Bill Collins apparently has set his first M55 world record — clocking 7.47 seconds for 60 meters today at an indoor meet in Houston. That beats the listed WR of 7.51 by Germany’s Manfred Koch in 2003. In the same
For several years, noises have been made about 1984 Olympic TJ champ Al Joyner (Mr. Flo-Jo and brother of Jackie) making a masters comeback. Now we have some hard evidence. The “status of entries” page for the Boston masters indoor
In 1999, Thomas-Michael Zacharias shocked the masters world by announcing his retirement from the high jump wars — only two years after clearing 2 meters (6-6 3/4) at age 50. He cited “mental stress” and wrote in an open letter
Sharrieffa Barksdale, a 1984 Olympian in the 400 hurdles, is training for a masters comeback with the avowed intent of making the 2008 U.S. Olympic team. Wow! The revelation comes in a long story published today in the Lexington Herald-Leader
Masters invitational program coordinator Mark Cleary reports that entries are set for the exhibition men’s and women’s 200-meter dashes at the USATF open nationals Feb. 26 in Boston. And as I predicted, the age groups featured are both 40-49. Mark
Five issues into its young life, GeezerJock has matured into a serious publication. The SI-style masters sports and fitness magazine, whose first issue featured coverage of the Decatur masters nationals (and a fish on the “Pool Days” cover), is ready
Yesterday, Pawlik. Today Babits — as in Paul Babits, the new M45 indoor pole vault record holder. His hometown paper ran a nice feature on him today. Great quote in the article: “Once you get to 35 or 40 years
Everyone in masters track knows Emil Pawlik, the down-to-earth and friendly multi-event star and world record holder (and recently minted Masters Hall of Famer). Now his hometown paper has discovered him as well. The Clarion-Ledger of Jackson, Miss., did a
Dr. Peter Snell, the Olympic legend and former world record holder, ran a mile today to open the New Zealand Masters Games in his native land. He lives in Texas now, but as they say, “You can take the boy
Gail Devers should be appointed director of central intelligence. She knows how to keep a secret. Not even Garry Hill, editor of Track & Field News, knew that Gail at 39 had taken off the 2005 track season to have
Nearly a month ago, fresh off dual W40 American indoor records, Alisa Harvey tried to enter a George Mason University meet. Event organizers said, “You’re not good enough.” Alisa got mad. She also got even, lowering her own W40 indoor
And that’s the order of importance. Gail Devers’ absence for the entire 2005 season after her Athens disappointment made a lot of people wonder if she were hanging up her spikes. Actually, she had plenty good reason to sit out
