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Page 1- XC 2006 News Archive

Coming Soon - XC Meet Schedule and Record Books Updates ....
(July 21, 2006) The 2006 XC Meet Schedule page will be available shortly as well as the update of all record books for XC, Indoor and Outdoor track.
Click here to submit your meet information for posting on MySportsResults.com

Summer Meet Results....
(July 21, 2006) In the USATF Youth National Championships held at North Carolina A & T State University in Greensboro, NC. on Friday, June 30, 2006, Jessica Sullivan of Norwich Free Academy vaulted 10-6 to place fourth in the Young Women's Division.
Complete Meet Results at USATF Meet Website...

Reminder: Finishline Archives....
(July 21, 2006) All the Finishline stories that have appeared in this column are available from the Finishline Archives page. The page is accessed by clicking on the left-side "Finishline Archive" button.

Did You Place Your Order Yet? -- Video Action of State Open Outdoor T&F Meet on DVD...
(June 26, 2006) The video DVD of the 2006 State Open Outdoor Track and Field Championships is in post production and will be ready to ship next week. The cost for the DVD that contains over one and a half hours of video action of every track event and most of the top field performances is $20.00. Please view the sample video clips from the DVD that are available online in a low resolution format for easier downloading. Click to view Sample video clips.
Due to the popular response to Indoor State Open DVD offer, MySportsResults.com and FastFeet Productions have video captured every heat of each race as well as many of the top athletes in almost each field event at the 2006 State Open Outdoor Track and Field Championships held on June 6, 2006 at Veterans Stadium in New Britain. If you are an interested parent, fan or athlete who would like to purchase a special DVD containing video action of the 2006 State Open Outdoor Track and Field Championships then you can place a order from this website. MySportsResults.com and FastFeet Productions are excited to present this unique offer as we have assembled over one and a half hours of video footage from the finish line stands as well as unique track-side viewpoints. The DVD will also include a table of contents by event for easy access to a favorite event as well as a recap of the top eight places.
If you have already placed a pre-order then you will receive an email within the next few days directing you how to pay for your copy of the DVD.
Click here to place an Order for your copy of the 2006 State Open Outdoor Meet DVD...

This Day in Track and Field History ....
(July 21, 2006) This Day in Track and Field - July 21, 1952 by Walter Murphy

You’ve all heard the phrase, “That’s why they run the races”. That certainly applied to the final of the men’s 100-meters at the Olympic Games in Helsinki, on a track made muddy after 3 days of rain. In one of the biggest surprises of these (or any other) Games, Lindy Remigino emerged as the winner in the closest sprint finish in Olympic history, with the top 4 men all clocking 10.4. Off to an early lead, Remigino, despite starting his lean 20-meters before the finish, was able to hold off Jamaica’s Herb McKenley, the world record holder in the 440-yard dash, Great Britain’s McDonald Bailey, and U.S. teammate Dean Smith(U.S. Trials winner Art Bragg went out in the semis with an injury). The finish was so close that officials took 20 minutes before announcing the official results. It wasn’t until the scoreboard started spelling his name in first place that Remigino knew he had won and a dejected McKenley knew he hadn’t.Few would have picked the Manhattan College junior as the winner in any pre-Olympic prediction contests. He wasn’t even the dominant sprinter on his college team, one that had won the 440 and 880 relays at Penn in April. He was 3rd in the IC4A 100, behind Cal’s John George and Jasper teammate Joe Schatzle. He did finish 5th at the NCAA Championships to barely qualify for the U.S. Trials, but didn’t make the AAU final.Remigino, who would win a 2nd gold medal as a member of the winning 4x100 relay, disagreed with those who called him the “Cinderella Kid”. "That really wasn't right," he said. "I was second in the U.S. Olympic Trials. If you are the second-fastest American qualifier, it's not a surprise if you do well at the Olympics." Before the Games began, the U.S. team flew to Finland, and he trained three times a day. "I knew I was going to do well," he said. "I was beating everybody there. I was the first guy down the straightaway. I didn't lose one gun start at practice."He followed his Olympic win with a successful European tour and wound up ranked #1 in the world by Track and Field News.Remigino, who celebrated his 75th birthday in June, has remained active in the sport ever since. He was a highly successful coach at Hartford Public High School in Connecticut (his alma mater) for more than 50 years, and has been the meet director of the Hartford Inv., one of the top prep meets on the East Coast, ever since its inception. When asked a few years ago if he ever showed the footage of his Olympic win to his family, he said with a smile, "Every night!". His son Michael was one of the top preps in the country in the 800 in 1987, running a best of 1:49.94.Remigino wasn’t the only American to win gold on this day. Parry O’Brien hadn’t yet become the dominant thrower of his era, but his first-round toss of 57-1 1/2 held up to give him the first of his two Olympic gold medals in the shot put (he also won in 1956). U.S. Trials winner Darrow Hooper almost “stole” the gold medal from O’Brien with his final put of 57-3/4, which was good enough to win the silver medal. World record holder Jim Fuchs, hampered by ankle and wrist injuries, made it a U.S. sweep with his best of 55-11 3/4. And Charlie Moore, the former Cornell Athletic Director, won the 400-hurdles in 50.8 to match the Olympic Record he set in his semi-final race.

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