By just a second, Britain’s Anne Martin lowered her own listed world record in the 2,000-meter steeplechase on Sunday, clocking a superb 10.49.22 at the British Masters Championships in Birmingham. Anne’s previous W70 best was 10:50.35, apparently at the same
Mike Travers reports this stunning performance: “Everad Samuels of Boston … has broken the M50 200M World record of 22.58 set by Dr. Stephen Peters (of Britain at the Puerto Rico world masters meet in 2003). Everad’s record time of
Doug Smith in Canada reports 12 Canadian masters age-group records were set at the British Columbia masters championships recently in Surrey. Harold Morioka passed along the results to Doug, in Ontario, even though one of his own M55 sprint records
At 46, Roald Bradstock is hanging up his multi-colored javelins and many delightful outfits. After beating eight kids in the javelin prelims at Eugene today (including American record holder Breaux Greer), he confirmed that this was his last track meet.
Jon Naito of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer has written this nice little story on masters mile star Tony Young and his family, especially budding high school mile prodigy Mack Young. I also have it on good authority that Tony, who runs
At 46, Roald is the oldest male entrant in Eugene. Roald Bradstock got the news a little after 10 a.m. today: USATF’s Status of Entries page for the Olympic Trials lists him as “qualified/declared” for Friday’s men’s javelin preliminaries. At
A member of the “T.R.A.C.K. Live!” reality show’s athlete contingent wrote fellow entrants: “Everyone – I don’t know what else to do . . . I responded to the email Julia sent out on 6/23 for contestants wanting to return
Well, don’t look for M40 Jeff Hartwig or M35 Derek Miles at Spokane this summer. On August 8, the second day of USATF masters nationals, Jeff and Derek will be marching in the Opening Ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics! Derek
In an email note about the USOC-imposed restructuring of USATF, Masters T&F Chairman Gary Snyder explains his absence from USATF board meeting that decided to expel masters from the board (Gary had scheduled vacation with potential loss if travel canceled).
David Pain, who almost singlehandedly started masters track in North America and Europe, will attend the USATF Masters National Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Spokane — 40 years after he organized the first USA masters nationals in San Diego
Eugene may be the center of the track universe this week (and next 10 days), but masters track isn’t ceasing. Farther up the Left Coast, British Columbia masters set some records (Canadian mainly), reports this newspaper account. Jeff Hartwig jumps
Roald Bradstock, the British Olympian who still throws 230 feet in the javelin at age 46, has been on a rollercoaster the past week as he seeks confirmation of his fate: Will he or won’t he compete in the U.S.