Mainstream media are noticing that Merlene Ottey is, like, old. But still hyperfast. The Associated Press reports from the European Championships in Goteborg, Sweden: ” Injuries might be able to slow down Merlene Ottey. Age certainly hasn’t seemed to have
Bob Weiner, head of the USATF Masters T&F Media Subcommittee, was proud of his group’s operations at Charlotte nationals, generating some nice daily features in the Charlotte Observer (on Trent Lane, Phil Raschker, Kathryn Martin and others over the weekend).
With pacing help from masters miler Tony Young, distance star Pete Magill of South Pasadena, California, took 20 seconds off the venerable M45 American record for 10,000 meters on the track Aug. 2, clocking 31:27.30 at a Club Northwest all-comers
Fed up with conflicts and kvetching, USATF Masters T&F Chairman George Mathews has resigned, effective in December, he told me tonight here in Charlotte. With two years left on his second four-year term, George will step down and let the
Organizers of the Charlotte master’s nationals, who on Thursday cancelled afternoon events due to a heat emergency, were forced to cancel evening events today because of lightning strikes in the local region. Around 8:20 p.m. today, all athletes and officials
USATF Masters T&F Media guru Bob Weiner, in a previous career gig, was the chief spokesman for Barry McCaffrey , the U.S. drug czar in the late 1990s. Now Bob has combined his interests in masters track and anti-doping with
Complete results of the USATF Western Regional Masters Championships of late July have been posted — belatedly. But now I can confirm that M45 Lee Balkin jumped 1.65 (5-5) to win his age group. A month earlier, he cleared 1.64
Dr. Marc R. Grosso of Rochester, New York, has announced a new Web site with great implications for masters track fans. Called This Day in Athletics, it offers historical tidbits drawn from a gazillion authoritative track sites and publications. Although
A little over two days from now, 1,400-plus athletes will gather for that annual reunion of tribes we call the USATF Masters National Outdoor Championships. Our host will be Charlotte, North Carolina. Many will win medals. More will revive friendships
As we await Sunday’s high jump showdown between M45 Dennis Lewis and Bruce McBarnette at Charlotte nationals, I’m reminded that the United States doesn’t have a monopoly on elite masters grasshoppers. Across the pond, M40 world champion Marco Segatel of
Of course, nobody “owns” meet results. But what if someone wanted to create an archive of old meet results — say, of all the USATF masters nationals — and the only way they could do it for pre-Internet years was
The heat apparently has taken its toll on the Eurovets meet in Poland. By Day 7 — July 27 — many folks were no-shows at check-in. This isn’t unusual. At USATF masters nationals, it’s common for people to sign up
