According to 500 websites touting the same wacky records, this lady executed the “Fastest 100-meter hurdles wearing swim fins, individual, female.” A caption said: “The fastest 100-meter hurdles wearing swim fins by a female is 22.35 seconds. It was achieved
Alisa Harvey is 45 today. From her Virginia base, she’s planning an assault on age-group middle-distance records, especially this coming indoor season. She also reports that “Sacramento (2011 worlds) is in my plans, though I have become concerned with the
M80 jumper Ray Propst of Oregon is one tough hombre. Here’s the story of yet another masters trackster who overcame the Big C. And that doesn’t stand for cheesecake. We learn: “It’s been a rocky year for Propst, 81. It
Europe is a big place. It has lots of countries. So keeping track of European masters records is one bear of a job. But Sweden’s Ivar Söderlind, statistician for the Eurovets, does it year after year, with great care and
A newspaper reports that Peter De Vocht, a day after turning 50, nipped the M50 world record for 10,000 meters in Tessenderlo, Belgium. A translation of today’s original report: “It was enormously exciting,” he says enthusiastically. “It does not matter
Stefan Waltermann of Team USA writes: “You read it first on masterstrack.com. And it is not just a rumor! After the successful completion of the XIX Campeonato Regional Master De Atletismo, the organizers and the city of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico,
Canada’s Earl Fee knows how to peak. This year, it was at the WMA regional championships in Puerto Rico, where he ran a new event (for masters at least) — the 200-meter hurdles. His time of 36.95 seconds apparently broke
Larry Antoniazzi of Club West has sent along a five-page entry form for the club’s 36th annual masters/open meet. It’s October 2, 2010, at UC Santa Barbara. Always a good way to end the track season. See the entry form
Marcus Shute is 47, but since he runs like a 35-year-old he anchored the M35 4×1 relay at WMA regionals in Puerto Rico. He and Antwon Dussett (listed as 34), Lyndell Pittman (38) and Don Drummond (41) brought home the
W50 sprinter/thrower Debbie Selby, daughter of masters great Jim Selby, had breast-cancer surgery yesterday at Scripps Memorial Hospital in Encinitas. My wife, Chris, joined masters soccer/track standout Lynn Naftel in the waiting room with Jim. “Everything went well for Debbie,”
Among Americans, the simmering issue is whether USATF Masters should seek a divorce from USATF. But in Canada, the masters are mulling marriage. Paul Osland, president of CMAA, recently wrote: “The CMAA/AC membership discussions have been moving forward at what
Jerry Bookin-Weiner went beyond the call of duty recently. He’s officially the USATF masters throws coordinator. But he’s also hefting a camera as well. His photos from the recent USATF Masters National Throws Championships in Lisle, Illinois, are now posted