USATF Masters Invitational Chairman Mark Cleary reports the bulk of the field for the men’s masters field in the 100-meter dash at the Indianapolis USATF open nationals in late June: “The exhibition 100m race for Indy is shaping up nicely
With Marion Jones in sprint purgatory — and not long jumping much anymore — the title of best American female horizontal leaper is a tug-of-war involving Grace Upshaw and a few others. Grace won’t turn masters age until September 2010,
Longtime masters track star Toshiko d’Elia of Ridgewood, New Jersey, won the Vincent Carnevale Award (and $300) at Sunday’s Run for Freedom, which I wrote about a month ago. Race founder Frank Schiro of New York wrote me with some
Linda Cohn of Northridge, California, will fly under my radar no more. Saturday at Long Beach State, she raised her own W50 American Record in the javelin to 39.06 meters (128-2), beating the 500-gram jav best of 37.95/124-6 she set
Bruce McBarnette, the jumper-lawyer-teacher-actor-realtyguy, etc., is adding another gig to his bio: tour operator. He writes: “Bruce McBarnette, Masters World Champion, high jump 45-49 age group, has arranged hotel discounts and tours in the Charlotte area.” Since I’m planning to
The annual Southern California Striders Meet of Champions certainly lived up to its name this year. In perfect conditions (low 70s, mostly sunny skies) at Long Beach State University, two men and two women today set world age-group records —
Aaron Thigpen? Willie Gault? Nope. This is a trick question. Think younger. The over-40 studs listed in mastersrankings.com aren’t the fastest. Masters are now defined by World Masters Athletics as age 35 and up. On that basis, the top masters
Jess Brewer, the cancer-conquering physicist in Vancouver, spends his weekdays studying muons and other quantum cuties. The rest of the time, he trains for M60 hurdles (in which he recently set a Canadian record in the 100 hurdles). He took
Yes, we are chopped liver. How else to explain this latest indignity? Today, while checking on a meet date, I learned that the USATF Western Regional Masters Championships set for July 22-23 have no home. The venue is TBD —
I’ve been corresponding with the meet director and chief official for this summer’s Charlotte masters nationals, and they seem to be on the ball when it comes to conduct of distance races on the track. Most important, they’re aware that
I’m planning to compete in the Charlotte masters nationals in August, and I found a PDF detailing cheap on-campus housing. The options are two-bedroom suites ($35 per person per night) or four-bedroom apartments ($39 per person). (All rooms are air-conditioned,
Ivar Söderlind of Sweden, records guru for the Eurovets, is the decider when it comes to European masters age-group records. And he’s decided not to ratify any of the European records that came out of the Linz world indoor championships
