Archive for June 5, 2007
Pre Classic meet director mulling invite to Sorensen
Tom Jordan, meet director of the Pre Classic, told an Oakland Tribune sportswriter yesterday that he’ll consider inviting M40 recordman Jim Sorensen for his event’s featured Bowerman Mile on Sunday. In an article published today, “Asked Monday if there might be a spot in his race for a 40-year-old chasing a record, Pre meet director […]
June 5, 2007
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Riccione world meet forced to separate the sexes?
Back in 1989, Oregon sportswriter Ron Bellamy wrote a column at the close of the Eugene world championships that predicted the WAVA meet was growing so big that qualifying standards would become mandatory. It hasn’t come to that, thank goodness. But the logistics of this meet, with 6,000-plus usually expected, have led to some unfortunate […]
June 5, 2007
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Shaheed, Harvey thrilled to be chosen athletes of year
Over the weekend, W40 Alisa Harvey and M55 Nolan Shaheed received word of their selection as USATF Masters Athletes of the Year via email from Awards Committee chairman Dave Clingan. Nolan’s reaction? “I was TOTALLY floored,” Nolan writes from Pasadena. “It is a great honor and pleasure to even be nominated — but to become […]
June 5, 2007
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