Records. Don’t get me started. When it comes to world masters records, I seem to have no end to gripes. Well, let’s look at the record. Tonight I updated my records page. Then I compared official World Masters Athletics records
Woe is WMA. Another week, another world masters record it won’t recognize. Last week it was sprint legend Merlene Ottey of Slovenia, 42, competing in a meet in Vienna, Austria, and clocking 7.30 in the 60 and 23.93 in the
For the past few months, the Web address for the AURA track club — the (Howard) Adams Unified Racing Association — has led to a Viagra advertisement. See: www.auratrack.com/ Since this New York City-based club still has athletes competing (and
Masters records continue to flow fast and furious — and all fouled up. Beside’s Tony Young’s brilliant 4:08.60 at age 40 on Jan. 18, we’ve also learned about M55 Harry Nolan of Shore AC running a 4:50.8 mile a few
On March 3, 1938, Glenn Cunningham of Kansas ran a mile indoors at Dartmouth. His time of 4:04.4 would have lowered the day’s outdoor world record by two seconds. The 4:04 was an indoor best, of course. But not one
A couple years back, masters in Britain were outraged by the published comments of Malcolm Arnold, a famed coach. Arnold told the magazine Athletics Weekly: “I don’t like the idea of coaches of athletes going into veteran athletics. I have
Got results? That’s a prime query during and after meets. It’s also the prime consideration of rankers throughout the season. But unless we see a sea change in attitudes and activity, 2003 could be another sad year on this front.
Sometimes when I rap masters “volunteers” like Ross Dunton and his wretched WMA rankings, someone replies: Well, can YOU do better? Maybe not. But I know someone who can. He’s an M40 runner from North Carolina named Alan Sigmon —
A champion is more than someone with strong lungs and muscles. One must have strong character as well. I’ve just posted a humdinger of an interview with Anna Wlodarczyk, a W50 jumper and hurdler who has overcome the biggest barriers
My idol is Bert Morrow. He’d be yours too, if you knew his story. At age 69, he started hurdling. He’s since competed in 11 world masters championships. At age 89 he was the oldest human hurdler in history. Then
Every few months I read about some fatcat bailing out a sports program on the verge of vanishing. Today’s news brings a report that a group of students, parents and alumni dove in to save Dartmouth College’s swimming and diving
Recently I ragged on USATF Masters for choosing Charlotte, North Carolina, to host the 2006 masters outdoor nationals even though bids for that year weren’t supposed to be entertained until December 2003. Other potential bid cities — including Los Angeles,
