U-T San Diego, which used to be known as The San Diego Union-Tribune, aims to feature some entrants in the upcoming San Diego Senior Games. Rather than reads minds, I’d like your help in identifying athletes with interesting stories who
Milers may dispute this, but I think 2012 may become known as Year of the High Jumper in masters track. Latest evidence was posted on the Eurovets website: “Vladimir Kuntsevich from Russia jumped to a new world record [last] Monday
M65 sprinter-jumper Joe Johnston wants a no-false-start rule in masters track — just like the IAAF elites. In fact, he writes that he’s made a proposal to the USATF national convention in November to that effect. See below. But this
Pete Magill, M50 road/track legend, tells Runner’s World that he’s tired of being dissed for not running the 26.2-mile distance. So he’s announced he’ll run in the USATF Masters Marathon Championships in October. That’s at the Twin Cities Marathon. Pete
George Mathews graciously writes: “Five American Records Set at USA Masters Throws Champions at West Seattle Stadium Seattle, Washington. On August 18th and 19th in a national championship which attracted 69 athletes from all over the Unites States, Carol Finsrud of
Dragutin Topic goes 7-5 3/4 at 41. Jamie Nieto goes 7-7 at 35. Now indoor specialist Carlo Thränhardt — aka the Jim Barrineau of Europe — has joined the 2012 record parade by clearing a WR 1.87 meters (6-1 1/2)
Throwers have pentathlons, so why not runners? That’s the theory behind the third annual Greater Philadelphia Runners Pentathlon held August 12 at Germantown Academy in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania. The club reports: “Lorraine Jasper of Athena Track Club led from the
World-class long sprinter Kettrell Berry, who last competed in 2011, appeared in a San Diego courtroom this morning and heard testimony from a 16-year-old former student at a school where he was an assistant principal. The court heard her account
Led by Germany, with 1,400 entrants, the biggest (and probably best) masters track meet this year will be the European Masters Championships starting this weekend in what they’re calling the tri-border region of Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic. More
Christa Bortignon reports from the WMA regional meet now under way in St. John, New Brunswick: “I finally got my number 10 world record — in the outdoor pentathlon with 4,743 points in the NCCWMA meet … Current W75 record
Jim Barrineau and Kay Glynn won their respective high jumps at Lisle nationals — Jim with an M55 American record 1.80 (5-10 3/4), topping the event’s oldest record (the legendary 1.79 or 5-10 by Herm Wyatt in 1987). Kay didn’t
Masters-age athletes are sprinkled around London, including 39-year-old Bulgarian gymnasts. (Catch that guy on the rings!?) But track has its share. Two-time gold medalist Virgilijus Alekna of Lithuania took fourth in the discus yesterday, throwing 67.38 (221-1) — at age
