Archive for June, 2005
Willie Gault records emerge in SCA meet results
Andy Hecker had a heck of a time running the Southern California Association USATF Masters Championships on June 11. That extended to determining final results. He first posted an incomplete set. Later he reviewed some phototimer shots and added further details. So finally we can celebrate 44-year-old Willie Gault’s incredible day: a wind-aided 10.60 for […]
June 19, 2005
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Dream of Fields: Another perfect day at 100
Don Fields says it was a perfect day for sprinting in Tampa, Florida — 90 degrees, no problems with his left Achilles’ tendon or right hamstring. No wind either. As Fields recalls it, his hand-timed 10.4 for 100 meters at the BAYTAF meet on May 27 was a long time coming. And perfectly timed for […]
June 17, 2005
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Coach Cleary still has some explaining to do
In an earlier post, I wondered aloud why all the women in the upcoming exhibition 1500 masters race at Carson nationals had times that end in .00. Now Mark Cleary — organizer of the masters events at nationals — gives an explanation. They’re mostly converted marks. (He says he subtracted 20 seconds from mile times […]
June 16, 2005
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Few compete at Chinese masters nationals
China has, what, 1.3 billion people? Must be tough to hold a masters nationals. Five hundred heats of the 100? But no, they’re not that into geezertrack. Not yet at least. My academic superstar friend Professor Thierry Boucquey at Scripps College (at California’s Claremont University) is just back from competing at the Chinese nationals — […]
June 15, 2005
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Masters races at nationals a SoCal TC lovefest?
No Roger Kingdom. No Renaldo Nehemiah. No Greg Foster. No wonder. The masters men’s 110 hurdles exhibition race at the USATF open nationals next week still has record-setting potential, but the big names hinted by event organizer Mark Cleary are a no-show, at least according to USATF’s Status of Entries page. Still, the SoCal Track […]
June 14, 2005
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Willie Banks’ second comeback off to short start
Willie Banks, former world record holder in the open triple jump, is finding his revived comeback as a masters jumper a challenge. But he’s still confident, based on improved speed in workouts, that he’ll reclaim the M45 record in the TJ he lost recently to a German athlete. At Saturday’s SoCal Association USATF masters championships […]
June 14, 2005
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Late entry fee waived for Mizzou and Kansas masters
A USATF official in the Missouri Valley Association just sent me info on a June 17-18 youth meet that also will accommodate masters “born before 1975.” He apologizes for the late notice but says he’ll waive LATE entry fees for masters who take part. Such a deal! (This is a correction to earlier post saying […]
June 13, 2005
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Don Fields’ coach checks in on that 10.38 M40 100
Michael Chiles, an M35 sprinter who says he’s the coach of masters sprinter Don Fields, has responded to my request for details on the 10.38 100 attributed to Fields at a Tampa meet a few weeks back. Here’s what Chiles sent. My apologies for the SCREAMING TEXT. No apologies for running as is. Hope he […]
June 13, 2005
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Half-lap bonanzas on Left and Right Coasts
More results from the weekend are filtering in, including news of two records involving the 200. At Saturday’s Southern California Association USATF Masters Championships, Willie Gault scorched the M40 200 in 21.6-something electronically and Kettrell Berry ran 21.8-something. Awaiting details on exact times and wnd readings. The listed American M40 record for 200 is the […]
June 12, 2005
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Two M40s under 10.70 on the same L.A. track
Willie Gault is just warming up. So is Aaron Thigpen. Both M40 sprinters crashed the 10.70 barrier for the 100 Saturday at the Southern California USATF Association Masters Championships at West Los Angeles College in Culver City. For reasons I don’t yet know, they ran in separate heats. First Thigpen ran 10.68 — under the […]
June 12, 2005
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