Athletics Weekly (aka the British T&FN but actually covering all of track) reports on old-reliable Steve Peters taking the 1, 2 and 4 at British masters nationals over the weeken. Steve is tbe UK version of Bill Collins — class
In his last missive from masters nationals, Curt Morgan writes: Talk about scary good! Over in the women’s heavyweight throw at the 2014 nationals, you’d find W45 Stephanie Timmer, surely the fastest lady marathoner (best: a phenomenal 3:17) ever to
Athletes are privately expressing anger that organizers of the 2015 WMA worlds in Lyon, France, have scheduled qualifying in field events. In other words, you throw or jump one day in a trials and come back the next for the
Curt Morgan writes: It’s every masters athlete’s wet dream! You snag a bit of javelin training, you show up at nationals, you skip the long run-up and just shuffle through three short steps. Next thing you know you’re adding another
WMA’s records pages were updated Friday, but the insanity continues. M85 Earl Fee and M75 Guido Müeller get recognition for 2014 marks. So do M45 Brad Barton and M55 Wolfgang Knabe. But M35s Kim Collins (100) and Chris Brown (400)
Ed “Olympian and Flag-Bearer” Burke may not have been the best thrower ounce-for-ounce at throws nationals last weekend. But he did something nobody else could do — get USATF to pay attention to an obscure throws meet. In being named
Curtis Morgan writes: As if bagging a national championship isn’t enough of a challenge (in the M65 javelin at the outdoor masters in Winston-Salem), first Buzz Gagne had to beat down the Big C as well. “They took my cancerous
Jim Burgoyne graciously shares details on the 2014 USA Masters Throws Championships: “This two-day event was held over this past weekend. We were visited by showers, winds and even a little sun towards the end of the days. The Athletes
Curt Morgan writes: “Pole vaulting, frankly, scares the hell out of me. I don’t want to be making my beginner mistakes eight or 10 feet off the ground. But M50 Eric Negley of Atlanta has an altogether different take on
Curtis Morgan of Falls Church, Virginia, is an M70 all-around athlete with a worldwide CV. He worked in IT from 1964 to 2004, the last 30 years as an analyst/programer consultant largely in the United States but also with gigs
“I thought I felt earthquakes this weekend.” That was one of dozens of reactions Sunday on Facebook to Patrick Toland’s report that he’d set an American record in the ultraweight pentathlon at College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Who’s the best all-round U.S. masters thrower? That’s not a question for the Hot Stove League. The title is decided this weekend in Worcester, Massachusetts, at the USA Masters Throws Championships. Saturday was the throws pentathlon at College of the
