You must go trough your own federation, please, forward to your own
local or national federation, and co--sign my appeal, if you do
agree with my proposal.


Chief Executive Officer
United States Track and Filed
Dear President Craig Masback:
4 x 100 m Relay comprehensive proposal:
1. Qualification: 21 top teams.
2. Seeding for excitement -- top 12 only:
Heats:
A) 1 + 6 + 7 + 12
B) 2 + 5 + 8 + 11
C) 3 + 4 + 9 + 10.
Lanes -- fairness -- you get the lane based on your ranking, but no
lane one is used in any of the three heats. I know that one extra
heat makes it more difficult to organize, but I do not see it as a
huge problem when it comes to a world championships or Olympics that
are competed each four years only.
___I do understand that the championships must be elitist, concise,
and profitable, but one more heat should not decrease the profit,
nor the word elitists should be understood in the narrowest meaning.
One more heat should take no more than a quarter of an hour.
___One cannot overlook that the turns are run the fastest in the 4 x
100 m relay. Therefore, the centrifugal force is the greatest and
affects the dasher for the longest period of time due to the rolling
start.
3. Two top teams from each heat shall advance. In addition, two
fastest third--place finishers from all heats shall advance.
4. The lane assignment in the final: the three winners of the
semifinal heats get lanes 4,5, and 6 based on lottery; the three
second--place finishers from the semifinal heats and the two other
teams get lanes based on times from the semifinal heats: each team
chooses their own lane based on the times from the semifinal: first
team to choose is the fastest team and the last to choose is the
slowest team. The tie breakers should be resolved based on the IAAF
ranking position before the championships.
I would like to thank you in advance for your help in bringing this
proposal with your possible support before the I.A.A.F. in 2007.
Sincerely,
Robert Kolakowski
SIGNED: ROBERT KOLAKOWSKI
OF ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY
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Son of Stanislaw Kolakowski and Eugenia Kolakowska,
Husband of Annie Mae Lehnhardt and stepfather of 20 year--old
Tatiyanna Ebone't Lehnhardt daughter of Karl.