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1985 Pacific Conference Games
The 1985 Pacific Conference Games was the fifth and final edition of the international athletics competition between five Pacific coast nations: Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand and the United States. Like the 1981 edition before it, athletes from beyond the Pacific grouping were allowed to compete at the tournament. A total of 21 men's and 16 women's athletics events were contested. One change was made to the event programme: the women's pentathlon was dropped in favour of the heptathlon, mirroring the same change in the Olympic programme which had happened at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. The competition was held at the Edwards Stadium in Berkeley, California, with the United States being the last nation of the five original invited nations to fulfil its duty in hosting the meeting. Sports television channel ESPN broadcast highlights of the competition nationally. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berkeley, California
Berkeley ( ) is a city on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay in northern Alameda County, California, United States. It is named after the 18th-century Irish bishop and philosopher George Berkeley. It borders the cities of Oakland and Emeryville to the south and the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington to the north. Its eastern border with Contra Costa County generally follows the ridge of the Berkeley Hills. The 2020 census recorded a population of 124,321. Berkeley is home to the oldest campus in the University of California System, the University of California, Berkeley, and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, which is managed and operated by the university. It also has the Graduate Theological Union, one of the largest religious studies institutions in the world. Berkeley is considered one of the most socially progressive cities in the United States. History Indigenous history The site of today's City of Berkeley was the territo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmit King
Emmit King (March 24, 1959 – November 28, 2021) was an American track and field sprinter, who twice was a member of the American Relay Team for the Summer Olympics (1984 and 1988) but he did not compete. He is best known for winning the bronze medal at the inaugural 1983 World Championships in the men's 100 metres. At the same championships, he was part of the team that won gold in the 4x100 m relay for the United States, and in doing so set a new world record of 37.86 s. He set his personal best (10.04) in the 100 metres on June 17, 1988, at the 1988 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Tampa, Florida. While at the University of Alabama, King became the 1983 NCAA 100 meters National Champion (10.15 seconds). King was also twice national champion at the short sprint indoors: in 1984 at 60 yards and in 1988 at 55 metres. In 1986, he became a member of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity through the Theta Delta chapter at the University. King was also a graduate of Hueytown ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Bourke (athlete)
Peter Bourke (born 23 April 1958) is an Australian former middle-distance runner. He is best known for winning the 800 metres The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since t ... at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane. External links * Peter Bourkeat Australian Athletics Historical Results Australian male middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics 1958 births Living people Medallists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games 20th-century Australian people {{Australia-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Campbell (athlete)
Dave Campbell may refer to: * Dave Campbell (American football) (1873–1949), American football player * Dave Campbell (Canadian football) (born c. 1951), Canadian football player * Dave Campbell (ice hockey) (1896–1975), Canadian hockey defenceman * Dave Campbell (basketball) (1925–2015), Canadian basketball player * Dave Campbell (infielder) (born 1942), American baseball infielder and broadcaster * Dave Campbell (pitcher) David Alan Campbell (born September 3, 1951) is a former professional baseball pitcher. Campbell pitched two seasons in Major League Baseball for the Atlanta Braves in 1977 and 1978. He appeared in 118 games, all but 14 in relief pitcher, relief. ... (born 1951), American baseball pitcher * Dave Campbell (footballer, born 1969), Irish soccer player * Dave Campbell (footballer, born 1947) (1947–2013), Welsh footballer * Dave Campbell, sportswriter and founder of American football magazine '' Dave Campbell's Texas Football'' See also * David Cam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Hoogewerf
Simon Hoogewerf (born May 11, 1963 in Beaverlodge, Alberta) is a Canadian athlete, dominant in the middle distances, primarily the 800m, during the 1980s. He competed for his native country in the 800 metres at the 1988 Summer Olympics, where he was eliminated in the semifinals. See also * Canadian records in track and field The following is a list of national outdoor and indoor athletics records for Canada maintained by Canada's national athletics federation, Athletics Canada. Outdoor Key to tables: + = En route to a longer distance A = Affected by altitude Mx ... External linksUniversity of British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame biography 1963 births Living people Canadian male middle-distance runners Sportspeople from Alberta Sportspeople from British Columbia Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Pearless
Peter Pearless (born 4 June 1957) is a New Zealand middle-distance runner. He competed in the men's 800 metres at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon .... References 1957 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics New Zealand male middle-distance runners Olympic athletes for New Zealand Place of birth missing (living people) {{NewZealand-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ocky Clark
Octavius ("Ocky") Rene Clark is an American competitive runner who won the gold medal in the 800 meter event at the 1991 Pan American Games. Early life Clark was born November 14, 1960 in Sanford, Florida. He grew up on his grandparents' farm in Bookertown, named after Booker T. Washington. Clark would interject Booker T. Washington's words of "nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work" into every aspect of his life. He was given the nickname Ocky by one of his favorite aunts. High school Clark began competitive running at Sanford Seminole High School as a 3200-meter runner. With times of 4:23.8 in the Mile, 1:57 for 800 meters and 47 splits on the 4x400 relay he was one of the top runners at his school. After high school Clark attended Ottawa University in Ottawa, Kansas briefly, but then dropped out and joined the Navy on October 9, 1979 in downtown Ottawa, Kansas. After basic training in Great Lakes, Illinois he was assigned to the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cedric Vaughans
Cedric () is a masculine given name invented by Walter Scott in the 1819 novel ''Ivanhoe''.Sir Walter Scott, Graham Tulloch (ed.), ''Ivanhoe'', vol. 8 of The Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels, Edinburgh University Press, 1998, , "explanatory notes", p. 511. The invented name is based on '' Cerdic'', the name of a 6th-century Anglo-Saxon king (itself from Brittonic ''Coroticus''). The name was not popularly used until the children's book '' Little Lord Fauntleroy'' by Frances Hodgson Burnett was published in 1885 to 1886, the protagonist of which is called Cedric Errol. The book was highly successful, causing a fashion trend in children's formal dress in America and popularized the given name. People named Cedric born in the years following the novel's publication include British naval officer Cedric Holland (1889–1950), American war pilot Cedric Fauntleroy (1891–1973), Irish art director Austin Cedric Gibbons (1893–1960) and British actor Cedric Hardwicke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susumu Takano
is a Japanese former sprinter who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics, in the 1988 Summer Olympics, and in the 1992 Summer Olympics. Personal bests Records *200 metres **Former Japanese record holder - 20.74 s (wind: -0.4 m/s) ( Kofu, 15 October 1986) *300 metres **Former Japanese record holder - 32.97 s (Chiba, 11 September 1988) *400 metres **Current Japanese record holder - 44.78 s (Tokyo, 16 June 1991) **Former Japanese university record holder - 45.85 s (Walnut, 25 July 1984) *4 × 100 m relay **Former Japanese record holder - 38.90 s (relay leg: 4th) (Seoul, 1 October 1988) *4 × 400 m relay **Former Japanese record holder - 3:01.26 s (relay leg: 2nd) (Tokyo, 31 August 1991) : with Shinji Aoto, Kenji Yamauchi, and Koji Kurihara : with Koichi Konakatomi, Takahiro Watanabe, and Koji Ito International competition record National championships He has won the individual national championship 8 times. * 1 win in the 200 metres (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Valmon
Andrew Orlando Valmon (born January 1, 1965) is an American former 400 meters runner. Valmon was born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Manchester Township, New Jersey, where he attended Manchester Township High School. He attended college at Seton Hall University and graduated in 1987 with a degree in communications. Valmon won the silver medal at the World Indoor Athletics Championships in 1991 in Seville. In 1992 he won a gold medal with the American 4 × 400 m relay team at the Olympic Games in Barcelona. The same year, Valmon set his personal best of 44.28 seconds. He is now the track & field head coach at the University of Maryland, and coaches a summer camp at the university. He is married to Meredith Rainey, who is also an Olympic runner. Valmon is a member of the Phi Beta Sigma fraternity. Georgetown University From 1999 to 2003 Valmon was an assistant track coach at Georgetown University Georgetown University is a private university, private research unive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Dwyer (athlete)
Michael Dwyer (born 10 October 1962) is a Canadian former Sport of athletics, athlete who competed in Sprint (running), sprint events. Born in Jamaica, Dwyer came to Canada as a teenager in 1976. Dwyer had a personal best time in the 200m of 20.83 and won a bronze medal for the 200m at the 1985 Pacific Conference Games. He was sixth in the same event at the 1986 Commonwealth Games. As a relay runner he was a member of silver medal-winning teams at the 1985 Summer Universiade and 1991 Pan American Games. He was fourth in the relay at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics, 1987 World Championships, running with Ben Johnson (Canadian sprinter), Ben Johnson, Atlee Mahorn and Desai Williams. References External links * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dwyer, Mike 1962 births Living people Canadian male sprinters Black Canadian track and field athletes Jamaican emigrants to Canada World Athletics Championships athletes for Canada Commonwealth Games competitors for Canada Athletes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Courtney Brown (athlete)
Courtney Brown is the name of: * Courtney Brown (soccer) * Courtney Brown (sprinter) (born 1965), Canadian Olympic sprinter * Courtney Brown (defensive back) (born 1984), American football player *Courtney Brown (defensive end) Courtney Lanair Brown (born February 14, 1978) is a former American college and professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons. He played college football for Pennsylvania State Univ ... (born 1978), former American football player * Courtney Brown (social scientist) (born 1952), proponent of remote viewing and teacher of political science * Courtney Browne (born 1970), Barbadian cricketer *Courtney Brown, Lloyd Bridges' SCUBA instructor and stunt double for '' Sea Hunt'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Courtney ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
