Pure, unadulterated speculation on my part: The 2009 USATF masters outdoor nationals will NOT be held in Clermont, Florida. My evidence? A brief email from USATF Masters T&F Committee Chairman Gary Snyder today. In reply to a query about whether
The hardest record in masters track? That’s easy. The M100 4×400. First you have to find four centenarians to run. . . . Of course, we don’t have a record in this age group. But it helps one appreciate a
Olympic Trials spearchucker Roald Bradstock says he’s not quite done throwing long, pointy sticks. In an email yesterday, he wrote: “I have lost 15 lbs. and am throwing better then ever. I plan on dropping another 5 to 15 lbs.
Nolan Fowler helped Pete Mundle track throws records. Morehead State University in eastern Kentucky has reported the death Monday of former national-class hammer thrower, coach and professor Nolan Fowler in Cookeville, Tennessee. He was 94. Nolan’s role in masters track
A few weeks ago, I read this item by editor Sean Callahan in Masters Athlete Daily: “‘Running your age,’ similar to shooting your age in golf, is becoming an increasingly recognized achievement. Running your age is completing a 10K in
Roger Ruth’s fine-tooth-combing of open seasonal lists for masters 35 and over has uncovered some amazing nuggets. His latest batch is the 1500, steeplechase, discus and long jump. At least one possible world-age group record is identified: Tatyana Ter-Mesrobyan of
Marie-Louise Michelsohn of New York lowered her own W65 world record in the 2K steeplechase yesterday at the Club West masters meet at UC Santa Barbara — traditionally the masters finale on the West Coast. MLM ran 9:00.2, according to
Back to Roger Ruth. This time, he does some heavy lifting by compiling masters (35 and over) on the 2008 world open seasonal shot put lists. He found 13 men and 13 women, with the best guy going 68-2 1/2.
W40 Alaskan Gov. Sarah Palin did a good job parroting her memorized bullet points in the vice presidential debate last night, but according to cartoonist Steve Breen of The San Diego Union-Tribune, Sarah is a lousy high jumper. So I
Tony Young, who lowered the M45 world record in the mile this past spring, has courageously shared details of his private life. Venture Bank, his employer in Redmond, Washington, laid him off several weeks ago. “Yes, this has been a
Louise Tricard was friends with hundreds of track legends — and many others in the USATF family. Louise Mead Tricard, a masters sprinter and marathoner who literally wrote the books on the history of women’s track in America, died last
Three weeks after the fact, women’s results are now posted for the USATF National Masters Ultraweight Pentathlon Championships in Seattle. Click here to see how the seven women did. USATF doesn’t list records for the ultraweight penta, so maybe the