Archive for March 17, 2012

Bill Collins’ stunning comeback from illiness: indoor WR in 60 at 61

Only months ago, Bill Collins was worried about his career, having been diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome. Now his main concern is where to hang his latest national gold medal. At Bloomington today, Bill at 61 ran 60 meters in 7.58 seconds to shatter the listed M60 world indoor record of 7.66 by Vladimir Vybostok in […]

March 17, 2012   Posted in: Uncategorized  16 Comments

Raschker, Lida lead record barrage at Bloomington indoor nationals

After Day 1 of indoor nationals, my breath is already taken away: Six world records set, trumpets the posting on USATF.org I haven’t checked to see if earlier, unreported marks are superior, but these look current. Phil Raschker has more world records to my her name than I have hairs on my head, and M75 […]

March 17, 2012   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

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