Track & Field and Cross-Country Bulletin for Feb 22, 2013
March 8-10, 2013 * New Balance Track & Field Center * The Armory * New York, NY
Register Now & Avoid Late Fees! Regular Entry Deadline is Sunday, February 24, 2013, midnight PST
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- Check your email - we send out updates and information you need to the email address you used to register
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- Check our website often for athlete profiles, final instructions, performance and start lists
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New Stories & Videos:
Weekly Blogs by 5K National Record Holder, Erin Finn & National Shot Put leader, Braheme Days, Jr. Blogs are updated each week as they prepare for NBN Indoors.
Read Erin's Blog.
Read Braheme's Blog
SPIRE Institute designated U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Site
Jim Spier's Week in Review- For a look at the new and emerging US leaders from the past weekend's action.
NSAF Athletes of the Week - sponsored by New Balance- Stamatia Scarvelis & Edward Cheserek- Selected every Monday morning.
Catching up with Olympians Video interviews with Willie Banks, Andre Phillips, Lashinda Demus & Stacy Dragila
NBIN Athlete Profile - Andre Jefferson (find out what his father did that set the track & field world on fire)
NSAF awards 26 Tony Wells Club/Team Development Grants
Top 5 Performance Lists- updated every Monday
Previous Stories You May Have Missed...
Cain, Wynne and Frazier Star at New Balance Boston Indoor Games... story by Eliott Denman
Everything You Want to Know About the 2013 World Youth Championships
New Academic Rules May Affect You... the NCAA has made some changes. Be Informed!
Aries Merritt's Journey to Legendary- a video interview with the 2012 Olympic Champion & 110m hurdle record holder.
Our Facebook page is updated several times a day with quick results, brief stories and athlete videos. Have an NBN question???- post it there and we'll answer. And, follow up on Twitter for almost instanteneous meet results from around the country and breaking T&F news.
Upcoming NSAF Select Meets. Next up is the Chandler Rotary Invitational in Arizona, and we will be live on-site in the Bahamas for the Carifta Games.
In Memorium
The NSAF Family and the athletics world mourn the passing of one of the greats! Neville "Teddy" McCook passed on February 11th.
The Honourable Neville ‘Teddy’ McCook had been an IAAF Council Member since 1999, President of Jamaica Amateur Athletics Association from 1984-1996 and President of NACAC (North American, Central American and Caribbean AA) from 2007 to the time of his death. He was also the Secretary General of the Jamaica Olympic Association, a Board Member of Jamaica Special Olympics, and after stepping down as President of the Jamaica Amateur Athletics Association in 1996 had continued as an Executive Administrator of the national IAAF Member Federation.
He was also one of the founders of the Gibson Relays which are being held this Saturday (March 23rd) in Jamaica.
Teddy McCook's funeral will be held Sunday, March 24th in Kingston, Jamaica. The NSAF will be represented by our Board member, Cedric Walker.
We will miss our dear friend.
