Archive for July, 2005

Jim Barrineau’s new mission: the M50 high jump

By weekday, Jim Barrineau is Col. James Barrineau — chief of Army Force Management for the National Guard Bureau in Washington. By weekend, he’s a jumper with Olympic pedigree. Recently, he wrote me that he’s back in the high jump wars, having almost cleared 1.89 (6-2 1/4). Jim turned 50 on June 25.

July 15, 2005   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Toronto 1975 anniversary triggers memories

Thirty-year-old track results are for more than mere historical interest. For Diane Palmason, they are personal. Diane, born in Canada but more recently a resident of Blaine, Washington, is a longtime runner — on the track as well as roads — who has set her share of world age-group records. Today she sent me a […]

July 14, 2005   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Latest Geezerjock features our Phil on the cover

Phil Raschker, competing with all sorts of injuries, was a star of the National Senior Olympics in Pittsburgh a few weeks back. And a shot of Phil sprinting graces the cover of the new Geezerjock magazine. Some great articles again (many of which are online) — especially on diet supplements. But also some provocative letters […]

July 13, 2005   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

A birthday gift to us all: Toronto 1975 results

We’re a month early, but this gift couldn’t wait. To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the first World Masters Track & Field Championships — held Aug. 11-17, 1975, in Toronto, Canada — I’ve created two PDF files of the original 6 1/4-inch-by-8 1/2-inch results book. The first file is only an image of the book […]

July 12, 2005   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Sprinters scorch Chuck McMahon masters meet

Meet results are posted in all sorts of flavors — as HTML files, Word documents and everything in between. Here’s a new one on me: Excel spreadsheet file. Kettrell Berry, masters track chairman in the San Diego-Imperial USATF Association, has sent me results from Saturday’s Chuck McMahon masters meet in San Diego, which also served […]

July 11, 2005   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

National Masters News — official site and publication of masters track?

For decades, National Masters News has proclaimed itself “the official world and U.S. publication for masters track & field, long distance running and racewalking” — in red print beneath its page one nameplate. Of course, this has not been true for years. But the myth persists, and occasionally it leads mainstream sportswriters awry.

July 10, 2005   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

New, improved interviews with WMA prez candidates

I have added photos, Cesare Beccalli’s CV and some links to his and Stan Perkins’ interviews on the WMA presidential election. You can find Cesare’s here. And you’ll find Stan’s here. I also added links to the interviews on our News page.

July 8, 2005   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Pawlik leads record smashers at USATF deca/hep championships

Emil Pawlik isn’t a Hall of Famer who rests on his laurels. Seven months after being voted by USATF Masters into the Masters Track Hall of Fame, Emil, 66, added to his legend July 2-3 by setting a world M65 decathlon record of 7839 points, toppling the old record of 7754 points by Knut Skramstad […]

July 8, 2005   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Another Payton Jordan sprint record bites the dust

Our German friends Robert and Annette Koop report that Horst Schrader has taken down another legendary record by American Payton Jordan — the M70 200. Schrader clocked 26.88 into a 0.7 meters per second headwind at the north German masters meet to beat Jordan’s listed WMA world age-group record, a hand-timed (and thereby intrinsically inferior) […]

July 7, 2005   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Deadline near for chance at Helsinki worlds appearance

The IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, as previously announced, will stage a collection of masters exhibition events on August 13, 2005 — three for women and five for men. But the (new, improved) deadline for entering the qualifying meet is July 8. So check out the meet site for info. The new deadline (formerly July […]

July 6, 2005   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed