Ruth BreMiller, an organizer of the fabled Hayward Masters Classic, sends this joyous news: “We were officially notified yesterday that construction has been delayed and that Hayward Field will be available June 24 and 25. A schedule and entry form
Mark Cleary has cobbled an incredible field for the Drake Relays masters mile at 11:18 a.m. Saturday, April 29, in Des Moines, Iowa. He writes: “The mile at Drake will be the finest field ever to run a Masters Mile
Brian Foley, secretary of Australian Masters Athletics, died last Saturday at age 62, reports the governing body’s Web site. Brian follows WAVA pioneer Ian Hume of Canada up to that big track meet in the sky. Brian competed in the
Between the indoor nationals of March and the outdoor nationals of August, masters have lots of options for competition. But perhaps the biggest thrill is running in front of 44,000-plus spectators on Saturday’s slate at the Penn Relays. It’s one
I have a masters track friend in Florida who signs her email notes to me “ecc” and I reply to her by my nom de plume “wcc.” Our own inside joke. She’s “East Coast commie” and I’m “West Coast commie.”
Readers of this blog know that masters announcer Pete Taylor is held in high-esteem — with comments appended to various posts being testatment to this. But runners make up the bulk of these voices. Jumpers and throwers have a right
Kathy Bergen of La Canada (pronounced Cun-YAH-da) speaks one language well: world records. After setting jump marks in Boston and indoor sprints bests earlier, she drove a few hours south to Santa Ana today and flopped over what I’m pretty
By “pop,” I don’t mean soda. I mean props, kudos, recognition. Jim Ferstle penned a nice piece for runnersworld.com about Nolan Shaheed and Mary Harada, who made their mile marks at Boston indoor nationals. It’s headlined, appropriately, “Masters show how
Used to be that M40 sprinters going low-11s in the 100 were viewed as phenomenal. Now it’s ho-hum for Aaron Thigpen, who clocked 10.94 for 100 meters with 0.0 on the wind meter yesterday. Simply amazing. He did it at
The April edition of National Masters News is out, and USATF Masters T&F Chair George Mathews has a column discussing the lost NYC indoor nationals (detailed several places on this blog). Happily, George’s column also is online. Sadly, NMN has
Becky Sisley of Oregon knows a thing or three about track. First, she’s a world-class masters jumper and thrower herself. Second, she’s a world-class meet organizer, with experience that includes the Hayward Masters Classic. So she was the ideal person
In early February, I excitedly mentioned the entry of an “Alfrederick Joyner” in the M45 triple jump at the Boston masters nationals. He’s otherwise known as Al Joyner, brother of JJK and an Olympic champ himself (in 1984). (He also
