The Sports page of USA Today today has a big spread on W65 vault icon Nadine O’Connor and her partner Bud Held, with great details on their masters lives and motivations. Plus this fascinating tidbit: ” ‘With older athletes, I
World champion Bruce McBarnette reports that he raised his own American record in the M50 high jump in mid-June at a Virginia all-comers meet. In a press release sent yesterday, he says he cleared 1.92 meters (6-3 1/2) at Major
Mike Powell, who broke Bob Beamon’s hallowed long jump record, has been talking about a serious masters track comeback for years. Now he’s on the record at some obscure site that nobody ever visits. We learn from the IAAF: “World
I love small-town papers. They don’t give a fig for formalities. Latest example: A headline in the Bennington Banner (in Vermont) says, “Gazelle scores despite storm.” The paper reports: “Bennington’s Bob Matteson defied the elements at the Adirondack Masters Championships
Petition goes to Oshkosh tomorrow! Enough talk. Time for action. On May 4, I launched a petition drive to repair our out-of-whack records process. This is Step 1 in a journey that I hope will lead to adoption of new
Olympic gold medalist (in relays) Jearl Clark isn’t coming to Oshkosh nationals. USATF communications chief Jill Geer reports that Jearl (who no longer goes by Jearl Miles-Clark) “says she’s not going to be there. Husband had to go overseas at
Pete Magill, noting the wonderful interview with W55 sprinter Sharon Warren at Carmel’s site, was impressed with Sharon’s willingness to train with distance great Marie-Louise Michelsohn. (See his blog post.) Pete recalls how his old USC sprint teammate James Sanford
Being a starter — how hard can that be? Raise a gun and say, “Runners to your marks. Set. Bang!” Well, the latest monograph on the art is circulating within USATF, and you won’t believe how much you don’t know.
Check out these results from the June 27-28 Portland Masters Classic (actually held in Gresham, Oregon). They apparently contested the first 200-meter hurdles for masters women in America — an event ordained by World Masters Athletics for ladies 70 and
Debi Lurie is not a track star. No matter. But her story shines as bright as Usain Bolt — and is typical of our tribe. How a mom in her early 50s defied societal norms to become a sprinter. I
W70 Becky Sisley and M60 John Altendorf broke their own age-group world records in the vault last weekend in Gresham, Oregon, Becca’s Peter’s message board reports. The local paper says: Eugene’s Becky Sisley set two world records in the 70-74 age group at the
According to the official Web site for WMA worlds in Lahti, entrant lists will go online in mid-July, possibly by July 16. “Competition Managers Raimo Kallioniemi and Pekka Saarenpää and Competition Director Hannu Nurminen have started to sort out the