Dave Ortman in Seattle shares this hoot of a story: “Poles might be used for more than just vaulting at the 2012 Olympics in London. A group of supporters has started a petition to get pole dancing into the Olympic
Beverley Lewis, an Aussie track Olympian back in the day, is better-known as the respected USATF official who acts as starter at major meets, including her own Club West Masters Meet. Held every October at UC Santa Barbara, the meet
Adam Jacobs of New Jersey is the CEO of TheFinalSprint.com, a blog-style track site that features podcasts and news blurbs. Today Adam channeled his inner Woodstein, announcing a series of in-depth investigative articles that will question and examine USATF and
Here we go again. Another year, another dearth of candidates. A source inside USATF tells me that the Masters T&F Committee has received no bids to host the summer 2011 USATF masters national outdoor championships. Apparently, some cities or USATF
Dietmar dinked over 5-10 3/4. Former world record holder and Olympic champ Dietmar Mögenburg of Germany made a laid-back comeback yesterday. Jumping indoors, he cleared 1.80 meters (5-10 3/4) at the Auto Lounge Comeback meet in Gothenburg, Sweden. Video also
Expanding on some ideas and promises in our interview here, USATF president candidate Dee Jensen of North Dakota says on her campaign Web site that USATF should consider “mirroring the elite program of inviting, selecting and fielding masters’ elite athletes
According to posts on the USATF Associations listserve on YahooGroups, Stephanie Hightower’s campaign for president of USA Track & Field is using robocalls to reach potential voters. Jon Krupa wrote the listserve: “This is disheartening. The problem with politics in
I had a masters track club once — the first virtual masters TC. Called it the Webmaster Track Club. I even found someone to register it within the Illinois Association of USATF. But after it didn’t pass muster with officials
Alfred “Al” Guidet, a pioneering masters sprinter and record holder, died of heart failure Oct. 29 in Lancaster, California, his family reports. He was “90 years young,” his three daughters said in a letter to Al’s closest friends. One was
Liz gloried amid the Pyramids. Three weeks ago, W50 multi-eventer Liz Johnson of Charlotte, North Carolina, was battling symptoms of what she calls the “Egyptian death virus,” an intestinal illness. After a day of recuperation at the Sahara Race 2008,
Dan Girling, a stocky masters track friend of mine, has a stock answer to why he sprints: Because I want to stay alive! Lots of meanings there. Basically, he wants to stave off sickness and out-of-shapeness. But once in a
Tony Young, our M45 masters mile legend, may have lost his status as Best Runner in the House. His son Mack, still only a junior, won the Washington 4A state high school cross country championship last weekend in the eastern