Two years after setting an M40 American record in the indoor heptathlon, Jeferson Souza of Miami upped it over the weekend with a score of 5055 — 45 above his listed AR. He can credit competition from Mike Kuoppamaki, a
In the early summer of 1984, 12-year-old Sonja Friend ran a 400 meters in the ARCO Jesse Owens Games at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Months later, she recalled watching Joanie Benoit on TV, winning the 1984 Olympic marathon at the
According to results and a tweet, Bob Lida of Kansas has his first M80 world record — in the 200 — and Britain’s Anthony Whiteman has taken down the M45 WR in the 800 by more than a second. Despite
Boston was veddy veddy good to masters over the weekend. On Friday, Sonja Friend-Uhl ran 3000 meters at Boston University in 9:53.04 to shatter the listed W45 American record of 10:02.55 (at 2003 Boston nationals) by Olympic champ Joan (Benoit)
Former world-class sprinter Jeff Laynes — whose 10.50 in 2011 in the 100 should be an M40 American record (but isn’t) — is back for another go at indoor nationals. Last year at ABQ, he was edged in the 60
Some great marks emerge in results of last Sunday’s USATF Southeast Region Masters Indoor Championships at JDL FastTrack in Winston-Salem. At 44, Jeff Mack should be biding his time for M45. But no — he scorched a 60 in 7.12
In a sign that entries aren’t flooding in, Daegu has pushed back its entry deadline for WMA indoor worlds by eight days — to Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017. Not a shock. Happens all of the time. So why don’t they
Germany’s Roland Gröger broke 52 (his age) over the weekend in an indoor 400, shattering his own listed M50 world record of 52.39 two years ago. Daniele Biffi, Roland’s coach, sent video of the 51.92 Berlin effort on a banked
Bob Weiner, recently re-elected as chair of the USATF National Masters Media Committee, also hangs onto his White House press credential. At Sean Spicer’s first full press conference Monday as President Trump’s press secretary, Bob asked two questions from the
Kevin Burke, who was 43 in October, is entered in the masters mile at this coming Saturday’s New Balance Games in Boston. That’s not the news. The cool part is how much Kevin is cherishing his experience and how he
Tom Hartshorne reports a “best ever” turnout at Saturday’s 50th running of the Hartshorne Memorial Masters Miles at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. But world record attempts by M65 Nolan Shaheed and W50 Alisa Harvey fell short, although Tom
W50 multi-eventer Geraldine Finnegan of Ireland, a 2013 hep champion at Porto Alegre, is returning to indoor worlds in March for the first time since 2010 Kamloops. She’s promising herself not to buy any over-the-counter drugs in Daegu. The last
