Archive for October, 2004
Double-deca survivor reveals his secret
The double decathlon isn’t as tough as a day in Iraq, but for athletes of any stripe — especially masters — it’s the most demanding test of skill, will and endurance in athletics — even worse than the Ironman, I’d wager. On Oct. 8-9 in Lynchburg, Virginia, 49-year-old Rob Duncanson of Southern California scored 11,325 […]
October 28, 2004
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More masters bite the drug dust
According to latest IAAF newsletter, dated Oct. 14, 2004, Jacobs was joined on the banned list by Ivan Faychak of Ukraine. Faychak is an M60 multi-event star who performed well at the 2003 indoor Eurovets meet in San Sebastian, Spain. He also picked up medals in the hurdles and long jump.
October 26, 2004
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Update on Kingdom 13.79 mystery
I’ve received two communications on the case of the missing 13.79 Roger Kingdom hurdles mark from the various season lists. Roger himself wrote me: “I have no clue! Maybe we need to ask them (USATF) or the Slippery Rock University coaches about that.” And USATF statmeister Glen McMicken wrote me: “I am still looking into […]
October 10, 2004
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Two more masters records — unignorable
Pete Mulholland, my esteemed British colleague in masters observerdom, wrote to remind me of two other notable records. At least one is certain to gain WMA ratification: the 47.82 in the M40 400 by Italy’s Enrico Saraceni. His world record should be a slam dunk since it occurred at the European Veterans Athletic Championships in […]
October 10, 2004
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Another set of records to be ignored
Another great year for masters records. Another year where said records will be overlooked, ignored and otherwise unrecognized by USATF and World Masters Athletics — if past seasons are any indication. While working to update my records page, I came across some amazing new masters bests. Most will fall through the cracks at record-ratification time […]
October 10, 2004
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Decatur meet featured in debut GeezerJock
GeezerJock promised. GeezerJock delivered. The new masters sports magazine, which debuts in print form this month, has already made a big splash via its online counterpart. One of its first articles focuses on the USATF Masters Nationals this past summer in Decatur, Illinois. Sean Callahan does a great job in depicting the various kinds of […]
October 7, 2004
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