Archive for February, 2003
More Dunton omissions for the record
Let’s review the sorry situation. Ross Dunton has agreed to produce world seasonal rankings — a.k.a performance lists — for World Masters Athletics. The idea is to recognize the best performances in various age groups. Credible sources include national championships and meets sanctioned by national governing bodies. Might I suggest another source? The IAAF Top […]
February 24, 2003
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Merlene Ottey nonexistent for Ross Dunton
Merlene Ottey, the Jamaican-born sprint great, runs for Slovenia these days. But she might as well compete for Jupiter as far as the WMA world indoor rankings are concerned. At an indoor meet February 9, 2003, in Ghent, Belgium, only world champion Zhanna Block could beat Ottey in the 60-meter dash. Ottey clocked 7.18 to […]
February 23, 2003
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Tony Young shatters M40 American 3000 record
Tony Young’s incredible M40 indoor season continues. Yesterday he bettered the listed American indoor M40 record for 3,000 meters with a sensational 8:22.99 in Heat 2 of the Washington Invitational. The M40 world record is 8:09.13 by Marcus O’Sullivan (Ireland), in January 2002. Also, M40 Steve Plasencia (USA) has an 8:24.16 from January 1997 on […]
February 16, 2003
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Masters dominate the Millrose Games
Track & Field News once told me that masters track was of no interest to its readers — since it’s a “participant sport” and not a “spectator sport.” Well, tell that to the crowd at Madison Square Garden, where the Outstanding Athlete at Friday night’s Millrose Games is 36, its 400 winner is 36 and […]
February 9, 2003
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Dueling records: Ours and theirs
Records. Don’t get me started. When it comes to world masters records, I seem to have no end to gripes. Well, let’s look at the record. Tonight I updated my records page. Then I compared official World Masters Athletics records in the same age groups (mainly M40 and W35 and W40). The results: We agree […]
February 4, 2003
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WMA up to the real records challenge?
Woe is WMA. Another week, another world masters record it won’t recognize. Last week it was sprint legend Merlene Ottey of Slovenia, 42, competing in a meet in Vienna, Austria, and clocking 7.30 in the 60 and 23.93 in the 200 — finishing third in both. This week it’s Regina Jacobs, 39, becoming the first […]
February 2, 2003
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