Lapping runners, Southwest Sprinters TC claimed an M50 world indoor record in the 4-by-400 relay Saturday at the Millrose Games. They clocked 3:39.88 running by themselves (and around the Lane 1 M60 guys) to beat the listed WR of 3:40.21
Kim Collins of St. Kitts and Nevis, who didn’t run in London, is targeting an Olympic return at Rio 2016, says insidethegames. He turns 40 in April and should shatter the M40 WRs for the 100 and 200, both by
The note from USATF came as a relief for Cheryl Bellaire, Lesley Chaplin, Julie Hayden and Nolan Shaheed — the American entries in the 800-meter exhibition races at IAAF Portland worlds in mid-March. Sandy Snow of Indy and Atlanta wrote
If you’re rich (like the masters triathletes featured in this crazy-ass New York Times story), you can stop reading now. But if you count your track meet pennies, here’s your daily serving of dismay. “It’s game on!” say organizers of
Masters records chair Jeff Brower has approved (for USATF annual meeting review) a W45 American record in the 1500 by Kara Haas and is reviewing a W70 indoor AR in the 800 by Paul Perry. I heard of Paul’s great
For the second time in three years, Quenton Torbert has erased a shot record by the late great Joe Keshmiri. In 2014, Quenton claimed the M60 outdoor shot American record. On Feb. 7 at the Mid-America Regional Masters Indoor Track
Andy Hecker’s annual indoor-meet-held-outdoors again served to help open athletes as well as masters. In Santa Ana, California, on Valentine’s Day, he offered a 3000-meter race walk. Masters partook, but so did 22-year-old Missouri Baptist star Molly Josephs, getting coaching
Y’all should know by now that Meb Keflezighi held off all but Galen Rupp at the Olympic marathon trials in Los Angeles, which I covered for the USOC and also Times of San Diego (with a few photos). He ran
Suzy Favor Hamilton’s story of mental illness and a detour into the sex industry is retold — in her own words — in a BBC piece. Now 47, she seems to shun competition. It got her into world-class trouble. But
As we wait for “Race” to show up in movie theaters, check out Sunday night’s documentary on Jesse Owens. As Variety (not your usual source of track news) reports: “NBC Sports continues its efforts at releasing documentaries with the debut
I don’t have the exact date (and trust me, I’ve tried to figure it out), but February 2016 is the 20th anniversary of this rollicking site. As noted in site history, it began on AOL as the Masters Track &
A couple weeks back at the Emory Crossplex Invitational in Birmingham, Alabama, 47-year-old Emmanuelle “Emma” McGowan broke out of a box and into the American record books. The W45 Lyon world champ at 100 and 400 relay clocked 59.30 for
