Douglas J. Smith, president of the Ontario Masters track club, reports that a fellow photog, Steve Burger, has posted his shots of the WMA regional masters meet this past weekend in Guatemala City. Doug also writes: Brian (Keaveney) has the
If Phil Raschker had a buck for every record she’s set, she could take quite a few people out to lunch. One she’d love as a dining guest is Merlene Ottey, who is chewing her way through the masters records.
Canadian masters leader Brian Keaveney, president of North, Central America and the Caribbean WMA, has returned home from Guatemala City, where close to 500 athletes competed last weekend in the biennial WMA regional meet. From los Estados Unidos were W40
Well, if it’s Tuesday it’s time to report another W45 world record for Merlene Ottey. This time, the news of her latest age-group astonishment comes via the IAAF. Merlene clocked a 23.82 for 200 meters Sunday at the 4th Athletics
I finally got around to creating a Wikipedia entry for masters track. I labeled it “masters athletics (track and field)” and, like an idiot, began typing away without reading Wikipedia’s rules. Among the edicts: Keep the entry “neutral” in tone
W45 national champ Joy Upshaw-Margerum might not have done much tutoring, but as women’s coach of Etats Unis (Team USA), her 10 lady athletes helped the United States win yesterday’s seven-country DecaNation meet at the Stade Charlety in Paris. USA
The essence of masters track? No matter how old you are, you hope to do better next season. Apparently that’s the philosophy of Trent Lane of Louisiana, who at age 96 has accepted shipment of a Champion-brand treadmill for having
Despite our reputation for being harsh critics, we masters often show our courteous side. Charlotte nationals meet director Gordon Edwards has shared some notes of praise he received from athletes. Some of these notes also includes minor gripes and questions
I like to say of nationals: “Every athlete has a story.” I wish to amend that — EVERYONE has a story, esepcially our favorite guest commentator, Peter Taylor, who added to his legend as meet announcer at Charlotte by enduring
Those that govern, throw. So it seems from the results of the Aug. 19 WP nationals at Montana State, where USATF Masters Chair George Mathews and weightmeister Dick Hotchkiss took out their Charlotte frustrations on the shot, jav, hammer, discus
Up in Wilsall, Montana, last weekend, they threw a little meet for the really serious weightfolk — the USATF Masters Weight Pentathlon. It attracted such legends as Neni Lewis, Carol Finsrud and ever-young Betty Jarvis, in her early 90s. I’ve
W45 national sprints/jump champ Joy Upshaw-Margerum has been named women’s coach of the USA national team competing in the DecaNation team event this weekend in Paris. The event pits 10 male and 10 female athletes from eight countries in a
