Ben Hall

Software Engineer, Track and Field Geek, Contributor @tandfn, Inline Speed Skater, Rower

[Kara Winger @karathrowsjav]

@phofmahoney The fact that the coverage is no different is also extremely confusing to me. Yes we’re seeing a lot of throws yay, but where’s the biomechanical data, extra graphics, side-by-side comparisons, production value increase if new fans is the point?

[Beau Throws @beau_throws]

Watch Chase Jackson's 21.14m toss from today's DL Final 👀

[Ben Hall @inlinegeek]

@GTVolleyball Late start to the Iowa State match?

[Anish Moonka @anishmoonka]

The doctor who delivered Dolly Parton in a one-room Tennessee cabin in 1946 was paid with a sack of cornmeal. Her father farmed other people's land and could not read or write. Eighty years later, the reading program she built in his name has mailed more than 300 million books.

She wrote "I Will Always Love You" on the same afternoon she wrote "Jolene," as a goodbye to Porter Wagoner, and released it in 1974. Elvis wanted it. The night before the session, Colonel Tom Parker called and said Presley would only record it if they got half the publishing, meaning half of everything the song ever earned. She had been in Nashville ten years by then. She said no, and cried all night. Whitney Houston cut her version in 1992, held number one for fourteen weeks, and Forbes later put Parton's royalties from it near $10 million. She put some of that money into an office complex in Nashville and called the place the house that Whitney built.

Dollywood opened in Pigeon Forge in 1986 because she wanted paychecks in the county she came from. Around 4,000 people work there now. Three million visitors come every year. The University of Tennessee put its economic impact at $1.8 billion, and it is the largest employer in Sevier County. Since 2022 the company has paid tuition, fees, and books in full for every worker from their first day, seasonal hires included.

Wildfires tore through those mountains in November 2016, killing fourteen people and destroying more than 2,400 buildings. Her foundation was handing out money within 48 hours. Every family that lost a home got $1,000 a month for six months, regardless of income. The final check was $5,000. Total delivered: $8.9 million.

In April 2020 she sent $1 million to Vanderbilt for coronavirus research. When Moderna's vaccine results ran in the New England Journal of Medicine that November, her fund appeared in the footnotes.

Carl Dean, her husband of nearly sixty years, died in March 2025. The note she wrote to fans afterward ended with the same five words she wrote for Porter Wagoner back in 1974. She died in Nashville today. Her family asked that instead of flowers, people give to the Imagination Library, which still mails 3.4 million books a month to children who will never get to meet her.

[David Monti 🥑 @d9monti]

ICYMI - Josh Kerr is featured on the cover of the August issue of @tandfn. The photo is by my friend and colleague John Nepolitan.

[Ben Hall @inlinegeek]

@bambam1729 Sorry for you loss Bill.

[MR.CARTER 🌚 @NelsonCarterJr]

📺 Magnifique cette interview de la RTS des parents d’Audrey Werro 🇨🇭 après son sacre à #Birmingham2026 sur 800m.

PS : Ils portent un magnifique pagne en l’honneur de leur fille et de leur ethnie, les Baoulés. 🤩
#Athlétisme

[Dr. James Mahon, Journalist (SFHEA) @JamesMahonTV]

One of the most compelling pieces of sports broadcasting I’ve ever seen

[USATF @usatf]

On this day in 1996, Derrick Adkins powered to Olympic gold in the men’s 400m hurdles in 47.54 👏

#TeamUSATF

[Ben Hall @inlinegeek]

Congratulations Coach!

[Georgia Tech Track & Field/XC @GT_trackNfield]

𝐇𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐎𝐅 𝐅𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐑 🏆

46 years, three Olympic Gold Medalists, 13 NCAA champions and 87 all-Americans.

Welcome to the Georgia Tech Sports Hall of Fame Coach 🫡

🎟️ https://t.co/MypE6ROOub
📰 https://t.co/bq2UB4K9rv

#StingEm 🐝

[Track & Field News @tandfn]

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING, Josh Kerr and his team could hardly have made their target at the London Diamond League simpler. Four 440-yard quarters of 55.5 for a total of 222 seconds or 3:42.0. Not so easy to achieve, but clear for all to understand. Link to the full article below!
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#run #running #worldrecord #track #trackandfield

[Science of Rowing @ScienceofRowing]

The Science of Rowing Conference is BACK 🚣

📅 October 4–5, 2026
🎤 12 expert speakers
🔁 Lifetime access to every session

Speaker announcements start next week, grab your ticket at the link in bio.

#ScienceOfRowing #Rowing #RowingTraining #SportsScience

[Dan Lilot @Lilot1TrackMind]

Wanyoni's splits: 25.7 (3) 12.4 38.8 (3) 13.1 51.6 (3) 12.8 1:04.7 (3) 13.1 1:18.0 (3) 13.3 1:31.4 (2) 13.4 1:45.0 (2) 13.6 1:58.7 (1) 13.7 2:11.83 (1) 13.1
https://t.co/5zvdsAC9tT

[Ben Hall @inlinegeek]

@fatsculler They're still banned by World Athletics as well.

[Ben Hall @inlinegeek]

@davidmellyruns In rowing all equipment that gets raced has to be generally available by January 1st if the year.

[Georgia Tech Track & Field/XC @GT_trackNfield]

Your 2025-26 Outdoor All-ACC Academic Team ☀️📖

Tap in to read about the 18 exceptional student-athletes who earned the academic honor 👇
📰 https://t.co/vlsufIYKOd

#StingEm 🐝

[RITA GARY @RGary2]

College sports weren’t created to build professional teams. They were created to teach life lessons through sport.

As we reshape the NCAA, we can’t lose sight of that purpose.

Proud to create those opportunities at FURMAN 🤝🏼💜 https://t.co/hU1r46BHDl

[Georgia Tech Track & Field/XC @GT_trackNfield]

𝐎𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 🐝

Natasha Alleyne made history in 1992 as Tech's first female national champion, clearing 6-2.25 in the high jump.

Celebrating Title IX and the women who continue to break barriers.

#StingEm🐝

[Ryan Alpert @RGAlpert]

.@CabreraAngel’s leadership & belief in the positive impact that athletics can have on a world-class academic institution will remain a catalyst for the continued growth of @GeorgiaTech & @GTAthletics for generations to come!

Thank you for all you’ve done for GT!

#StingEm 🐝

[Ben Hall @inlinegeek]

@fatsculler May be good for the teams. Not good for the sport.