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I GOT FUCKING 27.30 IN MY 200M DASH! NEW PR!

Do any track people know how to report a results error in MileSplit or Section2Harrier? I looked up my 200m dash time for the Schuylerville Classic and I know it's wrong, I think the officials at the meet switched me with someone else in my heat on accident, and I don't want to take credit for someone else's time.

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Track... again.

In my 200 today I ran 30.26. That's .21 seconds away from the regional qualifying time. In both my races I am less than .3 seconds away from qualifying for regionals.

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Track and field meet day

I placed 2nd in my heat of the 100m dash (and maybe 3rd outta all the heats, my dad thinks they called me) and 1st in my heat of the 200m dash (3rd outta all the heats). I am so ecstatic, as last year I never finished above 3rd, and rarely above 4th. I’m determined to break my record every time and finish better than I’ve ever been. Not bad for my first actual meet.

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yo I'm running the 200m and 400m dashes as well as the 400m relay. Any tips for someone who's never ran them before?

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Rochester Summer Track Meet #2

Went better than I had hoped. I didn't end up running a PB time, but it still wasn't a bad time for not being at peak health. It was also fun to run with old friends and a couple new ones. These Summer meets are always a good time.

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i'd also like to make mention of a story i only learned about a few weeks ago: the black power salute made by american gold and bronze medalists tommie smith and john carlos during the 200m dash medal ceremony at the 1968 mexico city olympics.

smith, who won gold with a world-record time of 19.83 seconds, and carlos accepted their medals shoeless, wearing only black socks, to represent black poverty in the united states. smith wore a black scarf to symbolize black pride, and carlos wore a string of beads in memory of victims of racially-motivated killings. they both wore one black glove. during the playing of the national anthem, smith and carlos bowed their heads and raised their gloved fists, to the resounding boos of the crowd.

tommie smith later said of the event:

If I win, I am American, not a black American. But if I did something bad, then they would say I am a Negro. We are black and we are proud of being black. Black America will understand what we did tonight.

the (incredibly racist nazi sympathizer) head of the international olympic committee, avery brundage, responded by banning smith and carlos from the olympic village. the us olympic committee protested but folded under threats of the banning of the entire us track team. brundage believed it was a political statement unfit for the "apolitical" nature of the olympics. brundage also had no problem with nazi salutes during the berlin olympics. big surprise there.

america wasn't particularly thrilled with smith and carlos either. time magazine ran an issue with a cover featuring the olympic rings and the caption "angrier, nastier, uglier" (mocking the slogan "faster, higher, stronger"). smith and carlos' families received death threats.

we (hopefully) remember them now as they deserve to be remembered: as heroes brave enough to use their sudden fame to make a stand for what they believed in, two proud people unwilling to shut up and gloss over their community's suffering in order to look good on the global stage.

there is a statue commemorating the incident at san jose state university, both of the athletes' alma mater.

also worth noting, an example of how to be a good ally: prior to the ceremony, smith and carlos told the silver medalist, australian peter norman, their plans. they told him their reasons. he gave them his support, answering that he believed in human rights. carlos stated later that he expected to see fear in norman's eyes, but instead, "saw love." norman did not participate in the salute but joined smith and carlos in wearing a badge for their cause, the olympic project for human rights. norman was ostracized by the media and banned from competitive track and field for two years; australia also chose not to send any male sprinters to the 1972 olympic games rather than send norman, who qualified thirteen times during 1972. he died in 2006; smith and carlos were pallbearers and delivered eulogies at his funeral.