A newspaper in India reports: “Head Constable S. Durairaj . . . will represent the country in the World Masters Athletic Championship to be held at Finland in July. He took part in the National Masters Athletic Championship that was
Jim Chinn in 2005 M50 national champion Jim Chinn, whose claim to fame is he attended the same Tucson high school as my wife, burned some quick sprints at the collegiate Mangrum Invitational over the weekend in San Marcos, California, north of San
A year ago this month, we reported the milestone sponsorship deal between Ferring Pharmaceuticals and New York-based Sprint Force America. Among other things, the maker of Euflexxa, an injectable arthritis drug, promised to underwrite a couple dozen male sprinters at major
USATF’s Web page devoted to photos from Landover nationals has been saying for two weeks that more shots are coming “soon” — beyond the six now posted as “highlights.” Wait no more! World-class track shooter Cheryl Treworgy has posted hundreds
As promised, several masters events were contested before the University of Oregon’s Pepsi Team Invitational on Saturday at Hayward Field. The highlight was W75 Suzi MacLeod staking claim to the American outdoor record in the mile, clocking 8:54.80. Despite the
Meet results for this weekend’s Johnny Mathis Invitational at San Francisco State University show M40 Jeff Hongo winning the masters mile in 4:47.99. Last year, Jeff was runner-up to Jeff Adkins in the same race. Several weeks ago, Jeff Hongo
Peter Taylor, our dedicated meet announcer, gave a great interview to Peter Magill this weekend. In the course of a 3,300-word Q&A, Taylor revisits the much-debated issue of whether USATF national masters championships should have qualifying standards. He says yes.
When age-group records err, it’s not just athletes who are wronged. It’s anyone who reads about the records from erroneous press accounts. Latest example concerns Charlie Kern, the M35 indoor national champ in the Landover mile and 3000. Charlie would eat
Jay Jacob Wind Jay Jacob Wind, secretary of the Potomac Valley Track Club, which hosted the recent Landover indoor nationals, has posted a revelatory comment on my entry regarding Henry Rono. Turns out I didn’t know the quarter of it. He
Jerome Millet Richard Holmes updates us on the Mt. SAC masters hurdles exhibition April 18: “I received an email from Dexter (McCloud) and unfortunately, he injured his quad, so he’s backing out. But to replace him, we’ve got confirmation that Jerome Millet
Check this out: The Portland (Ore.) Track Festival returns June 13, and masters again are invited, especially elite milers. Last year, Tony Young outlegged Pete Magill in the mile, setting an M45 world record (4:16.09) in the process. (Here’s the
Chris Dellinger, the brains behind our Trainlog online diary, provides a cool new tool — a split/pace calculator. Of course, this isn’t a first. (Lots of sites offer pace calculators). But ours is the best! Type in a desired time