Archive for August, 2006

Women’s results for USATF Masters Weight Pentathlon

Up in Wilsall, Montana, last weekend, they threw a little meet for the really serious weightfolk — the USATF Masters Weight Pentathlon. It attracted such legends as Neni Lewis, Carol Finsrud and ever-young Betty Jarvis, in her early 90s. I’ve been sent one file — the women’s results. I expect the men’s resultys to arrive […]

August 23, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

Upshaw-Margerum heads to Paris as DecaNation coach

W45 national sprints/jump champ Joy Upshaw-Margerum has been named women’s coach of the USA national team competing in the DecaNation team event this weekend in Paris. The event pits 10 male and 10 female athletes from eight countries in a team-scoring competition. (But it’s not a decathlon event.) USATF recently posted the four-member staff. Coach […]

August 22, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

German doping suspendee has to pay the piper

The Eurovets Web site belatedly reports: “The German Athletics Federation (DLV) informed EVAA that on August 17, 2006, the DLV- Disciplinary Commission made the following decision in the above mentioned case: 1. the athlete Werner Schallau has committed a doping offence. 2. the athlete is declared ineligible for two years from the date of the […]

August 21, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Pacific Association proud of its Charlotte entrants

Mary Woo of the USATF Pacific Association (mainly Northern California) has posted a report on that association’s results at Charlotte, with the spot-on headline: “Pacific Association Athletes Survive Nationals!” She also reports that team title winner Brooks Fleet Feet Racing raised a chunk of change for a club member. Mary writes: “With several pledges for […]

August 21, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

What’s a kosher club? Bob Fine says there outta be a law

Clubs are cool. They give you a uniform, a place to train, even coaching help. Teammates motivate and inspire. And scoring points for your club adds a measure of satisfaction. But club competition in masters track leads to ill will, too. For the past few years, the top scoring teams at nationals have included Brooks […]

August 20, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  36 Comments

Allen Johnson claims M35 American Record at 110H

Tonight in Zurich, Olympic champ Allen Johnson ran the 110 hurdles in 13.13 into a 0.9 mps wind — his season best at age 35 and nearly a world age-group record. (The M35 best remains Colin Jackson’s 13.11 in 2002. The listed M35 American Record is 13.26 by Greg Foster in 1994.) Czech spearchucker Jan […]

August 18, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

7,200 compete in California at world masters championships

Whose fantasy is this? Since when do geezers from around the world buck U.S. visa restrictions and European hegemony to hold a world masters meet in the USA? Well, check this out: Between Aug. 1 and yesterday, more than 7,000 age-group athletes entered hundreds of events at several venues, winning a gazillion medals and setting […]

August 18, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Comments unleashed: Blame webmaster for brain cramp

Oops. A few days ago, my tech-savvy brother upgraded my Movable Type software (which produces this blog) to version 3.3, and didn’t tell me that now I have to manually “allow” comments to be posted. I’ve just published a couple dozen comments to various blog entries (especially the Charlotte throws issue). I apologize for not […]

August 18, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

The walking hurdler’s tale: Suffering, scoring for Brianna

Terri Lowe knows heat and humidity. She lives in Elk Grove, near sizzling Sacramento, after all. But at Charlotte, this 36-year-old athlete encountered something worse: cold stares. Eyes rolled when she finished the pentathlon 800 in 6:48.22. (Her final total was 363 points.) Spectators snickered when she walked across the finish line of the short […]

August 17, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  4 Comments

Sprints for the ages: Pete’s latest take on Charlotte

Masters meet announcer Pete Taylor shares another in his series of Charlotte wrap-ups, this time quoting M40 sprinter champ Aaron Thigpen, who says: “The Charlotte meet was a good meet, setup nice, officiating seemed good, facilities great, accommodations good.” But Pete saves special praise for the sprints and 800, saying: “Sid Howard, the affable Hall […]

August 17, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment