Racing against the kids yesterday at the KBC meet in Gent, Belgium, 46-year-old Merlene Ottey lowered her own recent W45 world record for 60 meters twice — first to 7.40 in a heat and then to 7.36 in the final.
Annette Koop’s German masters track site has the strangest report. Posts are still being translated, but here’s what I’m told: “The president of the German track & field association stated in front of the German Parliament that in masters track
Henry Rono won’t race Nolan Shaheed at the Carlsbad 5000 on April 1, as I suggested earlier (because Nolan has a gig in Africa). But now Henry has been asked to run a masters mile in San Francisco the following
Sean Callahan, the editor-founder of GeezerJock, has started a blog. And his post for today is titled: “All the geezerjocks in training are safe and sound.” Sean writes: “Thanks for asking, everyone — our geezerjocks in training from The Villages,
A central Florida retirement community called The Villages was the scene of horrific destruction this weekend after a tornado ripped through the area and damaged or destroyed 1,200 homes. Fortunately, none of its residents was among the 20-plus killed in
Steve Nearman of The Washington Times — the only big-city sportswriter who can segue from Lagat vs. Webb at Millrose to masters track without breaking stride — writes: “Joe Burno, president of Maryland Masters Track Club and a competitive 50-year-old
Very sad news to report. Dr. Ladislav “Lad” Pataki — beloved to masters throwers and famed as an East Bloc sports chemist who defected to the United States in 1985 — is battling brain cancer. His illness was confirmed yesterday
On June 21, 2003, Leonard Hill of Klamath Falls, Oregon, ran the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 10:10.41 at the Hayward Masters Classic in Eugene, Oregon. A remarkable time. Leonard had turned 50 the previous August, and his Hayward mark was an
Brett Honeycutt of The Charlotte Observer reports: “Former East Mecklenburg High star Joan Nesbit Mabe, a 1996 Olympian and three-time All-American at North Carolina, recently broke the World and U.S. records in the women’s master’s indoor mile for 45-49-year olds
Gail Devers has company as an impressive masters sprinter on Friday. Up at the Knights of Columbus Saskatchewan Indoor Games in Saskatoon, 36-year-old Jeff Laynes competed in the 50-meter dash. Under the headline “Quick Nic / Macrozonaris gives another dashing
Jeff Hartwig, who turns 40 in September, reportedly topped 19-0 1/4 at the Millrose Games yesterday but steadied the bar on the way down, and thus was called for illegal “Volzing.” So the clearance was canceled. But oh my! Not
Forty-year-old Gail Devers, in lane 4 between an Olympic champion and a world champion, showed she’s the still the best. Five minutes ago at the Millrose Games, she won the Visa women’s 60-meter hurdles in 7.86 seconds. They raced over
