Is Mike Rouse the Don Imus of the San Diego-Imperial Association of USATF? Mike had been president of this sunny association only two months when, in a November public meeting, he called a longtime meet and club director a “bitch.”
Marie-Louise Michelsohn of Stony Brook, New York, shares details of her latest world record, her sixth of the year — the W65 outdoor mile at Saturday’s Bob Boal meet (where results are now posted.) at Duke University. (I reported Jeanne
At the same Duke meet where John Hinton lowered the M45 world record at 1500, Olympian Joan Nesbit Mabe did the same for the W45 American record at 1500, fellow middle-distancer Lesley Chaplin-Swann points out. Joan ran 4:43.21 to smash
Less than a week after turning 45, John Hinton of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, began his assault on the record books Sunday at the Duke Twilight Meet in Durham, North Carolina, reports Alan Sigmon. Alan writes: “John Hinton broke the
Jeff Hartwig, closing in on 40, vaulted a season best 5.83 (19-1 1/2) Saturday in Veracruz, Mexico. The IAAF reports: “The 1999 World Indoor Championships silver medallist cleared a season’s best of 5.83 to win a duel with local favorite
Which is harder? Running a sub-4 mile when you’re 25 or a sub-7 mile when you’re 70? Whatever the answer, there’s no question Jeanne Daprano is our latest Roger Bannister. She made sub-7 a reality yesterday at the 37th annual
Stacy Dragila, competing against the kiddies, wasn’t at the top of her game today at the Modesto Relays, the results indicate. She vaulted 4.10 (13-05 1/4), tying for fifth. It was short of her W35 world record 4.30 of last
Joy Upshaw-Margerum is a lucky duck. Not only does she have amazing athletic talent and belong to a storied track family, but she also gets to attend some great parties. Last week, she went to the celebration of Don Bowden,
Nearly 60 masters-age athletes — including Allen Johnson, Gail Devers and Jeff Hartwig — are nominees for Masters Athletes of the Year. The vast majority are age-group record holders and national masters champions. (See the list below.) If a deserving
Tom Meyer of San Diego’s Scripps Ranch neighborhood isn’t a household name in masters track. Wait till Riccione. An M55 thrower, Tom set an American record in the 25-pound weight toss March 16 at Cal State Northridge with a heave
Stacy Dragila turned 35 in March 2006 but didn’t compete last year due to injury. Watch out, folks. She’s baaaacccccck! Last Saturday, Stacy vaulted 4.30 (14-1 1/4) in Provo, Utah. That betters the listed W35 WR of 4.22 by Romania’s
Barcelona and Sydney medalist Irina Privalova is 38, but she still has Olympic fever. Her coach/hubby tells the IAAF: ““The aim is still the same – participation in the 2008 Olympic Games. The exact distances are yet to be considered,
