Best damn shot-put video ever! M50 contest at Sacramento
With AC/DC’s “Highway to Hell” pounding in the background, this video captures the drama and intensity of the M50 shot at Sacramento nationals two months ago. Well worth the wait! I was privileged to witness this titanic battle of spinners vs. gliders at Sac State, won by former 70-foot thrower Rob Suelflohn. God they were good!
September 19, 2010
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Multi-event age-graded calculator is online, updated for 2010
The Holy Grails keep on coming. Once upon a time, I wished aloud for an online Age-Graded Tables calculator. Those online lookup forms eventually popped up. But one of the harder online forms to find is one that calculates masters age-group points for the multi-events — decathlon, pentathlon, heptathlon and so on. Now we see that an English site has done the trick for the 2010 AGT update. Check out this page. Credit goes to the fine folks at Cheshire County Athletic Association, which covers an area of central England south of Liverpool and Manchester. I first noted their efforts three years ago. Great work, mates!
Fishy photo of world record hurdler — can she be drug-free?
According to 500 websites touting the same wacky records, this lady executed the “Fastest 100-meter hurdles wearing swim fins, individual, female.” A caption said: “The fastest 100-meter hurdles wearing swim fins by a female is 22.35 seconds. It was achieved by Maren Zönker of Germany in Cologne, Germany, on Sept. 13, 2008.” Other world records are depicted here. Can’t find Maren Zönker’s legit 100-meter hurdle times anywhere, though. Maybe she can’t fit spikes over swim fins.
Is Maren for real? Thanks to Dave Ortman of Salmonland for sharing this shot.
September 17, 2010
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Happy birthday to Alisa Harvey — now hot after W45 records
Alisa Harvey is 45 today. From her Virginia base, she’s planning an assault on age-group middle-distance records, especially this coming indoor season. She also reports that “Sacramento (2011 worlds) is in my plans, though I have become concerned with the incidents of heat illness amongst the masters runners at this past US Masters Championships.” She says she’ll check into how the weather might affect her in the 800 and 1500. “Charmaine Roberts gave me a briefing of how she needed to search for shade just to warm up before her 400m and 800m races.” Alisa is sensitive to the heat because she’s had one major episode of heat stroke. “I was told by doctors that I must avoid having the heat-related convulsions ever again,” she says. “Apparently, your brain can only take so much. I must be careful.”
Alisa, at Mt. SAC 2009, is set for some W45 records. (Photo by Ken Stone)
Cancer doesn’t deter Ray Propst from Rocky Mountain high jump
M80 jumper Ray Propst of Oregon is one tough hombre. Here’s the story of yet another masters trackster who overcame the Big C. And that doesn’t stand for cheesecake. We learn: “It’s been a rocky year for Propst, 81. It all started in May 2009. Two months after tying the American record in the high jump in his age group, Propst had a lung operation, and after complications, he was eventually diagnosed with lymphoma or cancer of the lymph nodes.” And then things got worse.
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September 15, 2010
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Ivar Söderlind updates Eurovets records masterfully — yet again
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September 11, 2010
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Belgian Peter De Vocht claims M50 world record for 10,000
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Mayaguez mulls bidding for 2017 world masters outdoor meet
Stefan Waltermann of Team USA writes: “You read it first on masterstrack.com. And it is not just a rumor! After the successful completion of the XIX Campeonato Regional Master De Atletismo, the organizers and the city of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, are seriously contemplating an official bid for the 2015 or 2017 Masters World Championships. By the way, not too many athletes who went to Puerto Rico might have noticed: There is a very good track facility close to the beautiful facility we so much enjoyed. And they have a gem of a stadium in Ponce as well. Unreal!” Of course, the deadline has passed for bidders on 2015 worlds. But 2017 is in play. Question for entrants at WMA regionals: How did Mayaguez deliver as a host?
September 10, 2010
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Earl Fee added to legend with M80 world record in 200 hurdles
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Earl flies over last barrier in his M80 world record. (Photo by Francesco Lopez)
September 10, 2010
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Season finale: Club West announces masters/open meet Oct. 2
Larry Antoniazzi of Club West has sent along a five-page entry form for the club’s 36th annual masters/open meet. It’s October 2, 2010, at UC Santa Barbara. Always a good way to end the track season. See the entry form here. Larry writes: “Please fill out the Entry Form, sign the Waivers Form, and mail the completed forms, along with your check, to Club West, P.O. Box 5730, Goleta, CA 93150-5730. Please include your Date Of Birth. Just your age is not enough! Thank you. Note that there are minor schedule changes from last year’s meet. . . . We are hoping to get everyone to enter early. Advance entry makes our meet run more smoothly, and it saves you money! We want to put together heats & flights of similar age groups so that you can compete with your peers. Same day entries make this more difficult and you have to pay additional money ($25) to enter after the deadline (of September 25).” In previous years, the late entry was $10. Sigh.
