M55 great Bill Collins is returning home from Linz to some stateside kudos. Today he became the second masters star this year to gain USATF Athlete of the Week recognition from the Mother Ship in Indianapolis. (The other masters runner
Monday’s tragic crash of a small plane in Branson, Missouri, claimed one of our own sprint stars: Paul Johnson, a dentist in Lubbock, Texas. He was entered in the 200/400 at this week’s masters nationals. Abilene Christian University detailed his
Before turning our attention to the Boston masters indoor nationals this weekend, I have a beef to unload (again). It’s the bogus and misleading medal chart posted on the Linz site. Besides contradicting the original ethos of masters track, it
Haven’t had a chance to share my extreme admiration for the Linz 2006 Web site. Although the display of results could have been friendlier, I have to admit that its photo coverage and day-by-day summaries were world-class. There’s almost too
Pete Mulholland messaged at 4 a.m. Pacific time: “Enrico Saraceni has just left the track after winning the M40 400m in a WR of 48.99! He is of course now the owner of both in (and ) out WRs.” The
Bruce McBarnette, a Virginia lawyer, and 1976 Olympian Jim Barrineau collected gold medals in the M45 and M50 high jump, respectively, Sunday in Linz. Bruce set an M45 PR with his 1.96 (6-5) clearance, which turned back the challenge of
“There was something of a minor sensation today,” writes Pete Mulholland, our man in Linz. “Bill Collins ran a race and didn’t break a world record! This Sunday was almost a day of rest as far as Collins was concerned
In the third of three heats of the M40 short hurdles today at Linz worlds, French Olympian Vincent Clarico clocked 7.95 seconds, nipping American Karl Smith’s world record for the 60-meter event of 7.96, set in 2000 and tied by
Annette Koop, a world champion masters middle-distance runner, has started a blog from Linz — and I assume will eventually do for the Germans what Pete Mulholland does for his fellow Brits (shine a spotlight on their world meet performances).
Pete Mulholland writes: “One of the most unusual sights seen at the Championships is the calm figure of Bill Collins standing – almost to attention – as his crouching opponents await starter’s orders. To the uneducated observer, Collins looks out
Houston’s Bill Collins, presumably wearing his own spikes this time, won the M55 60 world title today in 7.34 seconds after lowering his own world indoor record of 7.47 to 7.46 in the semifinal earlier in the day at Linz,
Americans broke up the British-German axis of middle-distance strength today at the Linz world masters meet, led by Lesley Chaplin-Swann who won W45 gold in 2:20.99 to set an American 800 age-group record (lowering her own indoor AR of 2:22.37).
