Archive for June, 2006

Wisconsin high jumper sets M80 American record

Bill Wambach, an 80-year-old from Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, cleared 1.26 (4-1 1/2) yesterday at the Badger State Games to break the listed M80 American record in the high jump, reports his local paper. The old record was 1.22 (4-0) by Arizona’s Virgil McIntyre set in 1991. The listed M80 world record is 1.3(4-4 3/4) by […]

June 26, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

M65 jav record highlights Day 1 of Hayward Classic

Pete Magill’s bid for some M45 middle-distance world records have gotten the most attention, but an M65 spearchucker stole the spotlight on the first day of the two-day Hayward Masters Classic at Eugene, Oregon. The

June 25, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

National press takes note of Gault world record

The clock is ticking on WMA. Today in Indianapolis, Willie Gault ran the fastest 100 meters ever by an M45, clocking 10.72 with a legal wind of 1.0 meters per second, and beat a field of M40s to boot. Now how long will it take for his time to be ratified as a world age-group […]

June 24, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  5 Comments

Masters keeping up with the munchkins at USATF nationals

Jeff Laynes, 35, made it to the semifinals of the men’s 100 at the USATF Open nationals today in Indianapolis, running 10.29 in a heat that saw Justin Gatlin go 10.02 with a 0.4 mps aiding wind. Jeff ran 10.17 at Modesto, but his 10.29 at Indy should easily qualify as the M35 American record, […]

June 23, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Hayward Classic rights a wrong, will let blind runner compete

Legal action, together with a cane taken to someone’s conscience, has led the Hayward Masters Classic to let Zell Brook run this weekend. Last year, the 59-year-old Corvallis woman, who is legally blind, was barred from competing in some middle- and long-distance events at the meet in Eugene, Oregon. The paper says: “Brook worked with […]

June 22, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  4 Comments

Charlotte nationals offers Olympian presenters, prizes

Finally — some imagination in a masters nationals. Gordon Edwards, director of the upcoming USATF nationals in North Carolina, says he’s lining up some celebrity presenters – including several Olympians — for the awards stand as well as providing dozens of prizes beyond medals for the best age-group performances. And the top male and female […]

June 21, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  3 Comments

Photos from USATF SoCal Association Age-Group meet

Willie Gault, Stan Whitley, Doug Smith, Kathy Bergen, Greg Pizza, Jim Selby and others are shown in a small batch of shots that I took Saturday at Moorpark College (before and between my own events.) Many of these folks drove three hours through stop-and-go L.A. traffic to attend the meet on a day that reached […]

June 20, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Ottey adds W45 world record in the 200, cracking 24!

Merlene Ottey ran with the wind Sunday, clocking a maximum legal breeze (2.0 mps) 200 in 23.97 seconds in Donnas at the “Via col vento” (Go with the wind) meeting, reports Rosa Marchi, an Italian masters sprint champion. That demolishes the listed W45 world record of 25.56 by Phil Raschker in 1994. Also Sunday, Merlene, […]

June 19, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Gault stumbles to an 11.07 in the 100 at Moorpark

How good is M45 sprinter Willie Gault? At Saturday’s SoCal Association masters championship, he is credited with a legal 11.07 after a stumbling start. A week before facing some hot M40s at the Indy USATF open meet (in a masters exhibition), Willie ran his tuneup at Moorpark College with little pressure (and only a dozen […]

June 18, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Anyone else losing interest in the World Cup?

I’ll take an interest in soccer when Pele announces he’s taking up the pole vault. Enough said. But that’s not the only event going on these days. In San Diego this weekend, police and firefighters from around the Western United States will compete in a bunch of sports (including track and field). This seems to […]

June 17, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed