Posts by Art Billski

First # is 2013 yearly list ranking, any improvements in 2014 shown at end in parentheses:

1 20.98 Valerie Adams NZL
36 17.84 Cleopatra Borel TTO (19.10)

First # is 2013 yearly list ranking, any improvements in 2014 shown at end in parentheses:

4 8512 Damian Warner CAN
13 8343 Willem Coertzen RSA
33 8070 Ashley Bryant GBR

First # is 2013 yearly list ranking, any improvements in 2014 shown at end in parentheses:

7 85.40 Julius Yego KEN
13 84.39 Keshorn Walcott TTO
34 81.97A Robert Oosthuizen RSA
40 81.14 Hamish Peacock AUS
(and in 2014 82.48 Joshua Robinson AUS)
Stuart Farquhar NZL was TFN merit ranked #10, despite being #41 on 2013 list

First # is 2013 yearly list ranking, any improvements in 2014 shown at end in parentheses:

3 68.20 Benn Harradine AUS
4 68.16 Julian Wruck AUS
8 66.84 Brett Morse GBR
12 65.94 Jason Morgan JAM
15 65.82 Vikas Gowda IND
18 65.33 Victor Hogan RSA
38 63.74 Chad Wright JAM
(and in 2014 66.75 Fedrick Dacres JAM)

First # is 2013 yearly list ranking, any improvements in 2014 shown at end in parentheses:

50th 74.46 Mark Dry (Great Britain)

My athletes love the VS shoe. They seem to last.

Quote from Bill Pendleton

Another pr. He went 18.35 ( 60' 3.5 ) in our trimeet today with a 12 lb. We have cycled down in preparation for a big invitational Saturday.

So that was a 3' PB?
What was his series?

I'd like to see one more (North) American there as well (if he gets healthy) @Justin RODHE . Let's see how things shake out at the Kansas Relays first.

Mathijs Damsteegt draait er niet omheen
8 april 2014 - Door Ton de Kort

Stone Cold – The Fortitude of derHarting
by Norm Zÿlstra on August 14th, 2013

Quote from Jim Williams

Even though that's a April Fools goof it's close to reality in my area. I hear from athletes, esp distance runners, how the best way for them to train. Even parents are beginning to know better. Crazy stuff.

Ha, our harrier coaches call it 'flavor-of-the-month'. It includes all the running rags as well. Some new idea to replace hard work.

@MikkelDK I don't like how your right heel settles in the single support phase in the center of the ring. Once the ball of your right foot hits to center of the ring it's time to lift so you have time to turn.

Not sure if this thread already exists but I saw this video from Nick Garcia.
Looks like some of the stuff I've seen Jean-Pierre Egger assigning to Werner Günthör.

For what I've read and heard @John Smith 's creativity is in how he takes a bit of Bonderchuk and wedges into the NCAA system as best he can. Like it or not the States offers a 4-5 year window for a hammer thrower to make sense of a throwing career.

From my folding chair it looks like the deal-breaker as to whether someone staying in the game or not is community (family and friends) support; not financial issues.

Quote from Bill Pendleton

My freshman thrower threw 172' 7 ( 52.5 m) with a 1.6 discus yesterday at the Triton Inv. That is a foot off the California state record.

Excellent, name, age and size?
We Love Numbers!

We coach @Kibwé Johnson , you all owe us a few Canadian medals. Our high jumpers thank you

So out of six we seem to know of, my tax dollars are paying for four foreigners?
-- Dylan Armstrong (Canada)
-- Martin Bingisser (Swiss?)
-- Kibwé Johnson (USA)
-- Michael Letterlough (Cayman Islands)
-- Crystal Smith (Canada)
-- Yevgeniya Kolodko (Russia)

Who is in Anatoliy Bondarchuk's training group?

Quote from Wikipedia

In addition to coaching Armstrong, Bondarchuk coaches a cadre of other elite hammer throwers including Canadian record holder Sultana Frizell, former Canadian record holders Jennifer Joyce (not currently) and Crystal Smith, Megann Rodhe, U.S. champion Kibwe Johnson, Caymanian record holder Michael Letterlough, Swiss champion Martin Bingisser and 2012 Canadian Olympian Justin Rodhe.

Wikipedia lists:
-- Dylan Armstrong (Canada)
-- Martin Bingisser (Swiss?)
-- Sultana Frizell (Canada)
-- Kibwé Johnson (USA)
-- Michael Letterlough (Cayman Islands)
-- Crystal Smith (Canada)
-- Justin Rodhe (Canada)
-- Megann Rodhe (Canada)

Is Bondarchuk coaching Armstrong's girlfriend, Russia's Yevgeniya Kolodko?