Moses: Work on Drug Board Took Toll

Edwin Moses said Friday that he resigned from a drug-testing custodial board earlier this week because he was tired after 1 1/2 years of intense work.

“I resigned because I’m exhausted and drained,” Moses said. “I did not resign to make a political statement.”

On Wednesday, Moses, Harvey Glance, Linda Sheskey and Doriane Lambelet sent resignations to The Athletics Congress, which governs track and field. Moses, Glance and Sheskey all served on TAC’s drug custodial board, which oversees track and field’s domestic drug-testing program. Lambelet, a Washington lawyer, was as an adviser to the program.

Moses and Lambelet each said Friday that they had sacrificed their personal and professional lives because of the time demanded by the board’s work.

“We have been working under less than ideal conditions,” Moses said. “I don’t need to be on the phone two to three hours a day for this. It’s been wearing me down.”

Lambelet said TAC’s drug-testing program, which she believes is working well, should be run by professionals, not volunteers--as is now the case.

She also said there wasn’t enough staff to deal with the program, which has grown in the past two years.

Both said that they were frustrated by the lack of support from TAC administrators, but would not be specific. They said their statements were limited because of the confidentiality of the drug program.

Moses and Lambelet said the sport’s officials were aware of the board’s concerns before the four resignations.

“It’s (a matter of) internal credibility,” Moses said. “There are a lot of decisions that have to be made and followed through on. You want to have faith and you want to believe that something is going to happen. You get tired of having to hear reasons why things haven’t happened.”

Moses said the four who resigned are preparing a report for TAC’s Executive Board and Board of Directors. He said the report would detail the problems and include suggestions for change.