With three weeks before the drop-dead deadline of February 1, it appears from the USATF Status of Entries page that about 210 Americans will vie for medals in Kamloops this March. Team USA at indoor worlds will be a powerhouse
Folks who compete in Senior Games know the drill: Do your runs, jumps or throws and wait months for the results book. In the case of the 2009 National Senior Games, held in early August, those books are just now
On November 5, 1999, masterstrack.com was registered as a domain name. As co-webmasters, Dave Clingan and I soon began posting meet calendars, rankings lists, news blurbs, photos and fire-breathing rants. (See some early examples.) So this site — a successor
How do you measure greatness? Masters track has many yardsticks: Hall of Fame induction, Athlete of the Year honors, world titles, world records. But what separates the superstars? In recent days, my question of Who’s the Masters Athlete of the
In October, I wrote how athletes from India embarrassed themselves at Lahti worlds. One reason was a spat between rival masters track federations — MAFI vs. VAFI. In November and December, several Indian masters posted comments, confirming this civil war and
Eight masters were among the 100 vaulters yesterday in Belton, Texas, competing at the Expo Explosion. Doug “Bubba” Sparks, the M55 champion at the Sydney World Masters Games, was credited with a 13-6, but he posted a 3.99-meter mark (13-1)
Dr. James E. Oglesby was a M*A*S*H surgeon in Vietnam before anyone heard of Hot Lips Houlihan. But his affinity character from the movie and TV series might be Spearchucker, since Dr. O is a thrower. After reporting his recent
Happy New Year and new blog! We’re starting the eighth year of daily updates later this month, and sometime in 2010, we’ll post our 3,000th entry and log our 10,000th comment. (We’re now at 2,886 and 9,723, respectively.) But the
Wolfgang Ritte Germany’s Wolfgang Ritte, the Sergey Bubka of masters track and the 2008 World Masters Athlete of the Year, is coming to America. He’s reportedly set to compete next month in the world-famous National Pole Vault Summit, an indoor
Nick Berra Two days before American Neil Fitzgerald took a close second in the M40 800 final at Lahti worlds, Nicholas Berra ran essentially the same time — high 1:57s — at a meet in York, Pennsylvania. Nick ended his
A young masters steepler has started a poll on our Forum. He asks: “Due to the high temps in Sacramento in July, when should races be run?” His choices are “1) Status Quo: everything during the day. 2) Sprints in
Anchored by the 1:57.4 of M40 newbie Nick Berra, the Greater Philadelphia Track Club took a tenth of a second off the listed M40-49 world indoor record for the 4×800 relay Sunday. The club’s Chuck Shields reports that the GPTC