Cynthia Rosedale, in charge of the June 4 Pasadena Senior Games, sends a results PDF for all sports that includes some nice track and field shots, such as the one below. She writes: “Better later than never! … See everyone
According to minutes of a Nov. 16 conference call, the USATF Masters T&F Executive Committee is not liking George Mathews’ idea for a new competition category for medicated masters. Minutes said: “George Mathews is suggesting some changes and provided a
Mike Travers, chair of the site selection committee for USATF masters track, reports on the possible bidders for 2014 USATF indoor and outdoor masters nationals: “2014 Indoors: Boston, MA; Gainesville, FL. 2014 Outdoors: Bloomington, IN; Winston/Salem/Wake Forest, NC; Norfolk, VA;
Last Friday, while I was snoozing, USATF named W55 roadie Christine Kennedy as USATF Masters Athlete of the Year. Wait, didn’t we just hear that Nolan Shaheed, Johnnye Valien and Flo Meiler won the top awards? Yes, but the powers-that-be
Johnny Valien — recently crowned USATF Masters Athlete of the Year along with Flo Meiler — was further honored Saturday night at an Irvine, California, banquet room by her club of many years, the Southern California Striders. She won the
Steve Robbins, our M65 world sprint champ, was profiled the other day on his local Cleveland CBS station. Most of the segment was the usual oh-my-god-this-guy-is-fast-for-a-geezer tripe. That’s fine. All publicity is good. But then the reporter does something creative.
I’m not making this up. It’s on the Web, so it has to be true! Right? In a profile of a 33-year-old lady football player, the Telegraph-Journal newspaper in Canada says: “Besides the community support, Harlow said one of the
Bendigo, a town in southeast Australia, doesn’t have the profile of a Sydney or Brisbane, but it’s the host of the 2014 Oceania Masters Championships, a regional WMA meet. The announcement was made a couple days ago in the local
Mary Trotto of the USATF Masters Awards Committee has announced the top masters track athletes of 2011: M60 middle-distancer Nolan Shaheed for men and W75 multi-eventers Flo Meiler (W75) Johnnye Valien (W85) for women. All great choices in an exceptionally
Earl Fee — he of the world records in long sprints, middle distances and hurdles — is a gentleman, a scholar — and a sex machine? His latest book, One Hundred Years Young the Natural Way, distills years of study
OK, this is totally gratuitous. But I can’t help but hail my wife’s photos of Barack and Michelle Obama (aka POTUS and FLOTUS). She was covering their arrival yesterday at North Island Naval Station near San Diego for the Carrier
Becca Gillespy Peter, the masters-friendly guru of polevaultpower.com, has written a note warning that “USATF, out of nowhere, decided they are going to enforce the IAAF Uniform Guidelines at Club Nationals. This was done without consultation or approval from the