December 2019 Track and Field Contents Writers of P. 2 President’s Message America P. 3 2020 TAFWA Awards (Founded June 7, 1973) P. 4 Prefontaine’s Final Cross-Country Race P. 9 Chase Sutton Honored with Sports Photo of the Year PRESIDENT P. 9 New World Athletics Website Jack Pfeifer P. 10 The Ham-Handed, Money-Driven Mangling of Sports Illustrated and Deadspin 2199 NW Everett St. #601 P. 12 The Coach Behind Many of the World’s Greatest Runners Portland, Oregon 97210 Office/home: 917-579- P. 14 Teenager Latest Kenyan Runner to Fail Drugs Test 5392. Email: P. 14 Jamaica’s Sachin Dennis to Switch Allegiance? [email protected] P. 15 Beatrice Chepkoech: Diamond League Move Will Kill Careers P. 16 Empty Words and Echo Chambers Continue to Permeate the Olympic Movement SECRETARY- P. 17 IAAF Confirm Receipt of Missing Money from Nigeria TREASURER Tom Casacky P. 17 Track Briefs P.O. Box 4288 P. 18 I Was the Fastest Girl in America, Until I Joined Nike Napa, CA 94558 P. 19 Mary Cain Tells Her Story Phone: 818-321-3234 P. 20 2020 U.S. Olympic Trials Standards Email: [email protected] P. 21 2020 Olympic Games Standards FAST P. 22 2020 U.S. Olympic Trials Schedule - Revised Dave Johnson P. 23 IAAF Taking the Lead in Transgender Regulation, Working With Other IFs on Testosterone Email: Levels [email protected] P. 24 LED Dazzled at Doha Phone: 215-898-6145 P. 26 Is is Time for a Trade Union for Athletes? WEBMASTER P. 27 In Swipe at Russia, U.S. Says Countries Can’t be Allowed to ‘Steal’ Olympic Medals Michael McLaughlin P. 28 Canadian Runner Suggests Changes to Diamond League Broadcasts Could Save Events Email: P. 29 World Athletics Responds to DL Event Cut Protest [email protected] P. 30 Munich to Host Multi-Sport European Championships in 2022 Phone: 815-529-8454 P. 31 Runner Diego Estrada Knows the Weight of Joining Team USA NEWSLETTER EDITOR P. 32 Ancient Cup Given to 1st Marathon Victor Returned to Greece Shawn Price P. 33 Another of Alberto Salazar’s Runners Says He Ridiculed Her Body for Years Email: P. 35 Paris Mayor Warns IOC of Risks Attached to Airbnb Deal [email protected] P. 35 A New Series: The Continental Tour Phone: 979-661-0731 P. 36 French Steeplechaser Reportedly Fails Doping Test P. 36 Russian Track and Field President Resigns as Federation Faces Expulsion Threat P. 37 Oregon Seeks Artifacts P. 37 Tokyo Olympics: Japanese, English - But Where’s the French? P. 38 Russia Facing Possible Track and Field Expulsion Over Faked Medical Records P. 39 Muhammad and Kipchoge Named World Athletes of the Year P. 40 Mary Cain Still Calling on Nike to Hold Third-Party Probe Into Disbanded Oregon Project P. 42 USADA Chief Calls for Complete Ban of Russian Athletes from Olympics P. 43 Giving Thanks to Maximilian F. Ihmsen for Los Angeles’s Olympic History P. 45 Shore AC Anniversary Party • Elliott Denman’s 85th Birthday Party P. 46 Oregon Gov. Kate Brown Will Need Help from Legislature to Fund World Championships P. 47 USATF Announces Olympic Games Toyko 2020 Coaching Staff P. 48 Partial Fixtures List President’s Message - December 2019 A new decade Another Olympic season is upon us. The Tokyo Games are seven months away, the Eugene Olympic Trials six. This will be the fourth consecutive time the Trials have been held in Eugene, dating back to 2012 – though they were supposed to be in California, until Mt. SAC dropped the ball on its new stadium. Nevertheless, the Trials will be in a new stadium after all, the completely rebuilt Hayward Field, set to open 100 years after the original was built. The first meet scheduled for the new stadium is the Pac- 12 Championships May 16-17. A number of questions have come up regarding the new press setup. TAFWA has reached out to the University, and we expect to have information on the subject for the January Newsletter. Stay tuned. 2020 Dues It is time to pay your Dues for 2020, $30 to Treasurer Tom Casacky, by check or Paypal. Awards Nominations for our 2020 Awards can be made now through May 1. The exceptions to this are Film & Video and Books, which must be nominated sooner to give the respective selectors, Nancy Beffa and Peter Walsh, time to review all the submissions. Next year’s awards will be presented during the Olympic Trials in Eugene. No TAFWA event is sched- uled for the 2020 NCAA in Austin. Mary Cain Once the country’s young running sensation, she has returned to the limelight with her outspoken comments on her treatment at the hands of her sponsor, Nike, and her coach, Alberto Salazar. There is more on Cain in this issue, including her gutsy insistence that Nike not be allowed to investigate itself. Russia It doesn’t get any better with them. The internal manipulations of their drug history continue. Some corners want them out of the Olympic Movement entirely, all sports, no Autonomous athletes. You won’t get an argument from this corner. The country’s entire culture of deceit has to be overturned. Meantime, a teenager became the 43rd Kenyan runner to be caught for drugs … this year. HIGH SCHOOL TRACK 1940 Jack Shepard, boys HS editor for Track & Field News and editor/publisher of the High School Track series (since 1980), along with Bob Jarvis, FAST Award winning statistician, have spent decades gathering data to con- tinue High School Track back into the pre-1950s. The first of this historic series covers the year 1940. The booklet contains 30-deep yearly lists, with meet/site/date, along with the then HS records and 10-deep all-time lists. [26 8½” x 11” pages] Send a check or money order for $20, made payable to Jack Shepard, 14551 Southfield Dr., West- minster, CA 92683. Postage is included in the price for North America. Add $2 for foreign postage. TAFWA Membership Dues for 2020 TAFWA dues for 2020 will remain at $30, and will buy you a series of excellent newsletters, the 2020 FAST Annual, and privileged entry to special TAFWA social events at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene (our yearly breakfast with athletes and coaches). Don’t miss out! You can send a check, payable to TAFWA, to PO Box 4288, Napa, CA 94558, or use PayPal, to the ad- dress [email protected]. TAFWA Newsletter - Page 2 - December 2019 2020 TAFWA Awards Recognizing excellence in track & field journalism, announcing, photography, film & video, websites, broadcasting, writing, and cooperation with the press. Presentation TAFWA’s 2020 awards will be presented June 26, 2020, in Eugene, Ore., during the Olympic Trials. Self- nominations are allowed. Include the nominee’s name and contact information. James O. Dunaway Memorial Award For excellence in track and field journalism, in print or online, during 2019 Award Chair: Jack Pfeifer ([email protected]) Nomination Deadline: May 1 Sam Skinner Memorial Award For ongoing cooperation with the press Award Chair: Walt Murphy ([email protected]) Nomination Deadline: May 1 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: May 1 Photography Awards For excellence in track and field photography Rich Clarkson Award presented to a current photographer Award Chair: Kim Spir ([email protected]) Nomination Deadline: May 1 Note: Submit an electronic portfolio Manning Solon Award For a career of excellence in track and field photography Award Chair: Steve Sutton ([email protected]) Nomination Deadline: May 1 Bud Greenspan Memorial Film & Video Award For excellence in track and field/running film & video production Award Chair: Nancy Beffa ([email protected]) Nomination Deadline: March 1 Note: This award will recognize outstanding achievement in film or video on track and field or running during 2019 Criteria: Contact Nancy Beffa for details • Submissions will be judged on innovation, impact and content • Entries must have been released, televised or copyrighted in 2019 • Must be at least 25 minutes in length • Please submit 2 DVD copies of the film or a link to the work online Adam Jacobs Memorial Award for Online Excellence For excellence in online personal writing on track and field, cross country or running in 2019 Award Chair: Paul Merca ([email protected]) Nomination Deadline: May 1 Coogan’s Track & Field Book Award For the leading book published in 2019 on track & field, cross country or running Award Chair: Peter Walsh ([email protected]) Nomination Deadline: February 1 Note: Please submit three copies of the book for review to Peter Walsh, Coogan’s Restaurant, 4015 Broadway, New York, NY 10032 Cordner Nelson Memorial Award For a body of work writing about track & field and running Award Chair: Jack Pfeifer ([email protected]) Nomination Deadline: May 1 H. D. Thoreau Broadcasting Award For excellence in track & field broadcasting Award Chair: Jack Pfeifer ([email protected]) Nomination Deadline: May 1 TAFWA Newsletter - Page 3 - December 2019 Prefontaine’s Final Cross-Country Race By Andrew Boyd Hutchinson | https://medium.com/@Real_XC/prefontaines-final-cross-country-race-2a3c0051f962 The date was September 28, 1974, a typical, sunny, late-summer course was used just once. Saturday in Eugene, Oregon — where local talent converged on “We never used the course to race on again. Sometimes we Lane Community College for a special one-off European-style would train on it.