On to Gothenburg, Sweden, site of the second World Masters Athletic Championships and the founding of WAVA — the World Association of Veteran Athletes. Again, I’ve posted two PDF files — the first being an image file of the results
Al Sheahen is a national treasure. Besides being the former publisher of National Masters News and a 1997 candidate for the presidency of World Masters Athletics, he remains an astute observer of masters politics. Recently I asked him to review
Dr. Stephen Peters — the M45 world champion in the sprints at 2003 worlds in Puerto Rico (even though he turned 50 during the meet) — looks to be in fine form for San Sebastian in five weeks. He topped
I sent M50 jumper Jim Barrineau the link to yesterday’s blog post and received more news in his reply. Jim writes: “I forgot to tell you I am now Colonel (retired) Barrineau. My last day in uniform was May 31st.
By weekday, Jim Barrineau is Col. James Barrineau — chief of Army Force Management for the National Guard Bureau in Washington. By weekend, he’s a jumper with Olympic pedigree. Recently, he wrote me that he’s back in the high jump
Thirty-year-old track results are for more than mere historical interest. For Diane Palmason, they are personal. Diane, born in Canada but more recently a resident of Blaine, Washington, is a longtime runner — on the track as well as roads
Phil Raschker, competing with all sorts of injuries, was a star of the National Senior Olympics in Pittsburgh a few weeks back. And a shot of Phil sprinting graces the cover of the new Geezerjock magazine. Some great articles again
We’re a month early, but this gift couldn’t wait. To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the first World Masters Track & Field Championships — held Aug. 11-17, 1975, in Toronto, Canada — I’ve created two PDF files of the original
Meet results are posted in all sorts of flavors — as HTML files, Word documents and everything in between. Here’s a new one on me: Excel spreadsheet file. Kettrell Berry, masters track chairman in the San Diego-Imperial USATF Association, has
For decades, National Masters News has proclaimed itself “the official world and U.S. publication for masters track & field, long distance running and racewalking” — in red print beneath its page one nameplate. Of course, this has not been true
I have added photos, Cesare Beccalli’s CV and some links to his and Stan Perkins’ interviews on the WMA presidential election. You can find Cesare’s here. And you’ll find Stan’s here. I also added links to the interviews on our
Emil Pawlik isn’t a Hall of Famer who rests on his laurels. Seven months after being voted by USATF Masters into the Masters Track Hall of Fame, Emil, 66, added to his legend July 2-3 by setting a world M65
