Charlie Francis, known to the world as coach of dope-cheat Ben Johnson, died Wednesday after a five-year battle with cancer. He was 61. But obituaries fail to note his friendship with masters sprinters and how his website included a masters
Chicago’s Sean Callahan, founder and editor of the hibernating Masters Athlete magazine (aka GeezerJock), has written a wise and wonderful story for the Chicago Tribune. It’s about interval training for masters tracksters. See it here. The article quotes national indoor
Saturday is the deadline for applying for a chunk of change from USATF. It’s the Challenge Grant process, mentioned back in late March. Here’s what USATF says: “The deadline of May 15, 2010 is fast approaching but applications are still
A new website called SecondAct features Masters Hall of Famer Phil Raschker in a story on masters sports. See it here. I like SecondAct’s mantra: “Your first 40 years may have been successful. Your next 40 can be even better.”
Mark Cleary writes that the 2010 USATF Southern California Association Masters Championships will be held June 12 at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa. “You can download this entry form and send it or enter online at www.scausatf.org, Mark says.
Coach and author Ron Lee, a national-class M45 high jumper, is one proud poppa. His 10-year-old son Sean has set two national Bantam (age 9-10) records in the high jump in recent weeks. “He actually broke it last weekend at
“Autumn Gold,” the masters track movie, has won a major award at North America’s largest documentary film festival. Director Jan Tenhaven of Berlin writes: “Attending filmmakers with official selections have voted it best film,” Jan writes. “Our film also ranked
Bulletproof-consistent Willie Gault, 49, posted times of 10.84 and 22.12 for the 1 and 2 over the weekend at a meet in Los Angeles. See results from the Occidental Invitational. These are improvements over his Steve Scott Invite marks of
W70 jumper Shelly Whitlock passes along this sad news: the death of Helen Yarber of Dallas, a basketball player and swimmer who recently dabbled in the throws. “On Saturday, 4/17/2010, we had swimming and (Helen) had a heart attack during
“Life is too fascinating to waste,” writes Carroll DeWeese, replying to my latest inquiry on his cancer fight. “I want to enjoy life to the max and contribute to those about me until I am no longer capable. . .
According to an Atlanta newspaper article yesterday, Douglas Kalembo is gunning for the M50 world record over 400 meters this summer. Douglas Kalembo who? Glad you asked. He’s a 1988 Olympian (with a best of 46.89) who ran the 800
USATF San Diego and local store Movin Shoes (correction to earlier post) have announced a series of Wednesday night all-comer meets. Also revealed is a return of the Chuck McMahon Memorial Masters Meet — which didn’t happen in 2009. Yippeee!