In a Facebook post Wednesday, American sprinter Kim Touya shared a letter from WMA Secretary Winston Thomas informing her (and her W35 teammates) that his compatriot women were disqualified from their Lyon bronze. “The British 4×100 relay team … was
WMA has announced details of the masters exhibition events at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Portland, Oregon. (See the application form.) This is great news for the older age groups: “The events are the 800m for men 60
Dave Albo shot the USATF Mid-America Masters regionals in late August, and one of his best images showed a shot-putter at moment of chalky release, wearing a T-shirt that read “I Throw — Therefore I am.” It’s a beaut, and
Great news out of the Houston annual meeting: “A relatively small amount of money has been set aside to support potential [masters] medal winners who would not otherwise be able to afford to go to Perth,” writes throws coordinator Jerry
Drug-testing for masters track will expand in 2016 to USATF regional meets indoors and out, and “testing may be conducted at any USATF-sanctioned meet,” says Stephen Cohen, the Illinois lawyer and Midwest Region coordinator who heads the masters T&F anti-doping
I’m still waiting on the names of the USATF Masters Hall of Fame Class of 2015. (I know of one so far, since he emailed me.) But the slate of age-division Athletes of the Year was announced Saturday at the
Gideon Ariel, a two-time Olympian for Israel (1960 and 1964), is better-known as a sports scientist who helped Mac Wilkins (1976 Olympic discus champion, 1984 silver) and Al Oerter in his 40s. Now he’s in desperate need of help himself.
The Masters T&F Committee, meeting at the USATF annual shindig in Houston, voted Friday morning to award the 2018 masters indoor national championships to Landover, Maryland. This will be the third Landover nationals, following the fiasco of 2009 (when results
We’re keeping our fingers crossed for M75 thrower Bruce Clarke of New Zealand, who on Friday was hit by a shot during warmups for the North Island Masters Athletics Championships in Auckland. “It is understood he was in a critical
Last winter and spring, when M40 Bernard “Kip” Lagat was crushing mile and other records, I thought: What a shame he won’t win masters end-of-year awards. I thought wrong. Tuesday in Houston, site of the USATF annual meeting, Kip was
After nationals and maybe the Hayward Masters Classic, arguably the best masters meet in the country is the venerable Bob Boal event in North Carolina, aka the USATF Southeastern Masters Regional Championships. But many were dismayed a couple weeks ago
World champion and Hall of Famer Myrle Mensey is throwing herself into her Throwing and Growing Foundation event — her annual December camp and competition in St. Louis. She writes of the Dec. 28-29 event: “My camp is for females
