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OT: My 3rd Aussie Selection
Posted: Tue Jun 3, 2008 12:45 am
by TheGlyde
For those who are interested, the reason for the return of my patriotic sig and avatar, is because I've been named on the Australian Track & Field team to compete at the 2008 Oceania Championships held in the Northern Mariana Islands later this month.
http://www.athletics.com.au/fanzone/380 ... in_oceania
(I'm Jay Stone, listed in the Open Men, in the 200m, 400m and Long Jump)
This is my 3rd selection to this team, where I competed in 2004 and then won a silver medal in the Long Jump at the 2006 games.
The championships pit the 19 Oceania nations against one another, with Australia and New Zealand sending developmental teams, while the other 17 nations (Fiji, Vanuatu, Paupua New Guniea, Samoa, Guam etc) send their Olympians, who will be using the meet as a warm up to the Beijing Olympics.
The Northern Mariana Islands, are situated in tha pacific between Japan and Papua New Guniea:
The largest island is just 20km long and 9km wide, so it should be a great place to visit while competing
Anyway, I know it wont be of interest to all of you, but I was excited to be named on the team again because they made the selection criteria tougher this time around, so I thought I'd share a bit of my excitement with you guys.
Posted: Tue Jun 3, 2008 12:50 am
by Optimus_Steel
Woohooo congrats man, go get some medals! And if u dont you still cool with us lol.
Posted: Tue Jun 3, 2008 1:05 am
by mhectorgato
Congrats!!
Posted: Tue Jun 3, 2008 1:06 am
by EasternMagic
GO GLYDE!!!
Posted: Tue Jun 3, 2008 1:11 am
by MoGrAdY
I told you a while back you was gonna make it, now you jus gotta keep workin for da bigger goal.. Rememeber you gotta git gold while I get a deal, that was the agreement haha.. Good luck man an Congrats!
Posted: Tue Jun 3, 2008 1:11 am
by magicfan4life05
EasternMagic wrote:GO GLYDE!!!
IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY!!!
gratz man!!
Posted: Tue Jun 3, 2008 1:57 am
by craig01
Way to go Glyde.
Best of luck out there.
PS- If you medal, send us some coconuts please.
LOL
Posted: Tue Jun 3, 2008 2:07 am
by magicmamma
That's fantastic! Best of luck.
Posted: Tue Jun 3, 2008 2:07 am
by mhectorgato
craig01 wrote:Way to go Glyde.
Best of luck out there.
PS- If you medal, send us some coconuts please.
LOL
Even if you don't medal, send us some coconuts.
Not that there aren't enough nuts around here ....
Posted: Tue Jun 3, 2008 2:23 am
by FFBlitzace
If you win, scream out "Glyde ftw!" right as you cross the finish line.
Posted: Tue Jun 3, 2008 3:03 am
by spinedoc
Good for you Glyde! Thats pretty cool, keep us posted.
Posted: Tue Jun 3, 2008 10:31 am
by damo[23]
Awesome Glyde, good luck and have a great time out there.
Dibs on your medal's.
Posted: Tue Jun 3, 2008 1:31 pm
by 1eyedjake
Congrats Glyde!
Do the green and gold proud!
Posted: Tue Jun 3, 2008 1:38 pm
by Howard Mass
Congratulations Jay!
We are all very proud of you.
On behalf of everyone at RealGM, good luck.
Posted: Tue Jun 3, 2008 2:41 pm
by Bensational
pfffft.... i could've done that if i'd tried......
always good to have a fellow Aussie doin us proud both on this board and somewhere in the world. good work mate.
out of curiosity, did you go in olympic trials? and if so, how'd you go? have we got any prospects to look out for at Beijing if you're not gonna be there? (does Shervington still race?)
Posted: Tue Jun 3, 2008 7:03 pm
by MagicFan149
congrats bro.... thats really a big time feat....
Posted: Tue Jun 3, 2008 8:20 pm
by J-Mezzy
Damn, that is awasome. Best of lucks man, remember, anything less the comeplete and utter domination will not be accepted. It will be viewed as a failure.
Best of lucks partner
Posted: Tue Jun 3, 2008 9:30 pm
by Devin 1L
2004 - "Competed"
2006 - Silver
...
2008 - Gold?
Good luck!
Posted: Tue Jun 3, 2008 11:30 pm
by TheGlyde
Bensational wrote:out of curiosity, did you go in olympic trials? and if so, how'd you go? have we got any prospects to look out for at Beijing if you're not gonna be there? (does Shervington still race?)
I didn't compete at the Olympic trials this year, after the State championships I had an achillies injury and I couldn't compete.
Shirvo still races but he didn't make the team, we won;t have anyone in the 100m or 200m, which is disappointing, but we will have a strong crop of runners in the 400m, John Steffensen and Joel Milburn most notably, Milburn set the track on fire this season but is inexperienced in the international arena, so he's a bit of a wild card.
devin3807 wrote:2004 - "Competed"
2006 - Silver
...
2008 - Gold?
Good luck!
Well to expand on 2004, "Competed" = was a medal favourite for the Long Jump, but broke my foot in the 400m heats, ran the final anyway, but had to withdraw from the Long Jump
I'm hoping to medal again but the competition will be very hot in an Olympic year... I'm in good shape tho, so we shall see how it goes.
Thanks all for the kind wishes, I fly out in 18 days.
Posted: Wed Jun 4, 2008 12:20 am
by macdalejax
congrats Glyde