USATF reports more records galore at New Mexico indoor nationals. Can anyone top the meet of Bill Collins? He set an M60 American record Friday in the 400, a world record Saturday in the 60 and a world record today
Bill Collins likes being 60. He added to his legend at Albuquerque masters nationals today with a world record at 60 meters of 7.65 seconds — barely beating the listed indoor WR of 7.66 by Slovakia’s Vladimir Vybostok in 2007.
More than a dozen records were set on Day 1 of Albuquerque masters nationals. Haven’t had a chance to scrutinize these marks (which sometimes are surpassed by unreported earlier bests). But no doubt Chris Bates is the Man of the
Years in the making, “Forever Fast” is being rolled out as a marketing video for USATF masters track. It was posted on YouTube this week, and I saw it for the first time this morning. It kicks ass! Hits on
M40 newbie Calvin Padgett is a cousin of Olympian Travis Padgett, but Calvin is in a different class, speedwise. A story in his local paper says he won an indoor regional title for 200 meters in 30.84 seconds. Uhm, nice
The local paper threw a spotlight on M60 middle-distancer Nolan Shaheed as it began its coverage of masters nationals, coming up this weekend. But the online Albuquerque Journal makes you jump more hurdles than a Jeff Davison shuttle relay, so
Masters tracksters availed themselves of open lanes last weekend at the Fresno “Race for the Dream” indoor meet—but not enough. Women could have jumped into races with Liz Palmer (who ran hurdles and a sprint), and the old 600-yard race
Kiwi Tony McManus, whose M60 season last year included a mile world record, survived the killer 6.3 quake that struck Christchurch on Feb. 22. “Life has changed dramatically for us,” he writes from Down Under. “No running water or electricity.
Andy Hecker’s annual Southern California Indoor Championships — Outdoors is a February staple of the SoCal masters calendar. Two weekends ago, Andy added a wrinkle: video of the finishes. See a sample below and the rest on his results page.
Mike Godbout — the M40 world hurdles champ from Lahti — and national sprint titlist Amanda Scotti won their exhibition 60 hurdles and 60 flat races yesterday at the USA Indoor Track & Field Championships in Albuquerque, site of masters
This happens every time: The National Senior Games looks at its numbers and sends out an appeal for entrants, extending the deadline. If the Houston event (actually the meet has been shifted to Humble) is worried about turnout, the reasons
A lady entering Sacramento worlds had a serious question: What’s with the bogus seed times? She drew a long reply from former WMA stadia VP Rex Harvey and a shorter reply from an IAAF gent who will officiate at worlds.