Randy Sturgeon, coach of Brooks Fleet Feet Racing in Sacramento, posted a comment on an old blog entry today that’s worth revisiting. His was the club that included Terri Lowe, the “walking hurdler” of Charlotte nationals fame. Randy started by
When I noted the candidacy of Gary Snyder for USATF masters T&F chair, I included the little I knew about him via Google search. Today Gary sent me a note that fills in the blanks. Since I’ve already afforded Joy
Whew! No Nike swoosh. We’ve been informed that the “new USATF logo” posted on the Track & Field News message board was a prank by a guy named Daisy. The real new USATF logo has not been seen online yet
Steve Vaitones of the New England Association of USATF has a disturbing revelation: USATF is ditching its current logo, the triangular one with Superman connotations. He made this report on the USATF Associations listserve on Yahoo Groups today. Under the
M75 racewalker Bob Fine, a retired New York lawyer who helped found the World Association of Veteran Athletes in the mid-1970s, has been involved in American masters track from its inception. Now he wants back in the chairman game. (He
Mike “Souleman” Soule is a vaulter in his mid-50s up in Minnesota who built his own Field of Dreams — a lighted backyard vault runway leading to a pit surrounded by beautiful trees. Doug “Bubba” Sparks of Texas, another case
Folgo Della Vedova is not a household name in masters track, but he’s apparently a well-known figure in the Canadian town of Sault Ste. Marie, where he’s running for City Council in the 6th Ward. A javelin thrower since as
Willie Banks may have been the star of the show, but the Japanese masters nationals last month also featured an M95 sprinter/thrower and some pretty sharp marks. My Asian correspondent Quick Sand sent these results (in Excel format) and reports:
Gary Snyder, former president of the New England USATF Association, is running for USATF Masters T&F chairman — joining previously announced Mark Cleary and Joy Upshaw Margerum. At New England, Gary last year helped rescue the 2007 indoor masters nationals
John Dagata, a track coach at UC Santa Barbara, sends news of an interesting meet — and concept — a “Meet the Masters Meet” set for Dec. 9. He writes: “There is a flyer attached to this email with all
M45 ubersprinter Willie Gault can’t dictate everything done by businesses his IBS Capital Holdings sinks money in, but the Chicago Reader today reports that Conscious Choice, a magazine recently bought by IBS, gave a forum to a guy who thinks
Al Sheahen — a former WAVA treasurer and editor/publisher of National Masters News — has unofficially endorsed Joy Upshaw Margerum for USATF masters chair. In an email note to fellow masters pioneer Bob Fine and others, Al wrote: “Joy Upshaw-Margerum
