I’ve posted a smattering of shots from Sacramento worlds (and still have hundreds in my to-do bin), but an explosion of great photography is percolating through the Internets elsewhere. (But not on the WMA website, of course.) See this USATF
Wearing a red Nebraska Cornhuskers T-shirt, 1968 Olympian in the discus Carol Frost twice broke her own listed American record in the W65 shot yesterday at San Diego High School’s Balboa Stadium, site of a Jim Ryun prep mile record.
The listed M35 world record for the mile dates back to 1988: 3:52.48 by New Zealand’s John Walker, when he was 36. Yesterday in London, 36-year-old Bernard Lagat went the Kiwi a second better, clocking an incredible 3:51.38 in taking
Haven’t had time to study the financials, but masters track is mentioned (thank goodness) in the just-released USATF annual report for 2010. See it here. Why was the report released eight months into the year? Your guess is as good
Now you have a rooting interest in IAAF Daegu worlds, starting Aug. 27. Nearly 20 entrants were born in 1976 or earlier, according to research done by my statnut friend David Ortman in Seattle. That makes them 35 or older
Ralph Fruguglietti didn’t need a dead Italian Olympian’s help in Sacramento. He won gold in the discus anyway. And just up the road from his Bakersfield home. Matt Martz tells Ralph’s story from worlds (plus training mate’s Cameron Bolles) in
Tuck this obituary away for 60 years. But I’m writing the lead now so we can appreciate the subject while he’s still alive: “Jeff Davison, who pioneered the shuttle-hurdle relay in masters track and won USATF recognition for the event
The late Payton Jordan was the gold standard for older sprinters. Now the new standard is being set by Bobby Whilden of Texas, world champion at Sacramento. Saturday at Berea nationals, Bobby clocked an American record of 13.67 seconds in
These are amazing historical documents! Derek Lau posted videos of the M45 400 world record and the M60 100-meter world record at Berea nationals. We’re in debt to him for this. First comes Khalid Mulazim’s solo run. He had nobody
As promised, USATF has begun drug-testing at masters nationals for the first time in history. Berea entrants are the guinea pigs of an experiment to see whether “random” testing of a fraction of a small percentage of athletes will catch
Running into a slight breeze, Thad Wilson of Oxnard smashed Courtland Gray’s WR in the M60 100-meter hurdles Friday at Berea nationals, clocking 14.37 seconds. In the 400, Khalid Mulazim took down the M45 WR for 400 meters as well
Doug “Bubba” Sparks and others have shared this photo of Mike Soule’s vaulter-based rock group performing Friday night at nationals. Bubba writes: “Had a great crowd at Tony Ks for the geezer band. Bass is Mike Soule/vocals (M55 PV), Bob