Roger Ruth of Victoria, Canada, was the pioneer masters vaulter — setting world age-group records in his 40s back in the early 1970s. He went 4.60 (15-1) at age 44 in an era when the world open record was about
The guy did it. Took him two more races than the 20 he first envisioned, but on the last day of summer David O’Meara of Sarasota ran his 20th mile in under 5 minutes. Results of this morning’s Fifth Avenue
Hurricane Ike left the house a week ago, but many residents of Houston and parts north are just getting their power back and lives in order. Our masters track friends there are totaling up their losses, but keeping their sense
Brian Sumpter of the Lake County Record-Bee south of Sacramento knows something that USATF doesn’t — that local thrower Mike Curry tied a national record a couple weekends ago. Brian’s story reports: “Competing in the age 40-44 division of the
Faced with the possible loss of all 15 of its delegate votes at the USATF national convention in Reno, the San Diego-Imperial USATF Association voted unanimously last night to adopt an amendment to its bylaws. The amendment sets up a
One mile to go for David O’Meara of Sarasota, Fla. David O’Meara, who set a goal of running 20 straight sub-5 miles at age 45 last spring, has fallen short — thanks to miserable weather. According to his stats page
Doug Logan parries queries on masters doping, records, budget. Doug Logan, the spunky new CEO of USA Track & Field, has been making news of late with his commentary on doping and other issues. Last week, he announced on his
The U.S. Olympic Committee isn’t the only entity making demands these days. USATF’s national office in Indianapolis has sent its 57 member associations a letter insisting that they adopt new grievance procedures. And Indy isn’t mincing words. They’ve set a
Stephanie Hightower of Ohio, a former world-class hurdler, is running for president of USA Track & Field, and her campaign manager appears to be masters hurdler Dexter McCloud. The first I heard of her candidacy came in Dexter’s post yesterday
Jim Hammond of Minnesota claims recent bests of 18.09 in the 100 and 42.35 in the deuce. “I’m going for world records next year,” Jim told a local paper this month. Implausible? Not when you’re 94. Although a recent newspaper
Lydia is ranked in 22 individual events, a historic first. Lydia Woods-Howze won two gold and four silver medals at the WMA regionals a couple weeks ago in Clermont, Florida. Nice haul. But you don’t know the half of it.
USATF has posted the results of its national masters weight and superweight championships, held Sept. 5 in Seattle. Click here for results. But Saturday’s ultraweight pentathon results are still not up. Sigh. About two dozen entered the Sept. 5 meet