Coach Nathan Taylor in London - Cornell Men's Ice Hockey

Nathan Taylor, the George E. Heekin '29 Head Coach of Men's Track & Field and Cross Country, is in London for the 2012 Olympic Games as a track and field coach for the Virgin Islands team. Taylor will be providing periodic first-person updates from London for CornellBigRed.com as well as videos from his time at the Olympics. Taylor will be coaching Muhammad Halim '08 in the triple jump as well as three other track athletes from the Virgin Islands. He arrived in London on Friday, July 20.

LONDON ? It's been just over three weeks since I arrived in London. Everyday has been phenomenal with incredible highs and, obviously, one big low. Anyone who knows Morgan knows how much this sport means to her and all of our hearts were on the track with her in some small way sharing her pain. We are awed by those individuals who commit their life to achieving great things even when there are no guarantees that they will reach the highest rung of the ladder. Any real athlete would love to be in her shoes, knocking on the door of greatness. Morgan will be back.

Friday's finals on the track were again incredible and I thought watching a world record in the Women's 4x100 couldn't be toped but I was wrong. The vault was exceptional ? every event was incredible! But tonight toped all the other nights! Event after event! Javelin throwing at this level is a thing of beauty as the spear knifes through the night and the big throws look like they are going to land among the high jumpers at the other end of the field. Allison Felix splitting 48.1 in the US 4x4 victory and then a Men's 5k that brought the house down as Mo Farah of the UK took off with 600m to go and dominated the greatest runners in the world and he still saved one final gear for the last 100m.

The most mind boggling performance came in the final event of the Olympic Games in the showdown between the US and Jamaica in the Men's 4x100. Be patient with my video skills and I hope you enjoy the race. The final time of 36.85 says it all ? World Record, Olympic Record and the US finishing in second place while setting an American Record at 37.04.

In the end, after all the events were over and all but one award ceremony had been completed, possibly the most stirring moment of the games came as Mo Farah was awarded his gold medal for the Men's 5000m? and the crowd of 80,000 joyfully sang the National Anthem of Great Britton, ?God Save the Queen.? A fitting end to a fantastic games.

Muhammad is off tomorrow for a two week vacation in Europe and I'm returning to Ithaca tonight excited to hit the ground running in the hope of bringing another HEPS title to East Hill.

Source: http://www.cornellbigred.com/news/2012/8/13/MTRACK_0813125920.aspx

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