Reynaldo Brown’s greatest leap wasn’t the 7-3 he straddled in September 1968 to make the Olympic team at age 17. It wasn’t the 7-0 1/4 he cleared at Mexico City to take fifth behind the gold and silver of teammates
It’s subfreezing in many parts. But now is when a masters’ fancy lightly turns to thoughts of January all-comers meets. One such series is at Huntington Beach High School, south of Los Angeles. It’s a hand-timed affair, but the price
A major reason for Dave Clingan’s resignation from all USATF committees was a holy hassle over getting paid for his work on a stand-alone, independent USATF Masters T&F Web site. USATF budgeted $4,500 for this project and Mike McNees, the
TUEs, or therapeutic use exemptions, are fig leafs under which World Masters Athletics allows athletes to compete at certain meets if they take banned drugs under a doctor’s care. Even though very few folks ever get dope-tested at world masters
Mark Cleary, coordinator of the Masters T&F Invitational Program, reports on the exhibition events he’ll organize for the USATF national indoor open championships February 27-28 in Albuquerque, New Mexico: “The indoor events are 1000 meters for men and 1500 meters
Several years ago, my friend and co-webmaster Dave Clingan announced his retirement from running, citing severe knee issues. Turns out that was premature. He eventually returned to world-class middle-distancing and made the M55 finals in the 800 at Lahti last
The traditional scorecard of rules changes (or rules rejections) is now posted on USATF’s Web site. See the PDF file here. Still to come is the final wording of the bylaws changes, which were approved by voice vote yesterday at
Masters are a big part of the mix of lampis.net — yet another social network for trackfolk. Actually, this site is all about the throws. It includes some instructional videos and several dozen members already. Its members are mainly Dutch
Robert Thomas, our new vice chairman, has sent along an update on his offer of transportation from Seattle to Kamloops for indoor worlds. Robert writes: “Right now I have about 15 people signed up for the bus. We are going to
The 2010 USATF masters invitational program hasn’t been unveiled yet, but the grapevine provides one tasty tidbit: an exhibition masters vault at the USATF open indoor nationals in Albuquerque in late February. Doug “Bubba” Sparks reports: “There is going to
Bruny delivered. As promised a few weeks ago, the Canadian sprint great today beat his country’s M40 record for 50 meters — clocking a remarkable 6.15 (corrected from my earlier 6.12 error) seconds at McGill University to beat the listed
Janet McCarty-Smith, the USATF Masters T&F Executive Committee member known for not showing up, has made it official. She’s not showing up. My masters mole at the Indy annual meeting reports: “McCarty-Smith announced she is stepping down as vice chair