World Masters Athletics will pick the site of 2020 outdoor worlds at the 2016 Perth meet General Assembly, so that means bids have to be in soonish. WMA Secretary Winston Thomas writes on the WMA site: “The bid applications for
M45 recordman John Trautmann is brave in the mile, we know. Now he’s making another courageous move. He posted Friday on Facebook: “As some of you know, after 18 years working on Wall Street, I have decided that it is
Dave Hunter joins my pantheon of great track writers. He basically did the interview with Eamonn Coghlan that NOBODY has done until now. Dave asked Eamonn about the run-up to his legendary sub-4 mile of 1994, which stood as the
On Facebook late Wednesday, all-around champion Rex Harvey, 69, posted an update on his cancer fight: “Just finished a CAT scan and got good news and bad. The good news was that there has been no change in the spot
Two months ago, M50 Tony Echeandia of Queens, New York, thought his chance at worlds was toast. Not long after running the 36-inch 400 hurdles in 56.93, he reported on Facebook that he’d pulled his left hamstring in training “and
Adam Nelson, the veteran world-champion thrower, told Track & Field News recently that he’s shooting for the M40 world record in the shot put: “I checked and saw the masters world record is only 21.41 (70-3),” he said of the
Several sources are reporting here (in the comments) and on letsrun.com that Kathy Martin’s reported loss to a Jean Vernon was a clerical error. My original report mistakenly referred to an impostor. My deepest apologies for jumping the gun. But
In any other year, Ray Knerr would be the toast of the M55 middle distances. He barely lost to a 45-year-old at Mt. SAC in April (800 in 2:04.75). He ran a 2:03.79 at Occidental in May. Going into this
If you ever get contacted by Marc Bloom for a story, jump at it! He’s one of the savviest track and running writers in history — a prolific journalist and author. On Thursday, he did a great piece on Tom
USATF Masters T&F Records chair Jeff Brower lists 18 marks at this summer’s National Senior Games as potential American records, according to this Google Doc. The only mark rejected outright is W80 Flo Meiler’s triple jump of 5.89 (19-4) for
Amy Acuff turned 40 in mid-July, and I forgot to send greetings. So hi, Amy! Happy birthday! To make up for my delay, here’s a great ESPN profile of the six-time Olympian, where we learn: “Acuff set her lifetime best
Our old friend Don Pellmann has entered six events at the San Diego Senior Olympics. If he gets a mark in three of them, they are automatic world records. He turned 100 in mid-August. WMA lists no marks in the
