According to Mike de Silva on Facebook, 808 athletes have entered British masters nationals Sept. 17-18 at Alexander Stadium in Birmingham — the second-highest turnout ever. He adds: “More than 100 volunteer officials will arrive at the Stadium at 08.30
Letsrun.com and IAAF have posted tributes to Bernard “Kip” Lagat, saying his 3000 runner-up showing a few Saturdays ago in Berlin was the last track race of his career. “I have no regrets,” Kip told SPIKES, which said: “The 41-year-old
Germany’s Thomas Stewens turned 50 on Saturday and claimed the WR in the outdoor pent. Thomas scored 3886 points to beat the listed M50 WR of 3834 by Austria’s Georg Werthner in 2006. Here’s how our friend Alfred Hermes broke
W70 thrower Cindy Wyatt, who won shot and discus at Michigan nationals, has a new title to celebrate. In October, she’s being inducted into the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame. “All join a rich heritage of native Western New
A couple weekends back, I got word that Arthur “Art” Parry vaulted 3.35 meters (10-11 3/4) for an M70 indoor world record at the Rocky Mountain Masters Games. Apparently, it’s a tradition at Colorado State to hold the event indoors. In
Joe Johnston, our favorite East Coast vault maniac, is the subject of a new profile by the Orlando Sentinel. (Here’s one from 2011.) This week’s story reviews the history of his backyard “Joe Dome” vault center. But it’s in disrepair
USATF gadfly Becca Gillespy Peter of polevaultpower.com notes on Facebook that Indy is boosting the price of meet sanctions. The official announcement says: “USATF has not modified its sanction fees for at least thirteen years, yet inflation costs have risen
At 1989 Eugene worlds, the great former UCLA Bruin Milan Tiff, 40, triple-jumped a world record 15.70 meters (51-6). That crushed the listed M40 WR of 15.06 (49-5) by Germany’s Michael Sauer in 1982. Four years after Milan’s massive hop-step-and-jump,
The World Masters Athletics website has been offline since late August, and now we know why: “It looks like the current host provider (NICOLAS RUSSI of Switzerland, mediasprint gmbh) turned everything off without giving anyone a heads up,” says Jeff
Germany’s Ramona Pfeiffer, the W50 Lyon world champion, claimed the world record in the W55 long jump over the weekend, reaching 5.06 meters (16-7 1/4) at her nation’s club meet. She beat the listed WR of 5.01 by countrywoman Christiane
USATF stages an open club championship and awards a team title at masters nationals. But nothing we do compares with the German masters club meet. Saturday in Essen, North Rhine and LVN-Kreis hosted a major event where club titles were
Results of Saturday’s Fifth Avenue Mile show an amazing mark by Hall of Famer Kathy Martin. At age 64, she ran 5:50 for an age-graded 104 percent — worth a 4:02 mile for ages 20-30. (Last year was a mess
