Anselm LeBourne, who organized a meeting of Americans at Lahti worlds, has updated attendees on the group’s progress. He writes: “Robert Thomas will be our representative in Indianapolis (USATF headquarters) since he’s living in Indianapolis.” And Anselm asks for a
Betty Jarvis, David Bickel and Harvey Lewellen broke individual event records, and Myrle Mensey, Harvey and Mark Landa raised or set American throws pentathlon records at last weekend’s meet, which got late but appreciated attention in USATF’s News & Notes.
Mac is the throws coach at Concordia University as well. One baby step for a man, one giant leap for Mac Wilkins. In reply to a simple query (“So Mac, when will you enter masters competition?”), the four-time Olympian, Montreal
It’s gotten to be a cliche: American 4×1 relay teams at IAAF worlds and the Olympics are disasters in waiting. Berlin was just the latest example, when both U.S. squads failed. So how did the American quartets perform at Lahti
Lisa Valle, a W40 distance star for the SoCal Track Club, set a world age-group record in the 2K steeple at Lahti worlds. She ran the race in 7:01.91, beating the listed record of 7:02.96 by Italy’s Samia Soltane in
World Masters Athletics just celebrated, in Lahti, perhaps the best-run world outdoor championships in history — dazzling records, incredible competition, excellent officiating. So what does the new WMA Web site feature on its home page? Yeah, the same group shot
Point Loma Nazarene University — with its beautiful track overlooking the blue Pacific — is again the venue for the San Diego Senior Games. But the registration deadline is fast approaching. It’s August 31 for the September 12 meet You
Haven’t we seen this movie? USATF holds a masters throws championship and takes days (or weeks) to post results. If this were a distance championship, athletes would be demanding someone’s head on a platter. But masters throwers are used to
Although the form specifies a deadline of September 13, the Eurovets site says August 25 is the final date for the various regions of World Masters Athletics to submit nominations for “IAAF Best Masters” of 2009 — a man and
The last time we mentioned Sarasota’s David O’Meara, he was debriefing us on his 2008 road-mile odyssey — where he ran 22 races to get 20 under 5 minutes at age 45. What do you do for an encore? You
No question that Beamon-beater Mike Powell has a shot at 7.30 (about 24 feet) and an M45 world record in the long jump. The key question is: Will he shun masters in the process? If you’re gonna try for an age-group WR,
OK, so M20 Usain Bolt won the 200 at IAAF worlds by 0.62 second — the largest margin in Olympic or WC history. And set a WR of 19.19. Ho hum. At the National Senior Games this month, W60 Phil Raschker won