Diane Shrerrer, a central New York running columnist, covered the Cornell races over the weekend and adds to the record. She shares a great story on John Hinton: “The Hartshorne elite races had the potential of producing up to five
Rod Jett doesn’t claim God on his side, but local Jesuits are cheering for him. He’s a teacher and sprint/hurdles coach at Jesuit High School in Carmichael, California, which has a powerful track program (One star alum is Michael Stember).
Back in early November, Amanda Mittleman of Long Beach State University south of Los Angeles shared news of her thesis study on postmenopausal elite athletes. Today she sent an update, and another invitation to masters. She wrote: “I’ve had several
A year ago, Peter Taylor wrote about his Ithaca mile announcing experiences in a report titled “How I Spent My Winter Vacation (Or: My Trip to Cornell for the Hartshorne).” He did it again this year (on his birthday weekend),
In 1970, a Greek named Christos Papanicolaou became the first man to clear 18 feet in the vault. I vividly recall the cover of Track & Field News documenting the milestone — showing Chris flying over the bar, seemingly in
Sorry, Wolfgang Ritte. Your reign atop the M55 vault world was short-lived. A week after Wolfie raised the indoor age-group best to 4.20, Jeff Kingstad took back the indoor WR by clearing a bar set at 4.21 meters (13-9 3/4).
Rod Jett, a national-class hurdler from Cal, has an all-time best in the 110 hurdles of 13.43. He competed in the 1996 Olympic Trials, and last appeared in the IAAF world lists in 2000, when he ran the highs in
John Hinton of North Carolina improved the M45 world indoor record in the mile today at the Hartshorne Masters Miles in Ithaca, New York. Frank Condon of California added an M65 American record in another race at the annual event
The Texas Relays form the opening leg of the Midwest Relays circuit, which includes Kansas and Drake. But unlike the Lawrence and Des Moines events, masters aren’t welcome in Austin. So learned M40 sprinter John Simpson when he politely asked
It’s an interesting indoor season, where the worlds come before nationals. So be it. But moving right along, the Boston masters nationals folks have unveiled their 2008 Web site. But the entry form PDF isn’t posted yet. Neither is the
Masters record-holders John Hinton, Anselm LeBourne, Nolan Shaheed, Frank Condon, Alisa Harvey, Patti Ford, Carolyn Smith-Hanna and Patty Blanchard are among the entrants in the Hartshorne Masters Miles this Saturday in Ithaca, New York. Tom Hartshorne, son of the founder,
Doug Thompson, a respectable 800-meter man, informs us of the second annual running of the SISU 800 Meter Challenge Race on March 8. He writes: “This is an attempt to get a regional ‘elite masters’ competition to Mesa, Arizona, a