Pierre Faucheur of France has joined the parade of record-busting metric milers this winter. On Feb. 23, he ran 4:09.98 at an indoor meet in Eaubonne (near (Paris). The French athletics federation already lists his new national records in the
Just heard yesterday that two potential American records were set at the Armory on Feb. 23 — in the same 1500-meter race. I say potential not because the athletes didn’t really do them. It’s cuz the meet mucky-mucks apparently don’t
In the past 24 hours, folks have publicly and privately chimed in with suggestions for host cities for the 2007 indoor nationals. Fresno, Albuquerque, Reno and back-to-Boise have been mentioned. Even Jersey City. But the reality is that Boston is
This may be a first. A New Zealand newspaper is hyping a masters meet by focusing on a possible M85 world record. The report in the Wanganui Chronicle talks about Eric deLatour of Tauranga, who missed setting a 1500 record
Let the bad times roll. The Armory track in New York City has decided that, oops, it can’t host the 2007 USATF Masters National Indoor Championships. On Monday, Norbert Sander Jr., president of The Armory Foundation, notified USATF Masters T&F
Willie did it! Meet director Andy Hecker reports: Willie Gault beat the listed M45 world record in the 200 Sunday in Santa Ana. Willie’s half-lap, with a legal 1.0 mps (2.24 mph) wind, was timed in 22.08. That pips the
USATF Masters T&F Committee Chairman George Mathews has a meaty column in the latest edition of National Masters News. I couldn’t read the whole column in my copy, since my 10-month-old golden retreiver got to it before I did. For
While sprinters in his age group were burning up a Boston indoor track thousands of miles away, new M45 dashman/hurdler Willie Gault was scorching the outdoor track today at Santa Ana College, south of Los Angeles. Official results aren’t in
Too bad. Would have been nice to see how many kids ate Gail’s dust in the 60 hurdles. But IAAF reports: “The women’s 60m Hurdles should be dominated by 2004 Olympic gold medallist Joanna Hayes, and will be opposed by
Phil “The Legend” Raschker may be overexposed, but it’s always fun to read about her, especially when she has to deal with issues everyone else does: injury adversity. At San Sebastian, she couldn’t finish the W55 hep — but still
I swear, USATF is trying to drive me wacko. Today I learned of an update in USATF’s masters national records dated 2/21/06. That’s great! New is good! What loosens my screws are the relay records. Instead of a cut-and-dried listing
One of the cool things about masters track is nobody tells you what to do. No coach saying, “That’s not your event.” I’m reminded of this by an article from Down Under about M85 runner/sprinter Eric de Lautour. “He burned
