Mike Brown, the M55 world champ at Lahti last summer, upped his own world record in the javelin Saturday at the USATF Southeast Regional Masters Championships, aka the Bob Boal meet. He threw the 700-gram stick 66.11 meters, or 215-10,
M45 javelin stud Roald Bradstock, aka “The Olympic Picasso,” has contributed one of his signature artworks to the USATF Foundation as a fundraiser. The piece below is up for auction on eBay, and it has signatures. Autographs include track legends
Becca Gillespy Peter shares results from the third all-comers meet this summer at Shoreline, Washington, where conditions were “cool, breezy, heavy rain shower mid-meet.” Notable among the masters highlights was the workout by M45 world record holder Tony Young, 48,
Sabra Harvey’s 11:11.49 Saturday night in the 3,000-meter run at the Portland Track Festival took about 40 seconds off the listed W60 American record. And it wasn’t a soft one. The listed mark is 11:52.22 by Marie Michelsohn in 2005.
This took a while to nail down. But even now, it takes my breath away. Almost a week ago, Weia Reinboud of the Netherlands sent me a link to the results of the Bay Area Senior Games — an April
Competing with some of the best masters milers in America, M55 Rich Burns took fifth last night at the Portland Track Festival at Lewis & Clark College. But fifth is no shame when you smash a world record. According to
Up north, masters middle-distance great Diane Palmason is chairing Canada’s Masters Hall of Fame Committee. And her group isn’t assuming (like America’s HoF committee) that all wisdom resides in their little group. Diane writes: “On behalf of all the members
Joanna Harper cannot be denied. Proof comes Saturday night, when 17 women toe the line for a featured masters 3,000-meter run at the Portland Track Festival. Joanna will be among them but won’t be the focus. She’s recruited an all-star
Lots of folks have puzzled over age-grading — which helps oldsters compare themselves to youngsters. Truth is, our current WMA Age-Graded Tables (officially used only for combined events) are the work of a committee. Based on real stats but with
Hoping to save the masters exhibitions at the USATF open nationals, event coordinator Mark Cleary has decided to lower the qualifying standards. Only three men (Lonnie Hooker, Reggie Pendland and Khalid Mulazim) and no women are listed as entrants in
Jane Tsuda shares the tragic news of her husband’s death: “Just to let you know that my dear Roger passed away on Thursday, June 3, from complications of his lung/brain cancer. He was active to the end and, fortunately, was
In 1996, Daniel Alonzo set the Dominican Republic’s national record in the javelin. According to his IAAF bio, Daniel threw the pointy stick 70.80 meters (229-8) when he was 35. His Dominican record still stands, says his national federation. Fourteen