The USATF annual meeting is over. Awards have been given and policies debated. Delegates and muckymucks have packed up in Jacksonville, Florida, and begun flying home. But for masters track athletes in the United States, two main questions linger: What’s
USATF Masters Track and Field today named Nadine O’Connor as Masters Athlete of the Year (Female), joining previously named M65 decastar Emil Pawlik (Male Masters Athlete of the Year). Nadine set yet another W60 pole vault world record this season,
Buh-bye, Bengay. Greetings, Gleukos — the new sponsor of the Masters Athlete of the Year award. So says a high-ranking USATF Masters source. The source, busy convening in Jacksonville, didn’t have time to share details of the change, or why
You can stop buying Bengay now. Eighteen months after a big flourish, in which USATF trumpeted a sponsorship by the makers of Bengay as a balm to USATF Masters Track & Field, Bengay has pulled the plug. Quit as USATF
WMA’s Newsboard updates us on services for the late president of World Masters Athletics: “The funeral of Torsten Carlius will be held in Saint Maria church in Helsingborg, Sweden, on Thursday morning December 15th, 10:30 AM. The family requests no
Shaming works. Someone lit a fire under USATF, and both the December NMN column by George Mathews and the complete text of the 2005 Strategic Plan are now posted. USATF webmaster Keith Lively even sent a note of apology early
Sometimes it seems that way. George is nominally the chairman of USATF Masters Track & Field. As such, he occasionally informs us of his committee’s activities via a column in National Masters News. It’s called “Track & Field Report” in
Emil Pawlik, an oilman from Jackson, Mississippi, is this year’s Bengay Masters Athlete of the Year — as decided by the chairs of the Masters Track and Field and LDR committees and USATF President Bill Roe. Emil’s the second person
Round Lake, Illinois — not far from the Wisconsin border — is a fast-growing burg of 15,000 souls with a part-time mayor. But this mayor is an avid masters track athlete who isn’t ashamed of boasting a top-30 ranking in
Seven years after I first wrote about her, W80 vaulter/sprinter/jumper Johnnye Valien got some deserved national attention today in an Associated Press story on geezer sports. Also mentioned is Bill Collins, in the context of being nominated for a Geezerjock
The IAAF and other sources report the death in Shanghai, China, of Torsten Carlius, who was president of World Masters Athletics for eight years until this past summer, when he was elected secretary of WMA at the San Sebastian world
When Sacramento lost to Eugene in the competition to host the 2008 Olympic Trials, it was bad news for the 2000/2004 Trials host but good news, or at least an opening, for masters in Northern California. The USATF Pacific Association
