Scanning yesterday’s results from Landover, I was in jaw-dropping amazed mode. Brooklyn’s Val Barnwell, stamping himself as the fastest over-50 man in the world, won the 60-meter dash in 7.13 seconds — crushing his own M50 world indoor record of
Nice little writeup by Carl Little on Joan Benoit Samuelson’s 3000-meter outing at Landover nationals Friday. “Moments after the gun fired, Samuelson’s left hip gave out and she said she felt like she was going to fall,” Little wrote. “But
W55 Kay Glynn of Iowa won the pentathlon on Day 1 of Landover nationals, and she’ll probably win a lot more on Days 2 and 3. And no wonder. Last week she was named co-Female Masters Athlete of the Year, honoring her 2008 season.
USATF’s Vicki Oddy reports from Landover nationals: “William Murray (Birmingham, Ala.) led the M55 pentathlon from start to finish, with individual wins in the first four events, to win with a world record 4,384 points. Murray began with a 9.41
W50 Joan Benoit Samuelson, the 1984 Olympic marathon champ, set an American indoor record for the 3,000 today on Day 1 of the USATF Masters Indoor National Championships at Landover, Maryland. Running solo in her age group, she returned to
Richard Holmes reports a finalized field for the masters 110 hurdles exhibition next month at the Mt. SAC Relays in Walnut, California. It’s a doozy. In a note to meet official Brian Yokoyama, Richard declares: “Believe-you-me, this is the best
We’ll have nearly 1,000 entrants this weekend at Landover nationals. But you want a big turnout? Try next week’s European Veterans Indoor Championships in Ancona, Italy. Their five-day meet will have 2,872 athletes (2,149 men and 723 women). That’s a record for the event,
Peter Taylor will call the races this weekend at Landover. And since he’s been studying up on the fields, I asked him to dope some of the more high-profile events at masters nationals. Showing how smart he really is, he
Just curious: Who would be willing to serve on the USATF Masters T&F Records Committee? For years, this committee has had only one member — Sandy Pashkin. Given the recent controversy over John Hinton’s rejected indoor mile record, who might
Dave Clingan and his Masters T&F Awards Committee have chosen M55 sprinter Bill Collins as USATF Male Masters Athlete of 2008 and W55 stars Kathy Martin and Kay Glynn as co-female Masters Athletes of 2008. They and other honorees were
Two months ago, I noted a press release saying that the Empire State Games (and its masters track meet) would not be held in 2009, on account of the dreadful economy. Now comes word from the Times Herald-Record of New
We get a buzz when Olympians and former world record holders enter masters meets. One reason is simple appreciation for their history. Another is selfish hope that they’ll attract wider public attention to our niche. Then there’s Henry Rono. Search