Asian masters usually fly under my radar, but not today. The Hindu newspaper in India tells the story of W70 multi-eventer Daisy Victor (whatta perfect name!) and posts an action shot for the ages. The article appeared on International Women’s
This is getting old. Latest stats from Linz, Austria, site of the second World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships, indicate that the meet’s name is a blatant misnomer. The Eurovets news page sez: “36 European countries will take part in Linz
Decathletes and heptathletes don’t do hibernation. In the winter, they just compete indoors. The USATF national masters indoor heptathlon championships — for men and women — were held last weekend at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and more than two
Mike Powell is feeling the hunger again. Not content to out-Beamon Beamon in the legendary 1991 duel with Carl Lewis, he now wants a taste of masters glory. He wants the M40 record in the long jump — the 2002
A few months back, I worried aloud about whether USATF Masters would have a rankings program this season — an online list of top marks in all age groups, indoors and out. As you’ve probably surmised, it’s back in business.
Today the Man turns 75 — sub-3-hour marathoner Ed Whitlock of Canada. Breaking 3 at 75 would be ungodly, but I wouldn’t put it past the man from Milton. (He ran 2:58:40 at age 74.) That’s 26 consecutive 6:48 miles.
Supergeezers enchant me. By that I mean sprinters, jumpers and throwers who blow by 90 and set their sights on competing at 100. The latest to make his presence known is New Zealand’s Lewis Taylor, who was written up in
Pete Mulholland, my Hero Du Jour, sends along results from the British masters indoor championships, completed this weekend in Cardiff, Wales. Nearly 20 British records were set, and four world records, meaning the Germans won’t have the Linz world meet
Distance brings perspective. In this case, distance involves time as well as miles. Months after the masters award season, Pete Mulholland of the British magazine Running Fitness writes in April’s masters section: “Thoughts of the ‘panel’ turned towards what was
Nadine O’Connor of Del Mar, California, has been setting sprint and vault records for several years. Now, at age 63, she’s looking for other challenges. Last Sunday at the USATF Mid-America Regional Indoor Championships, she tried hurdling. Not a bad
Sad duty to report that Marion Bigelow Higgins — the oldest resident of California — has died at age 112. Last year, when she was 111, I took her picture twice in the stands at the USATF Western Regional Masters
Frank Morton informs us that the New York Road Runners has reposted results of the “Thursday Night at the Races” event Feb. 23 where Marisa Hanson and Madelyn Noe-Schlentz beat masters age-group records in the 1500. Their final marks, apparently
