Randy Sturgeon’s hands are full as publisher of National Masters News. Getting the monthly paper produced, printed and mailed is a monster task. (Not to mention selling ads.) The last thing he needed was a botched editorial product. Sadly, his
CSTV.com has posted a great video (click on “1 mile in record time”), showing Jim Sorensen’s M40 mile record yesterday at Bloomington, Indiana. Brett Hess of College Sports TV called the race (with Indiana Invaders coach Matt Ebersole) and interviewed
Tom Fischer of MaxPreps.com interviewed 17-year-old miler Matt Centrowitz and 40-year-old masters record holder Jim Sorensen yesterday morning at the Indiana track where they’d run their miles that evening. Tom’s video is viewable here (but you’ll need to type Centrowitz
Merlene Ottey not running sub-12 for 100? Unthinkable! Funny how we apply world-class standards to a woman 47 years old. In any case, Merlene took last yesterday at an IAAF Golden Spike meet in Ostrava, Czech Republic, clocking 12.03 seconds,
Helen Beauchamp of Memphis, Tennessee, the W85 USATF Female Field Athlete of the Year in 2005, still has game. At the National Senior Olympics yesterday in Louisville, Kentucky, she set a W85 age-group world record in the long jump, going
Jim Sorensen ran a fabulous 4:05.27 mile tonight in Bloomington, Indiana, according to a post on T&FN and the dyestat prep site — taking fifth in a race won by Dan Wilson’s 4:01.00 and finishing behind prep star Matt Centrowitz’s
The track portion of the biennial National Senior Olympics began yesterday in Louisville, Kentucky, and Wichita’s Bob Lida, 70, may be the meet’s Tyson Gay. Running into a 1 mps wind, Bob clocked a terrific 13.49 in the 100 heats.
Jim Sorensen’s Bloomington mile today and an 800 on Saturday will likely be his last races of the season, he writes. His Indy experience was still fresh (and wet) in mind, though, and he tells a story about apparently being
It’s a Dream Mile for a new generation. Tomorrow in Bloomington, Indiana, our 40-year-old mile star Jim Sorensen will seek an M40 world record (and perhaps the first sub-4 outdoors) at an American Milers Club High Performance Series race. And
Jeff Hartwig made it. Allen Johnson didn’t. Tim Seaman and Teresa Vaill hope to make. John Godina didn’t. It was a mixed bag for the dozen or so 35-and-over athletes at the USATF open nationals over the weekend in Indianapolis.
Val Barnwell, 49, may be the oldest in his age group when he lines up for the M45 finals in Riccione this September, but he’s a good shot to return to the winner’s podium at worlds. Saturday in New York,
Merlene Ottey, refusing to retire from elite track, ran a 11.74 for 100 meters Saturday at a Europe Cup “B” meet in Milan, Italy. The mark was wind-aided, but just slightly over the allowable. She also anchored Slovenia’s 4×100 team
