Pete Taylor, our prime meet announcer, recently overcame cancer, but now he’s fighting the effects of what his brother and sister describe as a massive pulmonary embolism — a blood clot in the lung — on Jan. 21, 2005. He’s
Before another day goes by, I gotta note the sixth anniversary of the masterstf mailing list. The official founding was on Jan. 31, 1999, when long sprinter Gerry Krainik set up the forum on what then was called Egroups. Later,
A few days ago, I got this intriguing query: “Is the January 1, 2005, age determination date set by the State Games of America legal (for lack of a better term)? What is the age determination date for the National
Rex Harvey is used to multi-tasking. After all, he once excelled at the decathlon. (He competed in the 1976 Olympic Trials and in 1991 set a still-standing world M45 age-group record in the 10-event grind.) But his ability to juggle
In June 1956 — two years after the first sub-4-minute mile — an arguably greater barrier fell in track and field: the first 7-foot high jump. Charlie Dumas cleared 2.15 meters (7-0 1/2) at the U.S. Olympic Trials at the
Begging works! Suzy Hess of the Masters T&F Committee confirms that the 20-minute presentation by Masters Chair George Mathews this past Friday in Portland swayed the USATF budget appeals board. Masters T&F had asked for $13,500 for six specific items,
Hat in hand, they made their pitches: We need more money from the Mother Ship. Poker-faced, the USATF budget appeals board sat in judgment of USATF LDR, open track and other committees before the masters delegation appeared for its own
USATF Masters T&F Secretary Bob Cahners started spreading the news at 10:25 this morning — that New York City’s Armory track center beat the bid from Boston and the New England USATF Association to host the 2007 USATF National Masters
Just after 8 a.m. today, USATF Masters T&F Records chair Sandy Pashkin stood before the MT&F Committee here in Portland and announced that she was wrong Thursday about Rod Parker not setting an M85 WR in the 200. In fact,
A serious problem for some elite masters athletes is whether they can affiliate with a track club outside their home association. Normally, it’s no problem. The home association and the target association give rubber-stamp approval to the request. But in
Phil Byrne, who heads the USATF Masters T&F Awards Committee, on Thursday night announced the results of a three-hour meeting Wednesday that chose top male and female athletes in all age groups, both track and field. But he uttered an
Craig Masback, the CEO of USA Track & Field, popped in on the USATF Masters Track & Field Committee meeting this morning, and took a bunch of questions in his 50-minute venture onto geezer turf. I give him credit for
