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| Carolinas Track & Field Club e-News 4/7/2008 Bill Gramley and Jim Russ Win Gold at USATF Indoor Masters
Championships in CT&FC
members Bill Gramley (M70) and Jim Russ (M50) won
gold medals at the USATF 2008 Indoor Masters Track & Field Championships
held in Boston March 28-30. Bill won double gold in the weight throw
(14.33m) and the superweight throw (8.60m). Jim
won the indoor pentathlon (3704 pts) and also placed second in the pole vault
(3.60m) and fourth in the 60 meter hurdles. Also placing for CT&FC were Wayne Fisher (M50) fifth in the 60m dash, and Gregg Swindlehurst (M50) sixth in the 60m dash and sixth in the
400m. CT&FC placed in a tie for 26th place out of 87 clubs
with 37 points. Next year the indoor championships will be held in
Landover MD. CT&FC to
Host 7th Annual PLEASE SEND IN
YOUR REGISTRATION FORMS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE – THE DEADLINE IS APRIL 16 The Carolinas
Track &Field Club, along with the Charlotte Department of Parks and
Recreation, will host the 7th Annual Carolinas Masters Invitational
on April 19, 2008 at the Irwin Belk Track facility at the Johnson C. Smith
University in Charlotte North Carolina. This meet is open to USATF
members age 30 and older, will be sanctioned by USATF, and will include FAT
timing. Medals will be awarded in each age division for all events.
There is no cost for 2008 CFT&FC members, and the cost for non-members is
$20. The meet registration form (attached below) has also
been be posted on
the CT&FC website. Anthony James will be the meet director. The
meet has been advertised
on the USATF and Masters Track websites, in the
National Masters News, in the Charlotte Observer, and in the Senior Games
mailings. Your assistance is spreading
the word and inviting your masters track and field
friends to our meet is needed. We regret that the JCSU venue cannot accommodate
the hammer throw event as has been requested by some members. For those of you
that are not competing in the meet, the Club really needs you to volunteer at
the meet. All you need to do is show up at 9:00 at the JCSU track on
April 19. We need
volunteers for running and scoring the field events, for posting results, for
handing out medals, for answering questions, to help the meet director, etc. April 19th meet registration form USATF and
CT&FC Membership Dues for 2008 The Board of
Directors has set the Club membership dues for 2008 at $20 per family.
Membership is restricted to age 21 or older and resident in the U. S.
Note that the cost of joining the Club offsets the cost of participating in the
April 19 2008 meet at JCSU. Checks made out to CT&FC can be mailed to
Ken Bender at Club
Membership The CT&FC
membership at this time consists of 41 athletes that have paid their 2008
membership dues, and 12 2007 members that have not yet paid for 2008. New
members can join through the Club website www.carolinastrackandfield.org. If you are receiving
these e-mails and do not plan to re-join CT&FC in 2008, please let us know
and we will take you off the membership and e-mail distribution lists. 2008 Schedule There are no
changes to the schedule this week. April
11-12 USATF (Registration cutoff date is April 8 / www.millenmilers.com) April
12 Throwers Meet
( (Contact is Bill Gramley (sangram@triad.rr.com)) April
19 (Registration
cutoff date is April 16) April
24-26 Penn Relays ( May 2-3 USATF NC Association
Masters Outdoor T&F Championships ( (Registration
cutoff date is April 18 / www.geocities.com/southeasternmasters/EntryForm.pdf) May
17&18 USATF Southeast Region Masters
Championship ( May 24
SC Open and Masters Track Classic ( May 24
Throwers Meet ( (Contact is Bill Gramley (sangram@triad.rr.com)) June
7&8 June
22-27 Volunteer at UNCC for Youth Nationals ( June 28 USATF SC Open and
Masters Track and Field Championships ( July 12 Throwers Meet ( (Contact is Bill Gramley (sangram@triad.rr.com)) July 19 USATF East Region
Outdoor Masters T&F Championships ( August
2 Throwers Meet
( (Contact is Bill Gramley (sangram@triad.rr.com)) August
7-10 USATF Outdoor Masters Championship ( August
28-31 North American (NCCWMA) Track & Field Championships
( USATF NC
Association Masters Outdoor T&F Championships - Raleigh May 2&3 This meet is an
excellent meet that has been held in Age-Graded
Calculator The following
link is a quick way to determine age-graded performance ( http://jick.net/~jess/track/mtf/AGT.php). Age-graded performance is used to determine
equivalent performance in the 20-30 age bracket, and
also as a percentage number. Percentages above 90% are generally
considered to be world class, and above 80% are national
class. With age your performance will naturally decrease, but
corrected for age your performance may actually be improving! Practice
Schedule The regular Club
practice schedule is 9:00-11:00 Saturday at the UNCC track. Several
members are also practicing at UNCC on some weekday evenings from
4:30-7:00. Come join us! Club Website The Club website
is www.carolinastrackandfield.org. There is a new “Important Link“ on the website “Masters T&F History”
This link was recently set up as an archive of masters track and field.
You may be interested in the impressive times and marks of some of our elite
CT&FC members in prior years. We
really need to add some more pictures of members in action. Please send
your electronic photos or scanned images in
reply to this e-mail. |
