Archive for June 7, 2011

Perkins playing favorites with Perth as bidder for 2015 worlds?

Perth, in Western Australia, is one of four bidders for the 2015 World Masters Athletics Championships, and its promotional website is now online here. Of course, the president of World Masters Athletics is an Aussie — Stan Perkins. So he’ll have a dog in this fight. But he also seems to be putting a finger […]

June 7, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

Grace Padilla applying for American record in W40 1500 meters

Thanks to Andy Hecker’s legwork and Grace Padilla’s legs and lungs, the bogus-beyond-belief W40 American record for 1500 meters will be toast. Grace turned 40 on May 29, and on June 4 at Mount San Antonio College she ran the 15 in 4:28.77. That beats the listed AR of 4:32.73 by Joan Nesbit in 2002. […]

June 7, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  10 Comments

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