Wayne Bennett passes along the sad news that his friend and former masters sprinter Tony Deatherage died last week at age 72. His funeral is set for today in Wichita Falls, Texas, according to this newspaper obituary. Wayne writes: “Tony
Tony Young, 46, collected another never-to-be-ratified world indoor record yesterday at the Husky Invitational at the University of Washington, running 800 meters in an astounding 1:55.70 on its “oversized” 307-meter track. The listed M45 world indoor record is 1:56.29 by
Victah Sailer, one of the best track/running photographers in the world, shot the USATF cross country nationals a week ago in Maryland. Check out this gallery of masters men and women. Names of the runners can be revealed by clicking
Germany’s economy shrank 2.1 percent in the last quarter of 2008. But their masters tracksters aren’t moping. W75 thrower Susanne Wissing of Germany apparently celebrated her birthday with a world indoor record in the shot Saturday, say German sources. She
Is Lahti loosening up? Appears so from the 2009 WMA worlds website, which has a big blue headline: “Accommodation in all categories available in Lahti!” The site declares: “In all accommodation categories in Lahti, in the Lahti region and in
Kevin Young, whose 46.78 world record in the 400-meter hurdles may last 50 years, is plotting a masters comeback. That’s the plan anyway. According to this video interview on trackshark.com, Kevin says he’s been in the weight room, lost some fat
Ha! So geezer sprinters aren’t the only ones fudging their marks. Latest whopper is told by a lady named Jennifer Figge, a W55 fish who generated world headlines for claiming to swim the Atlantic (the first woman to do so.
As he did last year, Doug Thompson is putting on the SISU Foundation 800 Meter Challenge Race. Doug writes: “We have moved the race to May 2, in order to use the Arizona State University track, which has a Mondo
The October 2009 World Masters Games in Sydney — competing with Lahti worlds for masters tracksters — face some serious issues. Despite receiving an unusual meet sanction from World Masters Athletics (a possible first in WMA history), Sydney organizers are
USATF’s online museum, mastershistory.org, now features seven rare newsletters from the early years of the World Association of Veteran Athletes. How rare? Only 375 souls subscribed to this official publication between 1980 and its demise in 1982. Low-tech but high-minded,
Track stars ventured out on the trails at the USATF Cross Country Championships over the weekend in Derwood, Maryland. Missing from the mix was perennial champ Pete Magill, spiritual leader of the Fluffy Bunnies club. He wrote on letsrun.com: “Congrats to
You may have noticed a new link above right, called trackstore. This leads to an amazon.com site where I’ve created a bookstore and other shops of interest to adult trackfolk. Called an aStore, this enterprise is in association with Amazon.