See Nolan Shaheed’s M60 world record. See Nick Berra’s coming out party as the next great M40 runner. See elite victories by Aeron Arlin Genet, Cheryl Bellaire and Anselm LeBourne. Tonight I uploaded all nine races (five men’s and four
Rita Hanscom, Nadine O’Connor, Phil Raschker, Bill Murray and Mike Waller are among close to four dozen USATF masters standouts nominated for age-group and top yearly honors. Athlete of the Year voting is done by the 25-member USATF Masters Awards
Sunday’s masters vault and shot exhibitions went off well at the USA Indoor Track & Field Championships in Albuquerque, report event organizers Brad Winter and Jamie Koch. Shot results are here, and vault results are here. M50 Paul Ossmann tossed
Competing in the pentathlon today at Kamloops worlds, Christel Donley of Colorado broke the listed W75 world record for the 60 hurdles, clocking 14.22. The old record was 14.68 by Sweden’s Asta Larsson in 2008. Aaron Thigpen didn’t cruise his
The 60-meter prelims are among many events kicking off Kamloops worlds this morning, but several all-star sprinters won’t be awaiting the gun. Canada’s Earl Fee, always a threat at M80 records, wrote me last week: “Not going to Kamloops as
It’s time for worlds! Opening ceremonies at Kamloops are tonight. I can’t attend, sorry. But I can share the thrills and chills vicariously. I’ll be on the lookout for stories large and small, including those of bloggers like Australian Roger
Bernard Lagat a couple minutes ago destroyed Chad Newton’s listed M35 American record-holder in the indoor 3000 at Albuquerque nationals. Official time not yet posted. But Bernard ran 8:12 — 30 seconds faster than Chad’s 8:42 two years ago at
USATF has at least one blogger covering the USA Indoor Track & Field Championships. USATF webmaster Katie Landry, a Twitter member, is one of them. She’s been updating the USATF live blog. Check it out here. We learn that Lisa
Think of it this way: The day after the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, USATF masters nationals are held at the same Hayward Field site. That’s pretty much what FIDAL, the national track federation of Italy, did when it recently announced
Chalk up another title for Marge Allison and Emu Oil. Australia has a masters nationals, but when it comes to bragging rights the top individual award is The Landy Trophy. Nobody votes on this award. You win it on the
One of the highlights of any world meet is the athletes banquet. Even if the food and entertainment aren’t world-class, the conversation and camaraderie are. So it was a shock to learn that the “Polar Storm Party” at Kamloops worlds
The listed world indoor record for the W40 vault is 3.60 (11-9 3/4) shared by Italy’s Carla Forcinelli and Holland’s Larissa Lowe. But the British masters site has posted this tie-breaking news: “Irie Hill has broken the W40 pole vault