Friday morning I got a Facebook message from a well-known masters track official. Now I think his account was hacked, and it wasn’t him contacting me. “I’m fine doing great and very happy and excited, because yesterday is the happiest
The Americas Masters Games wrapped up Wednesday in Vancouver, British Columbia, and the results are here. Joy Upshaw won six golds, and was close to her own W55 American record (13.04) in the 80-meter hurdles. She ran 13.09 into a
The Spanish masters website in July reported five world age-group records (including indoor W35 high jump) set in 2016. All are amazing. In M75, José Vicente Rioseco López ran the 800 in 2:30.59, beating the listed WR of 2:34.3 by
Roland Gröger lives in Berlin with his family. He’s a sports, German and math teacher in a primary school. He competed in East Berlin until age 25 in 1989 — the year the wall fell. And then he took a
M60 photographer/sprinter Dave Albo tells a wonderful story on his blog. While shooting the 50-meter dash at the Rocky Mountain Masters Games in Fort Collins, Colorado, he captured a tumble near the start. But then something amazing happens. Dave tells
Germany’s Roland Gröger on Sunday posted a video to his YouTube channel claiming to show him running 400 meters in 51.02 at age 52 — beating the listed M50 world record of 51.39 by American Fred Sowerby in 1999. Roland
Trackos at the AMG are being teased. An email from organizers says: “Please follow the links to the last results of the Athletics competition at the Americas Masters Games 2016 in Vancouver [Racewalk] and [10K] Run.” (But no other events.)
Fourteen months ago, I rattled folks with the headline “Future of mastersrankings.com in doubt — with funding an issue.” Now it appears the partial paywall is working. “Contributions since memberships have started have enabled the site to continue by paying
Fei-Mei Chou of Sunnyvale, California, has lost her fight with stomach cancer, I’m very sad to report. Her daughter, Ri-Chee, writes that “she fought a valiant battle for 8 months, but sadly, she passed away last night (August 25.). Please
About 500 people are entered in the five-day track meet at the Americas Masters Games in Vancouver, British Columbia, according to this list.Lots of U.S. stars are in the mix, including Colleen Barney, Joy Upshaw, Kathy Bergen, Don Drummond, Chip
After many years wearing Puerto Rican colors at world masters meets, M50 Getulio “Tony” Echeandia of Queens, New York, will compete for Team USA at Perth, according to the entrants list. That means he can help America win 4×4 gold
Masters 5K legend Pete Magill has published a new book, “The Born Again Runner,” which gave me reason to interview the South Pasadena author. Among other things, he explains his skepticism of “shiny objects” — digital devices marketed to runners.
