Archive for December, 2005

W40 Alisa Harvey smashes American indoor record for 800

After turning 40 in mid-September, it was only a matter of time for Alisa Harvey to start making waves in her new age group. Last night at the MAC Holiday Classic at New York’s Armory track, Alisa led from start to finish and smashed Rose Monday’s W40 American record at 800 meters by 5 seconds. […]

December 31, 2005   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

M55 Lindgren gets feet wet; NMN shows it’s all wet

Current issue of National Masters News (January 2006) is out. And it has some really strange stuff — a heavy-on-fluff column by USATF Chairman George Mathews in which his opening paragraph goes into numbing detail on the number of hours he spent in meetings at the Jacksonville convention (poor, baby!) and a column by Mike […]

December 30, 2005   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Masters rankings for 2006? The mystery grows

For the past few years, Dave Clingan (co-webmaster of this site) has been keeping seasonal lists for USATF — tracking the best performances in all masters age groups. At the Jacksonville meeting a month ago, USATF Masters T&F was to decide on how to proceed with this rankings program. What’s the upshot? I haven’t a […]

December 29, 2005   Posted in: Uncategorized  13 Comments

Masters stars set sights on records at Hayward Classic

Call ’em cocky. Call ’em dreamers. Just don’t call ’em late to the starting line (or the beer bash afterward). Soon-to-be M45 distance stud Pete Magill and M40 mile star Tony Young are quietly plotting assaults on the record books at the Hayward Classic masters meet in late June 2006, and are soliciting co-conspirators. Well, […]

December 28, 2005   Posted in: Uncategorized  5 Comments

No puzzle to this blog: It’s a poetic keeper

Richard “Rick” Riddle of Texas is yet another blogger/trackster. His Web log is called “Now I Get It….maybe” And with respect to masters track, there’s no doubt he gets it. An M50 sprinter and architect living in Arlington, he shares occasional snippets of his training and competition in the Land of Bill Collins. In fact, […]

December 27, 2005   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

George Mathews — hammering hard for masters throws

I’m quick to criticize USATF Masters T&F Chairman George Mathews when he falls down as a leader. But a recent article on a weight training site reminds us that George is a big-time booster of masters throws. No one can doubt his dedication to the hammer throw (where he’s M60 world-class).

December 26, 2005   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Two meets offered to qualify for Millrose masters relays

Mary Rosado passes along a note on how teams can get potential qualifying times for the masters relays (4x4s for men and women) at the Millrose Games in February. She says that the MAC and Long Island associations are having relay races — both Dec. 30 — for teams seeking times.

December 25, 2005   Posted in: Uncategorized  3 Comments

You don’t have to die to be on a postage stamp!

“Wow! Incredible! THANK you, Chris!!!” Those were my reactions tonight at a family gift exchange. I had just opened a package containing a sheet of U.S. postage stamps — 20 first-class stamps, each with the same photo of me hurdling! Amazing. As my wife explained it, a new service allows you to order personalized 37-cent […]

December 24, 2005   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

German handed two-year ban for doping violation

Germany’s Jan Voigt, an M50 hammer thrower, will have to cool his heels until September 2007 as a result of sanctions recently imposed by German track authorities. His case was reported last August — but his official punishment was disclosed only this month. Apparently, ol’ Jan dabbled in too much testosterone.

December 23, 2005   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Radical new hurdles specs being mulled in WMA

Almost a year ago, I collated my correspondence on an Aussie proposal to rejigger barrier heights and distances between hurdles for the masters age groups. Now I see (belatedly) that the proposal will be discussed by WMA officials at indoor worlds in Austria this coming March. Among the suggestions: M45 to M60 age groups would […]

December 22, 2005   Posted in: Uncategorized  6 Comments