Statmeister Martin Gasselsberger of Austria has posted the performance standards he’ll use in building world rankings for the 2007 outdoor season, a world championship year. He says they are “subject to modifications.” They’re not easy. Apparently his aim is to
Heard about this? NBA broadcaster Charles Barkley, a former player now infamous for uttering idiocies, said the other day: “I’ll donate $10,000 if Dick Bavetta can outrun me end-to-end [of a basketball court].There’s no 67-year-old in the whole world —
Pole vaulters are becoming the movie stars of masters track. About the same time that John Altendorf’s M60 WR video went up, so did this endless loop of a near-record 3.85 (12-7 1/2) by M60 Matti Kilpelainen of Canton, Michigan.
Leonard Hill’s M50 steeplechase record has been corrected online. Finally. Three years after the wrong time was posted on the USATF records page and 12 days after the mistake was noted here, USATF Record Committee Chairman Justin Kuo this afternoon
USATF Masters T&F Chairman Gary Snyder of Boston has shared some great news with his board and others, writing: “On January 24th via email I received notification from the National Office that as a result of the 2007 membership fee
Washington Post health writer David Brown has a great report today on how the body slows and weakens with aging. And a graphic (see below) even cites as a source Martin Gasselsberger’s mastersathletics.net rankings and records site. David says in
John Altendorf, writing on Becca Gillespy’s message board, has given further details on his M60 world indoor record in the vault last weekend in Seattle: “This was the first time I attended the UW Open. . . . Most masters
Elliott Almond, the esteemed track writer at the San Jose Mercury News, has expanded our understanding of Lad Pataki’s battle with brain cancer, writing today: “Ladislav Pataki, a former Soviet Bloc sports scientist who became a Silicon Valley fixture after
Anthony Treacher’s appeal to the IAAF has hit a brick wall. And the wall’s name apparently is Pierre Weiss. According to a note from Anthony — whose story I told a month ago — “On December 23, 2006, I asked
Henry Rono, losing weight and gaining steam as he targets his age-group mile record, was born 55 years ago on this date in Nandi Hills, Kenya. Last week, he continued piling on miles and acted as a rabbit for a
M60 John Altendorf of Oregon added to his legend today at a University of Washington indoor meet, clearing 3.93 (12-10 3/4) and 3.96 (12-11 3/4) in the vault — both indoor world records. Becca Gillespy, who posted the first report,
Sean Callahan, editor-founder of GeezerJock magazine, writes in his blog: “Bill Unsworth had his second hip replaced in 2006. . . . The bad news for Bill was that he took a year off from coaching college football in anticipation
