The Boston indoor nationals on Friday and today was the scene of many world and national records. But a Boston absentee this weekend also set an impressive American record — outdoors. Alisa Harvey ran the 800 in 2:08.05 today at
Masters official and M55 jumper John Oleski has written a column for today’s Boston Globe, timed to appear on Day 1 of the indoor nationals. John writes: “Beyond sports, the event’s significance is its defiance of social norms. Who told
Michael Fanelli shares details on the masters mile to be contested at 11:40 a.m. Saturday, April 7, at San Francisco State University as part of the annual Johnny Mathis Masters Meet. (Mathis was a high jumper before he was a
The Boston Herald today features local native Mike Sullivan, an M45 sprinter entered at Boston nationals, on the meet’s first day. Nice piece by Joe Reardon (with a photo by moi). And Mike’s not shy about his goals: “The former
Vladimir Vybostok of Slovakia broke the listed M60 world record in the 60 today, clocking 7.69 seconds in a first-round heat as the European Veterans Indoor Championships got under way in Helsinki, Finland. (The old record was American Paul Edens’
As in past years, Bob Weiner of the USATF Masters Media Committee has prepared a how-to sheet on getting yourself covered by hometown media. It’s a great way to carry the torch for masters track. Also, photographer Cheryl Treworgy says
Masters tracksters are featured this week in a sidebar story in Newsweek about the need to exercise when you’re older. Old news to us. Good reminder for others. The cover story is about how working out regularly makes you smarter.
(An earlier version of this post said the subject Chris Horton won the NCAA 1500 in 1976. Oops! Wrong Chris Horton. That would make him 9 years old at the time. Thanks, folks, for pointing this out. And my apologies
Rich Rizzo’s local newspaper has a nice article on the recent M70 world indoor record in the 4×2 relay. Rich, who has a heavy New Yawk accent, told The News Review in Riverhead that he remembered the time in the
This just in — from the USATF National Officials’ mailing list: “Correction for the 1.5 KG Discus for Masters 50-59 Age Groups: The correct thickness is 38 to 40 mm starting immediately. It was just pointed out to George Kleeman,
Soka University in Orange County, California, let masters run in its March 10 invitational. So a small number took up the offer and did well, especially W50 sprinter/vaulter Rita Hanscom and W50 thrower Linda Cohn (who took first in the
The king is dead. Long live the king! Well, Pete Mundle isn’t gone. But his successor as master of all masters records has begun his reign. Martin Gasselsberger of mastersathletics.net has begun an online listing of single-age records. His first
