University of Nevada-Las Vegas played host over the weekend to a two-day masters meet — a preliminary event in the much-anticipated reality game show called “T.R.A.C.K. Live!” Although expertly run with USATF officials, auto-timing and all the trimmings, the event
John Schneider, an M60 thrower, had a couple simple questions for the folks running the San Diego Senior Olympics: “Will the games be held this year? If so, will Track & Field be included?” Yesterday, he got a reply from
In February, I shared the story of how M85 Canadian thrower Garry Bachman suffered a heart attack 10 days after competing at Riccione worlds, where he won five gold medals. He recovered from the cardiac, but didn’t return to competition
In an Olympic year, it’s common for unknowns to emerge from the woodwork. But M50 sprint phenoms? That’s apparently the case with Everad Samuels, who appears in mastersrankings.com with a 22.66 in the 200-meter dash. Whoa there! That beats the
Mastersrankings.com and our Forum report a discus throw of 62.30 meters (204-5) by 45-year-old Jim Seifert. The toss apparently came at the USATF-Long Island Spring Opener in Bellmore, New York. It’s a USATF-sanctioned event. But I haven’t seen official results
Yet again, we read about the USATF Foundation dropping big dimes on youth clubs across the country — $1,500 here, $2,000 there. Not blinking an eye. But is the USATF Foundation turning a blind eye to masters? Not really. I
My paper carried the touching story yesterday about a Coronado High School jumper, now 87, who went 23 feet in 1938, a school record — and now cheers on a kid at the same school with a 22-10 PR. Made
Jeff Kingstad, the Cayman Islands resort operator, reports from Wisconsin that last Saturday he drove four hours to Madison and popped an American M55 vault record 4.15 (13-7 1/4) on his opening height, “then with lots of height barely missed
World Masters Athletics exists as a governing body mainly to hold world championships. But a sideline is encouraging more countries to foster track. One way of doing this is putting on regional championships. This year, our region (formally known as
David O’Meara, 45, chose Tarpon Springs, Florida, to kick off his summerlong series of 20 sub-5 mainly road miles. (I wrote about it here.) He detailed the event on his blog. He had some pacers, he suggests: “I followed Anthony
Aeron Arlin Genet, 41, of San Luis Obispo made progress toward an Olympic Trials qualifying time Saturday when she ran the 1500 in 4:21.6, a season best and potential W40 American record, at the Oxy Invitational in Los Angeles. Her
Karl Smith, who once held the M40 world record in the 110 hurdles, handed a rare defeat to the man who succeeded him as record holder yesterday at Modesto Junior College in Northern California. Karl, 48, clocked an amazing 14.61