| Subject: Re: Foreign Athletes at National Championships |
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bomba
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Date Posted: 19:57:11 04/25/01 Wed
In reply to:
kyle
's message, "Foreign Athletes at National Championships" on 07:53:14 04/25/01 Wed
As far as i know they can. Freddie Williams used to run Canadians (and win) when he had SA citizenship. Used to give Hoogeworf fits. National 10km, at least last yr and this yr, are international fields. Who really cares as long as they can't make the teams without can citizenship.
I think a lot of the anti foreigner sentiment in the US has a lot to do with road race $$$$$$, and foreigners 'stealing' scholarships. Hence upsetting some of the economic and developmental (ie can run for a living) facets of running. We don't have many/any foreigners taking away 'good' canadian athletic scholarships, and since we have so few $$$$ races......
>Here's one for discussion. Someone posed the question
>to me at practice the other night, as to my feelings
>on foregin athletes competing at the Canadian
>championships. I think this might be something
>athletics canada is toying with, or already may be in
>place due to some agreement with central
>american/caribean countires or something. I do know a
>guy from the bahamas finished right behind me at
>Nationals XC, so it must already go on. Anyhow, I said
>I wouldn't mind at all if foreign athletes competed. I
>think the stipulation given was that they didnt
>score/or take medals etc, and couldn't bump Canucks
>out of the final. This would limit their participation
>in the sprint events, but in the distance events I
>definitly think it would help. Foreign athletes might
>add depth and volume to our national meets and allow
>Canadians to be pulled along, or raced to faster
>times. Maybe it would take away some of the sit and
>kick from these races and give the top notch guys like
>hood, sullivan, bourgeious, whitmarsh, sheibler, kaley
>etc., who dominate year in and year out someone to
>race a little closer. I haven't put a great deal of
>thought into it or thoyught about keeping our
>championships "Pure" but thats my first reaction. I
>know foreigners used to be able to run in the US
>championships, but no longer are, and there seems to
>be a lot off anti foreigner sentiment going on in the
>US right now. What do you guys think?
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