Archive for February 28, 2008
Allen Johnson hopes to avoid boredom at IAAF worlds
Allen Johnson turns 37 Saturday, and admits he’s not going to win the 60-meter hurdles at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Valencia, Spain. But he’s shooting for sub-7.50, an amazing time for a masters athlete. Gene Cherry of Reuters wrote a nice story about AJ’s quest. A bittersweet ending: “He said the most difficult […]
February 28, 2008
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M55 multi-eventer Carter Holmes is happy to be alive
Carter Holmes, 58, dearly wanted to compete in the pentathlon at the WMA world indoor championships in France. But life happened, and he probably won’t go. He’s just content to speak French, which he studied in advance of the planned trip. Carter has come out of a four-day coma following a heart attack. And Jim […]
February 28, 2008
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Alisa Harvey on Boston 800: ‘Just gave it all I had’
After Sunday’s 800 final at the AT&T USA Indoor Championships, third-placer Morgan Uceny, 22, approached the woman she had beaten by less than 2 seconds. Morgan asked Alisa Harvey: “Excuse me, I don’t want to be rude — but how old are you?” Alisa says she just laughed and told her, “42.” (Twenty years older!) […]
February 28, 2008
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