Henry Rono says meet organizers paid all his expenses to compete at indoor nationals. Everyone knows that Henry Rono had a bad meet at Landover, running with a terrible cold and taking last in the 800 and mile (in times
I won’t even try to keep track of world records set this week at the Eurovets indoor championships in Ancona, Italy. But Pete Mulholland, covering his British athletes in Ancona, sent me this note yesterday on Day 1: “It was
Everyone in Southern California knows Sumi Onodera-Leonard. Now the world will. Yesterday she was named USATF Athlete of the Week after setting two W80 world records at Landover nationals. This completes an incredible comeback from a near fatal auto crash
Last night, USATF Masters T&F Chairman Gary Snyder publicly tackled the Landover results mess for the first time. He says results will be reposted next month, and “I have also initiated a complete review of procedures for the timing (of) future
For whatever reason, the timing operation at Landover nationals last weekend was a botch. Posted results still haven’t been fixed. Athletes are in a fog about their marks. One is Earl Fee of Ontario, Canada, among the greatest masters runners of
You shouldn’t judge a track meet by its program. But the online version of the Eurovets indoor championships “competition book” is sensational. It’s 68 pages, with lots of information about countries entered. Long lists of athletes and their events. Gorgeous
Jules Lucas was the chief timer at Landover nationals. His old Web site at R and R Timing in Maryland said his company’s mission “is to provide reliable, high quality track & field timing & data management services. The job
New York masters athletes, rejoice! As telegraphed here, your Empire State Games are back. This note was sent to earlier participants: “The Empire State Senior Games are back on and will be held June 2 – 7, 2009 in Cortland!
Craig Chasse, the Potomac Valley Track Club leader, was meet director for the Landover nationals, and he writes: “Let your bloggers know I will resolve any error they might find in the results. They can send their event and details
Meet Walt Reid, a swimmer in his late 60s. Back in 1977, he began masters competition and became an integral part of the movement. Since the mid-1980s, he’s been in charge of records for USMS — United States Masters Swimming — and
The hurdlers are outraged. Runners are up in arms. Even the high jumpers have questions. How much is wrong in the posted results of Landover nationals? M35 hurdler Don Drummond posted this comment today: “Hurdle results were not correct. I went
When meet announcers finally become eligible for the Masters T&F Hall of Fame, Peter Taylor will be a first-ballot shoo-in. But in his latest report from the front, he’s a little forlorn, saying: “I didn’t have a very good meet