USATF 2008 Masters Athletes of the Year Bill Collins, Kay Glynn and Kathy Martin were present for the awards ceremony at the Oshkosh Athletes Banquet a week ago at nationals. Click here for photos. The most touching moment was when Bill
Check out this day-by-day photo gallery from Oshkosh. The 450-plus pictures cover a gamut of events. USATF sent a young staffer from Indy, former Ball State high jumper Kristina Hervey, to capture these images, which are pretty good (but not quite
Italy’s Enrico Saraceni, M40 world record holder in the 400 at 47.81, turned 45 in mid-May. And wouldn’t you know it? He’s close to claiming the M45 WR as well. Fred Sowerby of the United States holds that record — 50.20
Bill Collins was edged in the last few yards of his 100-meter duel with Oscar Peyton, according to this YouTube video. Oscar’s 11.50 was wiped from the results, however, as detailed in this earlier post. John Simpson’s 11.04 victory in
German M70 superstar Guido Müller broke his foot last weekend while lowering his own world record in the 300-meter hurdles at German nationals, according to the Koops’ site. Christine Mueller and Bruno Kimmel also set WRs, according to the post. (Results
Doug Thompson, an M50 runner writing on our Forum, says he’d like to organize a tour or informational dinner on Lahti culture and history for fellow Americans (or others) competing at worlds. Doug writes: “I lived in Finland for two
Flo Meiler, Leland McPhie and Sabra Harvey set more records today at Oshkosh — along with several others notching new age-group bests for a second or third time in this meet (Becky Sisley and Karen Steen among them). Jill Geer’s
The posted results from Oshkosh show Bill Collins clocking 11.56 today and winning his latest 100-meter final at nationals. Spectators, though, saw him take second in the M55 race to Oscar Peyton, the lanky Maryland sprinter who beat Bill in
Sabra Harvey, a Houston grandmother, broke the listed W60 world record in the 800 today at Oshkosh nationals — one of several WRs to go down. Her time of 2:34.66 smashes the 2:36.94 by Holland’s Gerda Van Kooten at 1999
Bill Collins today won perhaps his eighth straight outdoor 400 title at nationals, limped over to the artificial grass infield and plopped on the ground. I asked him, “How’s the leg?” He replied, “Hurts like hell.” Trainers at the nearby
National Chairman Gary Snyder told his Executive Committee last night that the $3 parking fee at Oshkosh (which even he paid) would be dropped for the rest of the meet — not just due to complaints but because USATF’s contract
Just a quickie post. Gotta compete in 9 hours. Three world age-groups records were set at Oshkosh nationals today as athletes competed in comfy low 80s while commiserating about the chance of showers Friday. And at night, the USATF Masters T&F