Doug Smith reports from Canada the latest exploits of Earl Fee: an M80 world record in the 800 of 2:48.95, crashing through the 2:50 barrier and beating his own WR of seven weeks ago of 2:53.29. Doug writes that 41
A steady drizzle Saturday morning hindered some field events, but athletes attending the two-day USATF West Region Masters Championships at Soka University in south Orange County posted some great marks. Here are results. Again, M95 Leland McPhie of San Diego shook
Even though the highest M35 jumps on record are indoor marks of 2.30 (7-6 1/2) by America’s Charles Austin and Serbia’s Dragutin Topic, a potential M35 world record was set Saturday by 38-year-old Dragutin, whose 2.29 (7-6) won a European
A cover letter for the WMA General Assembly handbook notes that Oregon’s Tom Jordan, former executive VP of WMA, has been appointed acting president of World Masters Athletics. This is historic. He’s the first American to be president of WMA.
World Masters Athletics is getting too big for its britches. It was formed (as WAVA) in the late 1970s to give geezers a chance to compete in track and field. But over the years, it’s become an elitist IAAF-wannabe. That
Doug “Bubba” Sparks reports on the PVP message board that M50 Gary Hunter cleared 15-8 (metrically about 4.77) at a special beach vault Saturday in Texas. “It was a beautiful day with a fast runway and nice tailwind,” Bubba writes. “I don’t
According to the official handbook of the 2009 Lahti General Assembly (posted here), the southern Brazilian town of Porto Alegre will host the 2013 World Masters Athletics Outdoor Championships. Porto Alegre, which lost the 2011 worlds vote in 2007 to
Did Bill Collins pull a Usain Bolt last week — set world age-group records at 100 and 200? Hard to tell. Originally, Bill’s page on mastersrankings.com said he ran 11.39 and 23.31 at a Rice University all-comers meet June 12. Both
As noted previously, the Hayward Masters Classic was canceled this year. But in its place, a Seattle-area masters meet seems to have taken up the slack. Becca Gillespy Peter, the vault maven, forwards results from a June 6 Seattle Parks and
Sue Grigsby, a W50 runner training for Lahti worlds, is the subject of a nice writeup in her local newspaper. Hers is probably one of a flood of stories that will appear in the run-up to worlds. Sue, who teaches
Becky Sisley of Oregon is set to make hurdling history. On Sunday, July 12, at Oshkosh nationals, about 3 p.m., she and three other women in their 70s will team in the 4×80 shuttle hurdles — a back-and-forth relay championed by Jeff
Coach Byron Turner of the USATF Southern Association writes that “this weekend’s South Region/Southern Association Masters Championships has been moved from Southern University to the Bernie Moore Track Stadium at LSU.” He adds that online entry will be extended through