Jamie Koch I’m often told, “He who pays the piper calls the tune.” That seems to be the case with the USA National Indoor Track & Field Championships next month in Albuquerque. Four masters exhibitions are set for the meet,
News to me: The event schedule for the USA Indoor Track & Field Championships shows a men’s masters shot put exhibition following the previously noted men’s masters pole vault on Sunday, February 28. Of course, the official masters invitational site
If Bernardine Portenski lived in New York, Boston or Los Angeles, she’d be a national hero. Instead, she lives in a place called Wellington on a remote island nation southeast of Australia — and barely rates a whisper in masters
Late Friday night, after renewing my USATF membership online, I got this note from USATF’s Andy Martin: “Your member profile has been updated to reflect your Association as Southern California and your club affiliation with Southern California Striders.” Finally! After
Judy Armstrong, a top organizer of Kamloops indoor world masters meet in March, has sent an announcement saying the “early bird” entry deadline has been pushed back to January 23. That’s two weeks later than the original date. Not sure how this
German blogger Robert Koop reports two incredible marks over the weekend: “Westphalian Karl-Walter Truemper (M70) and Italian Mario Longo (M45)” with world indoor records in different meets. Competing in the West German Championships in Dusseldorf, Karl-Walter clocked 5:09.62 for the
Jeff Davison, who single-handedly is reviving one of our favorite events, reports: “The 2010 Shuttle Hurdle Relay has been approved. I will have more details later. It will be the last running event of the 2010 Masters National Outdoor Championships
It’s good enough for the United States of America, so why not the United States of Track & Field? Every 10 years, our nation does a census. Why not our federation? Seriously. How do we know where we’re going if
Vyacheslav Shabunin Pete Magill discovered an amazing masters indoor record, set yesterday in Russia. The European Athletics site reports: “Second in the men’s 3000m, the ever-young Vyacheslav Shabunin posted a world masters record (40+) of 8:04.34. The current mark listed by
Jed Cornforth, director of merchandise and operations for USATF, has sent some information in response to comments at this blog entry. Jed writes: “We have received a few questions pertaining to the WMA uniforms (and subsequent ordering process), so I would
Andrew Wagaman of The Morning Call in Pennsylvania and Trey Alverson of the Fayette County News in Georgia get our latest gold medals for MSM writers telling masters track stories right. (I just invented the award.) No feigned amazement over
Two days ago, the USATF Foundation trumpeted plans to hand out $385,000 in “grant funding” this year. The loot, said director Amory Rowe, would go to “constituents ranging from the earliest beginners to the most elite veterans.” So where does that leave us