From the USATF Training Center...

Hi Everyone

Malinda and I are checking in from Dalian, where the USATF has a special training camp for its athletes. It's a nice place but talk about HIGH security!! Shannon had to do a lot of talking to get us in for a couple hour visit Wed afternoon. We helped her pass some time by showing her pictures of our travels so far (Beijing to Xi'an (Terra Cota Warriors) to Shanghai and now to Dalian). Then she and I had a quick talk about her scheduling from now to the end of the Olympics and I hopefully gave her some reminders that will help her relax and feel confdent. Still almost a week to go until the racing begins for her and I can tell she can't wait.

Many of you may have found these already but I was recently told about

SFgate blog:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/11/SPVN128HHJ.DTL

FloTrack interview:
http://www.flotrack.org/videos/coverage/view_video/285/71485-track-revolution-8//webmail2.medscape.com/src/webmail.php?right_frame=mail_home.php

DyeStatCal interview with me about Shannon:
http://www.dyestatcal.com/?pg=dyestatcal2008Track-News-2008-August-09-A-Chan-S-Rowbury

-Andy & Malinda

Chris Williams leaving Skyline, moving to Dublin

This email is to inform you that I have resigned my positions as mathematics teacher, cross country head coach and track and field distance coach at Skyline High School. I have accepted the position of head coach of cross country and track and field at Dublin High School and a mathematics teaching position in the Dublin Unified School District.

I have enjoyed every minute of the nine years I have spent helping to build Skyline into the successful program that it is today. Over that time, we won four Oakland Athletic League (OAL) girls cross country championships, two OAL boys cross country championships, seven OAL girls track and field championships and three OAL boys track and field championships. I was privileged to have worked with twenty three individual league champions (eight in cross country and fifteen in track and field) and seven of our student athletes who moved on to participate at the collegiate level. I am very thankful to the administrators, athletic directors, coaches, faculty, staff, parents and mainly the student athletes who helped support this program and make it into a family like atmosphere.

I wish Skyline the very best in the future and I am looking forward to the challenges that will present themselves at Dublin High School.

Christopher Luke Williams
Dublin High School
Head Coach Cross Country and Track & Field
coachchriswilliams@yahoo.com

Opening Ceremonies

For anybody that watched the opening ceremonies last night, you were in for quite a show. If the Chinese athletes compete with the precision of last night's performers, the rest of the world is in trouble.

Here is a picture of Shannon Rowbury during the opening ceremonies courtesy of her dad Gary. Her chances of medaling are very good following the disqualifications of the Russian athletes.

Top returning runners in Redwood Empire...

Courtesy of the Santa Rosa Press Democrat:
•Top Cross Country Returning Boys
•Top Cross Country Returning Girls

The Redwood Empire includes the following: The North Bay League (Mostly 3A schools), Sonoma County League (2A) and the Coastal Mountain Conference (1A).

Marathon victory: Millbrae grad returns to running after giving it up during college

http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?type=sports&id=96009

New Shannon Rowbury Website

Shannon Rowbury Olympian

I am a close friend of the Rowbury's. For the past few weeks, Shannon has
been working on the development of her new website and I have offered to
help her out by searching the archives for content and by contacting your
site to announce that the [ http://www.shannonrowbury.com/
]www.shannonrowbury.com website has been launched.

Some of the features of Shannon's website include:
• Shannon plans to do blogs on her website from her i phone to share her
adventure in Beijing with anyone who may be interested (assuming the
technology will allow this in Beijing). •
• • We plan to link pertinent stories from your website on Shannon's
new website. •
• • There will be an option for anyone interested to subscribe to
Shannon's blog so that they can get updates as they are posted via
e-mail

We would greatly appreciate if you would let your readers know about this
exciting new web site.

As you may already know, Shannon won the Olympic Trials 1500 meters and
has the fourth fastest time in the world this season. She also has the
fourth and equal tenth best performances in the world. On July 18, she
placed second in Paris Saint-Denis to [
http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/country=BRN/athcode=196312/index.html
]Maryam Yusuf Jamal (Bahrain), the 2007 World Champion. Shannon is also
the fourth fastest American of all-time.

IAAF World List Women

1500 Metres 2008

WR 3:50.46 Yunxia Qu (CHN) - Beijing, 11/09/1993
Updated as at:03/08/2008


[
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]Mark
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]Athlete
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]Nation
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]DOB
[
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]Pos
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]Venue
[
http://iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/inout=O/age=N/season=2008/sex=W/all=n/legal=A/disc=1500/detail.html
]Date

3:56.59
[
http://iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/country=RUS/athcode=193929/index.html
]Yelena Soboleva
[Image]RUS
03/08/1982
1

Moskva
10/07/2008

3:59.42
[
http://iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/country=RUS/athcode=131287/index.html
]Tatyana Tomashova
[Image]RUS
01/07/1975
1

Kazan
20/07/2008

3:59.99
[
http://iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/country=BRN/athcode=196312/index.html
]Maryam Yusuf Jamal
[Image]BRN
16/09/1984
1

Paris Saint-Denis
18/07/2008

4:00.33
[
http://iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/country=USA/athcode=204835/index.html
]Shannon Rowbury
[Image]USA
19/09/1984
2

Paris Saint-Denis
18/07/2008

4:00.35
[
http://iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/country=ROU/athcode=171389/index.html
]Liliana Popescu
[Image]ROU
05/02/1982
1

Bucuresti
24/05/2008

4:00.36
[
http://iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/country=ROU/athcode=171389/index.html
]Liliana Popescu


1

Kalamáta
04/06/2008

4:00.44
[
http://iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/country=ETH/athcode=194277/index.html
]Gelete Burka
[Image]ETH
23/01/1986
1

Eugene, OR
08/06/2008

4:00.57
[
http://iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/country=RUS/athcode=192230/index.html
]Yuliya Fomenko
[Image]RUS
30/08/1979
2

Kazan
20/07/2008

4:00.67
[
http://iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/country=BRN/athcode=196312/index.html
]Maryam Yusuf Jamal


1

Athína (Olympic Stadium)
13/07/2008

4:01.61
[
http://iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/country=USA/athcode=204835/index.html
]Shannon Rowbury


1

Carson, CA
18/05/2008




Keith Conning
THE CONNING TOWER
[ http://hometown.aol.com/conning/myhomepage/index.html
]http://hometown.aol.com/conning/myhomepage/index.html

Arrived in China (By SHC coach Andy Chan)

Hi Everyone,

I can't believe we're here in China. This trip has always seemed so far away. It's been months and months of talking about this trip. When it started years ago, it was just an idea. Then in January, when we booked the trip, it was a great honeymoon with the possibility that Shannon would make the Olympic team (she was “an underdog trying to sneak in" at that point). In May when she ran 4:01, things changed and there was now a good chance she would make it. But even when she qualified at the Trials on July 6, it didn't really sink in. This last week, when I started saying “we leave on Saturday," it finally sunk in.

Lots of great coaches who run terrific programs and have coached a long time, never get a 2-time State champion athlete like Shannon on their team. It seems almost unfair that I got to coach Shannon my first 4 years as a head coach.

Lots of high school champions do not go on to collegiate success and even less continue on as professional runners.

There are many professional athletes who are not Olympians or US Olympic Trials champions. And many Olympians who are not medal contenders.

That's what's incredible. I feel blessed and fortunate that these things have all happened and that I am still involved in helping Shannon.

Other coaches (especially high school coaches) really understand how cool and amazing this is. I feel genuine happiness for how proud I am feeling. It's been so much fun to share how I am feeling with people like Margi Beima, Coach Fran, Ed Nevus, and Tony Kauke. And I've never had so many people wish me safe travels!

As a coach, my goal is to have a successful program. You do the best job you can with every kid and every team. The passion and hard work you put into it often gets unnoticed – but that's okay because the reward is the relationship you build with the kids. Whether or not Shannon ever came along, I think I'm a pretty good coach with a pretty good program at SHCP. I do the same things today that I did when I coached Shannon (OK, maybe I can't keep up with my varsity runners like I did ten years ago – that age thing!). Thanks to Shannon's accomplishments I've been recognized and thanked a lot lately. I admit it's been real nice but again I think a lot of this has been just good luck on my part.

Those are the thoughts I've been having (following 12 hours on a plane!). I'll end by sharing with you what I told Shannon on Friday, thanks for bringing me along on this great journey!

-Andy

A trio of Billy Mills videos...

I found the link to the following youtube clip on www.letsrun.com which features Billy Mills and his amazing race/finish at the '64 Olympics. It's in color as opposed to what most have seen before, the amazing last lap in black and white. You can find that at the 2nd video link which features the "LOOK AT MILLS, LOOK AT MILLS" line that gets me every time! The third clip is Billy's own account of his race and how he achieved success through self hypnosis.

Results of Trail Challenge #2 at Garin Park

Place Name Race Time
1 Isaac Soto 1 mile 5:57
2 Edwin Soto 1 mile 5:58
3 Lucio Lopes 1 mile 8:33

1 John Butler 2.1 miles 12:07
2 Tony Roberts 2.1 miles 12:18
3 William Weekes 2.1 miles 12:29
4 Jose Lorenzana 2.1 miles 12:32
5 Ernesto Perez 2.1 miles 12:39
6 Angelo Macaraeg 2.1 miles 13:18
7 Bryant Luong 2.1 miles 13:21
8 Taiki Murakam 2.1 miles 13:27
9 Brandon Carballo 2.1 miles 13:50
10 Mike Courtney 2.1 miles 13:54
11 Andrew Seishas 2.1 miles 14:17
12 Ken Hill 2.1 miles 14:44
13 Kevin Cheng 2.1 miles 14:44
14 Greg Sullivan 2.1 miles 14:46
15 Andrew McIntire 2.1 miles 14:51
16 Ryan Guterres 2.1 miles 15:04
17 Odgen Telleria 2.1 miles 15:21
18 Bryant Johnson 2.1 miles 15:25
19 Elliot Lopes 2.1 miles 15:35
20 Cassie Crosby 2.1 miles 15:54
21 Pascal Garcia 2.1 miles 16:06
22 Owen Coumou 2.1 miles 16:16
23 Erin Safreno 2.1 miles 16:19
24 Chuckie Cline 2.1 miles 16:26
25 Gabriel Manganon 2.1 miles 16:36
26 Albert Alindogan 2.1 miles 17:01
27 Katie Hansen 2.1 miles 17:06
28 Tynan Otts 2.1 miles 17:06
29 Chris Jackson 2.1 miles 17:40
30 Mike Jay 2.1 miles 18:02
31 Karissa Canonizado 2.1 miles 18:15
32 Becca Hannon 2.1 miles 18:17
33 Justin Thomas 2.1 miles 18:18
34 Quynh Nguyen 2.1 miles 18:19
35 Ben Jackson 2.1 miles 18:23
36 Matt Giles 2.1 miles 18:29
37 Eileen Harris 2.1 miles 19:00
38 Laura Zaro 2.1 miles 19:12
39 Marcus Caronel 2.1 miles 19:15
40 Kevin Jay 2.1 miles 19:41
41 Jeffrey Venable 2.1 miles 20:46
42 Stephanie Quiambao 2.1 miles 20:56
43 Matthew Do 2.1 miles 20:56
44 Deek Guterres 2.1 miles 21:22
45 Mary Ingalla 2.1 miles 21:32
46 Sarah Shinners 2.1 miles 21:47
47 Mary Trinko 2.1 miles 22:10
48 Tony Guterres 2.1 miles 22:14
49 Hayley Wilder 2.1 miles 22:17
50 Joyce Dennis 2.1 miles 22:37
51 Thuy-Vy Mai 2.1 miles 23:02
52 Anne Marie Vicencio 2.1 miles 23:10
53 Diana Lee 2.1 miles 23:39
54 Liam Foley 2.1 miles 23:51
55 Mark Ramos 2.1 miles 24:25
56 Avery Balasbas 2.1 miles 24:27
57 Joseph Culaton 2.1 miles 24:29
58 Jocie Tanaka 2.1 miles 24:56
59 Bob O'Grady 2.1 miles 25:16
60 Megan Shinners 2.1 miles 25:37
61 Mark Shinners 2.1 miles 25:54
62 Kathleen LeCoze 2.1 miles 26:11
63 Charmaine Kumar 2.1 miles 34:43
64 Aishani Kumar 2.1 miles 34:43

0

1 Victor Ho 8k 27:46
2 Matt Cobette 8k 30:16
3 Enrique Henriquez 8k 30:18
4 David Brody 8k 30:47
5 Daniel Bropdy 8k 31:26
6 Francisco Pulido 8k 31:59
7 Nolan Peterson 8k 32:10
8 Sam Hales 8k 32:21
9 Geordan Smith 8k 32:59
10 Brian Greeley 8k 33:39
11 Javid Mahmoodi 8k 33:40
12 Ryan Chio 8k 33:53
13 Beth Raymond 8k 34:04
14 Marvin Nugal 8k 34:18
15 Kevin Hannon 8k 34:28
16 Brian Fix 8k 34:39
17 Rachel Mitchell 8k 34:43
18 Anthony Salgado 8k 35:02
19 Paul Burchak 8k 35:26
20 Sidd Ravindran 8k 35:55
21 Clancy McIntire 8k 36:22
22 Dan Harris 8k 36:27
23 Emanuel Morales 8k 36:29
24 Ian Dennis 8k 36:33
25 Dave Find 8k 36:47
26 Jordan Cruz 8k 37:09
27 Kelly Tarkowski 8k 37:34
28 Jody Madsen 8k 37:35
29 Johnny Boos 8k 38:29
30 Samantha Michel 8k 40:36
31 Eric Peterson 8k 40:42
32 Abraham Magsombol 8k 40:44
33 Aaron Mudaliar 8k 40:46
34 Keri Zaro 8k 41:07
35 Addison Balasbas 8k 41:24
36 Jolene 8k 42:26
37 Mariah Garcia 8k 42:45
38 Anjuli Kumar 8k 45:17
39 Erik Zaro 8k 45:40
40 Dylan Edelson 8k 46:37
41 Regis Amann 8k 46:41
42 Marie Chavez 8k 46:47
43 Scott Williams 8k 48:17
44 Elizar Maravilla 8k 48:49
45 Julie Stelzner 8k 49:11

A note from Scotty Bauhs

Dear everyone,

I just wanted to take the time and write a belated thank you to every that has supported Chico State Distance Running, Gary and/or me in the past year. It was an amazing year and it is unbelievable the amount of support that we/I received throughout.

I always dreamed of running on the level that I am running on but to actually see and feel it happening is really unbelievable. This last year was really important in my development into a national class and hopefully soon, world class runner. I was able to go on some great trips throughout the world and I was running and beating some people that I have looked up to for quite a while. I ran times that rank up there with the best distance runners that this country has ever seen and for a while there was a possibility that I would be going to the Beijing Olympics.

The Trials were an amazing and very important experience. It was a track meet unlike any other and if you were there then I’m sure you agree that the performances throughout the facility were both exhilarating and inspiring. The Trials were also important because they brought me back down to earth in a very dramatic way. They made me realize that while I had made great improvements this year; I am not invincible and my legs aren’t going to be able to carry me through an infinite number of races. If you came to the trials: thank you, I’m sorry that I saved my worst race of the season for that particular 10k, but it was amazing to hear my name (or CHICO!) from all corners of the stadium even when it was clear that the Olympics were no longer an option. Getting lapped for the first time in my life was a tough pill to swallow but if all of you weren’t there cheering me on then the DNF next to my name would have been even worse.

I am rested and training for the next round. Cross-Country is going to be a lot of fun after my red shirt season last year. We will have a great team going to battle in Slippery Rock this year and I am very happy to be a part of it. Last year I had an opportunity to do my own thing by doing a half marathon and racing in Japan but there is nothing like being a part of a cross-country team where we are all striving for the same thing. We have a lot of training and growing to do but if the cards fall in the right place: this season will be a great one aswell.


Thank you again,

Scott(y) Bauhs