The most dramatic race at ABQ gets proper retelling on Runner’s World. Kit Fox ran down M99 Orville Rogers and M92 Dixon Hemphill about their stirring 60-meter dash showdown, which Orville won by an eyelash. “Dixon Hemphill wishes he would
Last weekend, M50 French multi-eventer Francois Bontemps posted on Facebook: “In four weeks, most of us will be in Daegu … but detailed schedule is not available yet … This is not correct for an event qualified as ‘Official World
What if USATF masters nationals drew 4,000 athletes but after two days posted no results? You’d have a riot. But that appears to be the case for the Masters Athletics Association of India nationals in Hyderabad, the capital of the
At least two world indoor records were set in relays at ABQ nationals, including the M35 4×200 (equaling a 2015 mark by a British quartet) and the M80 4×200 that included superstuds Bob Lida and Bobby Whilden (whose Houston Elite
Orville Rogers at 99 wasn’t cut any slack at ABQ nationals. In his 60-meter dash, he had to push to beat M90 Dixon Hemphill in a photo finish — 18.00 to 18.05. Orville also won the 200 (1:24.54), 400 (4:08.88),
Had World War II not intervened, Payton Jordan would have been a medal favorite in the 1940 and 1944 Games. But Payton became a legend anyway — as an Olympic and Stanford coach and a world-record sprinter into his early
Kathy Martin is in real estate, with the slogan “miles ahead of the competition.” That was never so true as on Day 2 of ABQ nationals, where she set a W65 world record of 6:01.46 for the mile. On the
USATF has a nifty summary of Day 1 of ABQ indoor nationals, with newbie press staffer Ashley Mitchell giving proper attention to Larry Hart beating follow hammer Olympian Ed Burke’s M70 record in the weight throw. WRs always demand attention.
In a terrific hour-long interview, WMA Athlete of the Year and Hall of Famer Irene Obera (“83 years young,” she says) tells how she evolved from her beloved game of softball to track, where she became a legend with no
At 99, Orville Rogers is just getting started. Famed for his middle-distance exploits and records, Orville says he looks forward to turning 100 so he can enter about five running events and five field events at both indoor and outdoor
Last week, the IAAF doubled down on its ban on Russian athletes from international meets (including WMA). But several news outlets noted a loophole being carved out for masters. “Athletes between the ages of 15 and 18 and Masters-level athletes
Last summer, after writing stories for the USOC website, I was contacted by a Minnesota publisher, asking if I would write a children’s how-to book on track and field. Sure, I said. I finished the manuscript in July — before
