Dutch master Troy Douglas, 40, put the masters record in the 100-meter dash into outer space Saturday at a meet in Leiden, Holland, clocking 10.29 with a just-legal wind of 1.9 mps. He crushed his own world M40 record of
Phil “The Legend” Raschker of Georgia tied her own W55 world record in the pole vault this week when she won the event at the National Senior Olympics at Virginia’s Norfolk State University. Phil, 56, cleared 3.00 (9-10) to match
Next time you visit World Masters Athletics, you might notice a little change. The “Forum” is gone — vanished. No longer in the upper-righthand corner. No longer letting masters athletes and others post comments and queries. Actually, it’s still there
Reluctantly and with agonizing slowness, the National Senior Olympics is posting women’s track results — even though the track meet started a week ago and is almost over. Actually, the NSGA isn’t posting results at all. This function is being
Have we come to this? Masters athletes handed two-year doping bans because they sought to control hypertension or lose a little weight? That’s the possibility that arises with the revelation of the banned substances within the systems of two Italian
The National Senior Olympics is pioneering a new way of listing track meet entries. In a delightfully compact 67-page Adobe Acrobat file, athletes are alphabetized by first name. But get ready for a challenge akin to a double decathlon. And
Science should study Merlene Ottey. On May 10, Merlene turned 43. On May 25, she celebrated with a masters W40 record at 200 meters, clocking an incredible 23.33 at a meet in Celje, Slovenia. News of Merlene’s latest masters record
Hal Higdon is a rarity — a masters athlete familiar to the running public. A veteran of many World Masters Outdoor Championships, Higdon is an author, artist and senior writer for Runner’s World — as well as a founder of
Although I’m not competing at the Pan-Pacific Masters Games in Sacramento this summer, I subscribe to the group’s e-mail newsletters. The latest notice indicates that the Pan-Pac people may be worried about a lack of entries. It sayeth: “The Early
Britain’s Bridget Cushen, a W60 distance runner who spent many years as the Women’s Representative in WAVA (now WMA), isn’t taking kindly to WMA president Torsten Carlius’ efforts to railroad the choice of venue for the inaugural World Masters Indoor
Thanks to a masters mole, I have secured a copy of the official agenda for the July 10, 2003, General Assembly of World Masters Athletics in Puerto Rico. It’s a stunner. Proposals for changes in the WMA Constitution would revolutionize
The biennial world masters championships traditionally draws 5,000 to 6,000 athletes, making it one of the world’s biggest track meets. But this year’s event in Carolina, Puerto Rico, may see a dramatic falloff in those figures. According to local organizing
