Carl Wallin, the famed retired Dartmouth track coach and 1989 masters world champion, is carving out a new legend — his recovery from prostate cancer. I spoke with him Sunday to learn his status after George Mathews gave me a
A friend sent me a wonderful blog post by Kathy Camp, daughter of former world-class M70 sprinter Dick Camp, now about 80 and battling Parkinson’s. She wrote that her dad ran masters in his 60s and 70s because of Dave
Sprinters who recall the heyday of the 1950s are mourning the death of Dave Sime (pronounced sim). He held world records in the 100, 220 and low hurdles and won silver behind Armin Hary at the Rome Games. The New
Four years ago, we were giddy to report how Jeff Laynes at 41 ran 6.38 in the open 55 meters at the Run for the Dream indoor meet in Fresno, which featured a slate of masters events. Now we’re grumpy.
India’s outdoor masters nationals were held Jan. 5-9 in Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh state, according to the Free Press Journal. We learn: “In the competition in which each and every state took part, Manipur was the leading winner who won 76
Flo Meiler says she has a sore throat but no aches and pains after competing last weekend at the indoor Dartmouth Relays. (See masters results here.) Heck, I’d have a sore throat from celebrating two world or Americans records. At
The 2016 Millrose Games will, again, feature masters relays, the schedule shows. The Feb. 20 event at the New York Armory will showcase a series of 4-by-400s, including ones for men over 40, 50 and 60 and one for all
Masters sprinter Jimson Lee has a blog that never ceases to amaze. This week he documented six bizarre track events. My favorite is “parallel high jumping,” our version of synchro diving. But it’s nice that track’s synchro is objective —
Fat chance you’ll ever get to dine with dozens of Super Bowl champions or Baseball Hall of Famers. But for $45 on Saturday, Feb. 13, you can join Olympic gold medalists, WR setters and legendary coaches at the annual track
Andy Hecker, the maverick meet director of Southern California, gets his colleagues’ knickers in a bunch by allowing day-of-meet registration. He also proves meets can be run under any conditions — rain or shine. Now he reminds me that you
The Perth2016 website is taking registration for the WMA world meet in late October. Remarkable is the posting of men’s and women’s “final daily schedules.” We don’t even see that for Albuquerque indoor nationals in March. After y’all noted the
M55 Arnie Pollinger of Holliston, Massachusetts, is a rare bird — he runs roads and sprints. Recently, he wrote me: “I realize my running and jumping might not be noteworthy except for the fact that I am doing all this
