Spectator PR's

[Guest]

Uh, in response to the above, I think the requirement that EVERY microsecond of an event be seen in order for it to "count," is just a tad extreme. There is the need to look at the program and write split times, after all!

[Jon]

>Uh, in response to the above, I think the requirement that EVERY microsecond of
>an event be seen in order for it to "count," is just a tad extreme. There is
>the need to look at the program and write split times, after all!




Completely agree!!

If that was the ruling, then no-one could claim to having watched a full marathon (unless, of course, they were competing in it or were one of the camera men!)

[MJD]

Basically out of this one. Best performances I would have seen live would have been Worlds indoors in 93 and(believe it or not) a bunch of pretty good efforts at a few meets in Tillsonburg. Couldn't give you the marks though. I "saw" Rod Dixon's 83 NY marathon race(kind of) and Grete's for that matter.

Don't know whether it was the fastest mile I have ever seen but watching Sully break 4 as a high schooler was the most exciting. There have been 7 North Americans do it and let's not get into the discussion about the extra year of high school up here right now. I suspect that no one has seen all 3 Canucks because they were done on both coasts and Ontario but I will find out. Has anyone seen all 4 yanks do it?

[Conor Dary]

On a related note, while not a record run, I did see Pre's last race. I had just moved to Eugene four days before, and it was the only time I saw Pre in person. Fortunately, not everyone I see for the first time dies the next day.

[Guest]

Just to be safe, please advise me of your future travel plans so I can be elsewhere...

[Guest]

>Basically out of this one. Best performances I would have seen live would have
>been Worlds indoors in 93 and(believe it or not) a bunch of pretty good efforts
>at a few meets in Tillsonburg.>>

A Canadian who claims to be a real fan who didn't even go to Edmonton in 2001? Typical Trawnna behaviour, believing that Canada doesn't extend west of Lake Ontario.

[MJD]

Typical Trawnna behaviour,
>believing that Canada doesn't extend west of Lake Ontario.


Actually with you on the Trawnna thing and I'm only an hour away. During the summer's power outage, they thought they should have priority access to power because they were so crucial. Only a couple of people actually work there. The rest are on some kind of government payroll-no offence Michael.

[Guest]

DJ, I don't know (about binking), you have to ask Tom. It is hard for field events if you don't have a bunch of people around. Back in the good old days, I had a crowd which would alert when some (supposidly) good performer was up in a field event (we assigned events). Now it is just Mary & I, and we sometimes miss things. But not at "big" meets. I guess that is not really true, as the only Weltkasse meets we have been to, we were solo. I do think, that for an amateur fan (defined as someone who doesn't work for a track publication, write as a track expert for a newpaper or announce at meets) I have a decent PR list. Actually, I would like to hit the rest of the WCs as long as I live, but who knows? I know I will never attend another Olympics, but thats an economic descision. Oh, DJ, this is not a whack at you. Mary & I want to hit Penn Relays at some future date. Jack says it is a hoot, and there are a lot of things to do in the area.

[gh]

Took me a while to figure out how a thread with a last post of january 9 made it back to the top of the queue, but I see that the initiator went back and updated his PRs. But tandfman may have made a mistake because he lists Isinbayeva's 4.91 as his wPV PR so he must have been in Athens, but he doesn't list Menéndez's 71.53 in the JT. Maybe he's scrupulously honest and was out taking a pee so he doesn't list it?

Those two marks were the only PRs I got all year. I guess I must not have made much fun at the Olympics after all

[tandfman]

The funny thing is that when I first did this off the top of my head, I thought I had three new PR's this year, and then when I went down the WL list, I must have just missed that one. Oh, well, back to re-edit.

[Jon]

I'm glad someone brought this thread up again - I have several new "PRs" from this year - both indoors and outdoors, including some WRs:

Men Outdoor:
100m - 9.91
200m - 20.20
400m - 44.68
800m - 1:43.88
1500m - 3:30.25
Mile - 3:49.84
3000m - 7:41.31
5000m - 12:46.53
3000mST - 7:59.65
110mH - 13.11
400mH - 48.43
HJ - 2.28
PV - 5.67
LJ - 8.35
TJ - 17.59
SP - 21.55
DT - 68.42
HT - 74.40
JT - 87.59
4x100m - 38.62
4x400m - 3:06.28

Men Indoor:
60m - 6.46
200m - 20.62
400m - 45.34
800m - 1:45.69
1000m - 2:14.96*
1500m - 3:42.59
3000m - 7:40.97
2 Miles - 8:08.39*
5000m - 12:49.60*
60mH - 7.36
HJ - 2.35
PV - 5.80
LJ - 8.40
TJ - 17.83*
SP - 21.49
Hept - 6438
4x400 - 3:04.09

Women Outdoor:
100m - 11.04
200m - 22.83
400m - 49.25
800m - 1:57.68
1500m - 4:01.15
5000m - 14:37.99
10000m - 30:17.15
100mH - 12.57
400mH - 54.05
HJ - 2.03
PV - 4.90
LJ - 7.01
TJ - 14.98
SP - 17.91
DT - 59.03
HT - 69.97
JT - 58.45
4x100m - 43.03
4x400m - 3:28.27

Women Indoor:
60m - 7.04
200m - 22.18
400m - 50.19
800m - 1:57.72
1000m - 2:32.96
1500m - 4:01.67
3000m - 8:32.88*
60mH - 7.75
HJ - 2.04
PV - 4.86*
LJ - 6.98
TJ - 15.36*
SP - 20.55
Pent - 4933
4x400 - 3:23.88*

[Discus Chick]

Didnt you see Lebedeva in Budapest??

[trig]

Here are my PR's. Garry, do I count as a professional?

Men
100 – 9.80
200 – 19.32
400 – 43.18
800 – 1:42.49
1,500 – 3:26.45
3,000SC – 8:00.60
5,000 – 12:49.28
10,000 – 26:49.38
110H – 12.91
400H – 46.78
4x100 – 37.40
4x400 – 2:54.29
HJ – 2.41
PV – 6.05 (19 10¼)
LJ – 8.95 (29-4½)
TJ – 18.29 (60-¼)
SP – 22.47 (73’8¾)
DT – 71.32
HT - 84.80
JT – 92.80 (304-9)
Decathlon – 8902

Women

100 – 10.49
200 – 21.34
400 – 47.99
800 – 1:53.43
1,500 – 3:53.96
5,000 – 14:33.65
10,000 – 30:04.18
100H – 12.33
400H – 52.61
4x100 – 41.47
4x400 – 3:15.17
HJ – 2.09 (6-10¼)
PV – 4.90
LJ – 7.40
TJ – 15.50 (50 10¼)
SP – 22.41
DT – 72.30
HT – 75.20 (246-9)
JT – 69.53
Heptathlon – 7291

[Jon]

>Didnt you see Lebedeva in Budapest??


Yes, and her marks (6.98m, 15.36m) are listed under the women's indoor sub-header.

[tandfman]

Trig wrote:
>Here are my PR's. . . . . 3,000SC – *:00.60<

Good thing you didn't blink.

[trig]

Sorry, obviously an 8 was intended.

[EPelle]

>Sorry, obviously an 8 was intended.

Why be sorry? You saw a record no one else in the history of this board will ever see! My spectator PB:s are not even in the same universe as that one! Your name will live on for ages to come

[RMc]

Here's mine. Note that I have to research a couple of meets where I think I saw better performances before I started this list in 1992:

Men's
100 9.90 Leroy Burrell 1991 TAC, NYC (WR)
9.78w Carl Lewis 1988 FOT, Indianapolis
200 19.32 Michael Johnson 1996 Olympics (WR)
400 43.49 Michael Johnson 1996 Olympics
800 1:42.58 Vejoem Rodal 1996 Olympics
1500 3:32.88 Nouredine Morcelli 1996 Olympics 8/1 semi
Mile 3:55.63 Matt Guisto 1993, Kezar Mizuno I, San Francisco (May 15) 1978, Crystal Palace (Steve Cram-3:57)
1982 Jenner I. (Tom Smith 3:55)
3000 7:45.82 Aaron Ramirez 1991 Jenner I., San Jose
1982 Kinney I., Berkeley
Steeple 8:05.4 Henry Rono 1978, Seattle May 13 (WR)
5000 13:19.99 Bob Kennedy 1995 USATF, Sacramento
10000 27:04.20 Abraham Chebile 2001 Cardinal Invite, May 4
110 HH 12.95 Allen Johnson 1996 Olympics, Atlanta
400 IH 47.37 Edwin Moses 1988 FOT, Indianapolis
4x100 38.71 Texas A&M 1988 NCAA, Eugene
1991 NCAA, Eugene
4x400 2:59.91 UCLA 1988 NCAA, Eugene
HJ 7-8.25 Hollis Conway 1992 FOT, New Orleans
7-8.25 Darin Plab 1992 FOT, New Orleans
PV 19-9/6.02 Jeff Hartwig 1999 USATF, Eugene (AR)
LJ 28-9/8.76 Carl Lewis 1988 FOT, Indianapolis
TJ 58-7.5/ Mike Conley 1987 TAC, San Jose
59-8.5w/18.20w Willie Banks 1988 FOT, Indianapolis
SP 75-9.5/23.10 Randy Barnes 1990 Jenner I. (May 26)
DT 233-7/71.20 Ben Plucknett 1981 Modesto Relays (May 16) (WR)
HT 262-10/80.12 Jud Logan 1992 FOT, New Orleans
JT 272-6 Tom Pukstys 1991 TAC, New York
280+ Patrick Boden 1991 NCAA, Eugene
(old) 306-7/93.44 Duncan Atwood 1984 FOT, Los Angeles
Dec 8824 Dan O'Brien 1996 Olympics, Atlanta
8844w Dan O'Brien 1991 TAC, New York

Women's
100 10.49 Florence Griffith-Joyner 1988 FOT, Indianapolis (finals)
200 21.77 Florence Griffith-Joyner 1988 FOT, Indianapolis
400 48.25 Marie-Jose Perec 1996 Olympics, Atlanta
800 1:57.73 Svetlana Masterkova 1996 Olympics, Atlanta
1500 3:58.92 Mary Slaney 1988 FOT, Indianapolis
Mile 4:23.2 Mary Slaney 1982 Kinney, Berkeley
3000 8:34.91 Mary Slaney 1984 FOT, Indianapolis
Steeple 9:39.35 Ann Gaffigan 2004 FOT, Sacramento
5000 14:45.35 Regina Jacobs 2000 FOT, Sacramento (AR)
10000 31:09.65 Deena Kastor 2004 FOT, Sacramento
100 H 12.33 Gail Devers 2000 FOT, Sacramento (AR)
400 H 52.82 Deon Hemmings 1996 Olympics, Atlanta
4x100 42.88 Texas 1991 NCAA, Eugene
4x400 3:27.50 Texas 1991 NCAA, Eugene
HJ 6-6.25/1.99 Louise Ritter 1988 FOT, Indianapolis
6-6.25/1.99 Tisha Waller 1999 USATF, Eugene
PV 15-7/4.75 Stacy Dragila 2004 FOT, Sacramento
LJ 23-8.25/7.22 Jackie Joyner-Kersee 1988 FOT, Indianapolis
24-5.5/7.45w Jackie Joyner-Kersee 1988 FOT, Indianapolis
TJ 50-3.5 Inessa Kravets 1996 Olympics, Atlanta
SP 63-5/19.36 Ramona Pagel 1988 FOT, Indianapolis
DT 228-6 Ilke Wyluda 1996 Olympics, Atlanta
HT (haven't seen it yet)
JT 191-2 Lynda Blutreich 2000 FOT, Sacramento
(old) 213-5 Kate Schmidt 1976 FOT, Eugene
Hep 7215 Jackie Joyner-Kersee 1988 FOT, Indianapolis (WR)

[trig]

???

8:00.60 is not as good as tandfman's 7:56.94

[mike renfro]

Yeah, I had forgotten this thread, and I promised a list for sneering purposes only. So, here tis (outdoors only, on the left coast, we don't do indoor):

Men
100 9.80 WC '01
200 19.80 OG '84
400 43.65 WC '93
800 1:43.00 OG '84
1500 3:31.43 WK '87
3000SC 8:04.39 WC '03
5000 12:52.79 WC '03
10000 26:49.57 WC '03
110H 12.91 WC '93
400H 47.18 WC '93
4x100 37.40 WC '93
4x400 2:54.29 WC '93
HJ 2.40 WC '93
PV 6.05 WC '01
LJ 8.75 OT '88
TJ 17.97 TAC '85
SP 23.10 Jen '90
DT 71.26 TAC '84 (could have = @'85 Jen, didn't
get to the field in time)
HT 83.38 WC '01
JT 92.80 WC '01
Dec 8902 WC '01

Women
100 10.49 OT '88 (okay, my PR is probably 10.61)
200 21.74 WC '87
400 47.99 WC '83
800 1:54.44 W Cup '89
1500 3:57.12 US-Nord '83
5000 14:45.35 OT '00 (didn't pay enough attn at WC
H '03 to claim =)
10000 30:04.18 WC '03
100H 12.33 OT '00
400H 52.74 WC '93
4x100 41.49 WC '93
4x100 3:16.92 WC '93
HJ 2.09 WC '87
PV 4.75 WC '01 (x2), WC '03, OT '04
LJ 7.36 WC '87
TJ 15.25 WC '01
SP 21.81 US-DDR '83
DT 73.04 E Cup '89
JT 69.73 WC '01
Hep 7215 OT '88

My wife Mary has been to most of the big meets with me. We met in '75, when I was just getting reinterested in the sport. I have the Bank's TJ and she has 2 17.92s WCs '87, '01. She has me at the HT, with an Astapkovich 84.12 @ GWG '90. I had tickets, but was up to my butt at work, so gave them to the Hubbards. Of course, I was laid off early the next year, so working hard really paid off. I did get a pretty good severance. .

Edited to add w relays and numerous error in WC dates.

[gh]

So did John Bobbitt.

[Discus Chick]

>>Didnt you see Lebedeva in Budapest??


Yes, and her marks (6.98m, 15.36m)
>are listed under the women's indoor sub-header.

I wasnt actually talking to you Jon - my mistake I thought I'd quoted Garry who claimed only to have seen two PRs this year - at the Olympics.

I'm only just learning to use this forum!

[gh]

my wTJ PR surpasses Budapest

[mike renfro]

>So did John Bobbitt.

But ole John Wayne got reattached! :-0

Yeah, Kravets jumped pretty well! How does that compare with your (gh) pr in actually doing the jumping? This isn't being snide, just curious.

[tandfman]

Just edited the post that started this thread. (In case you're wondering what bumped the thread).

[gh]

You just wanted to note that you saw the Menéndez WR in Helsinki this summer while I was occupied on company business, so you pass me!

[SQUACKEE]

what a great question! where is nut?

mine are pretty humble, why? seen only one big meet in europe!

100 yard-9 flat john carlos- windy
440 yards-44.5? tommie smith
800 m. 145.sumthing- dave whottle
mile- 3:55 jim ryan
2 miles, indoors 8:31 steve prefontaine
10,000m 27:39 lasse virin
high jump- 7'61/2" pat matzdorf
400h-47.8 aqui boa sp?

[dukehjsteve]

[quote="SQUACKEE"]what a great question! where is nut?

mine are pretty humble, why? seen only one big meet in europe!

100 yard-9 flat john carlos- windy
440 yards-44.5? tommie smith
800 m. 145.sumthing- dave whottle
mile- 3:55 jim ryan
2 miles, indoors 8:31 steve prefontaine
10,000m 27:39 lasse virin
high jump- 7'61/2" pat matzdorf
400h-47.8 aqui boa sp?[/quote]


Spelling lesson: Wottle, Ryun, Viren, Akii-Bua

Smith mark probably, surely, was his 44.8 y, 44.5 m enroute, both hand timed.

[Jon]

My latest (as of October 8th, 2006 - a lot of good additions this year!):

Men Outdoor:
100m - 9.77
200m - 19.84
400m - 43.99
800m - 1:43.88
1500m - 3:30.25
Mile - 3:49.84
3000m - 7:33.54
2 miles - 8:11.27
5000m - 12:46.53
3000mSC - 7:59.65
110mH - 13.11
400mH - 48.43
HJ - 2.34
PV - 5.90
LJ - 8.45
TJ - 17.59
SP - 22.45
DT - 69.22
HT - 79.31
JT - 87.59
4x100m - 38.62
4x400m - 3:03.59

Men Indoor:
60m - 6.46
200m - 20.53
400m - 45.34
800m - 1:45.69
1000m - 2:14.96 WR
1500m - 3:34.26
3000m - 7:40.97
2 Miles - 8:05.12
5000m - 12:49.60 WR
60mH - 7.36
HJ - 2.40
PV - 5.90
LJ - 8.40
TJ - 17.83 WR
SP - 21.49
Hept - 6438
4x400 - 3:04.09

Women Outdoor:
100m - 11.00 (10.89w)
200m - 22.25
400m - 49.05
800m - 1:57.22
1500m - 4:01.15
3000m - 8:29.55
5000m - 14:37.99
10000m - 30:17.15
3000mSC - 9:45.73
100mH - 12.57
400mH - 54.05
HJ - 2.05
PV - 4.91
LJ - 7.01
TJ - 14.98
SP - 19.36
DT - 65.54
HT - 76.50
JT - 64.08
4x100m - 43.03
4x400m - 3:23.51

Women Indoor:
60m - 7.04
200m - 22.18
400m - 50.19
800m - 1:57.72
1000m - 2:32.96
1500m - 4:01.67
3000m - 8:32.88 WR
60mH - 7.75
HJ - 2.04
PV - 4.90 WR
LJ - 6.98
TJ - 15.36 WR
SP - 20.55
Pent - 4948
4x400 - 3:23.88 WR

[tandfman]

Jon's post has prompted me to do an indoor list of my own. I'll add it to the first post as well.

Men

60 - 6.39*
200 - 20.10
400 - 44.57*
800 - 1:42.67
1500 - 3:33.77
3000 - 7:34.71
60H - 7.36
HJ - 2.43* (7-11 1/2)
PV - 6.00 (19-8 1/4)
LJ - 8.79* (28-10 1/4)
TJ - 17.83* (58-6)
SP - 22.24 (72-11 3/4)
Hept - 6476*
4x400 - 3:02.83*

Women

60 - 6.95
200 - 22.15
400 - 50.19
800 - 1:56.90
1500 - 3:59.98*
3000 - 8:30.05
60H - 7.74
HJ - 2.05 (6-8 3/4)
PV - 4.86 (15-11 1/4)
LJ - 7.32 (24- 1/4)
TJ - 15.36* (50-4 3/4)
SP - 20.55 (67-5 1/4)
Pent - 4948
4x400 - 3:23.88*

[DrJay]

what a great question! where is nut?


400h-47.8 aqui boa sp?

Maybe "aqui" was the name of Janis Joplin's feather boa.

[SQUACKEE]

what a great question! where is nut?


400h-47.8 aqui boa sp?

Maybe "aqui" was the name of Janis Joplin's feather boa.

someone who doesnt even have enough respect for an x-world record holder to look up his name for correct spelling deserves worse than this! come on!!

and by the way janis's boa was named fred.

[kuha]

I used to keep a top-10 list of my PBS ("Personal Bests Seen")--talk about nerdly! I've let it lapse in recent years. The following is incomplete, but is what I can remember right now:

Men
100: 9.87 (and 9.78w)
400: 43.68
800: 1:41.24 (and 1:42.20, 1:42.47, 1:42.55, etc.)
1500: 3:26.12 (and 3:26.45, 3:26.89, 3:27.21, etc.)
mile: 3:45.19 (I think I've got the 100ths correct)
3000: 7:25.16 (and 7:25.54, 7:26.02, etc.)
Steeple: 7:55.28 (and "7:53.17", 7:58.50, 7:58.98, 7:59.08, 7:59.18, etc.)
5000: 12:39.74 (and 12:41.86, 12:44.39, etc.)
10,000: 26:27.85 (and 26:52.23)

Women:
100: 10.49 (or "10.49"?)
200: 21.66
400: 48.92
800: 1:55.19
mile: 4:12.56
3000: 8:21.64 (at the time, an unacknowledged WR)

This was mine, with one addition, posted above (for some reason) under "Guest." I only saw one big meet in '05 and it was wet & windy, so only one to add for '05...

[bad hammy]

What is wrong with me? (Or, alternatively, what is wrong with the rest of you?!?!?) I've never tried to keep track of any of the marks I've seen. I guess I could go back through the list of meets I've been to and try to track down marks, but I think I'll pass.

That said, I do remember one or two. I'm guessing I saw the same 9.78w that kuha did - Mo Green at the 2003 Payton Jordan meet at Stanford.

[kuha]

"I've never tried to keep track of any of the marks I've seen."

I'm shocked, stunned, and gravely disappointed. I know that there are therapies and support groups for this kind of malady.

Re: the 9.78w, I was thinking of Lewis at the '88 Oly Trials...I hope I have the time right...