Details are sketchy, but my sources indicate that the USATF Board of Directors last Saturday voted — at the USOC’s gunpoint — to shave members off its board, including our representative: Chairman Gary Snyder of the USATF Masters T&F Committee.
Last weekend, Joplin, Missouri, was scheduled to host the USATF National Masters Decathlon Championships. But so far, I can’t find a Web site that hosts the results of this meet, which was to include visiting British athletes in a “decathlon
Peter Taylor is an ironman at nationals, putting in ungodly hours as he does God’s work announcing the meets. He’ll reprise this gig in August at Spokane, but he’s not assuming the LOC will provide spotters and refreshment aides. So
Even though Baton Rouge hosted the masters nationals back in 2001, the Southern states haven’t been known as a hotbed for masters track. Now some folks in the USATF Southern Association are trying to change that. This weekend, the association
Results from the USATF Pacific Association Masters Championships (see below) have Kay Glynn down for 10-1 1/4 in the W55 vault — probably 3.08 meters — not the 3.07 cited earlier as a world age-group record. A fantastic jump no
The masters track reality TV show is game on — for now. Despite rumors of “T.R.A.C.K. Dead!” a recent email communication from producer Julia Dudley to entrants suggests that Phase 2, which includes Olympian coaches helping masters athletes train for
An M35 British team of Darren Scott, Mark Dunwell, Jim Tipper and Anthony Leigh yesterday clocked 42.51 in the 4×1 at an international triangular meet in Ashford, Kent, England, reports our friend Pete Mulholland. Pete writes: “Looks like Great Britain
According to a report on the T&FN message board, Stacy Dragila today vaulted 4.70 meters (15-5) — another W35 world age-group record. It’s also among the top 5 jumps in the world this year! The mark, 5 inches below her
This coming Thursday, I’ll take an Alaska Airlines flight to Portland, and then to Eugene, for a little track meet they hold every four years or so. Some of our masters track friends will be there –competing in open events
Stacy Dragila raised her year-old W35 pole vault record a year ago to 4.55 meters (14-11) at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, California, last weekend. Details are posted on polevaultpower.com. Stacy is 37 but has a shot at
Two years ago, the former barefoot teen sensation Zola Budd said she was interested in competing on the masters circuit — at least on the roads. (I blogged her interest.) This week, local press reports in South Africa indicated she
Trojan Masters TC majordomo Eugene Driver, a former masters sprint champion, sends the sad news: “Due to low finances and high stadium fees, the Trojan Masters meet will not be held this year, Hopefully we will see you in ’09!”