Jim Stookey, a 2002 inductee into the USATF Masters Hall of Fame, is a hurdling legend. So when one of his records goes down, it’s worth noting. The Koops in Germany report: “It was undoubtedly the highlight of the first
The top masters meet this year wasn’t Kamloops. It will be the European Masters Athletics Championships. The meet I call Eurovets will draw more than 3,100 age-groupers from 41 countries. It’s set for July 15-24 in Nyiregyhaza, Hungary. Here’s the
On her masters blog, Annette Koop of Germany tells a hoot of a story about a W45 thrower being penalized by a mismarked javelin landing. Not unlike the fate that befell Florida in the team race when a Mason Finley
Lyndon Herzberg is the fastest M55 sprinter in the world. Lyndon Herzberg is a liar. Lyndon Herzberg ran the 100 last year in 15.04. Lyndon Herzberg ran the 100 this year in 11.26. So say websites near and far. Frankly,
The bad news: I was laid off at work yesterday. Twenty-four years, three months and 14 days after joining San Diego’s metropolitan daily newspaper, I’ve lost my job. Now I’m a U-T orphan. The Union-Tribune was very good to me,
Has anyone ever set a masters world record when they were 100 percent fit and pain-free? It no longer surprises me when recordfolk note their issues. Latest is Mike Brown, the Florida coach who upped his own M55 world record
It’s tough all over. Meets are dying on the vine. The latest to fear being spiked is the Dayton Track Classic. According to this story in the Dayton Daily News, M75 meet director Bob Jones feels like crying. ““You know
A nice profile on 39-year-old Olympic champ Allen Johnson quotes him as saying: “It’s not about how fast I can run any more; it’s about staying healthy long enough that I can get in shape to run as fast as
Seoul Olympian Mick Jones turns 47 in July, but he still throws the 16-pound hammer like a kid. On June 5, at a British Athletic League meet at London’s Barnet Copthall Stadium, Mick spun the hammer an amazing 70.36 meters
Brian Keaveney, president of the WMA region that includes the United States, has announced that Puerto Rico is officially the host of the North, Central and Caribbean World Masters Athletics Championships this fall. Brian wrote various officials: “The championship in
Doug Smith in Ontario writes: “We now have the online registration open for the upcoming events; Ontario Masters Championships, June 27, Toronto Track & Field Centre; Ontario Masters Throws Pentathlon, July 11, Varsity Centre; Canadian Pentathlon Championships, July 16; Toronto
M55 hurdle champion Jim Broun of Sarasota, Florida, underwent surgery this morning — anterior cervical discectomy and vertebral fixation. In a scheduled two-hour procedure, doctors were to “fuse 5/6 and 6/7, replace the discs with an allograft and hopefully I