Archive for January 14, 2008
Hacker new president of World Masters Athletics
As expected, Monty Hacker of South Africa has taken over as president of World Masters Athletics. He succeeds Italy’s Cesare Beccalli, who died of a heart attack last month in Brazil. Monty thus becomes the first Southern Hemisphere prez of WMA. The WMA Web site reports: “Following upon the death of our President, Cesare Beccalli, […]
January 14, 2008
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German tops American’s new M55 world PV record
Sorry, Jeff. Wolfgang Ritte has entered the room. The same day M55 Jeff Kingstad thought he was upping his own world indoor record in the vault, German world champion Ritte was putting it appreciably higher someplace in Deutschland. According to results posted on Annette and Robert Koop’s site, Wolfgang cleared 4.20 meters (13-9 1/4) — […]
January 14, 2008
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Vacancies near the top and all around USATF Masters T&F
This coming December, Gary Snyder’s two-year term ends as chairman of the USATF Masters Track & Field Committee. I don’t know if he’ll run for a full four-year term, but I do know this: Our organizational directory shows a slew of vacancies. According to this list, we lack a national vice chair for masters track […]
January 14, 2008
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