Got your USA uniform? Sorry, didn’t mean to scare you. Under WMA rules for the world meet, you have to wear a USA top. Anything for bottoms is OK. But those who want to look spiffy representing their country are
Speaking of entry forms: You might fill out the one for Riccione before Orono’s. For Americans, the deadline is May 14 — only three weeks away. (And yet the world meet is a month after the USATF nationals. Takes the
The funniest thing in the Orono entry form is a choice of entrees for the Saturday night Athletes Banquet. Unless you’re allergic to shellfish, you pick LOBSTER! (The other options are chicken, steak and vegetarian lasagna.) In any case, the
Like last weekend’s Mt. SAC Relays, this weekend’s Kansas Relays will have four masters events. Thanks to W45 champ Joy Upshaw-Margerum for providing the link. She’ll be watching results with interest because her Olympian sister Grace is long jumping this
Two things you can expect at Maine masters nationals: lobster and lovely views. It’s the scenic part that meet director Rolland Ranson stresses in Peter Taylor’s first interview on the August 2-5 meet. But Coach Ranson (a University of Maine
The Los Angeles Daily News isn’t the only paper to give masters some recognition. A week earlier, the Corvallis (Oregon) daily did something similar. The Corvallis piece notes how record-holding masters vaulter John Altendorf schmoozes local coaches for facilities: “The
Dieter Massin, president of the Eurovets, writes: “Dear friends, please take note of the information as follows: Helsinki-Indoors: all tests = negative. On the occasion of the 6th European Championships Indoor in Helsinki (March 22 to 25) drug tests have
Roger Kingdom last September issued a challenge: Come to my April 21 meet, and let’s see who’s the best masters hurdler. Despite six world-class M40 or M35 hurdlers expressing interest at first in the event — only one will show
No captions yet, but here are lotsa shots of Nadine O’Connor’s WR in the W65 100, Aaron Thigpen’s AR in the M40 100, Willie Gault in an open 200, Marty Krulee being interviewed by Dixon Farmer after winning the M50-plus
Ed Whitlock, our Canadian friend who dabbles in the marathon when he’s not setting track records, has astonished again. Sunday at the Rotterdam Marathon he took 183rd out of 4,337 entrants and finished in 3:04:54 — slicing nearly four minutes
According to this week-old press release, USATF will be getting some marketing and online help from a PR agency with offices in Los Angeles, New York, London, Washington D.C., Carlsbad and Charlotte. Even though Wasserman Media Group, the agency, is
Thomas Zacharias doesn’t rest. For the third time this season, he’s raised the M60 world record in the high jump — the latest mark being 1.79 (5-10 1/2) at a meet near his home in Spain. Annette’s Seite in Germany
