Friday, October 17, 2008

BREAKING NEWS

THREE FLYING "J's" DUKE IT OUT IN THE HIGH-JUMP
Khan and Mini Zealand pull DiCarlo back down to Earth

As the rains grow heavier & the wind picks up here at the Matthes Hopkins Track, it is becoming more & more obvious that Joey DiCarlo (ITA), the current DRD high-jump record holder's form may not be up to Chalice standards this year. The odds on favourite in the high-jump, the man they call "Juggernaut" has just left the door wide open with a mediocre 5 ft. 2 inch jump - a full 5 inches lower than his PR.

On the flip side of this coin, Josh Zealand (CAN) & John Khan (MOR) (PAK) were able to match DiCarlo jump for jump & both came out of the High Jump pit smelling like roses. The younger Zealand now has the momentum in his favor. A good 400 for the diminutive Canadian could make him the clear leader.
Josh Zealand (above) clears his own height at the 2008 DRD "bar exam"

It was rumored that DiCarlo ( pictured above), a native Italian speaker, misread the 4th event on the event list to be the "high water" instead of the "high jump."
Apparently this is a common Italian-English mistranslation.

John Khan (pictured above) clears the high-jump bar while calling out the Carolina Panthers for a face mask penalty and bringing them back 15 yards.



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