Dave Clingan, my partner in crime, writes: “Time to start thinking about the 2010 Oregon Invitational Masters Mile– to be held this year during the Portland Track Festival in the evening on Saturday, June 12 at Lewis and Clark College
Hammer throwers, start your windups! A major elite invitational is carving room for you on its dance card. Ron Kamaka, an assistant track coach at Mt. San Antonio College, writes regarding the lineup of masters exhibitions at the April 16-17
Sorry about the doom-and-gloom headline. But this bears watching. The Sacramento Bee reports today: “Sacramento is set to host a premier international track and field event next year that officials say could pump $24 million into the local economy and
In 2002, Germany’s Dieter Baumann ran a 3K indoors in 7:40.68 — an M35 world record. It’s been untouchable ever since. But Bernard Lagat turned 35 in mid-December 2009. So bye-bye, Dieter. Here’s how USATF reported Bernard’s run today in
At Lahti worlds, I was glued to the main stadium, so I didn’t witness races at the other track called Radiomaki. Missed some great 800s, including Anselm LeBourne’s close M50 loss to Belgium’s Andre Lafere, 2:00.99 to 2:01.40. Well, maybe
Pete Magill interviews his buddy Rich Burns after Rich ran a 4:17.80 for 1500 over the weekend, beating a Nolan Shaheed M55 American record. Rich says his last quarter was 65 seconds. Incredible. I could barely stay with him for
Phil Felton, majordomo of masters events at the Penn Relays, has begun circulating entry information for this year’s event, which is April 23-24 at Franklin Field in Philly. As usual, you can expect 50,000 people in the stands going ape
Mike Godbout, one of the surprise newcomers at Lahti worlds, didn’t know any better when he ran the 42-inch hurdles a year ago at Iowa State University. It was just an innocent collegiate indoor meet, an NCAA qualifier for the
W45 high jumper Trish Porter competed for Team USA in the 1988 Olympics, and has been a regular on the masters circuit for years, setting world records and winning four world titles. But it wasn’t a straight line from elite
The United States Anti-Doping Agency has issued the American Arbitration Association’s “final order” in the Val Barnwell doping case from Lahti. And it’s a doozy. I’ve posted it here. Val’s defense speaks for itself — and he may never recover
Phil Raschker, deep into tax season, graciously took time out from her accounting chores to answer my query about her latest honor: USATF Athlete of the Week. On her fourth win, Phil wrote: “I was totally surprised and very honored,
By my count, Phil Raschker has won the top USATF weekly honor four times (corrected from three). First was in summer 2002 after Orono nationals. Next came September 2007 after Riccione outdoor worlds. Then in March 2008 after Clermont-Ferrand indoor