In a flopper world, Willie Banks is an unapologetic straddler. But he does it the hard way — taking three steps to the bar. Last Saturday, a gentleman named Bob Larsen captured Willie’s 1.73 meter (5-8) clearance for a M60
M45 supersprinter Allen Woodard warmed up with a 49.38 in the 400 Sunday at Langston Hughes High School near Atlanta. Then he and three others destroyed the listed M45 world record in the 4×400 relay set by an all-star team
Last time I saw Rolf Geese he was making mincemeat of the M65 world record in the decathlon. That was at 2009 Lahti worlds. Now he’s back in M70, doing the same. According to these results from a Stendal meet,
Two months after turning 60, National T&F Hall of Famer Willie Banks straddled 1.73 meters (5-8) for his first American M60 record. He topped the listed AR of 1.72 (5-7¾) by fellow San Diego County jumper Phil Fehlen in 1998.
USATF’s Masters Track & Field Executive Committee, led by chairman Gary Snyder, has its moments of drama. But nothing like the Youth Executive Committee. Or should we say former committee. On Wednesday, Indy HQ fired the youth overseers. “Since January,
ESPN reports on an open secret — that Adam Nelson, who turned 40 last July, is shooting for his fourth Olympic Games. That’s not news to this humble blog. We reported last September that he was targeting Brian Oldfield’s 70-3
Our German blogger friend Alfred Hermes reports a sensational WR in the M50 throws pentathlon. According to these results, countryman Norbert Demmel scored 4,696 about 10 days ago to beat the listed WR of 4,590 by Britain’s Stephen Whyte in
It’s the habit of India’s papers to abbreviate first names. That’s what happened when The Hindu profiled Vallabhajosyula Sriramulu. He’s 92 and does the race walk, winning the 5K event at the Asian WMA regionals. But the paper referred to
Toy Ungerer, a South African star who medaled at least three times at Sacramento worlds, was the queen of the sprints last weekend at her country’s masters nationals in Pretoria. She won the 100, 200 and 400 in great times
You’ve seen the video. Now read the backstory. On Friday, I spent nearly 20 minutes on the phone with Paul Humphries, the 42-year-old football coach nephew of Ella Mae Colbert, who broke Ida Keeling’s W100 WR in the Penn Relays
It’s a long shot, but Indonesia’s Dedeh Erawati, 36, “is not giving up hope of qualifying for August’s Rio Olympics,” said a national paper. She used the recent Asia Masters Athletics Championships as a tuneup. “The three-time South-east Asia (SEA)
Northeast and British masters are mourning the deaths of two key officials who were outstanding athletes in their youth. Harry Brooks of Amherst, Massachusetts, died May 7, a couple weeks after former British Masters Athletics President Keith Whitaker passed away
