George Mathews is free. After nearly six years as chairman of the USATF Masters Track & Field Committee, George suddenly resigned in the wake of a near-disaster at Charlotte nationals and internal fights over masters finances. “This period of time
According to the latest Henry Rono post on the gargantuan letsrun.com thread devoted to his masters mile record ambitions, Henry will enter the Egg Nog Jog in Albuquerque on Jan. 1, 2007 — the year he turns 55. Yesterday, Henry
The Southern California Striders, which began in the mid-1950s as an elite track club featuring Olympians and world-record holders, will make a comeback in 2007 after years of quiescence as a masters-only organization. That was the big news coming out
The latest issue of National Masters News is out, and it reveals the masters exhibition events to be contested at the USA national (open) championships in 2007. Amid the Indy convention summary, Jerry Wojcik writes: “(Mark) Cleary, Masters Invitational Program,
Hans Röcken, the new M65 indoor weight throw recordman, should be a sprinter — as fast as he replied to my email queries. One question was: What was your series? He says he opened with a 17.25 (56-7 1/4), which
Hans Röcken, an M65 weightman in Germany, has shattered that age group’s world indoor record in the weight throw, spinning the 20-pound implement out 19.12 meters (62-8 3/4), reports a Dec. 23 posting on Annette’s Seite that cites this original
Two of the starters at masters nationals last August had a slightly different accent from what you’d expect in North Carolina. No wonder. They were from Britain. In fact, they were taking part in a USATF/UK Athletics Starters Exchange Program.
Jeff Hartwig, a world-class vaulter who turns 40 on Sept. 25, 2007, has higher aspirations than mere age-group records, but is acutely aware of the calendar. He writes me: “Tim Lobinger of Germany . . . planted a bug in
Sylvester Stallone is one buff 60-year-old. I saw “Rocky Balboa“ with my wife and son this afternoon, and it was everything I expected. It was touching, thrilling and nostalgic. But what I ddn’t expect to feel is curiosity: What could
According to results of a Dec. 9 meet at the Vault High Athletics indoor facility in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Karen Rieger of Indy upped the American W40 record for the vault. Earlier this year, another site said of Karen: “Karen
Aiming to reduce a beastly job to bite-sized pieces, M50 hurdler Andy Hecker has put out a call for photos (action and portraits) of members of the USATF Masters Hall of Fame. Andy writes: “When one thinks about putting together
Some equal time now for guy hurdlers. I often cite Gail Devers’ marks in the 100-meter hurdles as being wrongly excluded from the W35 record books. A recent IAAF story reminds me I should speak up for M35 Allen Johnson
