On opposite coasts, they shared the same dream: qualify for the U.S. Olympic Trials in the middle distances in their early 40s. But with the June 15 deadline looming for submitting final qualifying marks, Alisa Harvey and Aeron Arlin Genet
Today is the deadline for entering the final major masters exhibition races of the season — at the U.S. Olympic Trials. On second thought, forget it. The fields in the men’s 3000 and women’s 200 are already stacked. You don’t
Masters thrower and former USATF Masters T&F chair George Mathews writes: “I would ask all our friends to pray for a successful operation this Thursday for Olympian Tom Gage at The Mayo Clinic.Tom is having open heart surgery to repair
Leon Joslin is having a blast at 96, throwing heavy objects and getting heavy coverage from local media. In January, the Seattle Times gave Leon some pop. (Eleven years earlier, it featured him as well.) Now it’s TV’s turn, with
Germany’s Wolfgang Ritte this season became the oldest man to vault 14 feet. Stop the presses. Yesterday, he upped his M55 world record to 4.60 meters (15-1). And Wolfie’s wife, Ute, joined the fun — clearing 2.85 (9-4 1/4) for
Jeff Hartwig watched fellow American Brad Walker erase his American record in the vault today at the Pre Classic in Eugene. (Brad topped 19-9 3/4). “He came up and gave me a big hug,” Walker said of Hartwig in the
You know Neni Lewis, our superstar W45 thrower. Now the readers of the Reading Eagle in Pennsylvania do, too. This story published this weekend profiles her career, which began as a sprinter. Meanwhile over in Philly, the Inquirer tells the
Beggars can’t be choosers. So I suppose we should be grateful for the 1½-minute teaser video prepared after the Las Vegas meet of “T.R.A.C.K. Live!” — the masters track reality game show under production. But the so-called “sizzle reel” now
Liz Palmer and Randy Sturgeon, tag-team loggers Publisher Randy Sturgeon and fellow Californian Liz Palmer have begun posting their weekly training logs at the National Masters News site — with Randy’s log called “The Road to Spokane” and Liz’s diary
Serbian high jumper Dragutin Topic cleared 2.27 meters (7-5 1/4) yesterday at a meet in Greece. He’s 37, but don’t look for him in the world age-group records. As I’ve mentioned previously (and incessantly), the M35 world record is listed
Nevada sportswriter Joey Crandall has announced his goal: running in July and August all-comers meets. He’s apparently well short of masters age, but he cites us in his column. (He admits that he’s just learned that you’re supposed to run
Paul Stoneham (no relation) of Fort Worth, Texas, hopes to run the 10,000 meters at the U.S. Olympic Trials at the end of this month. Paul is 37 and has some good credits: He ran 29:11 six years ago. But