The logo for the March 7-10 Australia Masters Athletics Outdoor Championships features the Tasmanian devil. How cool! The meet is being held in the Taz towns of Hobart and Launceston (for throws and regular pentathlon). Early results are posted. Organizers
USATF has graciously posted Team USA for Budapest indoor worlds in late March. The roster here is a who’s who of masters track. But of the 140 athletes listed (with hometowns and events as well), some aren’t competing after all.
Here’s a little ditty about Rog and Diane, two American kids growin’ up in the heartland. It’s my latest masters love story. (Earlier episodes told of Jim Chinn wedding, Larry Barnum and his Aussie bride, and Dave Clingan and sweetie.)
What’s the biggest pressure cooker in sports? If not the Olympics or Super Bowl, try the World Cup soccer tournament. And who can help you cope under the strain? In Britain, it’s Dr. Steven Peters, the perennial shrink to the
Canada’s Helly Visser and Germany’s Guido Müller are in a race to see who sets the most records this year. W80 Helly ran the 800 and 1500 last weekend in 3:46.70 and 7:38.11, both WRs, after setting 1500 and 3000 WRs
Kim Collins keeps on truckin. He turns 38 in April — the Bernard Lagat of sprinting. Last season, he tied the M35 world record for 100 with his 9.97 in Lausanne. On Feb. 25, he smoked the pups in Prague
Great idea: picking top masters via online vote. The Eurovets site says W60 Lidia Zentner and M75 Klemens Wittig were named Germans Best Master Athletes 2013. Sayeth the site: “During the German Senior Indoor Championships in Erfurt … WMA Vice
Masters relay records outside worlds and Penn are rare. But two WRs at one meet? That’s the case at the Boston University Last Chance Meet on Sunday. An M40 team of Ed Winslow, Chris Blondin, Mark Williams and Nicholas Berra
My apologies for the headline. I just finished watching the Academy Awards. But I couldn’t help but cheer a news nibble from Down Under. The Southland Times of New Zealand reports: “Seventy nine-year-old Iris Bishop has competed at all 40
In 2002, Shaun Bownes of South Africa ran the 110 highs in 13.26. Not too shabby, since the world record was 13.2 back in my day. Now Shaun has his sights set on Budapest indoor worlds. A blog post gives
WMA President Stan Perkins reports that Ruth Frith, a fellow Aussie who competed as a W100 at the Sydney World Masters Games, has died at age 104. Ruth was a thrower with a tart tongue. In 2009, The Australian profiled
Don’t know whether to laugh or cry. The Times of India reports, with a completely straight face: “Dharmapal Gujjar, a 116-year-old athlete from Uttar Pradesh, on Thursday cleared 200 metres in 46.74 seconds at the 35th National Masters Athletic Championship.
