Posted: March 17, 2007

Athletics: Weather Forces Postponement Of U.S. 8-K

From David Monti © 2007 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved RaceResultsWeekly.com NEW YORK (17-Mar) -- A late winter storm which dumped several inches of wet snow here last night forced the postponement of the U.S. Men's 8-K Championship until tomorrow morning. Two athletes, brothers Andy and Matt Downin, were traveling to New York from Madison, Wisc., but they got stuck in the Cleveland airport yesterday where they were to change planes. They decided to rent a car and drive to New York instead, about 470 miles. They made it to Patterson, N.J., just west of Manhattan, at 1:00 a.m. this morning, then drove the remaining distance this afternoon. "We must have seen a dozen tractor-trailers jackknifed on the side of the road," said Matt Downin.