Can Sorensen make the Trials? Take our poll! If there’s anything harder than running a sub-4 mile at age 40, it’s doing it at age 41. But Jim Sorensen will give it a shot, he tells me. A world-record setter
Ken Weinbel, an 80-year-old thrower who was USATF Masters T&F Committee chairman from 1996 to 2001, is reported to be in poor health with a recent history of unexplained seizures and falls. He’s been moved recently to Daystar Retirement Village,
In my original post on the weekend’s Pole Vault Summit, I overlooked the W50 world indoor record by Donna Schultz. According to this article in the Reno newspaper, Donna cleared 3.07 (10-0 3/4) to beat the listed W50 world indoor
Paul Babits, 47, sets vault records as often as I get haircuts. But lately his big jumps have been at home in Indiana, where he coaches at the Vault High Athletics indoor facility. Nobody doubted his ability, but it’s nice
Canadian sprinter Jimson Lee, reading about Robert Thomas and his French lodging offer, sent me a video of the M40 400 final at Riccione in which Robert took second to Italy’s Enrico Saraceni, 49.23 to 50.07. (Fellow Americans David Jones
Jerry Bookin-Weiner, an M60 thrower and masters throws coordinator, has posted information on the USATF Masters Eastern Regional Indoor Championships over on our Forum. Jerry writes: “The Sportsplex (in Landover, Maryland) will also be the site of the 2009 USATF
Jeff Hartwig is over. And so is our 12-year national nightmare. Competing yesterday in the men’s elite section at the annual Pole Vault Summit in Reno, Nevada, Jeff jumped an M40 world indoor record of 5.50 meters (18-0 1/2) to
Dave Clingan, our friend for nearly a decade and co-founder of this site, today sent this crushing note: “After three months of persistent knee pain, I finally went to see an orthopedic specialist today and got an X-ray of my
Today is the last day for Americans to enter indoor worlds without a late fee. And if you’re going to Clermont-Ferrand, and haven’t arranged lodging, world sprint champ Robert Thomas offers help. He writes: “I have two three-bedroom apartments reserved
Leon Joslin is quite the name-dropper. In a Seattle Times story today, he recalls being on the same high school football team as Gerald Ford. He also was a freshman on an Ohio State track team that featured a guy
A year ago, Dartmouth College in New Hampshire offered a full set of masters events (field as well as track) at the annual Dartmouth Relays indoor meet. W70 vaulter Flo Meiler set an indoor WR at the meet. New England
Masters Athlete, the magazine and Web site formerly known as GeezerJock, is starting a rotation of bloggers. And I’m in it. Editor Sean Callahan invited me to write once a week on any subject that strikes my fancy. I start