Two weekends ago, three Americans took part in the British Masters Athletics Federation decathlon championships where their scores were put up against three Brits. The result was amazing, according to M60 Noel Ruebel, meet director of 2014 Winston-Salem nationals. On
India’s Man Kaur isn’t the only 101-year-old lady sprinter (see Julia “Hurricane” Hawkins). But Man got the attention of the Laureus World Sports Awards. Her star turn at the Auckland World Masters Games made her a finalist for the Laureus
Hurricane Irma will leave tracks waterlogged throughout Florida, if forecasts are accurate. But that’s the least of our concerns as the monster storm bears down on the Sunshine State. Masters nationals were held in Jacksonville two years ago, and many
Sue Norton of the Colorado Masters Track & Field Club again graciously shares results here of Sunday’s Rocky Mountain Masters Games in Pueblo, Colorado, which also served as the USATF Mid-America Region Masters Championships and Colorado Association Masters & Open
In April, I mocked Bridget Cushen for getting huffy about Russians being allowed to compete in the Auckland World Masters Games. Now another Brit (or former Brit, since he got banned for sketchy reasons) Anthony Treacher is noting the presence
A confession. I’m not as fast as I used to be. But that’s no rarity. What’s really changed for me this year (along with my 100 speed) is my appetite for financial punishment. So when I looked at the cost
Oops, she did it again. Kathy Martin set another world record. Her fifth or sixth this season as a newbie W65. Bob Weiner shared details from Saturday’s meet in the D.C. area: “Kathy Martin, 65, from Northport, NY, set a
Among masters, nobody is more eloquent on the topic of doping than Pete Magill. On Facebook this week, he posted a note that drew scores of reactions (including one from me, in which I note the lack of monetary incentive
M45 distance phenom Kevin Castille didn’t stop with his 14:11.09 track 5K WR in Nashville in June. USATF named him its Athlete of the Week on Wednesday after his 4:24 out-and-back road mile Friday in Michigan and a 49:03 10-miler
The day before Guillermo Guzmán Magaña of Mexico City won the M50 hammer at Toronto WMA regionals in mid-August, he won a runoff race against Sandy Pashkin of Oregon. He replaced her as president of the North and Central America
West German Olympian Carlo Thrânhardt was a beast indoors, clearing a world-record 2.42 (7-11¼) in 1988. He’s still a beast. Seven weeks after turning 60, he jumped 1.70 (5-7) in Eberstadt. He passed two heights and then went straight for
NBC reports that the eye of Hurricane Harvey made landfall on the Texas coast late Friday, and the Category 4 storm could cause “catastrophic flooding.” My thoughts are with all our masters friends, including Houston Elites led by Bill Collins
