Archive for January 22, 2012
Half of finishers at Olympic Trials in 50K walk were masters age
With 39-year-old Tim Seaman taking second, five of the 10 finishers at Sunday’s Olympic Trials for the 50-kilometer race walk team were over 35. But since winner John Nunn, 33, made only the “B” standard for the London Games, he’s the whole team. I covered the race in Santee, California (10 minutes from my home) […]
January 22, 2012
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Hartshorne Diary: Peter Taylor regains his focus after car scare
Hartshorne announcer Peter Taylor’s journey from Virginia to Upstate New York was eventful — a metaphor for masters track. Worried about his car, then relieved it wasn’t a disaster. “I am just below Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, on Route 15 North, and I notice that my temperature gauge is on “hot.” It’s all the way up. This […]
January 22, 2012
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Nolan Shaheed chops 6 seconds off own world indoor mile record
Nolan Shaheed, 62, crushed his own world indoor record in the mile Saturday, clocking 4:50.96 to beat his listed M60 mark of 4:57.06. Nolan was the only record-setter at the Hartshorne Memorial Masters Miles in Ithaca, New York. W40 Sonja Friend-Uhl beat W45 Alisa Harvey, and Charlie Kern defended 2011 his title. Tom Hartshorne sends […]
January 22, 2012
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Porto Alegre changes dates for 2013 WMA world championships
After weeks of “sensitive negotiations,” organizers of the 2013 world masters outdoor championships in Porto Alegre, Brazil, have settled on new dates for the meet. Originally, the meet was set for July 24 to August 4. The new dates are October 15-27, I’m told. A source inside World Masters Athletics writes: “Finally we have a […]
January 22, 2012
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