Archive for June 28, 2009
Gosa, Arlin Genet claim masters exhibitions at USA nationals
Duane Gosa upset world champ Robert Thomas today to win the men’s masters exhibition 400 at the USA open championships in Eugene, Oregon. Duane, about 44, went 49.92 in windy conditions on a sunny day in the low 70s. Robert, with the best seed time of 49.76, was inexplicably assigned to lane 1. Minutes earlier, Aeron […]
June 28, 2009
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Carter Holmes continues his comeback from coma, cardiac
Consider this a miracle. M55 multi-eventer Carter Holmes yesterday ran the 100-meter dash in 2:07.82 and the 400 in 9:10.24. But then consider this: He spent four days in a coma after a massive heart attack in February 2008, and could barely stand for a long time. Jim Schoffman reports: “Carter . . . returned […]
June 28, 2009
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Jim Hammond dies at 95, tragically deprived of WR dreams
Last September, Minneapolis sprinter Jim Hammond told a local reporter: “I’m going for world records next year,” referring to his goal of setting M95 bests at this summer’s National Senior Olympics in Palo Alto. A widower and legally blind at 94, he seemed to be on his way, as I noted at the time. But […]
June 28, 2009
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