Archive for July, 2006

Another M55 world record for Bill Collins

This just in from USATF’s Glen McMicken in Texas: “Bill Collins set another M55-59 WR last night in Houston — 23.36 for 200m, with a 0.0 wind. Looked incredibly quick on the curve and actually shut it down a bit in the final 10m. Looks like he is ready for Charlotte!” That nips the listed […]

July 15, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

German doping case emerges on eve of Eurovets meet

Germany’s Werner Schallau, a longtime masters athlete who set an M40 pentathlon world record back in 1978, has fallen under suspicion of doping, according to Annette’s Seite. Werner, apparently a high official in the German masters organization, is now 67, but he’s not entered in the Eurovets championships starting July 19 in Poland. (See the […]

July 15, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Dennis Lewis beats the clock, enters nationals

Whew! Bruce McBarnette will have real competition in the M45 high jump after all. Dennis Lewis entered the Charlotte masters nationals today, ensuring the “Clash of the Titans” that I and others have hoped for. The Status of Entries for M45 show http://pharmacy-no-rx.net that he’s listed with “Info needed,” which just means that he has […]

July 14, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

Today also on-time deadline for USATF Western Regionals

Meet director Mark Cleary sends this reminder: “We have a host hotel that will provide free shuttle from Long Beach Airport to and from the hotel and also provide free shuttle to and from Long Beach State. The special rate is $79.00 and Triple A rates them a 3 Diamond rating. The website for the […]

July 14, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Deadline is tonight for Charlotte masters nationals

In the news biz, they call this a drop-dead deadline. Anyone trying to enter the Aug. 3-6 USATF National Masters Outdoor T&F Championships after midnight Pacific time today is shit outta luck. Meanwhile, the deadline for entering the USATF National Masters Decathlon & Heptathlon Championships tomorrow and Sunday is, like, a half-hour before the first […]

July 14, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Olympic champ Hayes Jones mulling a masters comeback?

You have to be of a certain age (50-plus) to know who Hayes Jones is. He was a hurdling icon of the late 1950s and early ’60s who won gold at Tokyo in 1964. He turns 68 next month, and made a startling comment to a Michigan Senior Olympics audience Wednesday. Noting that his father […]

July 13, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  3 Comments

Minton is ironman at the British masters nationals

Bob Minton, 56, had a lot on his plate at the British masters national championships last weekend — a two-day meet in Birmingham. Bob won the M55 200 in 25.98, the 400 in 56.17, the 800 in 2:14.35 and the 1500 in 4:33.08. I haven’t studied all results closely, but I noticed Dr. Stephen Peters […]

July 13, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  4 Comments

Mexico’s masters nationals includes Canadian guest

Mexico has a thriving masters program, it appears. This past weekend, they held their own masters nationals, with complete results posted now. The three-day Campeonato Mexicano de Atletismo Master 2006 was held in Guadalajara, Jalisco state — which is nearly a mile high in elevation. And while marks were uniformly mediocre (by Norte Americano standards), […]

July 12, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

See fotos of Lofton, Magill at USC masters meet

Had great luck with my Nikon Coolpix 4300 at Sunday’s Trojan Masters Meet. See my photo gallery, which includes a nice shot of the finish of a sizzling 400 won by Mike Sullivan. Also, I stuck my camera up James Lofton’s nose, and he graciously resisted putting it in some unshiny place. M50 James obviously […]

July 11, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

Hot quarters confirmed at Trojan masters meet

Andy Hecker has posted results for yesterday’s Trojan Masters meet at USC. Shows some excellent marks, including 400s by M50 James Lofton (53.26), M45 Mike Sullivan (52.05) and M60 Stan Whitley (58.04). Stan was telling folks its was his first 400 in a dozen years or so. M75 Don Cheek ran the 4 in 1:11.15. […]

July 10, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed