Archive for February 1, 2007

Roger Kingdom invites non-hurdlers to masters meet

Four months ago, I noted Roger Kingdom’s challenge to post-40 hurdlers: Let’s see who’s the greatest masters timber topper. Today I learned that he’s added some other masters events to his April 21 meet in Pennsylvania, where he coaches the CUP track team. Roger writes of the hurdle showdown: “Yes! It’s still on. However, I […]

February 1, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

World’s fastest 95-year-old gets moment in video sun

In June 2005, the wires were agog about a Japanese geezersprinter named Kozo Haraguchi. He ran 100 meters in 22.04 seconds — a world age-group record by 2 seconds! (And in the rain!) Now I’ve finally seen the performance. He ran the race solo (as this video shows). This happens at some meets where officials […]

February 1, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  6 Comments

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