According to these results from the USATF Mid-Atlantic Masters Championships in Chester, Pennsylvania, Oneithea “Neni” Lewis spun the hammer 53.14 meters (174-4) and shattered the listed W50 world record of 51.73 (169-8) by Australia’s Marja Leena Parviainen in 1998. (It
A masters mole points out that Rob Suelflohn, “who was a 70-foot thrower back in the day, has returned to compete this season.” He’s entered in the M50 shot, and over the weekend he posted a mark of 15.47 (50-9
Vyacheslav Shabunin, the Russian Olympian who turned 40 last September, reportedly has beaten Jim Sorensen’s listed world record in the 1500 twice this year. The IAAF hasn’t
Tony Young, the M45 mile star, isn’t yet listed in the Sacramento nationals Status of Entries, but man he’s in shape. At a June 16 all-comers meet in Shoreline, Washington, Tony ran 6:02 in the predict-a-mile and won the men’s
Douglas Kalembo, the 1988 Olympian for Zambia we told about in May, blasted the 4 in 50.2 seconds yesterday at an Emory University meet in Atlanta. Late next month he turns 50, and the M50 world record is Fred Sowerby’s
Rich Burns is a late bloomer. Kicked off his high school cross country team as a junior, he won league as a senior — but broke his foot before track season. So his first real splash as a trackster came
Ireland’s Geraldine Finnegan can breathe easily now. The banned drug she took for her asthma and nasal congestion at Kamloops — and resulted in a positive dope test — will net her only a two-month suspension from competition, ending Saturday,
According to the Status of Entries page for the masters men’s 100-meter dash at USA open nationals this weekend, Lyndon Herzberg, the supposed world-record holder for M55, is entered and declared for the Des Moines race. I’ve tried several ways
Colorado’s Christel Donley, the W75 multi-eventer who slays every record in her path, did it again over the weekend at the USATF National Combined Events Championships in Joplin, Missouri. She scored 5,416 points in the heptathlon, beating the listed W75
Amy Shipley of The Washington Post has written the definitive article (so far) on efforts to impose drug-testing on USATF masters track. Read her story here. I spoke to Amy several weeks ago. Also quoted in the story are Gary
When last we heard — in mid-March — Darren Scott was wrapping up a sensational indoor season of world records, including an M40 WR of 21.71 and 49.35 for the 4 (and also a 300 in 34.95). Then silence. And
Competing against two other jumpers 30 years his junior, 52-year-old Bruce McBarnette cleared 1.94 meters (6-4 1/2) Saturday at the Atlantic Coast Invitational in Newport News, Virginia. Results are here. That ups his own M50 American record of 1.93 set