My old Portland pal Dave Clingan writes: “Greetings, milers! We are now less than 2 months away from the Portland Track Festival and the ninth annual Oregon Masters Mile at Lewis & Clark College on June 8. It may be
Tom Bernhard graciously informs us: “Kevin Castille is originally from Louisiana and now lives in Nicholasville, Kentucky, but he may now consider Northern California to be his second home. For the second time this month and for the fourth time
Nick Berra and Lance Elliott resumed their 800 rivalry Friday at the Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa, with Nick recapturing the masters men’s title in 2:02.70 to Lance’s 2:02.87. Last year Lance beat Nick, the 2010 champ as well.
Ladies first: “Athena B W50 finished fifth in time of 4:34.03 for a new American record at Penn Relays Friday night. Order was Debbie Hoffman, Lorraine Jasper, Julie Hayden, Cheryl Bellaire (but picture order is different). Splits [were] 65,66,71,70 with
Charles Allie won the M65 100 at Penn on Friday, and M60 Bill Collins saved himself. Both were fresh for the 4×100 in Philly and added Ron Johnson and Rick Riddle as their Houston Elite team beat their own listed
Congrats to Johnny Speed and M65 Larry Hart for exhibition victories in the 100-meter dash and hammer, respectively, at the Mt. SAC Relays on Saturday. Johnny beat fellow M49 Jeff Williams (the Atlanta Olympian) 11.76 to 11.97 — easily the
Our M60 multi-eventer friend Dave Ortman writes from Seattle: “Bill Iffrig, a M78 masters runner, is one of the Club Northwest runners (from Lake Stevens, WA) shown right at the finish line when the bomb goes off. He’s at about
Our friend Roger Vergin shares sad news, originally sent by Lane Dowell, about the death of Bob Lawson: Lane wrote over the weekend: “I am sure that many of you are as shocked by the passing of this fine man/athlete
Marleen Van den Neste, a superb photojournalist, shot Landover nationals and posted nearly 1,000 images. She wrote: “I had the great honor to photograph the Championships. … Is there a way to make the participating athletes aware of my photos?”
Our M95 multi-event friend Leland McPhie (pronounced Mc-FEE) was the subject of four or five stories last month when he turned 99 just before indoor nationals. The County News Center focused on his being the oldest retired sheriff’s deputy. So
The USATF masters outdoor nationals are earlier than usual this year — July 11-14. That’s to accommodate those who want to compete a few weeks later in Cleveland area for the National Senior Games. But with Kansas heat as it
When my UK friend Tom Phillips pointed out that the viral video stars from Eurovets didn’t get medals, I had to check it out. In fact, M90 Emiel Pauwels and M95 Ilmari Koppinen fell short of the medal standards by
