Floyd Simmons Floyd “Chunk” Simmons of Charlotte, North Carolina, died earlier this month, and a good obituary appeared in his local paper. The story focused on his two Olympic bronzes in the deca, but didn’t really mention his masters track
Around 6,000 photos of the 3rd World Masters Indoor Athletic Championships at Clermont-Ferrand, France, have been posted by French photog Marin Garrigues. And Canadian shooter Steve Burger has posted hundreds more shots on his own gallery. In both cases, the
Georgia accountant Phil Raschker is probably chin-deep in tax work this week, but she still found time to send me a report on her recent trip to New York City and the AAU Sullivan Awards ceremony at the NYAC. She
Joy Upshaw-Margerum up in the San Francisco Bay Area sends word that the Modesto Relays (a few hours inland) will hold a masters 100-meter dash in addition to the previously announced 110 hurdles race. But also remarkable is a promise
Roger Pierce has been on my radar for years, but I haven’t given him the attention he deserves. Now his local paper has done the work for me, thank goodness, with this great summary of his track career. His latest
Another set of photos from Boston nationals is online — mostly of sprinters. These are several dozen shots by Lloyd Jeremiah, an M50 hurdler from Washington, D.C. My favorite shot shows Kathy Bergen of Southern California battling Kathy Jager of
John Hinton, competing against collegians, ran the 1500 in 3:57.98 Friday at the Duke Asics Invitational in Durham, North Carolina. He represented Carrboro Athletics Club, whose Jason Jabaut, ran the fastest time (3:48.96). John turns 46 on May 1 and
Milan Tiff, a former NCAA champion triple jumper from UCLA, has returned to the hop-step-jump wars. Big time. At Sunday’s John Ward Masters Games in Santa Ana, California, Milan, listed as age 60 but actually 58, spanned 43-7 (metrically 13.28).
Four-time Olympian Jearl Miles-Clark, who turns 42 in September, was a mystifying no-show at the Boston masters indoor nationals a few weekends ago. But if she was ailing then, it doesn’t show in her latest performance. At the Florida Relays
M45 stud Pete Magill of South Pasadena, a former Carlsbad 5000 champion, couldn’t quite repeat yesterday on the roads of coastal San Diego County. But man, he’s the best at spinning a yarn. On the weekly letsrun.com message board thread
The USATF Web site has added select photos from Boston indoor nationals as well as a link to hundreds of shots taken by peripatetic track photog Cheryl Treworgy. Great series of shots of men’s and women’s hurdles and men’s high
If she submits the proper paperwork, Aeron Arlin-Genet of San Luis Obispo, California, will lay claim to the “official” W40 American record for the outdoor 1500. At yesterday’s Stanford Invitational, she took sixth in her elite section in 4:27.68. That