With 2010 being the qualifying year for the 2011 National Senior Games, some Senior Games are overlapping the dates of Sacramento USATF masters nationals. One W50 athlete writes: “The (Washington) State Games . . . are scheduled 23-25 Jul 2010.
USATF may go rogue. Just as the Germans balked at accepting the WMA’s new rule on first hurdle run-up distance for the M60 and M65 groups, American rule-makers may say “nein” to WMA discus specs in the upper age groups. These
Perry Huff of Mississippi, an M80 sprinter, was profiled recently in his local paper. I like his attitude about training: “I always say it’s like going to church,” Perry said. “I always exercise first thing in the morning. It’s like
Lord Sebastian Coe, who now has masters cooties after awarding Rita and Guido their world awards, says the 2012 Olympic Stadium will keep its track. Great news. “What we do know is the commitment to leave a track and field facility
Ivar Söderlind, the Eurovets statmaster, has issued a call for help in compiling European top 10 all-time lists. Ivar writes: “Two of my statistics experts and advisers, Bob Minting (Great Britain) and Ton Peters (Netherlands), will try to produce top-ten
Chris Stone, my W50 superstar photographer wife, walked nearly 60 miles over three days ending Sunday. Except for a blister and weak knee, she made it through the Breast Cancer 3-Day journey with flying colors. And she was one of
San Diego’s Rita Hanscom and Germany’s Guido Müller have gone where no masters have gone before: on stage at the annual IAAF Gala in Monaco. On Sunday, when Usain Bolt and Sanya Richards were named Best Athletes of the Year,
Everyone knows that mastersrankings.com operates on the honor system. You post your own marks and get public credit (or shame). But behind the scenes this weekend, one shot put mark has been deleted by rankings czar John Seto, and another
About seven years ago, I was one of a handful of masters who competed at a primarily youth meet in San Diego. Scored a nice purple T-shirt for judging a bleacher-cheer contest. It was organized by FloJo International, a club led
Texas TV station KVUE covered Marion Jones’ appearance at a youth clinic organized last weekend by masters track majordomo Seth Brower in Austin. The station reported her message to the kids: “When you’re facing a situation in your life that’s
Gérard Dumas, a British Columbian fluent in two languages (English and Canadian), also speaks vault. In fact, he’s the pre-eminent historian of the event. He’s also the most vertically traveled vaulter ever. Now 74, Gérard claims 1,000 competitions (not including beach
After perhaps a four-year absence, masters track returns to the California State Games next year, reports Lauren Brosamer, a marketer for the event. She writes: “In the 2010 California State Games we are adding an Open/Masters division in track and