Yes, USATF can do the right thing! With a push from Dave Clingan and allies on the USATF Masters T&F Committee at the Indy convention, some rule changes have been been approved that right a terrible wrong. Remember the uproar
Dave Clingan has clarified some aspects of the new online USATF masters rankings. But the more he shares, the more excited I get. (There’s even a chance of ME making the rankings!) First question: Will meet directors continue to send
You say ya want a revolution? Well, here ya go. The latest Web miracle for masters has gone online — an American age-group rankings that allows athletes to enter their own marks and see them reflected instantly. It’s based on
Rex Harvey apparently had no competition in Indy, so he’ll be the U.S. nominee for membership on the IAAF Masters Committee — a decision to be made at the IAAF world meet in Osaka this coming summer. Also, masters delegates
Remember the hoo-hah about the USATF membership fee increase and how masters would benefit? Well, yeah, we’re getting more money. But we had to beg for it (again), and we have to jump through hoops to guarantee the loot. Three
I envy my retired friends. The kids are gone, and career is over. So they have all this extra time to train for track and field. But I’ve always wondered how many masters are retired. Finally, a clue has arrived
Although books have been written on the history of masters track, the raw stuff of this history — results, articles, movies — is available to only a few. Enter Andy Hecker of Ventura County, north of L.A. He suggests the
Our vaultin-hurdlin-sprintin’ friend Nadine O’Connor of Del Mar, California, snagged female Masters Athlete of the Year honors at the USATF annual meeting today in Indy. She was one of a couple dozen masters athletes honored at the awards breakfast (although
About a dozen kick-butt athletes were named to the USATF Masters T&F Hall of Fame today. My source may have missed a star or two, but here is the bulk of the Class of 2006: Miriam Gordon, Courtland Gray, Jim
USATF masters delegates today chose Clermont, Florida, to host the 2009 masters national outdoor championships, beating a bid from Mt. SAC east of Los Angeles, reports a delegate at the Indianapolis USATF annual meeting. The national indoor meet in 2009
Indy made it official today, announcing that Bill Collins has been named USATF Male Masters Athlete of the Year. Of course, it would have looked a little funny to name someone else after WMA brought Bill to Monaco last month
Patches should stay. The mile record should stay. But overhaul masters hurdle specs and spacings? Not this year. These are among the recommendations of masters delegates at a long meeting yesterday in Indy, where USATF delegates got to say yea
