excellence in track & field photography, to Pat Holleran, Eugene, Ore. Don Potts FAST Award for statistical excellence, to Larry Story, Fort Worth, Texas, past editor of Texas Track & Field News Bud Greenspan Memorial Award for excellence in film and video, to “Running for Good: The Fiona Oakes Documentary,” producer/ director Keegan Kuhn, of Sedona, Ariz. Armory Foundation Book Award, to “The Wizard of Foz: Dick Fosbury’s One-Man High Jump Revolution,” by Bob Welch, of Eu- gene, Ore., with Dick Fosbury H. D. Thoreau Broadcasting Award, to Lewis Johnson, Dallas In several instances, the recipients will be recognized in person and receive their plaques at the next TAFWA Awards Ceremony, in Eugene, Ore., June 26, 2020 2018 FAST AWARD TO BILL PECK TAFWA is pleased to announce that Bill Peck is the winner of the FAST Award for 2018. We waited to announce this formally until we were able to locate Bill and present the award to him in person. Member Jack Shepard drove from his home in Los Angeles to Hemet, Calif., where Bill now resides, to make the presentation. (See photo.) An excellent runner in his own right, Peck began statistical compiling on his own in the early 1960s, probably while he was still an undergraduate at Occidental College in Los An- geles. He worked with data from early NCAA, AAU and Spalding guides at the beginning, and later prepared age-group lists for Starting Line magazine. In recent years he collaborated with Tom Casacky on the History of the California State Meet 1915 to 2006, a project he contin- ues to work on.