According to this info sheet about Sacramento masters nationals, the opening height for one of my events, the M55 high jump, will be 1.33 meters (4-4 1/4). That happens to be my 2009 season best — achieved at Lahti worlds
Canada is sending athletes. So are Australia, Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico and Japan. Like all other USATF masters nationals, Sacramento is opening its arms to foreign masters athletes. I’m still looking for Olympians, but don’t recognize any in a list provided
Jim Crittenden is an M60 jumper with good credentials. According to this press release, his gym and sponsor, Fitness Together in Washington state, declares: “Former National Gold Medalist Jim Crittenden to go for the world record in the long jump.”
M45 rehabber Pete Magill pulled the plug on his milestone blog, but not his masters coverage. While writing me on another subject, he revealed: “I thought I’d let you know that Running Times just posted the first entry in my
This morning I competed at the California State Games masters meet at Balboa Stadium (scene of some Jim Ryun mile records) in San Diego. New track. Low turnout. Maybe 40 people showed. Lots of leftover PowerAde bottles. But it was
Bob Weiner, the USATF masters media guru, and his wife, Pat Berg, found a website that creates customized travel guides. Check out this 64-page PDF, which they generated for their Sacramento trip. The info is supercurrent and doesn’t miss a
Oops, I goofed. While researching M45 middle-distance star David Heath for a recent blog entry, I came across a bio that placed him in London. Actually, he lives in France. And that’s not the only revelation from a quickie Q&A
I’m preparing a press release for USATF on Sacramento masters nationals. One of my duties is listing the Olympians entered. I count nine hidden in the Status of Entries: triple jumper Tiombe Hurd, hurdler Cherrie Sherrard, sprinter Lorna Forde, javelinist
This is getting ridiculous. Merlene Ottey (running undercover as Marlene Ottey) ran a legal 100 meters June 26 in 11.84 seconds at Maribor, Slovenia. (See results here.) That lowers the yet-to-be-listed W50 world record of 11.95 she ran a month
(Updated to remove references to USATF Foundation) USA Track & Field’s Board of Directors have loosened the purse strings for masters track. See this announcement. “The USATF Masters Track & Field Committee was awarded $11,900 in support of the Masters
Mary Harada did it. Neni Lewis did it. Now Cecilia Morrison of Britain has done it — smashed world records within days of entering a new age group. Running at British masters nationals over the weekend in Cardiff, Cecilia took
Tom Phillips, our fast fotog friend, shares this touching story from last weekend’s British masters nationals: “There was . . . high emotion in Cardiff when British masters president, Olympic hammer thrower Paul Dickenson, presented four Lahti gold medals to