Lolitia “Lish” Bache, treasurer of the San Diego-Imperial USATF Association, informs me: “Jay Beltz was unanimously elected president (of the association). You might remember that he was the Nominating Committee choice, who ran against Mike Rouse last year.” Jay takes
Coach Rolland Ranson of the University of Maine, meet director of his third masters nationals, graciously writes to straighten out confusion over the entry deadline for his Aug. 2-5 meet. Rolland writes that the deadline for entries is July 20,
The schedule of the 17th World Masters Athletic Championships is not set in stone. But it’s like mystery meat. You don’t wanna know what goes into it. OK, maybe you’re a bit curious. With nearly 9,000 athletes entered at Riccione
M50 runner Robert Herd of Australia has quite a sense of adventure. In mid-May he joined a Hong Kong contingent and traveled thousands of miles to Hangzhou — to compete in the All-China National Veterans Athletics Championships — their masters
Producer Julia Dudley Najieb is a former high school and collegiate track star herself. Masters track is about dreams. And now a 35-year-old Fresno high school teacher and movie maker is dreaming REALLY big. Her name is Julia Dudley Najieb,
Coach Ross Dunton of Tennessee, whose masters newsletters and Web site articles have been quoted and reposted around the world, plans to take down his Web site as he focuses on his battle against Alzheimer’s disease. “I will not be
Nolan Shaheed reports that he ran the 1500 in 4:19.37 at Sunday’s Trojan Masters meet at USC. He adds: “The (first) spits were 68, 70, 69. . . . It was a very warm day but little or no wind,
Just in case you haven’t checked the calendar, the drop-dead deadline for USATF West Regional Masters at Occidental College is July 16. (Gotta pay a $20 late fee.) The meet is July 21-22. The Orono masters nationals in early August
The folks in Riccione, Italy, have posted the men’s entry list and the women’s entry list — 63 pages and 28 pages, respectively — for the WMA world masters championships this fall. Easier to navigate than the advanced search entry
Results haven’t been posted, but USATF reports that Nadine O’Connor broke Irene Obera’s W65 world record in the 200 meters Sunday at the Trojan Masters Meet at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Catching a legal wind at
Dr. Steve Peters is the British version of Bill Collins. In other words, he smashes records and rarely is beaten. At the Riccione world masters championships in September, Steve will run the M50 100, 200 and 400 (with entry times
Alan Abrahamson tore the IOC a new one a couple days ago over the interesting but unexamined plan for a Youth Olympic Games for ages 14-18. In his NBC Sports blog, Alan laid waste to every justification for this Jacques
