The best masters hurdler in the world wasn’t in Riccione. He was off doing his own thing. Yesterday, Allen Johnson, age 36, won a race against a bunch of Osaka finalists. His time was 13.33 — over 42-inch hurdles, not
Sacramento 2011 should be a first-rate event, especially in terms of marketing and publicity. A news release crafted by Mark Winitz, the host association’s communications manager, is a model for how USATF as a national body should treat masters. (Indy
YouTube and Riccione TV have posted the same videos from the meet, which ended Saturday. The one below is pretty representative. You get music from the soundtrack of “Kill Bill” and MTV-style editing, which means you don’t see a fraction
Worlds is in the books. The Riccione medal table has been posted — with Germany (and its 900-member team) taking first as expected with 315 medals (108 of them gold). But you won’t find Ben James’ award noted in the
An Italian student in my wife’s ESL class says Riccione is known as a wild-and-crazy resort where, like Las Vegas, whatever “happens in Riccione, stays in Riccione.” But when it comes to the world masters meet, don’t be shy! Meet
Led by the world records of two Atlanta-area athletes, Americans combined for several dozen medals in the final two days of the 17th World Masters Athletics Championships in Riccione, Italy. The meet ended today with the powerful German and British
The September issue of National Masters News is out, and despite its 44 pages, it has only a handful of ads. A single back-page ad probably accounts for the bulk of its non-subscription revenue this month — a full-color production
This is the most haunting masters track story I’ve ever heard. I’ll let M55 world silver medalist Tom Fahey tell it himself. This is what Tom posted on The Ring after getting back from Riccione worlds: “Ralph (Fruguglietti) was born
A dozen years ago, in a dramatic clash of Olympians, Jim Barrineau beat Dwight Stones for the M40 world high jump championship. Yesterday’s M50 event at Riccione might have been even more exciting than the Buffalo showdown. In 1995, Jim
Ten years ago, when she was 50, Phil Raschker won an incredible 10 gold medals at the World Masters Athletics Championships in Durban, South Africa. But a decade has slowed her down. She may end up with only eight or
John Schumacher of the Sacramento Bee wrote a wonderful account of the General Assembly vote at Riccione in the 2011 worlds contest. John, a respected track writer, made only one booboo — referring to the “WMA Council” as the deciders.
This is news? On Monday, USATF informed us officially that it has a stretching research project. But didn’t you hear about that last July 1? Yup, cuz I posted it. So I don’t feel so bad about exposing my own