Archive for July, 2003
National “pride” is pointless at worlds
Go to the Puerto Rico world meet Web site today and you see, under Latest News: “United States retakes the lead: United States has retaken the lead in the gold medal race of the XV World Masters Championships. Close by, and leading the competition in total medals, is Germany. Puerto Rico, the host country, got […]
July 5, 2003
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WMA weather a crapshoot for sprinters
Poor Irene Betancourt of Puerto Rico. She was fourth in her W55 100 prelims heat yesterday at WMA worlds but failed to advance to the next round. Yet in the previous heat, the No. 8 finisher advanced. Since advancement was based on time, what’s the problem? Well, Irene ran into a 5.7 meters per second […]
July 5, 2003
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Norwegian shatters M65 deca record
Yesterday in Carolina, Puerto Rico, Norway’s Kurt Skramstad broke the listed M65 world record for the decathlon with a two-day score of 7754 points. The previous record was 7668 by Finland’s Pekka Penttila on 7-27-89. Kurt’s marks: 100 (14.24), long jump (4.58 — 15-0 1/4), shot (11.51 –37-91/4), high jump (1.39 –4-6 3/4), 400 (1:11.25), […]
July 4, 2003
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Hosack a no-show for M100 showdown
WMA Vice President-Stadia Rex Harvey has just informed me that M100 Everett Hosack of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, won’t be attending the WMA world meet after all. So no milestone meeting of two M100s in the 100 and 200. Damn! Rex writes from Puerto Rico: Everett cannot come to PR. His red blood count has recently […]
July 3, 2003
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Chairman George takes the fifth (at worlds)
Let’s see Craig Masback top this! USATF Masters T&F Chairman George Mathews of Carlsbad, California, took fifth in the M55 hammer throw (the 6-kilo variety) yesterday at the WMA World Masters Athletic Championships in Carolina (pronounced car-O-LEEN-a), Puerto Rico. And the event’s winner was no slouch, either. It was Russian-born Canadian Boris Zaichuk, who 25 […]
July 3, 2003
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Kathy Jager makes return to WMA competition
Don’t blame Kathy Jager for having some extra zip this coming week. After what’s she’s been through, the Arizona nurse deserves to show off. In August 1999, W55 Jager was the toast of the Gateshead WAVA meet after winning a fistful of sprint medals and maintaining her dignity despite idiotic accusations that she was a […]
July 1, 2003
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Kathy Bergen soars in the HJ/sprints
Kathy Bergen of La Canada (kun-YAH-duh), California, may be the best combo sprinter/high jumper in the masters ranks, and certainly in the W60 group. Now 63, Kathy raised her own American record in the W60 high jump Saturday at the Chuck McMahon Memorial Masters Meet in San Diego. She cleared 1.35 (4-5) to top her […]
July 1, 2003
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The invisible meet known as WMA worlds
Tomorrow is Day 1 of the 15th World Masters Athletic Championships. Otherwise known as the meet the world forgot. With rare exceptions, media attention is absent. And who can blame sports sections and broadcast outlets around America and the world? USA Track and Field and WMA itself hardly give a hint about the sizzling events […]
July 1, 2003
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