In 2005, Canada’s Earl Fee won a bunch of medals, set a bunch of records and got himself named the world’s Male Masters Athlete of the Year. That should help his book sales. This summer, he produced a revision of
“Hang on, Sloopy” wasn’t written to describe elite track athletes competing into their 40s. But some openettes seem to be using it as their theme song. The latest: javelin world record holder Jan Zelezny, a three-time Olympic champ who has
The world meet’s been over for almost two weeks. But the glories continue. Hometown newspapers from England to India covered their local masters athletes in San Sebastian, and through the magic of Google News, one can read about their exploits
On the Track & Field News Message Board today, someone who goes by the handle “trackhead” posted this about a reported Peter Snell track comeback: “I just got off the phone with Peter and he asked me to set some
Tom Borish, a recently married Web geek in Massachusetts, has a hobby site focusing on collegiate track and field. He calls it Trackshark — probably because it eats its competition alive. This week he also started a blog. I point
Kip Janvrin was a man on a mission in San Sebastian — not just to break the M40 world record (which he did) but to crash the 7,000-point barrier for over-40 athletes on the IAAF open tables. He did that
Maybe this will put Gerry Lindgren on a conventional path: coaching young runners at the University of Hawaii. With little fanfare, the school announced today: “Head coach Carmyn James enters her sixth year with the program and welcomes assistant coach
Boy, was I naive. When I interviewed Gerry Lindgren at the Hawaii masters nationals last month, I had no clue about his many-splendored malfeasances. I knew only about his track career. But today I read a 1987 article in Sports
Posted September 8, 2005 Kip Janvrin competed in the USATF open nationals in June, turned 40 in July and entered his first masters meet in August. And what a debut — a world record 8,618 points (but 8,623 in another
Ever seen a better couple of spearchuckers than Chuck and Carla Greene of Ohio? Chuck reports that his javelin-throwing mate Carla, 42, tossed the spear 42.05 meters (138-0) for a W40 American record, displacing a 2002 mark by Caryl Senn
Buried on Page 9 of a British running magazine is blockbuster news for world masters track — and American masters as well. Peter Snell is coming back! A three-time Olympic gold-medal winner (in the 1960 800 and 1964 800/1500) and
Give up? Too many choices? Juggling too many apples and oranges? Not a problem for the WMA Council, which at the close of the World Masters Athletics Championships chose Canadian Earl Fee (M75) and Holland’s Rietje Dijkman (W65) as WMA’s
