Archive for September, 2005

Penn Relays announcer dies; inspiration for Pete Taylor

USATF recently passed along the sad news that longtime Penn Relays announcer Jack O’Reilly had died at age 89. Why should masters care? He was a mentor for our own Pete Taylor. When I informed Pete of Jack’s passing, Pete shared this: “I enjoyed working with him at the Penn Relays, and he showed me […]

September 21, 2005   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

California indoor meet open to masters? Maybe

A posting today on the Track & Field News message board suggests that “open” athletes (and this can include masters) would be able to compete in an indoor meet Jan. 16, 2006, at the Save Mart Center at Fresno State University. This is good news for folks tuning up for Boston masters nationals in March, […]

September 20, 2005   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Trent Lane gets his 15 inches of fame

My biggest regret upon returning from Hawaii masters nationals was not meeting M95 champ Trent Lane. Too busy ogling the W65 women, I guess. Well, his hometown paper has relieved my guilt by running a nice, long profile of the oldest entrant in Honolulu. The story includes a nice shot of the man, with some […]

September 19, 2005   Posted in: Uncategorized  4 Comments

An interview with Earl Fee, 2005 Masters Athlete of the Year

Updated September 18, 2005 By Ken Stone Masterstrack.com: Tell me about San Seb. You were pushed in the 400, but you won the 300 hurdles by 7 seconds and the 800 by 8 seconds. Were you happy with your efforts — or sorry you didn’t have much competition? Earl Fee: In my three races I […]

September 18, 2005   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

Photos galore of San Sebastian world meet online

We’ve come a long way, baby. The first World Masters Outdoor Track & Field Championships 30 years ago featured grainy black-and-white photos in the results book — which arrived perhaps a month or two after the fact. Now we got Net. And at least three shooters have posted their photos of San Sebastian worlds. Some […]

September 16, 2005   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Canada’s Fee gets German boost with revision of magnum opus

Posted September 15, 2005 By Ken Stone In October 2001, when I reviewed Earl Fee’s impressive “How to be a Champion from 9 to 90,” I wrote that he should have found a respected “brand-name” publisher instead of putting the book out under his own Feetness Inc. company. “I’m certain (the book) would have a […]

September 15, 2005   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

Great timing by Earl Fee: World champ has new book

In 2005, Canada’s Earl Fee won a bunch of medals, set a bunch of records and got himself named the world’s Male Masters Athlete of the Year. That should help his book sales. This summer, he produced a revision of his 2001 training tome, “How to be a Champion from 9 to 90,” which I […]

September 15, 2005   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Zelezny looking to stick with it through age 40

“Hang on, Sloopy” wasn’t written to describe elite track athletes competing into their 40s. But some openettes seem to be using it as their theme song. The latest: javelin world record holder Jan Zelezny, a three-time Olympic champ who has given notice that he’s shooting for a European title in 2006 — when he’ll be […]

September 14, 2005   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Tales of San Sebastian spread around the world

The world meet’s been over for almost two weeks. But the glories continue. Hometown newspapers from England to India covered their local masters athletes in San Sebastian, and through the magic of Google News, one can read about their exploits large and small. One of my favorites: A 68-year-old UK woman who took silver in […]

September 13, 2005   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

False alarm on Peter Snell track comeback

On the Track & Field News Message Board today, someone who goes by the handle “trackhead” posted this about a reported Peter Snell track comeback: “I just got off the phone with Peter and he asked me to set some things straight: He is not, in any way, making any sort of athletics comeback. 8-min […]

September 12, 2005   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed