M75 multi-eventer Tom Allison, a throwing buddy of former National Masters News editor Jerry Wojcik, is reported to be very ill and “has been in the hospital and a rehab center for about five weeks,” reports Suzy Hess from Eugene,
In September 2006, we noted the tragic death of M55 sprinter Willie Venable, a much-beloved Seattle athlete. Now comes word that Willie’s assailant has received a five-year sentence for second-degree manslaughter in the case. David Summers wrote to masters champion
Ed Koch is the elected treasurer of USA Track & Field and one of the organization’s most respected leaders. He was re-elected by acclamation in 2004. In 1999, he won the Robert Giegengack Award, given annually to a person “who
I was stoked. Giddy with anticipation. Hyper with hope. I saw this bombshell blurb on Page 5 of the November edition of National Masters News: “Masters Single Age Records Coming Soon. Peter Mundle has done and continues to do so
Sean Callahan, the editor of Masters Athlete, has a column in the current issue about hypnosis. (Read it here.) He tried it since he was stuck at 86 on the golf course. So how did he do after his hypnosis
Inger won Olympic 4×1 gold in ’96, three years before 200 world title. The Southern California Striders’ annual banquet — where members dress up and chow down amid much frivolity — is Saturday night, Nov. 22, at an Orange County
You won’t see the names Frank Lynch or Antonio Douglas in masters track results, but their two 100-meter match races have gotten more press than many trackos get in their lifetime. Frank, nearing 70, owns a car wash chain in
OK, OK. I give up! I’ll confine my 30-second-per-leg static stretches to after a workout. The New York Times has weighed in on this oft-debated subject, and its conclusions make sense: You wanna do dynamic stretching (a.k.a. stretching while moving)
The supergeezers of masters track always amaze me — the guys and gals 90-plus who show up wearing colorful spikes and polo shirts. My latest hero is Ruth Frith of Brisbane, Australia, “a great grandmother of 11 (who) has already
Alan still hopes to break 3 hours in the marathon in his 60s. Alan Miller lives in the Fort Lauderdale suburb of Cooper City, but last Sunday he was clicking off 7-minute miles on the way to a 3:08:03 finish
A hard-fought battle for USATF president may be the only election of interest to masters track at the Reno annual meeting next month. That’s because three of four seats on the national Masters Track & Field Committee are uncontested at
Larry James, a 4×4 Olympic champ back in 1968, died today of cancer, according to message board posts and this news article. Larry didn’t run masters track, but he had an important role in helping our niche. In December 2004,