The Candlewood Suites is our official hotel this year. They are offering a block of 15 rooms for $89.99 each for the night of the meet. The cutoff date for securing a room is May 16th. The group code for the deal is HTG. Here is the contact information.
One of the PREMIERE events of the night. This 800 will be VERY fast as it includes runners from the 1:52-1:58 range. It is sponsored in honor of one of the best sprinters in American History. Here is a little background info on Mr. Remigino:
Remigino was born in Elmhurst, Queens, New York in 1931.
In 1952 he won the ICAAAA 220 championship in 1952, then placed close second to Morgan State's sprinter, Art Bragg, at US Olympic Trials.
In Helsinki, Remigino continued on a roll. In pre-Olympic workouts, none of the other spinters managed to come close to catching him in the practice runs. Italian fans watching got to cheering him on. Art Bragg was injured prior to the Games, and eliminated in the Trials. The other American Dean Smith of Texas qualified for the final. The Olympic 100 meters final was one of the most exciting in the history of the event.
Out of the blocks, John Treloar took a step ahead, but Remigino the eventual Olympic champion and several more quickly picked him up, with Jamaica's Herb McKenley lagging well behind. By the 80 m mark, Remigino held that big lead: however, in his excitement at sight of the advancing tape, he pitched forward in a virtual lean. He therefore decelerated in the lean, and, as McKenley came quickly, at the tape no one was certain who won. The officials, however, agreed to give gold medal to Remigino.
All six athletes finished very close to each other, in fact, the times ranging from 10.4 for the first four to 10.5 for the fifth and sixth runners.
Across Europe that Summer, Remigino defeated McKenley several times more at 100, while McKenley defeated the new "World's Fastest Human" one time in the 200 m race. In Oslo, Norway, Remigino won in 10.2 s to equal the 100-meters world-record, but an out of place wind-o-meter was relied upon to cancel ratification.
In 1953, Remigino won both ICAAAA sprint championships. In 1955 he placed second to Bobby Morrow in the 100 US Nationals.
After his running career, Remigino became a high school coach. His Hartford Public High School teams won 31 state titles in his 43 year career.
Long Doggers Elite 5k
Another of the Premiere Events of the night. Derek Wehunt heads the field and is looking for a sub 15 minute 5k after battling blisters at the state track meet, which forced him to drop in the 1600 and 3200. A slew of guys should be under the 16 minute mark which will make for a very fast pace.
LONG DOGGERS is a local restaurant that specializes in Hot Dogs and Wings. We will be eating there after the meet for a little runners get-together. It is located 2.25 miles south of Holy Trinity at the corner of Wickham and Post road.
The meet is still open for entries. This will be a VERY elite meet, that is conduscive to VERY fast times. We have a lot of fast guys in the 800, Mile, and 5k. We have some VERY elite girls in the 800, Mile, and 5k. Hopefully we can get some more SPRINTERS entered into the 200 and 100/110 Hurdles. We would like to showcase their talents as well. There is also plenty of room for more girls to enter.
The National attention this meet will get cannot be matched by many meets. The meet will have video and picture coverage from three different running websites. FLrunners.com, Runnerspace.com, AND Distancepreps.com will all have coverage of the meet. Distancepreps.com will have the live video feed. So come show off your talent and GET NOTICED!!!
