Myrle Mensey of St. Louis added a foot to her listed W65 American indoor record in the super weight throw last weekend, heaving the 20-pound implement 11.36 meters ((37-3 1/4) at a meet in Champaign, Illinois. A year ago, she
At 45, he seemed out of place. His 800-meter heat at British indoor nationals included a pair of 18-year-olds and two 21-year-olds. (The second-oldest in the field was a 33-year-old who ran 1:54.84.) But Anthony Whiteman’s time fit with the
In 2005 and 2008, Dan O’Brien hinted a masters comeback. Now he’s giving full-throated notice. Bob Weiner reports in his press release for ABQ indoor nationals that the 1996 Olympic decathlon champ (and three-time world champ) had planned to compete
Update. Results site flubbed, and Perth world champion David Montieth didn’t set an American record as first reported. See his comment below. Here’s original post FYI: A season after setting M70 American record indoors and out, David cleared 1.55 (5-1)
As an M60 four years ago, Quenton “Doug” Torbert of California began setting masters shot records. He notched the listed American indoor and outdoor records of 16.25 (53-3 3/4) and 16.69 (54-9 1/4), respectively. Those were with the 5-kilo shot
For my celebrity-watcher job with MyNewsLA.com, I visit the Daily Mail all the time. So it was a treat to come across a story on 97-year-old WR man Charles Eugster. Actually, he wrote it (and a new book). It contains
Superlegend Earl Fee posted a note to Facebook recently that tells you all you need to know about injury rehab — and Earl’s sense of humor. “Recently I … had a calf injury ongoing for 10 weeks in spite of
See comment below, rendering this report moot: Jeff Hartwig turns 50 in September, but he looks to be hungry for an M45 record in the pole vault. He retired from serious competition in late 2008. Now the M40 WR man
Two years ago, Hugh Gallagher said that as a young man, he was hit across the back by an iron girder. “It almost killed me,” he told an Irish paper. “I was taken to St. George’s Hospital in London where
W55 Fiona Matheson set a 1500 world indoor record of 4:56.51 at the Scottish Open Championships on Jan. 28, reports Athletics Weekly. “She finished fifth in a race won by Ireland’s Emma Mitchell in 4:16.20.” (See results here.) The listed
Dear Stan: Sandy Pashkin has failed in her role as WMA Records Committee chair. You should take a page from USATF’s Gary Snyder’s playbook and remove her for incompetence and aggravation — to media and athletes. The latest example came
No shock here. In his first indoor season as an M40, Kim Collins lowered the world record at 60 meters. Just for fun, he did it twice Wednesday — with a heat of 6.58 and final of 6.56 at a
