The annual Chuck McMahon Memorial Masters Meet in San Diego is one of countless masters events affiliated with Senior Olympic organizations around the country. But this year, it will stand out in the crowd: On television.
Hundreds of masters athletes have kids (or grandkids) running track, so there’s no way to keep track of them all. But today I noticed that M45 200/400 stud James Lofton, the NFL Hall of Famer, is cheering for his son
Rita Hanscom of San Diego is a sprint phenom at age 51. I’m a sprint wannabe who turns 51 in three weeks. What do we have in common besides age group and event? Well, today we delighted in running the
Talked to Rex Harvey today after exchanging email with Norm Green, two masters officials involved in the “2002” redo of the hallowed Age-Graded Tables. The bottom line: The finished tables will go to National Masters News by mid-June, and NMN
This should be interesting. Tonight I sent a questionnaire to Stan Perkins of Australia and Cesare Beccalli of Italy, the known candidates for president of World Masters Athletics. I also cc’d the note to Monty Hacker, WMA secretary, who is
When I talk to mainstream mediafolk about masters, I make a point to stress that we’re a whole lot more interesting than just being geezers on the track and field. We have issues. We overcome life challenges. We are survivors.
Well, Willie is stoked. Today he wrote me: “Thank you for letting me know. This is a good day for me. I have been looking for competition and challenging my old competitors for the last 4 years (to) no avail.
Nearly four months ago, I posted my findings on why the new Age-Graded Tables had been delayed. At the time, the tables (aka Magic Decoder Ring of masters track) were supposedly weeks away from being sent to National Masters News
Would someone please let Willie Banks know that it’s time to strap on the old spikes again? From the masterstf mailing list on Yahoo Groups comes this Annette Koop news flash: “Today Wolfgang Knabe (*1959, OSC Damme, Germany) jumped 15,13m
A long time ago, in a country not so far away, middle-aged and older ladies and gents gathered for the first World Masters Track and Field Championships. The meet was held Aug. 11-17, 1975, in Toronto, Canada. And thanks to
A few years back, I volunteered to research members of the USATF Masters Track Hall of Fame and send the results to USATF webmaster Keith Lively for posting online. I got much of it done, then got stuck. I didn’t
Kevin Morning, a 1997 and 2001 world champ from northern California, is in his late 40s, but he hasn’t slowed much since his M45 200 world record of 22.13 in 2002. At last weekend’s Visalia Masters Classic in central California,
