Yesterday’s post about discrepancies between Steve Bunn’s times on mastersrankings.com and the actual meet results has brought a response — from Steve Bunn. In a comment posted this morning, he writes (in part): “I can assure you all that I
Someone up north knows how to put together a masters track site. The Ontario Masters T&F Association in eastern Canada has unveiled a site with serious chops. It appears to rely on database technology for many of its pages, including
M45 sprinter Willie Gault isn’t old by our standards, but his anchor leg in the invitational 4×100 relay at Sunday’s Mt. SAC Relays must have made him feel aged. (He’s wearing all blue, in lane 2 in this Flotrack clip.)
Steve Bunn: Are his sprint times bunk? My favorite motto in masters track is: “The older I get, the faster I was.” This suggests the fibs we tell our friends, family and co-workers about our prowess “back in the day.”
Today’s Mt. SAC Relays had some wonderful masters races — even with some major no-shows (injuries and otherwise). I also had a chance to chat with a high jumper I idolized in high school: two-time Olympian Reynaldo Brown. He’s making
Masters can have their say in new leaders of the slapped-down USATF Colorado Association (remember the long grievance process?). Deb Conley sent a note detailing the convoluted election process, with balloting about May 20 to pick new officers. If you
Seven masters exhibition races will be contested tomorrow (Sunday) at the Mt. SAC Relays in Walnut, California, and all should be webcast live (click here). The men’s and women’s 800s are at 11:15 and 11:20 a.m.Pacific time, followed by a
Roger Pierce Roger Pierce was an eloquent representative of masters track last night when he was inducted into his alma mater’s Hall of Fame. His local paper quoted Roger: “As long as I am capable of doing it, I’ll run
David Ashford can three-step the highs at age 45. No, I mean the HIGH highs. Competing in a university/open heat today at the Mt. SAC Relays east of Los Angeles, David came close to the listed, unofficial single-age WR for
FerringUSA got off the dime today and officially announced its sponsorship of Sprint Force America — four days after its generosity was first disclosed here. The same release is on FerringUSA’s Web site as well. In any case, the drugmaker’s
Well, charge me with a false start. My earlier post wondering about the identity of a hurdler taking practice starts with the gun at Clermont-Ferrand was a booboo. The gent wasn’t French, but British. Don Drummond, winner of the M35
(Updated at 7 p.m. April 18: Check out the latest development at this post.) An eagle-eyed athlete who competed in Clermont-Ferrand checked out the Linda Carty videos and spotted a potential problem: a hurdler practicing starts as a race was