The USATF board of directors is meeting Saturday in Santa Monica on the eve of the L.A. Marathon, and I’m going to be in the room. They may consider an issue causing an uproar in Kiddieworld (what I call elite
Only hours after claiming his fifth world record of the season Tuesday, M55 Anselm LeBourne was pounding out responses to my quickie Q&A. As if he didn’t have enough to do. (But thanks for the gracious reply, champ.) As you
USATF couldn’t ignore Mary Norckauer. Wednesday she was named USATF Athlete of the Week after claiming what it said were eight W90 American records and three world records at the USATF Southwest Indoor Championships on Saturday in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
At the start of the season, the listed M55 indoor world record in the mile was Nolan Shaheed’s 4:42.89 from 2006. Tuesday night at the Armory track in Manhattan, Anselm LeBourne lowered his own mile WR to 4:34.79 — worth
Stanislaw Kowalski is entered in the 60 and 200 at the European Masters Indoor Athletics Championships this month in Torun, Poland. That’s worth celebrating. He turns 105 on April 14. If he makes it to the finish line (in his
I officially declare this the Week of the 200. I’m also happy to see that new world-record holders have times I can beat (barely). At the Armory in NYC, Kathy Bergen ran the deuce in 33.06, dashing the listed W75
Masters Hall of Famer Raymond Robert Hatton — “Ray” to friends — died March 4 in Eugene, Oregon, according to media reports and family members. A member of David and Helen Pain‘s historic track tour of Oceania (where he beat
Your great-grandmother can be an American record-holder, but she’d better act soon. Available slots in W90 are going fast. USATF lists only four indoor records in that age group. Make that five after Saturday, when Mary Norchkauer long-jumped 1.60 meters
According to posted results, world-recordman Mike Powell didn’t jump Saturday at the New Zealand national championships. Local media tell why: “I can’t really walk now,” he said. “My whole left side isn’t working. I’m 51. I can still do some
I learned about the two German WRs via a website that’s flown beneath my radar. ue30leichtathletik.de is pretty cool. I learned about the website via Gerhard Wenzke, an M65 high jumper and 2008 European champion. Gerhard writes: “Since some time
Competing at the German Indoor Masters Championships in Erfurt, triple jumper Wolfgang Knabe and long sprinter Roland Gröger set world records over the weekend. Wolfgang jumped only twice, tying the listed M55 WR of 13.35 (43-9 3/4) on his first
USATF has received the “final schedule” for indoor nationals. As of 1:20 p.m. Pacific, it’s not yet posted, but I was sent a copy by Masters Mole 121127. See the sked here. Keep in mind that this isn’t official until
