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March 11, 2003 - Several former PA high school stars will be competing at the national collegiate level this weekend. Rochester's Lauryn Williams (University of Miami) is in the 60 and 200 in Division I. Former Centeral Dauphin East star Hyleas Fountain (University of Georgia) is competing in the Long Jump and Triple Jump. And Rebecca Bullard of Perkiomen Valley, (Indiana University of PA) is one of the favorites in the Division II High Jump.
February 27 - Cheryl from www.prettysporty.com reports that www.i2sports.com will be doing a live webcast on Sunday, March 2nd of the USATF Indoor T&F Championships. Dr. Kamal Jabbour, along with his engineering students from Syracuse University, do a great job of uncut coverage of track and field. His site will give you all of the information if you are interested in seeing Sunday's races. While you are at the site, please look around. He is creating an on-line library of archived track and field videos so we can relive races like that of Billy Mills' entire race in the '64 Olympics.
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February
21 - Tiffany Abney's 54.35 400 has qualified her to
run in the USATF Indoor Champion-ships Feb 28-Mar 2 at the
Reggie Lewis Center in Boston, MA. A complete entry status list can
be found at USATF.org.
Abney (left) will miss
the PTFCA Indoor State Championships set for Mar 1 at PSU.
February
16, 2003 - Three former Pennsylvanian
high school runners qualified for the World Championships
at the USA Cross Country Championships February 14 and 15
in Houston, Texas. Shayne (Wiley) Culpepper (Haverford
Township) won the Open Women's 4K in 15:10.00. In the
same race, Amy Rudolph (Kane) was 4th
in 15:23.00. The top six qualify for the Worlds team. Rudolph
had finished 7th on Saturday in the Open Women's 8K in 31:02.00.
And in the Juniors 8K, Andy Weilacher (Eisenhower),
(right) who is running for Northern
Arizona, was 3rd in 27:19.00 over the muddy course.
Full Results on USATF.ORG
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jr 8k
1 Bill Nelson Unattached 27:08.00
2 Bret Schoolmeester Unattached 27:17.00
3 Andy Weilacher Unattached 27:19.00
open w 4k
1 Shayne Culpepper adidas 15:10.00 1
2 Collette Liss Nike 15:19.00 2
3 Ann Marie Brooks Team New Balance 15:22.00
4 Amy Rudolph adidas 15:23.00
7 Amy Rudolph adidas 31:02.00 open 8k
February 6, 2003 - Walt Murphy reports that ESPN2 will show two hours of live coverage of the Millrose Games at Madison Square Garden (Friday 2-7) from 7-9pm(EST). NBC will then show another 90-minutes (very little repeat of the ESPN2 show) on Saturday from 2:30-4pm (EST). Nothing is guaranteed in TV-land, especially when it comes to a live show (false starts, etc.), but, in additon to the usual elite events, the plan right now is to include the high school girls mile (8:10pm) and parts of the CHSAA 4x800(8:30) in the ESPN2 show, and the high school boys mile in Saturday's taped show on NBC. We also hope to get in most of the men's 3000 in the Friday night show (Paul Bitok is a late scratch). Regina Jacobs, sore from last week's world record run, is 50-50 on whether or not she will run in the women's mile. -
January 28, 2003 - On June 29th, the college, football, and T&F career of Glen Mills' Omain Gullette was cut short by a drive-by shooting near his home in Southwest Philadelphia. Now, two have been arrested for the shooting, and another is sought in a tragic case of mistaken identity. The story in the Philadelphia Inquirer. Read the original story in the Philadelphia Daily News. Gullette was a 2002 graduate of the Delaware County school and had been the Student Government President his senior year. He was an All-State football player who was headed to Syracuse University on a full scholarship. In T&F, he was 2nd in the SP in 2001 Outdoor States, and 3rd during the 2002 indoor season.
December 31 - In the final Harrier ranking of high school XC teams, the four-time AA State Champion Wyomissing girls' squad remains #9 in the US, and #2 in the Northeast. West Chester Hendeson guys dropped from #11 to #14 in the US, but remain #1 in the Northeast, while Council Rock-North is #5 in the Northeast. Individually, Henderson leader Ian Gottesfeld makes the US All-Junior team. Making Honorable Mention were Eric Fleming, Bishop Shanahan, and Chris Spooner, Lewisburg, plus Foot Locker Finalists Gottesfeld, and Scranton Prep's Jon Pastore. Angie Saterstad of Hershey, was the lone PA girl making Honorable Mention. Check Dyestat for the US Rankings. Check the Harrier site for more info or to subscribe.
December
21, 2002 - "The leaders were right in front of me,
and I realized I could run with them, and qualify."
- Jon Pastore - The
story
December
16, 2002 -
"I have what it takes to compete here." - Ian Gottesfeld after his first Foot Locker finals in San Diego, 12/14. The story.
December 14, 2002 - FROM THE CHAMBERSBURG PUBLIC OPINION: December 14, 2002 - Tim Cook, Chambersburg High School coach and teacher, and wife killed in I-81 accident By JIM HOOK, senior writer Updated 3 p.m., Dec. 14, 2002
NOTE: A private funeral service will be held Friday (family only) and a memorial service is set for 11:00 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 21, at Chambersburg high school.
Tim Cook, longtime coach of girls cross country and track & field at Chambersburg Area Senior
High School, was killed Friday night in a traffic accident on Interstate 81. His wife, Susan, also was killed in the four-vehicle crash at 11:07 p.m. just south of Wayne Avenue in Guilford Township. They were 49 years old. The couple lived at 3774 Pampas Circle, Chambersburg. Their friends struggled Saturday to cope with shock and grief.
I've known them since they were sweethearts in eighth grade," said Dr. Edwin Sponseller,
Chambersburg Area School District superintendent and Tim Cook's former basketball coach. "The
two were the finest the community has ever had. This is such a tragedy for everyone. He was an
excellent coach, an excellent teacher, an excellent father, an excellent son."
The Cooks on Friday night were going north on I-81 when a southbound 1997 Chevrolet pickup
truck crossed the median and collided with them, according to Pennsylvania State Police, Chambersburg. Their 1992 Toyota spun and collided with a 2002 International tractor-trailer. It then bounced to the median where it collided with a second 2002 Freightliner tractor-trailer. Franklin County Coroner Jeffrey Conner pronounced the Cooks dead at the scene.
The pickup truck landed on its roof on the east shoulder of the highway, police said. The driver -
Sabrina L. Whitsel, 28, Shippensburg - suffered moderate injuries. She was listed Saturday in
serious condition at the surgical intermediate care unit of the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center,
Hershey, according to a hospital spokeswoman. The drivers of the tractor-trailers - Douglas E. Brown, 58, of Crimora, Va., and Richard A. Montgomery, 29, Clarksville, Tenn. - were not injured.
The news of the couple's death dampened commencement exercises Saturday at Shippensburg
University, where Susan Cook was an administrative assistant to the dean of the College of Arts
and Sciences. "She really took pride in what she did and in the success of the students," university spokesman Pete Gigliotti said. "Everybody1s absolutely devastated." Susan Cook had worked at the university several years. Previously she had worked as a secretary at Scotland School for Veterans' Children.
Tim Cook taught mathematics at the high school for about 30 years. He coached the girls cross
country team for 27 years and the girls track & field team for 26 years. His cross country teams
amassed an overall record of 225-30, for a winning percentage of .882. This past fall, the Trojan
girls cross country team was 8-1. A loss to Cumberland Valley snapped a 34-meet win streak.
In track & field, Chambersburg teams were 194-34-2 under Cook, a winning percentage of .851.
The Trojans were 9-0 and Mid Penn Conference Commonwealth Division champions each of the
past two years and are currently on a 22-meet win streak.
The high school has a team of counselors prepared for tragedies such as this, CASHS principal
Dennis Hillwig said. "We'll be pulling together as a family at the high school," Hillwig said. "There are a lot of good people there. We1ll just have to support each other."
Tim Cook motivated students in the classroom and runners on the track, according to Hillwig.
"Kids loved him and respected him," Hillwig said. "It's a real tragedy to lose such a person." "The things he did with his teams," Sponseller said. "The last girl on the squad would feel just as important as the first. It was nothing to have 50 girls come out for the team." When Cook got his 200th victory in 1999, Trojan runner Kelly Baker said, "He is very inspirational for all of us. He really cares about all the girls, from the No. 1 runner down to the No. 51 runner."
Sports editor Ed Gotwals contributed to this story.
- December 14, 2002 -
The Philadelphia Public League will be joining the PIAA according
to NBC10 News 12/13. The story in the 12/14 Inquirer.
Meanwhile, the Philadelphia Catholic and Inter-Academic leagues
are taking a wait-and-see attitude. 2003-2004 would be transitional,
with the Public League following PIAA rules, but not participating
in post-season competition. 2004-2005 would be the first full
year of participation. The issues to be worked out include seasons
starting earlier, physical eligibility requirements, scholastic
eligibility requirements, and student transfers. The Public
League would be known as District 12.
The PIAA view is positively giddy.
The PCL Athletic Directors say no 12/10
But PCL Governors say not so fast, 12/12
The Inter-Ac view in 12/12 Inquirer.
The first confirmation in the 12/4 Inquirer.
The original story from 10/17.
What do you think? E-mail your thoughts to PennTrack.
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BOB BURDETTE MEMORIAL
12/4/02 - From Walt Murphy's News Service:
A Celebration of Life in honor of Bob Burdette (who was the Penn Relays High School Chairman) will be held on Thursday evening, Dec. 19, at 7:00 p.m., in the Donaldson Room of Weightman Hall (33rd and Spruce Sts., Philadelphia). The Donaldson Room overlooks Franklin Field.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Bob Burdette Memorial Fund of the Track and Field Coaches Association of Greater Philadelphia. Checks may be made payable to TFCAGP, and sent to TFCAGP, 49 Carriage Drive, Doylestown, PA 18901
- September 20 - Walt Murphy's
News and Results Service reports that Princeton University,
citing facility and financial constraints, will no longer host
the high school portion of the "Princeton Relays",
a popular event on the Eastern indoor prep circuit.
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