The Web is bursting with masters track stories — from profiles of M65 decathletes in Australia to stories about masters moms training with discus sons in Nebraska. But I especially like the one running today in The San Diego Union-Tribune.
Marie-Louise Michelsohn has broken so many W65 world and American records this year it’s hard to keep track. One fell through the cracks. Marie-Louise writes: “I never got a chance to let you know about the 1500 I did at
Holy guacamole! USATF has announced that the Web site Sportnet will Webcast the USATF masters outdoor nationals starting a week from today in Orono, Maine. The same outfit is currently putting live video online from the national Junior Olympics at
A week after Charlotte nationals last year, Running Referee Murray Sanford did the strangest thing — he quietly reversed a DQ in the M45 short hurdles, effectively aiding a fellow Georgian, Dexter McCloud. The Games Committee, you’ll recall, belatedly rendered
Another masters event bites the dust. A couple years ago, the California State Games dropped “adult track.” This season the San Diego Senior Olympics has canceled the track meet. The latest outrage: The Empire State Games in New York have
Jeanne Daprano’s W70 American record 800 at Oxy is chronicled in this new photo album. My favorite shot shows Jeanne approaching the 400 mark, with members of the SoCal TC (including recordman Nolan Shaheed) watching in amazement. After the race,
The same day Alan Webb was erasing the 25-year-old American record in the mile, Frank Condon was doing a number on the 35-year-old U.S. mile record in his age group. Saturday at the USATF West Region Championships, Frank turned four
The press office at the University of Maine has posted a longish release about next month’s masters nationals. The USATF Masters Media Committee, under Chairman Bob Weiner, will have its own, more trackcentric, release coming shortly. Among other things, UMaine
About 10 years ago, as Steve Scott began targeting the world record in the masters mile (then M40), I dubbed Steve the “American mile record holder for life.” No more. Today in Belgium, Alan Webb broke Steve’s mile AR by
Well, thanks to that fancy new Finish Line Pundit blog by Jimmie Markham, I’ve discovered a great new way to gain and share feedback. Below is a poll that works quite nicely. Supposedly, it doesn’t allow you to vote multiple
Some folks weren’t happy with how the Trojan Masters Meet was run July 8 out at USC in Los Angeles (citing long delays and computer glitches), but at least we have partial results posted now. Stan Whitley, 61, posted a
Marco Segatal is ready for Riccione. An Italian high jumper who will compete before supportive crowds at worlds, Marco boosted his own M45 outdoor WR this month to 2.04 meters (6-8 1/4), according to this Italian report. That mark ties
