Geraldine Finnegan, a W40 star who won four medals at the World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships in Kamloops, British Columbia, tested positive for the banned drug ephedrine (a stimulant) and has been stripped of at least two medals, according to
A year ago this month, South Africa’s Monty Hacker resigned as president of World Masters Athletics. He was acting prez, taking care of business in the wake of Cesare Beccalli’s death in December 2007. Monty quit because of his own
Atlanta Olympic champ Allen Johnson and Athens Olympic silver medalist Danny McFarlane of Jamaica still got game. Allen turned 39 in March, and at Wednesday’s IAAF meet in Daegu, South Korea, he ran the 110 hurdles in 13.81. Took seventh,
USATF has announced its version of the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval — a registry to “identify and acknowledge coaches who represent the profession’s highest standards.” What’s behind all this? Well, a spate of child-molestation cases involving track coaches might
Dr. James Oglesby, the throwing phenom we introduced last winter, is busting out this spring. After setting two M75 American shot records (13.08 and 13.19) in December and January, he went ballistic again Sunday. This time he blasted the 4-kilo
In the minds of some, masters track is divided into two groups: those who volunteer their time to the sport, and those who merely enter meets. In other words, administrators and athletes. Over the years, we’ve heard each side take
If you’re not an inspiration already (for doing track and field at your age), you can expect to be at age 90. Sure happened for Olga Kotelko. Of course, it helps when you’re setting a gazillion world records. Olga of
Competing at the Georgia Tech Invitational for the first time in six years, M45 Roald Bradstock threw the javelin 71.07 meters (233-2) Friday night and won the event against a field that included 26 collegians. (See results here.) “The conditions
M45 miler John Hinton, a North Carolina masters legend, is a focus of a 9-minute documentary posted three months ago on YouTube. The video, uploaded by “jksuttle,” is described thusly: “This piece follows John Hinton (Carrboro native and world-record holder)
According to minutes posted from the latest USATF Masters T&F Executive Committee meeting, USATF will be in charge of the track meet of the biennial National Senior Games. The next one is in Houston in 2011. Jeff Brower’s notes from
Hawaii’s Mary Trotto, a regular at nationals and worlds, has officially replaced Dave Clingan as chair of the USATF Masters T&F Awards Committee. Mary informed the two-dozen members: “As of today, Gary Snyder has appointed me officially as the awards
USATF has announced in a strange press release that Albuquerque, New Mexico, will host the 2011 masters national indoor championships. Why strange? Because the city was publicly chosen as host of the 2011 meet last December. Five months ago, the