Four-time Olympian Joanne Pavey of Britain took 10th in the Pietro Mennea meet 5,000 Thursday night in Rome — part of the IAAF’s Diamond League. In other words, a serious meet. So she delivered a serious time — 15:04.87. Not
M65 legend Jim Ryun no longer races, but his presence in San Diego on Thursday night got hearts racing — including those of masters men and women who competed on a chilly night at Balboa Stadium at the Jim Ryun
Steve Kleinstuber, director of the June 28 Chuck McMahon masters meet north of San Diego, reports that the San Diego-Imperial USATF association is offering a pair of $500 stipends to help local USATF members attend Winston-Salem nationals in July. This
WMA Secretary Winston Thomas says World Masters Athletics is looking for bidders for the 2018 Stadia Championships (aka outdoor worlds). “The Bid application, guidelines and a preliminary contract are on the WMA Website under Championships (Championship Bids). For all Affiliate,
Don Gammie had a simple philosophy as a masters runner: “I didn’t like people to pass me.” That helped him run dozens of marathons and set M55 and M60 masters distance records. He died Tuesday at the age of 83,
Willis Kleinsasser is often relegated to “Father of Olympian Ruth Wysocki” status, but today we mourn the passing of a masters track pioneer who helped put our sport on the map. Willis died early Monday, Ruth reports. She writes: “He
M55 sprinter Rudy Briscoe was being congratulated Monday on Facebook. An image showed his 200-meter time in mastersrankings.com. It said 22.89. Yowza! That crushes the listed age-group WR of 23.36 by Bill Collins. It would make him the oldest man
At last year’s Olathe nationals, I was robbed of season PRs because my sprints were run into a Kansas gale. (Surrender, Dorothy!) But at Winston-Salem nationals in July, that won’t be a problem. Meet director Noel Ruebel says timing is
Basketball legend Wilt Chamberlain died at age 63 in 1999, but when he was 45 in 1982, he considered returning to an earlier love — track and field. Dave Ortman found this revelation in an Associated Press article in the
In his M75 debut, Don Isett of Texas raised the world age-group record twice Saturday, jumping 2.95 (9-8) and then clearing a WR 3.08 (10-1 1/4) and finally 3.20 meters (10-6). He competed at the USATF Southwest Association Masters &
Thirteen years ago, Alan Webb set the high school record in the mile by running 3:53.43 at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Oregon. That same day, 80-year-old Gerry Davidson set an age-group mile record at UC Irvine, clocking an amazing
Atlanta Track Club members are mourning the death May 26 of Clarence Hartley, who was days shy of turning 85. “He holds most of the running records in all the age divisions of 70 and above in the State of
