Alberta Masters director Donna Dixon writes, via Doug Smith in Ontario: “I am pleased to advise that the W70 team of Mary McCarron-Egner, Helly Visser, Louise Reed and Diane Palmason shattered the world record for W70 4×400 relay at a
Hurricane Ike means to interrupt the training of masters tracksters in the Houston area, according to the latest reports. The storm is expected to arrive Friday or Saturday. Those affacted include our own sprint demigod Bill Collins and his Houston
Doug Smith of Ontario reports: “News from the WMA…. Affiliates are hereby notified that when the deadline for Bids for the 2013 WMA Stadia and the 2012 Indoors Championships closed on 1st September 2008, all that had been received were
Deb Conley in Colorado has written an appeal to the organization that oversees sports for the blind in America — USABA. Deb is the guide runner for W45 sprinter/runner Luanne Burke. Deb and Luanne are looking for donations so Luanne
Remember “T.R.A.C.K Live!” — the masters track reality game show? It’s still in production out in Fresno, with its entrants sworn to secrecy, as I’ve reported. But here’s something new: Even USATF officials and athletes not under contract are keeping
Joe Lary, heart of gold An Alabama paper today profiled Joe Lary, an M60 medalist at the recent WMA regionals in Clermont, Florida. But I wasn’t impressed by Joe’s hardware as much as his soft heart. Andrew Carroll of the
Walter McCoy won gold as a member of the 4×4 relay at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics (in the heats and semis, but not the final), and he’s dipped his toe in the masters waters this year. Now 45, Walter
The European Masters Games concluded today in Malmo, Sweden, and track results can be found here in a huge Word document. Occurring about a month after the European masters championships in Slovenia, the EMG attracted only a fraction of the
In late July, the Eurovets held their biennial championships. Ivar Soderlind of Sweden has now filed a report on the records set at the meet in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Click here for his summary of records. But take the list with
One of my masters moles writes about next summer’s world masters championships in Finland: “I understand from my sources that there are no more accommodations available in Lahti and the best ones have gone to the Germans and other Europeans.
Three years ago, M60 decathlon champion Robert Baker saw a little storm named Katrina interrupt his season. He described his evacuation from a New Orleans suburb and later reported his return to Metaire. Last weekend, he won gold in the
To grow the masters movement, we need more women as well as men. Now a coach in Portland, Maine, has one solution: Offer a track camp for female athletes only. It’s still in the conceptual stage, but Deb Smith, director