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Seth Brower writes from Texas: “We have learned that 5-time Olympian Amy Acuff will be jumping this Saturday night at the Lions meet at St Michaels, Austin. She is in great form and is trying to get a qualifying mark

From a masters mole in Lyon: “The Athletes Manual (see French version here) provides maps of the stadia themselves, but not the surrounding areas. The instructions just say after you get off your tram you should walk, for example, ’11

Results from Lyon are hard to find, but I spotted the secret. Go to the main page and look for results. Find the date (such as Mardi 4 Août / Tuesday, August 4 – 2015) and scroll down to see

Toronto is a no-show. Ditto for Cardiff, Wales. The only bidders for 2018 WMA outdoor worlds are the Italian Province of Venice (Carole-Jesolo-Eraclea) and Málaga, Spain — on the southern coast. That’s the word from WMA Secretary Winston Thomas. A

At Stade Laurent Gerin on Day 1 of Lyon worlds, the heptathlon was haunted by bad organization and officiating. Masters mole 45553(2)e reports: “The day was supposed to start with W75+ at 9 a.m., but for some reason, the starting

Thanks to yeoman work by several USATF worker bees, we have a complete roster of Team USA for Lyon worlds by hometowns and events entered. Here’s a PDF of athletes (nearly 430) and their towns. This Excel spreadsheet adds their

Stacey Noble, a W45 multi-eventer headed for Lyon worlds, has a few modest goals: Do well in the heptathlon, 80-meter hurdles and long jump. And if she’s lucky, set a few records. She tells her local paper south of Sacramento

It took years for USATF Masters T&F to launch its own website. It took only months to establish a social media presence — after my rant of November 2014. Thanks to the efforts of several ladies, we now have an

Anselm LeBourne and Renee Shepherd can relax now. They won’t have to pay their own way to compete in masters exhibition races at IAAF Beijing worlds. Today (Wednesday) I got confirmation from both that USATF will take care of travel