Janet Waldie, director of sales and marketing at the DoubleTree by Hilton Sacramento, writes: “We are the official hotel for USA athletes and wanted to urge them to get their reservations in before the block fills up.” Methinks most people
Organizers of track meets owe athletes some basic information. Like: when is their event? At the World Masters Athletics Championships about five weeks away and the National Senior Games coming up in two weeks, this basic info is still absent
Wayne Bennett down in Texas shares news of an M70 American record (not world, as I erred in saying earlier) in the vault by Don Isett, who cleared 3.23 meters (10-7) last Saturday at the USATF Southwest Association meet at
Dick Lowery is one modern guy. He does the flop. He sends email. At 80, he still enjoys sports. Not a bad jumper, either, as his WR-equaling 1.35 the other weekend showed. This week he replied to my usual inquisition
It used to be rare that anyone aside from moi would ask elite tracksters whether they’d consider masters track. Now the question is becoming commonplace. The latest example appears on an obscure site called Sporting Alert. Gave me a heart
Catching up on great marks from a week ago: M80 flopper Richard Lowery cleared 1.35 meters (4-5 1/4) at Clermont, Florida, to equal the age-group world record and M75 thrower Gerald Vaughn raised his own American record in the shot
Bart Thomas — he of the recent M40 pentathlon record — graciously responded to my shameless inquisition. Fortunately, he’s used to torture. He brought me up to date on his career and interests. Born Jan. 30, 1971, Bart grew up
Stefan Waltermann writes: “Almost exactly a year ago, Joplin, Mo., hosted the USATF Masters Decathlon Championships. We had wonderful hosts, hospitable, generous, helpful, knowledgeable people. The competition was well run, the parties were memorable. On the second day of the
Bart Thomas of Texas says he “worked like a madman” for two years, and got his chance May 21 — a shot at the world record in the M40 outdoor pentathlon. The result? He beat the listed American record by
Facebook has hundreds of masters athletes posting daily updates and hoorays. One especially newsy page targets throwers. See it here. The post that caught my attention: “Like clockwork, Paul Ossmann is back on track for worlds. This morning Paul competed
The homeland of Usain Bolt is sending 23 athletes to Sacramento worlds, according to this report. With their traditional yellow-and-green colors, they could have the coolest unis at the meet. The story says: “The athletes, eight of whom reside overseas,
Norm Harding of the United States has submitted marks of 10.70 seconds in the 100 and 21.70 for the deuce at Sacramento worlds. That would raise eyebrows even in the M35 age group. But Norm is an M60 sprinter. Oy