Ray Hoyt, director of national games and athlete relations for the National Senior Games Association, let the cat out of the bag yesterday. In the course of answering questions about 2010/2011 qualifying standards for the National Senior Olympics, he wrote
Members of the Robert Thomas round-trip bus trip to the Kamloops world indoor meet already know this, but plans have gone bust. Robert writes: “I did cancel my bus. Dave (Provo) and I both had buses coming from Seattle to
Dr. Cheryl Bellaire shares this great shot of her Greater Philadelphia TC team, which set an American Club record in the W50 4X400 at last Friday’s Millrose Games. Alison Suckling, Joan Affleck, Wendi Glassman and Cheryl ran 4:59.41, beating the
Charmaine Roberts passes along word of an invitational 60-meter dash at Mid-Atlantic Track and Field Classic high school meet February 27-28 at the Prince George’s Sports and Learning Complex in Landover, Maryland (site of last year’s indoor nationals). The race
Masters thrower Ed Burke sent a note to his Olympian friends and CC’d a copy to me (an honor in itself). Ed writes about the opening of Al Oerter’s Art of the Olympians Museum in Fort Myers, Florida: “Olympians, this
Our official portal is up and running. As noted two weeks ago, usatfmasters.org is live and online. But it now sports a new (but quirky) look, with fresh content. Jeff Brower, taking over from resigned webmaster Dave Clingan, has redesigned
Oscar nominees were announced yesterday, and masters track was snubbed again. But in Canada, Earl Fee has a shot at stardom. Writes Doug Smith from Ontario: “Canada’s Walk of Fame recognises the achievements of exceptional Canadians once a year at a
Bob Burns, who’s helping promote the 2010 Sacramento masters nationals (and 2011 worlds), has confirmed what some folks have noticed on the meet site: Distance runners won’t have to race in the hottest parts of the July meet. Bob writes:
Only a matter of time before we see a sub-4 mile outdoors for M40. Here’s the news from David Monti: “Irishman Eamonn Coghlan, who lost his record for the most Wanamaker Mile wins at the Millrose Games to Bernard Lagat
While the rest of us were snuggled in warm jammies sipping hot chocolate, two dozen masters multi-eventers, including two women, chugged around the track over the weekend at the Tarble Athletic and Recreation Center of Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Kimiko Nakatake, our masters high jump friend, was at last Friday’s Millrose Games and shot video of the masters events, including both 4x4s and the Super 60 with Willie Gault. You need a Facebook account to view these, but it’s
WMA Secretary Winston Thomas of Britain has posted a disturbing note on the WMA Web site: “It had been brought to the notice of WMA that athletes who had paid for copies of the results booklet from the 2009 Stadia