Yesterday’s blog entry by Bubba “Heading Down Under” Sparks is a remembrance of his junior high teammate Buddy Swayze, better known as Patrick Swayze of “Ghost” and “Dirty Dancing” fame. Patrick died of cancer Sunday at age 57. Bubba writes:
PLNU track overlooks Pacific Last Saturday, in my final meet of a memorable season, I ran the 200 at the San Diego Senior Olympics. Time wasn’t earthshaking — just 29.36 — but it was my fastest legal deuce in tres
Several years ago, the IAAF Web site began posting research papers about track and field and related issues. This year, the European Veterans Athletic Association (which I like to call Eurovets) began doing the same, but on a much smaller
Doug Thompson, my Finnish-speaking friend in Lahti, was so intrigued by Dr. Stephen Peters’ training routine he decided to give it a go. So out in Arizona, Doug is doing 100-meter repeats topped by a fast 300. He describes his
Despite hitting the next-to-last hurdle, W55 multi-eventer Rita Hanscom clocked 50.02 in the 300-meter hurdles yesterday at the San Diego Senior Olympics — and just missed joining the sub-50 club. In the W55 age group, the club has one member:
M65 miler Frank Condon of Central California talks a lot about his records in this nice profile in his local paper. “I’m number one in the World Masters Track and Field at 800 meters (run) three years in a row,”
A “dear friends” note from Harold Morioka in Surrey, British Columbia: “I’m home now and on the road to recovery. I had quadruple-bypass surgery, with complications. My first operation began at 1 p.m. Because I was practising kung-fu as I
You can’t tell your masters games without a program. The National Senior Games took place last month in Northern California. The World Masters Games are next month in Sydney. But right now, the European Senior Games are wrapping up in
No, the Beatles didn’t reunite (and half-return from the dead). But four brothers in their 60s and 70s did come together in April 2008 for an amazing relay at Penn — which I learned of only recently. The youngest (and
Bruce McBarnette in the sprints? Bill Collins in the long jump? Yessiree! According to the 205-page entrants list of the Sydney World Masters Games track meet provided by at least four people, high jumper Bruce and sprinter Bill will test
A couple days ago, I wrote some folks at the Sydney World Masters Games. I had a simple question: “Where might I find a final competitors list for the Sydney World Masters Games athletics meet? It had been promised for
A few masters athletes in San Diego are hoping to interest a local community college in offering a masters age-group track and field class. It might meet twice a week as a credit/no-credit option. Anyone could join, at any experience