Last year, Carroll DeWeese wore an orange vest in Lahti and a green shirt at nationals. At WMA worlds, he served as a safety judge. At Landover and Oshkosh, he was a member of the oversight Games Committee. And sometimes
Nolan Shaheed, who snagged USATF Athlete of the Week in January for his M60 mile indoor record, ran one of his first outdoor meets of 2010 last night in Norwalk, California. The result? He ran the 1500 in 4:31.33 at
This is one of the best interviews on Carmel Papworth-Barnum’s crackerjack site, women-running-together.com. How can you resist this opening sentence: “Chat to Bernie Portenski and you’ll soon be laughing out loud.” I’m also a fan of Carmel’s ballsy questions, such
In the eastern Tennessee town of Sevierville, gateway to the Great Smoky Mountains, lives an M75 runner and coach named Ross Dunton. I’ve written about his courageous admission of Alzheimer’s — which he noted nearly three years ago in his
Rita Hanscom is used to public speaking — she’s a lawyer, remember — but the crowd that heard her February 22 at the Town & Country Resort Hotel in San Diego was full of superstar luminaries, including Olympic diving legend
Gary Snyder has done some due diligence. Now he’s announced how USATF will launch a drug-testing program in American masters track. Besides specifying how to pay for it (by a $5 or $10 surcharge to entries at nationals), he also
Stan Perkins, WMA president, has changed his mind. Or maybe IAAF Rule 39.2 did it. In reply to a query, Stan wrote me today: “All medals awarded to Val Barnwell as well as his relay team members will be requested
Reason 2,132 why I love track: people coming out of the woodwork to surprise us all. On the kiddie level, this happens all the time. But I really dig it when “unknowns” shock the masters world. Such is the story
Paul Osland, president of Canadian masters track, has posted a bunch of race videos from Kamloops. He also wrote a final report on the ‘Loops experience (something our own prez should emulate). Paul began: “The WMA 2010 World Masters Indoor
Today’s Sacramento Bee carries the resolution to the funding-2011-worlds issue. We’re safe. “The Sacramento City Council will provide $400,000 in loans from the city parking fund to help finance preparations for the World Masters Athletics Championships in Sacramento next year,”
Angela Jimenez, a former Penn heptathlete (late 1990s), has been following masters track in recent years — as a photojournalist and fine-art photographer. She shot 2007 Riccione worlds and 2009 Landover nationals, in fact. More recent images were used in
World Masters Athletics has posted new results for the events Val Barnwell took part in at Lahti, Finland. See the redo here. Val’s suspension for a drug positive at Lahti worlds means everyone behind him moves up a spot, but