Archive for December 5, 2009
Bruny Surin shatters Canadian sprint record in masters debut
Bruny delivered. As promised a few weeks ago, the Canadian sprint great today beat his country’s M40 record for 50 meters — clocking a remarkable 6.15 (corrected from my earlier 6.12 error) seconds at McGill University to beat the listed record of 6.20. “I was really nervous,” Bruny said. “The first competition, you never know […]
December 5, 2009
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Robert Thomas named vice chairman of USATF Masters T&F
Janet McCarty-Smith, the USATF Masters T&F Executive Committee member known for not showing up, has made it official. She’s not showing up. My masters mole at the Indy annual meeting reports: “McCarty-Smith announced she is stepping down as vice chair because she has some changes in her life that require more of her time (evidently […]
December 5, 2009
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Baker’s dozen named to USATF Masters Hall of Fame in Indy
Thirteen masters track greats — 11 men and two women — have been named to the USATF Masters Hall of Fame. USATF hasn’t posted the names, but HoF Committee chair Norm Green announced the names yesterday, and a mole has passed them along to me. So this isn’t official quite yet. The Class of 2009 […]
December 5, 2009
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Drug-testing around the corner for USATF masters nationals?
I hope this is a false alarm, but a pot of money is being dangled in front of U.S. masters track — and some of our leaders are reported to be thinking: Let’s look good to WMA and commence drug-testing at USATF masters nationals! I’m not kidding. For decades, leaders of American masters track have refused to […]
December 5, 2009
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