So what else is new? Jeff Hartwig continued his magical masters tour in Boston yesterday, opening at a first-try clearance of 18 feet before going 5.80 (19-0 1/2) and missing three tries at 5.93 (19-5 1/2), which would have been
The Armory track in Manhattan may see yet another masters world record this season — but this time in a sprint relay. My masters moles inform me that four 70-year-olds will team for a 4×200 on Saturday, March 3: Bob
After winning her heat in 8.11 seconds, 40-year-old Gail Devers took fourth in the final tonight in the 60-meter hurdles at that Paris indoor meet. She clocked 8.00 seconds. But her 7.86 at Millrose still ranks as second-fastest of the
Ron Wells of Alpine, California, retired from teaching in June and, according to Union-Tribune writer Don Norcross, “started a fanatical training program in August” that included pushing a wheelbarrow with sand up and down hills. That led to a third-place
In the new edition of GeezerJock magazine, publisher Brian Reilly writes that the Prostate Cancer Foundation’s Athletes for a Cure program “will partner with several Masters organizations, including USA Track & Field.” That was news to me — and USATF
From a reliable masters mole comes this amazing report: “Even more World and American Records at the New York Road Runners (Thursday Night at the Races) meet at the Track and Field Center at the Armory in New York. Kathy
Gail Devers, 40 going on 25, will run the 60-meter hurdles tomorrow night at an indoor meet in Paris. Guess she found her sugar daddy after all. But here’s the really amazing part: After competing in France on Friday, she
According to the Status of Entries page at USATF, 20 masters entrants (10 men and 10 women) are good to go in the exhibition 800s slated for the USA open indoor nationals this Sunday in Boston. If the seed times
The latest edition of Pete Mundle’s “Masters Age Records” — single-age track and field bests that he’s compiled for decades — is now online here as a PDF document. I scanned the 60-page booklet to goose my wiki age-records project.
First reports from across the Pond said that Val Parsons had lowered her own W60 world record for 60 meters to 8.79 seconds. Check that. She actually ran two records — first an 8.81 and then 8.75. Running against teen-agers
Well, 43-year-old Sir Charles beat 67-year-old referee Dick Bavetta in the NBA All-Star Game sideshow footrace. Drat. But Charles wouldn’t stand a chance against any top-tier M65 (or even M70) sprinter. Sports Illustrated has a picture of the start. Dick
My masters moles are working OT. From Alan Sigmon: “The Spanish Federation’s Web page . . . reports that Jesús Borrego Llamas has broken the M45 world indoor record for 3000 with a time of 8:34.58 at Seville on Feb.
