Mike McNees When a USATF press release revealed yesterday that USATF Chief Operating Officer Mike McNees “enjoyed a successful and somewhat painful return to track and field competition over the weekend,” I couldn’t resist shooting him a note. First the
M45 middle-distance star Scott Hartley, who won at Landover and Drake this season, had a superduper double Saturday at an open meet in Fort Collins, Colorado. He burned an 800 in 1:58.81 and a 15 in 4:13.01. The world and American record
Jim Sorensen was my pick to win the Portland masters mile last Saturday. But Jim wasn’t as sure. Having run only once in January and once in April, Jim said he had butterflies before the evening race at Lewis &
Need your help. For the past three or four years, my wife and I have been dues-paying members of the Southern California Striders, a masters track club based in the USATF Southern California Association. But Chris and I live in
With strong headwinds in the sprints and great tailwinds in the jumps, the Pacific Association Masters Championships was a mixed bag Saturday in Folsom, California. Results are posted here. But the studs all delivered, with perhaps the best mark of
Carmen Ayala-Troncoso Pete Magill’s blog and a Portland Oregonian blogger (with confimation by meet results) report that Carmen Troncoso of Austin smashed the W50 American record in the 3000-meter run Saturday night at the Portland Track Festival. “I spoke to Carmen before
Tony Young responded to my quickie Q&A request about Saturday’s masters mile at the Portland Track Festival, which you can view online below. (Jim Sorensen should see my email when he gets home to San Leandro.) Tony was expecting a rabbit
Jan Tenhaven, the Berlin filmmaker behind the masters track film mentioned here, has provided more details on the documentary under production. Recently, he’s been in Italy “filming one of our athletic heroes,” he writes. “We are almost finished with the
M40 Jim Sorensen delivered today, winning the most highly touted masters mile in years at the Portland Track Festival. He did his usual come-from-behind thing to beat M45 world record holder Tony Young, 4:14.47 to 4:22.98. Pete Magill has the
Gary Snyder, chairman of the USATF Masters Track & Field Committee, writes: “Would you let folks know (the) deadline for entry without late charge (is) extended to Monday 6/15.2009 5:00 PM Eastern time.” This means that you can enter the
Pete Magill has a wonderful preview of today’s all-star masters mile in Portland, Oregon. The key players are M45 world record holder Tony Young, 47, and M40 world record holder (in the 1500 and 800) Jim Sorensen, 42. Both come in
At least three masters tracksters between the ages of 73 and 100 are featured in a new documentary being filmed in Germany and eventually Lahti. Called “Herbstgold” (or “Harvest Gold: Fighting Time and Age”), it will be the Eurovets version