Teddy McCook, president of the NACAC, former president of the JAAF has died, per TrackAlerts.com. Mr. McCook was 73. At the time of his death, McCook was a council member of the IAAF. He contributed much to Caribbean Athletics for more than fifty years, per TrackAlerts.com. More information follows below:
Teddy McCook receiving his Living Legacy Award from Denise Eldermine-Shearer, Chair,Caribbean Community of Retired Persons, on February 18, 2012. Picture is courtesy of the Jamaica Observer.
Teddy McCook, President of the NACAC and former president of the Jamaican Athletic Association, has died , at the age of 73, per
TrackAlerts.com.
Teddy McCook was one of the most influential men in Caribbean sports for the past fifty years. Tributes have been coming in all day at
TrackAlerts.com, and several other sites.
http://www.trackalerts.com/news/lead-stories/8161-nacac-president-teddy-mccook-is-dead
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Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys.
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