Phil Raschker spoke to an ESPN correspondent at worlds, and the result is one of the better profiles of recent years. We learn from John Schumacher, a longtime Sacramento Bee scribe: “Raschker, 5-foot-4 and 105 pounds, typically spends one day
The founder of masters track was the toast of the town for four days last week. David Pain, whose masters miles in the mid-1960s led to the first USA national masters meet in 1968 in San Diego, visited the General
Foreign athletes, used to more convenient public transit, were critical of the Sacramento shuttle system, and some were upset over the absence of showers at the stadia, according to a Sacramento Bee story and my own chats with entrants at
Antwon Dussett has been running marvelous as a submaster for years, but his debut as an M35 in the World Masters Athletics Championships today in Sacramento was still a stunner: 47.34 seconds in the 400 final. (That’s a second off
Who’s the athlete of the meet at Sacramento worlds? The answer might not come until WMA picks its IAAF Best Masters (male and female) in three or four months. Could it be Canada’s Ed Whitlock for his 10K, 5K and
Poland is 0-for-2 today in major votes. Perth, Western Australia, will host WMA’s first even-numbered outdoor world masters championships in 2016 as a result of a late-afternoon vote in the Sacramento General Assembly. Perth beat B by a vote of
A year after Lyon hosts 2015 worlds, the outdoor world meet will again be held — at a site that may be determined later in today’s General Assembly in Sacramento. Delegates voted by show of hands (with green cards) to
By a vote of 72-59, Lyon, France, beat Perth, Western Australia, as the host of the 2015 World Masters Athletics Championships. The vote was a personal loss for WMA President Stan Perkins, who is from Australia. A little after noon,
WMA delegates voted 72-59 to hold the 2014 world masters indoor championships in Budapest, Hungary, which beat a rival bid by Valencia, Spain. Certification of the vote was delayed because the number of votes cast didn’t match the number of
An athletes party for the ages was promised. It didn’t quite deliver, especially at $50 a head. Despite the presence of dozens of food and wine booths (and some beer), 1,000 guests of Sacramento worlds were left to create their
Willie Gault’s first taste of world masters was sweet: gold in the 100-meter dash. His latest was sour: a cramp while leading the 200-meter final Tuesday. On an otherwise perfect night (crosswind with temps in low 70s), Willie’s right lower
Bob Burns reports in his daily news release from worlds: “Age-group world records were set Monday by Canada’s Ed Whitlock in the men’s 80-84 10,000 meters (42:39.95, beating his own incredible 42:59.16 from late June), Neni Lewis of the United