Avante
06-24-2012, 11:22 AM
Never have been a fan of that method of picking a USA team. The thing is to send our best team not who was best in "one" track meet. What if it's the bad time of month for one of the lady athletes (not trying to be cute/funny) What if someone has a family tragedy the day before the meet? They are simply sick?
Yes if there is some question about level of fitness like the Tyson Gay situation, they would be looked at carefully. We would still have our National Championships and those results would factor in just not be the all everything as they are now.
In 1935 Eulace Peacock won the 100 at out Nationals. He beat Jesse Owens. He actually beat Owens 7 of 10 times in the 100. He also beat Owens in his pet event the long jump. In 1936 an Olympic year Peacock was injured at the Penn relays and missed the trials.
Jesse Owens wins four gold medals in Berlin and becomes a legend, who here has ever heard of Eulace Peacock? If he'd been there it's very realistic to think he might have won the 100, he would have ran on that gold medal 4x1,and just maybe he wins the long jump, he doesn't beat Owens in the 200.
Then there's Jim Golliday.....
Yes if there is some question about level of fitness like the Tyson Gay situation, they would be looked at carefully. We would still have our National Championships and those results would factor in just not be the all everything as they are now.
In 1935 Eulace Peacock won the 100 at out Nationals. He beat Jesse Owens. He actually beat Owens 7 of 10 times in the 100. He also beat Owens in his pet event the long jump. In 1936 an Olympic year Peacock was injured at the Penn relays and missed the trials.
Jesse Owens wins four gold medals in Berlin and becomes a legend, who here has ever heard of Eulace Peacock? If he'd been there it's very realistic to think he might have won the 100, he would have ran on that gold medal 4x1,and just maybe he wins the long jump, he doesn't beat Owens in the 200.
Then there's Jim Golliday.....