The Eurovets Web site belatedly reports: “The German Athletics Federation (DLV) informed EVAA that on August 17, 2006, the DLV- Disciplinary Commission made the following decision in the above mentioned case: 1. the athlete Werner Schallau has committed a doping
Mary Woo of the USATF Pacific Association (mainly Northern California) has posted a report on that association’s results at Charlotte, with the spot-on headline: “Pacific Association Athletes Survive Nationals!” She also reports that team title winner Brooks Fleet Feet Racing
Clubs are cool. They give you a uniform, a place to train, even coaching help. Teammates motivate and inspire. And scoring points for your club adds a measure of satisfaction. But club competition in masters track leads to ill will,
Tonight in Zurich, Olympic champ Allen Johnson ran the 110 hurdles in 13.13 into a 0.9 mps wind — his season best at age 35 and nearly a world age-group record. (The M35 best remains Colin Jackson’s 13.11 in 2002.
Whose fantasy is this? Since when do geezers from around the world buck U.S. visa restrictions and European hegemony to hold a world masters meet in the USA? Well, check this out: Between Aug. 1 and yesterday, more than 7,000
Oops. A few days ago, my tech-savvy brother upgraded my Movable Type software (which produces this blog) to version 3.3, and didn’t tell me that now I have to manually “allow” comments to be posted. I’ve just published a couple
Terri Lowe knows heat and humidity. She lives in Elk Grove, near sizzling Sacramento, after all. But at Charlotte, this 36-year-old athlete encountered something worse: cold stares. Eyes rolled when she finished the pentathlon 800 in 6:48.22. (Her final total
Masters meet announcer Pete Taylor shares another in his series of Charlotte wrap-ups, this time quoting M40 sprinter champ Aaron Thigpen, who says: “The Charlotte meet was a good meet, setup nice, officiating seemed good, facilities great, accommodations good.” But
M40 shot putter Sergey Rubtsov of Kazakstan was disqualified at the Linz world indoor meet in March because he left the arena midway through his event, we’ve now confirmed. Why skedaddle? One private report said he feared being drug-tested. I’ve
I don’t know who Sleepy7 is, but thanks! A gent with this handle shot some races at the Charlotte masters nationals — and uploaded footage to YouTube.com, the video-sharing site. My own clips are still in my camcorder. So while
Injuries are part of athletic life. We accept that reality and rehab for next season (or the next age group). But masters are especially expert at finding silver linings. A great example is W40 jumper/thrower Pam Swan of Bowdoin, Maine.
A week ago Saturday morning, I was down on the track at Charlotte — learning that meet officials had limited throwers and horizontal jumpers to four attempts instead of the usual six. This was the crunch day of the meet,
