To date the biggest fear of all FV3WMDT contestants has been Bob John's "4 Minute Mile". Through further research we have learned there may not be much to fear.
Upon receipt of the "4 Minute Mile" tape we found that the location of the event was the University of Utah. As is usual, the track meet was adminstered by UoU graduates. Bob did win the race with a time of 3:57 BUT the race was stopped after 3 laps. After contacting the BYU track department we learned that this is not an unusual occurrance at the U0U. In fact, it happens so often that the NCAA has stopped accepting "records" coming from UoU track athletes.
Adjusting his time for 4 laps brings him in at a 5:16 mile or, as described by another contestant, "horse & buggy" speed.
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I've sat on the sidelines long enough. I find that I must speak out and defend the School of the General Authorities. Throughout the eternities there have been individuals who have done everything in their power to tear down, destroy, or belittle the University of Utah (not the U of U, it should be spelled out because it deserves to be seen in all its glory) an institution that has produced leaders, developed many men and women of distinction (see list below), and has provided and continues to provide the world advances in artificial hearts, sciences, and fighting the battle with cancer. I am saddened, no not saddened, I’m disgusted, repulsed, and sickened by the lengths to which people will throw reason out the window in order to follow the “crowd” in a Salem witch hunt mentality. This pack mentality, no THIS vicious pack mentality must go and be replaced with respect for a fine INSTITUTION, an INSTITUTION that deserves the respect of all. I call to everyone's better judgment and maturity to rise above the slander that has infiltrated society and give the clarion call to all and ask everyone to sing praises to the University of Utah for all it has done for the world.
Alumni of Note
Terrel Bell, former U.S. Secretary of Education
Nolan Bushnell, co-founder of Atari and inventor of Pong
Ed Catmull, co-founder of Pixar Animation Studios shared an Oscar in 2001 for the development of the software used in Toy Story, A Bug's Life, Jurassic Park, Titanic and Gladiator
Jim Clark, founder of Netscape
Stephen Covey, author of the bestseller The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Keene Curtis, Tony Award winning actor
Spence Eccles, chairman of Wells Fargo & Company and former chairman and CEO of First Security Corp.
Jake Garn, former U.S. Senator
E. Gordon Gee, chancellor of Vanderbilt and former president at Colorado, Ohio State and Brown
Bill Gore, inventor of Gore-Tex
Gordon B. Hinkley, president of the LDS Church
Robert Jarvik, inventor of the Jarvik-7 artificial heart
Alan C. Kay, credited with the concept of the laptop computer
Frederick Kempe: Assistant managing editor and columnist, Wall Street Journal, New York.
Willard Marriott, founder of Marriott International Inc.
Charles K. Monfort, chairman and CEO of the Colorado Rockies, president of Monfort International Sales Corporation
John Naisbett, author of the bestseller Megatrends
David Neeleman, founder and CEO of JetBlue Airways
Raymond Noorda, founder of Novell Inc.
Jody Olsen: Deputy director of the Peace Corps.
Simon Ramo, chief scientist in the development of America's intercontinental ballistic missiles
Wallace Stegner, Pulitzer Prize winning novelist
Terry Tempest Williams, author and environmentalist
John Warnock: co-founder of Adobe Systems Inc.
Evelyn Wood, speed reading innovator.
I wonder if these alumni are aware of the deficiencies of the track officiating.
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