tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7216865027062882447.post646050139268785124..comments2023-11-03T02:02:50.893-07:00Comments on 5TH TIME'S THE CHARM: TEAM DISNEYJackie E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03423251702855821726noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7216865027062882447.post-50135236255073771672008-07-12T15:08:00.000-07:002008-07-12T15:08:00.000-07:00Thanks guys, I just want to say thanks once again ...Thanks guys, I just want to say thanks once again for keeping me in your thoughts and prayers. I really appreciate it!Jackie E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03423251702855821726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7216865027062882447.post-91553769763835139302008-07-12T00:00:00.000-07:002008-07-12T00:00:00.000-07:00Hey I've been following your blog all season. Con...Hey I've been following your blog all season. Congrats on making the team! <BR/><BR/>Jay Hicks<BR/>Editor<BR/>PreraceJitters.comTrack Evangelisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17034338727767925902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7216865027062882447.post-79331431330126134782008-07-10T12:29:00.000-07:002008-07-10T12:29:00.000-07:00Anonymousnupe: I should make it clear that I did f...Anonymousnupe: I should make it clear that I did finish in the top 3 at my trials, I was 2nd. The process at the Bahamian Trials is very similar to that at the US. The difference lies in the depth of the fields and by depth, I mean the number of quality athletes that could potentially make the team. <BR/><BR/>I happen to be in an event, where there is not a lot of depth. Until this year, I have won my National championships numerous times, often with quality marks I might add. For instance, last year, the jump I jumped at my World Championship trials would have been 2nd at the US Worlds Trials.<BR/><BR/>In the men's 400m on the other hand in the Bahamas, we have a lot of good guys, several of whom have met the 'A' standard. So in this event, the guys who will run the 400m in Beijing had to finish in the top 3 AND had to have the 'A' standard, just like in the US. If our best guy, Chris Brown, (who was 4th at World Champs last year) had finished 4th at our Trials, he would not run the open race in Beijing, he would be on the relay, just like in the US. <BR/><BR/>However, had some guy who didn't have the 'A' standard, finished 3rd or something, he would NOT have been on the team, apart from the relay, and Chris would've taken his place. (Just for the record, lest he should read this, Chris won our trials:)<BR/><BR/>All of this to say, the process is similar, but when you come from a country where there are only 300,000 people, there just aren't going to be the same number of athletes. <BR/><BR/>Lastly, the reason I am going to the Olympics despite finishing 2nd at my trials is because there is no one else in my country who has made any standard as set forth by the IOC. These rules and standards are not made up by the US or by the Bahamas, they are universal, for all countries, and the rules apply across the board, so that 3rd place girl in the US 1500m wouldn't have gone to Beijing no matter which country she ran for. Hope this clears things up a little for you.Jackie E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03423251702855821726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7216865027062882447.post-7807271761567021502008-07-10T07:58:00.000-07:002008-07-10T07:58:00.000-07:00I'm curious as to how you feel about not finishing...I'm curious as to how you feel about not finishing in the top 3 (if that's how the Bahamians do it, too) and yet being put on the team. Not trying to denigrate your achievement in any way, mind you. This dichotomy just struck me while watching the U.S. trials: They make you finish in the top 3 <I>regardless</I> of what you've done during the whole year leading up to the trials. So a horse like Tyson Gay does not make the 200 even though every runner in the race seemed to capitulate that he would have won the finals had he not gotten hurt. So pretty much every U.S. officianado knows that the team is better off <I>with</I> him than without.<BR/><BR/>But on the other hand, even if you finish in the top 3 but did not run "the standard" you could be left off the team. It was heartbreaking for some of those athletes (I think it was the women's 1,500 maybe?) to come in third but then in <I>this</I> case have what they did (or more to the point, what they did <I>not</I> do) during the time leading up to the trials count <I>against</I> them!<BR/><BR/>It's weird that the U.S. has it both ways.<BR/><BR/>I'm happy for you. Five Olympic games?! What were you, like, 12 at your first one?! We have that 5-time lady swimmer going, but she's 41!anonymousnupehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15452150857948004054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7216865027062882447.post-34211227027482960052008-07-09T12:14:00.000-07:002008-07-09T12:14:00.000-07:00glad to hear u feeling betterkeep your head upglad to hear u feeling better<BR/>keep your head upAll-Mi-T [Thought Crime] Rawdawgbuffalohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08843040863123899426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7216865027062882447.post-19063749691754946832008-07-08T18:44:00.000-07:002008-07-08T18:44:00.000-07:00I am so happy for all of you. And I am praying fo...I am so happy for all of you. And I am praying for Joice this weekend. <BR/><BR/>Could it be He saved the best for last???<BR/><BR/>Go ahead and do what you know!! =))<BR/><BR/>I'm getting my Blackberry tomorrow (my early b-day gift). Now I can join in the addictions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7216865027062882447.post-48580956584040065382008-07-08T18:40:00.000-07:002008-07-08T18:40:00.000-07:00You've got the right mindset to get it done. You'r...You've got the right mindset to get it done. You're not complacent and resting on your laurels. I like that. I'ma be tuned in and rootin' for ya12kylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11639316610856750674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7216865027062882447.post-77816631492441580282008-07-08T18:16:00.000-07:002008-07-08T18:16:00.000-07:00You are nothing less than the truth!I cannot imagi...You are nothing less than the truth!<BR/><BR/>I cannot imagine the nerves and the rollercoaster ride of emotions<BR/><BR/>6.60 never looked so good...you make it look GREAT<BR/><BR/>Jumpin!<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://eclectik-relaxation.com/" REL="nofollow">e.</A>eclectikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11917525271907998756noreply@blogger.com