Serbia’s Dragutin Topic, who turns 37 in March, last night became the oldest man to clear 2.30 meters (7-6 1/2) when he scaled that height on his second try at the Eurotop meet in Novi Sad, Serbia. Dragutin then fearlessly
Bone scan of W60 world champion Phil Raschker. Now for something completely different: Phil Raschker’s bones. More specifically, three bone scans done as part of Amanda Mittleman’s master’s thesis research at Long Beach State University near Los Angeles. Phil volunteered
Donna Schultz is one proud momma. Her daughter, Kate Soma, got hitched to William Conwell last August. Oh, and did I mention that Kate was the 2005 NCAA pole vault champion? And did I mention that Kate is one proud
Jonathan Beverly is editor in chief of Running Times magazine, but he wasn’t fully on board the masters bandwagon until Orono nationals last summer. That did the trick. In the March issue, a wonderful article by Jon chronicles his conversion.
Olympic sprint champ and former WR man Maurice Greene shocked the track world yesterday by announcing his retirement. But anyone who knows Mo won’t be surprised if he makes a comeback. And I have a suggestion. He turns 35 on
California M50 Marty Krulee and Nevada M60 Larry Barnum raced high school boys Saturday at the United Heritage Invitational in Nampa, Idaho, site of the 2005 masters indoor nationals. Both were world champions at Riccione last summer, so I feel
People sometimes ask: Where can I compete indoors? My reply: Wherever a collegiate meet director is willing to take your money! You’d be surprised how many coaches are happy to let you run if you cough up the entry fee.
Perhaps the biggest achievement of the masters tracksters at Friday night’s Millrose Games was simply getting to the meet. Julie Hayden of the victorious Athena TC 4×4 team tells a typical story of grown-ups with jobs, kids and injuries overcoming
Susanne Rohlfing of the German newspaper Kölner Stadtanzeiger interviewed Jeff Hartwig before his latest record jump, and he disclosed that he won’t vault indoors in the United States this season. Therefore, he won’t be on the U.S. team for the
Some folks return from worlds with pulled muscles, aching joints. About 10 days after returning to Canada from Riccione, where he won five M85 gold medals in the throws, Garry Bachman had a heart attack. He seems fine now, according
Olympic champion Allen Johnson lowered Greg Foster’s M35 American indoor age-group record in the 60-meter hurdles today in Stuttgart, Germany. Allen, 36, ran 7.55 to beat the listed M35 record of 7.56 by Greg in 1994. Here are the official
Psssst! Nobody tell Jeff Hartwig that he’s 40. Today in Stuttgart, Germany, Jeff raised the M40 world indoor record to 5.70 (18-8 1/4) and had three misses at 5.75 (18-10 1/4). It’s the second time in less than a week