Archive for June, 2005

USA roster for San Sebastian online at USATF

USATF has disclosed the American roster for the WMA world masters meet in San Sebastian, conveniently listing athletes by event and alphabetically. This avoids the biennial battle over releasing the names in advance of the meet, and makes it possible for hometown media (and friends and relatives) to track the progress of local athletes.

June 30, 2005   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

ESPN mangles the masters (but thanks for the air time)

When I learned that ESPN2 had aired the masters exhibition 110 hurdles race from Carson nationals, I was thrilled. Today, when I finally got to see the broadcast on tape, my thrills were deflated by dismay at the flubs by announcers Dwight Stones, Larry Rawson and Mark Jones. Also it was apparent that the main […]

June 29, 2005   Posted in: Uncategorized  3 Comments

Video online of W60 vault record by O’Connor

Nadine O’Connor, 63, gets better and better at the pole vault, leveraging her world-class W60 speed and newfound technical skills to get her skinny butt over the bar. A new San Diego vault Web site carries vaulting video of Nadine, her Del Mar partner Bud Held and a few other studs, including M50 Mike Hogan.

June 28, 2005   Posted in: Uncategorized  3 Comments

Gault would have had hands full with Kingdom

As great a race as Sunday’s masters 110 hurdles event was, with Willie Gault winning in a wind-aided 13.87 at Carson nationals, how much better could it have been with the addition of American record holder Roger Kingdom, the Olympic champion? In his Washington Times column Sunday, Steve Nearman mentions Kingdom’s interest in that masters […]

June 28, 2005   Posted in: Uncategorized  3 Comments

Anselm LeBourne sets another 800 world record

If Anselm LeBourne were a stock, I’d buy 10,000 shares. He sets middle-distance records like clockwork. Anselm, a NYSE analyst, reports (and another correspondent confirms) that he bettered the listed M45 world record in the 800 Sunday at a masters meet in New York City, clocking 1:55.13 at age 46 to beat the longstanding 1:56.16 […]

June 27, 2005   Posted in: Uncategorized  16 Comments

Willie Gault named USATF Athlete of the Week

Not bad for a 44-year-old sprinter. Willie has been having a sensational, phenomenal season — and USATF has finally recognized it by naming him its Athlete of the Week. He’ll have a chance to add to his legend tomorrow at the Carson nationals, where he’ll shoot for the world M40 record at 110 hurdles against […]

June 25, 2005   Posted in: Uncategorized  3 Comments

Kip Janvrin in great shape at nearly 40

Decastar Kip Janvrin, who turns 40 in July, stands in 12th place after six events in the decathlon at the USATF nationals in Carson. I’m focusing on that meet for the weekend. View my nationals track blog for updates on Janvrin and the kiddies.

June 24, 2005   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

USATF playing hardball with cane-using runner

More details have emerged on the Hayward Classic rebuff of Zel Brook, the cane-using W55 runner in Oregon. Latest story appeared in the Corvallis newspaper, which says Brooks jumped through all the hoops she could, citing the Americans with Disabilities Act, and still couldn’t get permission to run in a USATF-sanctioned meet with her cane. […]

June 22, 2005   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

‘Scuse me, while I kiss the sky in Carson

Thursday afternoon through Sunday night, I’ll be in Carson covering the USA Outdoor National Track & Field Championships. You can read everything I write from the Home Depot Center cuz I’ll be keeping a real-time diary, or blog, via Wi-Fi Internet access in the air. I’ve already posted one item — a brief history of […]

June 21, 2005   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Take a cane to USATF HQ for this ruling

KVAL TV in Eugene, Oregon, reports that W55 runner Zel Brook was prevented from competing in the hallowed Hayward Masters Classic over the weekend because she uses a cane — the result of her once having a brain tumor. First the article and then my comments.

June 20, 2005   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments