It’s been five months since Linz, but fallout continues from that world masters indoor championships. The latest news, published on the WMA Web site a week ago, is that M40 shot putter Sergey Rubtsov of Kazakhstan has been DQ’d for
Steve Nearman, the Washington Times running columnist, took fourth in the M45 1500 at Charlotte (but was the third American). For penance and play, he flew west after nationals — to Boulder, Colo. It’s a place where you can run
Heck, I could have beaten Merlene — when I was 17 and if she were 46. But today in Glasgow, she was unstoppable, winning the Scottish 100 title in 11.34, her season best and another W45 world record. At the
It’s up — down and backwards, too. Haven’t had time to put the shots in any story-telling order, or to add captions. But what the heck. Check out the gallery. Mine (with 180-plus fotos) is just one of several online
Now it can be revealed. The “air-conditioned” press box where Pete Taylor held forth for countless hours in Charlotte was barely that. He writes: “Yes, I used ice bags under my shirt on Thursday and Friday, and in the dormitory
So it seems, and that’s just the way WMA Prez Cesare Beccalli likes it. As reported here earlier, part-time Brazilian resident Beccalli wants desperately to have his adopted home host the worlds. Now we have details on where exactly in
Who knew? I just thought he liked to run fast. Turns out that James Lofton, a new M50 sprinter, has been eyeing Fred Sowerby’s world-age group record in the 400 like a hawk. And a profile today in The San
Becky Sisley of Oregon, the active athletes rep on the USATF Masters T&F Committee, shares the process for picking a successor to George Mathews, who has submitted his resignation and will step down as Masters T&F chair in December. Becky
Meet announcer Pete Taylor, recovering from four hideously long days of Charlotte excitement, has sent the first of several compilations of notes and quotes on this past weekend’s masters nationals. Soon I’ll share my own hideously voluminous recollections — as
Jan Zelezny upped his own M40 world age-group record in the javelin to 85.92 (281-11) in taking third today at the European Athletics Championships in Sweden. What can you say but: Wow! The age-graded equivalent is 96.94 (318-0), which for
Merlene Ottey missed the finals of the open 100 at the European Championships and was immediately pressed on naming a retirement date. Heck, she’s only 46! One story reported: “She was in contention until 10 meters from the finish, when
Some guy named Ken Stone shipped an article on Charlotte nationals to Geezerjock magazine, and it was posted online today. USATF’s Tom Surber also did a great job on his daily reports from masters nationals. I’ll have my own detailed
