Archive for April, 2004
USATF picks Raschker vault as top masters moment
The USATF Web site is running a poll to decide the top 25 moments in USATF’s past 25 years. One of the 38 candidate moments is this: In 1995, at age 48, Philippa Raschker makes a statement as a trailblazer by placing third in the women’s pole vault at the USA Outdoor Championships, behind future […]
April 26, 2004
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No fooling: The column NMN refused to print
National Masters News — the self-proclaimed “official world and U.S. publication for masters track” — lowers its hair most every spring with an April Fools’ article. The latest, in the April 2004 issue, is headlined, “Presidential Candidates Will Run 100-Meter Dash at Nationals.” If that sounds familiar, it is. In April 2000, NMN carried an […]
April 22, 2004
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Kingdom returns to hurdle wars
Roger Kingdom is back – over the first four hurdles, at least. Competing for the first time since 1999, the two-time Olympic champion was a DNF in his signature race, the 110-meter high hurdles, at the Slippery Rock Invitational on April 17, 2004, about 50 miles north of Pittsburgh, Kingdom’s alma mater. Kingdom said he […]
April 19, 2004
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Moses is mortal, calls off comeback
Helene Elliott, the world-class Olympics writer for the Los Angeles Times, reported March 21 that Edwin Moses has called off his 400-meter hurdles comeback. The Moses news was buried beneath a longer item on Michelle Kwan. Here’s the Moses segment:
April 15, 2004
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Kingdom replies to doubters
Roger Kingdom, who at age 41 recently announced his intention to shoot for the 2004 Olympic Trials in the 110 hurdles, took note of several posts here and elsewhere regarding the hazards of an elite comeback. Here’s what he sent me today in reply:
April 15, 2004
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Kingdom coming back? The champ is serious
Roger Kingdom, the two-time Olympic high hurdles champ, has told a Pittsburgh newspaper that he’s shooting for Athens at age 41. He needs to run 13.55 to qualify for the Olympic Trials in Sacramento. The current world M40 record for the 42-inch hurdles is 14.16 by Spain’s Carlos Sala.
April 13, 2004
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