No kidding. Olga Kotelko, who turned 90 on March 2, set 10 Canadian age-group records and eight world records last weekend at the two-day British Columbia Masters Championships in Nanaimo. Track results are here, and field event results are here. Meet maven Harold Morioka
At 60, national champion Myrle Mensey keeps getting stronger and stronger. And throwing heavy things farther. At last Saturday’s Steel Throwers Open (put on by this club) in Franklin, Tennessee, Myrle upped her own W60 American records in the weight
Results are now posted for last Saturday’s Southern California Striders Meet of Champions, where Nadine O’Connor set her latest vault record. Lots of great marks, including M45 Willie Gault’s 11.08 into a wind in the 100. Marks that popped out for
Monty Hacker is about 74. Winston Thomas of World Masters Athletics, reports: “As WMA Secretary, I have received a letter from WMA Executive Vice-President and acting WMA President Monty Hacker notifying of his need, for health reasons, to immediately resign
Nadine O’Connor’s latest vault WR got some attention after all. Today, the folks in Indy named her USATF Athlete of the Week. It’s her third such honor — probably a masters record. She also won in March 2007 and August
Mary running in 2006. Mary Harada, the W70 distance star and frequent commenter on this blog, shared some of her running wisdom with Carmel Papworth-Barnum in this recent interview. I liked this especially: “I try to use that sense of
Seven hours earlier today, I posted this note: “Oy vey. Folks in the San Diego-Imperial USATF Association apparently got my note about the mystery meet (open to officials but not athletes). They have now set the Chuck McMahon Memorial /
Many of you know my wife, Chris. She thinks big. Her recent adventures include photographing masters nationals, working at the Democratic National Convention and attending the Obama inauguration. Now she’s taking on a major athletic challenge: the San Diego 3-Day
Last year’s Olympic Trials featured two masters exhibition races — a men’s 3000 with several dozen studs won by Tony Young and an exciting women’s 200, won by Donna Lawrence after coming from behind in the last 20 meters. A month from now, the USATF open championships return to
Guess it’s great to be just north of 65. Nadine O’Connor’s vault record is the tip of the iceberg. Germany’s Kurt Goldschmidt, throwing at a Hamburg meet on May 21, put the shot 15.90 meters (52-2), raising his own M65
Pete Magill, the M45 distance champ and blogger deluxe, revealed on a letsrun.com message board yesterday that he has up and quit the powerhouse track club he helped anchor for several years. The chief Fluffy Bunny is hopping away, perhaps
Don McGrath writes at Masters Athlete magazine: “I’m a lifelong athlete who is turning 46 years old this year, and still very passionate about my sport. I am looking around the bend to my fifties and beyond and thinking about