I wish it were me. But no. The world’s fastest masters shooter? That would be Tom Phillips of Britain, a Lahti gold medalist (in the 4×1) and M55 sprint finalist who recently gave a nice interview to the Italian track
In a comment, Chuck Shields asked if Bernard Lagat’s 3:56.34 mile victory in Friday’s Millrose Games was an M35 world indoor record. Bernard turned 35 in mid-December, so it’s a great question. But the answer is no. In checking the
Pete Magill’s blog shares details of a W50 world indoor mile record of 5:08.65 by Monica Joyce on Friday. On Saturday, M70 All-Galaxy sprinter Guido Müller of Germany went deeply sub-60 for the 400 indoors, clocking 59.48, and also took
M55 superstar Wolfgang Ritte of Germany won the masters vault at the National Pole Vault Summit yesterday in Reno, clearing 4.3 meters (14-1 1/4). Complete results are here. Nearly three dozen masters took part. His attempts at a world record
Peter Hlavin is no bomb-throwing radical. He’s an M50 high jumper in Southern California who flirts with 6 feet. But he’s no fool either, and doesn’t suffer them. So when he attended a recent election meeting of his USATF association,
Willie Gault, 49, took third in the “Super 60” exhibition at tonight’s Millrose Games. Complete results are posted here. Willie ran 60 meters in 7.07 — just off the listed American M45 indoor record of 7.02 by Stan Whitley and
Our Florida friend Roald Bradstock, spearchucker deluxe, dreams of returning to the Olympics. It’s a hope that infects many, but with little reality. In Roald’s case, there’s a smidgen of substance. He competed in the U.S. Olympic Trials in 2008.
The annual National Pole Vault Summit will showcase masters tonight, and several Twitter feeds will cover the Reno event. Becca Gillespy Peter has one (whose Web address I need to confirm), and the event has its own Twitter feed here.
Santa Ana College women’s track coach Miriam Mitzell shares good news: Her school’s spring masters meet is returning April 11. Why is this news? Santa Ana College (south of Los Angeles) dropped its men’s track program, and the meet had
After migrating this blog to WordPress on Tuesday, we quickly became aware of a display problem (screen shot below). This is a nuisance courtesy of Microsoft, whose Internet Explorer browser is the bane of many webmasters’ existence. It can’t understand
Alisa Harvey’s 5:09.67 at Hartshorne was amazing on its face. She’s 44, after all. But it’s even more amazing on its feet. Hers weren’t in great shape. She finished behind Aeron Arlin-Genet and a 36-year-old last Saturday at Cornell. But
Carla Forcellini jumped 3.20 (10-6) in the pole vault last week to beat the listed WMA world indoor record of 3.11 (10-2 1/2) by American Donna Schultz in 2008, reports the Italian track site Web-atletica. She opened at 2.80 and