No surprise here. Phil Raschker has been named IAAF-WMA Female World Masters Athlete of the Year by World Masters Athletics. It helps when you win 10 gold medals in worlds in a season of W60 world records. Winston Thomas of
Now that 35 is the new 40 (in terms of masters entry age), it’s getting easier to identify the fastest masters sprinter in the world. Or not. For the past few seasons, the fastest M35 has been Jeff Laynes of
Happy birthday, Maria de Lurdes Mutola! You turn 35 today, which means you have a chance at setting lots of new middle-distance records. Your specialty is the 800, of course, and your 2007 season best of 1:56.98 is just short
Christel Donley, 72, of Colorado Springs proudly wears her gold medal from the W70 heptathlon at worlds. She earned it. You can read the results, see her marks. But nothing on the Riccione Web site does justice to the conditions
I doubt Bud Held will ever forget this birthday. Today he turns 80, a couple days after an evacuation order was lifted for all residents of Del Mar, his coastal abode north of San Diego where fires have forced 500K
Nine days ago, I posted an item about a rule-change proposal by George Mathews: to strip the pentathlon from the masters indoor and outdoor nationals. After a robust exchange of views and a poll favoring that USATF keep the pentathlon
Coach Glenn McAtee at Clemson University in South Carolina has sent information on a series of three indoor throws meets at Clemson’s facility. He’ll act as meet director of the 2008 Clemson Indoor Throws Fest Series, which actually kicks off
Stacy Dragila holds the W35 world record in the vault at 14-9, but upping the mark isn’t her focus for 2008. It’s getting back to the Games, where she would be 37 years old. This thread on the T&FN message
With evacuation orders coming almost hourly, many masters friends of ours are subject to mandatory get-out-of-theres in several SoCal counties, notably San Diego, where 300,000 residents have grabbed stuff and skedaddled. If you know the status of any local masters
On Aug. 30-31, 2008, a women’s decathlon will be held at Eugene, Oregon’s Hayward Field in a meet called the Belladeca. It’s being touted as the female version of the fabled Gotzis and Talence men’s deca meets. The Belladeca Web
Thank goodness. Someone with a camcorder in the stands at Riccione recorded nearly two dozen races at Riccione worlds and posted them on YouTube. They are mostly in the 35-39 and 40-44 age groups. The previous videos of the meet
On our Forum Monday, Weia Reinboud wrote: “I am curious of opinions about the world championships. My personal opinion is that they have grown too big — in Riccione nearly 9,000 competitors each doing about 2 events. There were three