Allen Woodard anchored the USA Masters 4×4 team to an M45 world record at Penn. And it was their goal from the get-go, he tells me. “Most definitely! We knew going in if everyone ran to their potential there would
Bill Collins, 66, set another world record at Penn over the weekend — an amazing 12.33 for 100, breaking the listed M65 WR of 12.37 by fellow Yank Steve Robbins and Slovakia’s Vladmir Vybostok. (Steve says: “I was following the
Malaga worlds (the 2018 WMA meet) just lost its home-nation favorite in the M35 hammer. According to the IAAF and local reports, “Veteran hammer thrower Cristóbal Almudí Cid has been sanctioned with four years of disqualification after a positive analysis
Germany is not amused. News that Russians are competing at the World Masters Games in Auckland (against IAAF rules) has stirred a soup Nazi reaction: “No records for you!” According to a Google translation of Alfred Hermes’ blog, we learn:
I’m warming to these World Masters Games. They let anyone come and play — the spirit of the founders of WAVA in the mid-1970s. Back in the day, the likes of David Pain and Bob Fine rebelled at restrictions on
Flame away. But I’m just a tad skeptical about Man Kaur, the “101-year-old” star of the World Masters Games in Auckland. The other day she ran the 100 in 74.56 seconds, and New Zealand media dubbed her the “miracle from
Gary England writes to invite all American Big Guys (and Gals) to the annual Traveling Big Guys Party on the Saturday night of the USATF open championships in Sacramento. The party “has been a rite of passage for throwers since
The World Masters Games were fully under way Saturday in Auckland, and track results are rolling out here. Helpfully noting the age-graded percentages, separate files for Day 1 track and Day 1 field show some nice efforts in the high
World Masters Athletics is calling for bidders to host the 2021 indoor and 2022 outdoor world championships. The deadline is fast approaching: Sept. 1, 2017. So if any American sites have any interest, it’s time to boogie. If an indoor
I smile in recalling Ray Bower’s butt. We shared a dorm room at 2005 Hawaii masters nationals, and his cute little rump stuck out from the bed covers across the room. More important was the fact he could move that
A couple days ago, the Facebook group for European Masters Athletics went from open to closed — meaning new members have to be approved by the admins. One reason for the change is the apparent effort to purge critics of
At 2015 indoor nationals, M40 Musa Gwanzura made up a 20-yard gap on the last lap to win the 3000 in 9:08.88. (See the video.) No wonder he made it look easy. He’s a former 4:04 miler who helped Abilene
