Myrle Mensey, a thrower who specializes in hammer and weight, shares this photo of her holding paperwork for a W60 American record in the 12-pound weight. She improved her own AR from 16.63 meters (54-6) to 17.03 (55-10 1/4). The
This hurts to report. Our friend Jerry Smartt, the former world-class distance runner who became a regular at nationals and worlds with his bandanna, died Tuesday at his home in Warsaw, Missouri. (Here is his official obituary.) This sad news
Ida Keeling faced a 2.3 meter per second headwind and opponents young enough to be her great grandchildren. Her time in the 100-meter dash at the USATF Eastern Regional Open Championships was 51.85. But I’ll take any time at 97.
Dave Clingan shared link to YouTube video of the masters mile at his Portland Track festival race Saturday, won by Tim Gore. Unsure whether he’s related to Al. But the biggest untold story of the race was Pete Magill running
Going into Saturday’s mile at the Portland Track Festival in Oregon, Nolan Shaheed at 62 had twice bettered the listed American M60 mile record of 4:58.2. But they didn’t count. Portland will, however. Nolan took last in a field of
Jim Selby never made it to the Masters Hall of Fame, but if there was one for Ironmen Masters Tracksters, he’d be in the debut class. His meet exploits are legend — entering pretty much every race from the sprints
Chris and I won’t be able to attend Lisle masters nationals in August, so M55 and W55 sprinters and throwers can breathe a little easier. Reason: Finances. Long story, but I’m not making as much as I used to in
Pete Magill has struck record gold again. A month after running 5000 meters in 15:11.13 at Occidental College, he took another 12 1/2 turns of the track Saturday in 15:06.83, according to results of the Jim Bush Classic at UCLA.
Fifty-eight years after Roger Bannister ran the first sub-4 mile, fellow Briton Tony Whiteman became the first over-40 runner to run four laps under 4 minutes outdoors, according to early reports from Saturday’s Music City Distance Carnival in Nashville, Tennessee.
Bragging rights go to the first person to post results from the June 2 Nashville Distance Carnival. Specifically: How did Britain’s Tony Whiteman do in the mile? I’ll be at Pasadena running sprints at Caltech (probably at the same pace
Jason Purcell, a 54-year-old sprinter, shares this delightful shot of him during a training run at a high school north of Chicago. It’s still cold, but he’s hot. “I thought that you and other masters runners may be able to
W55 Joanna Harper, whose special status is well-known among her running peers, writes on Carmel Barnum’s site about helping a Sports Illustrated writer do justice to other transgender athletes — men who become women and vice versa. (See it here.)
