Archive for August, 2006
Lightning strikes in Charlotte, sparks schedule crisis
Organizers of the Charlotte master’s nationals, who on Thursday cancelled afternoon events due to a heat emergency, were forced to cancel evening events today because of lightning strikes in the local region. Around 8:20 p.m. today, all athletes and officials in the stadium were ordered across the street into the safety of a parking garage. […]
August 4, 2006
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Charlotte nationals touted as example of drug-free purity
USATF Masters T&F Media guru Bob Weiner, in a previous career gig, was the chief spokesman for Barry McCaffrey , the U.S. drug czar in the late 1990s. Now Bob has combined his interests in masters track and anti-doping with a timely column in today’s Charlotte Observer. (Bob is too modest to mention that he’s […]
August 2, 2006
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Prep legend Balkin among leapers at West Regionals
Complete results of the USATF Western Regional Masters Championships of late July have been posted — belatedly. But now I can confirm that M45 Lee Balkin jumped 1.65 (5-5) to win his age group. A month earlier, he cleared 1.64 at Moorpark. Lee is famous in Southern California as the teen who broke the school […]
August 1, 2006
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Dr. Track reference site is big boost for masters fans
Dr. Marc R. Grosso of Rochester, New York, has announced a new Web site with great implications for masters track fans. Called This Day in Athletics, it offers historical tidbits drawn from a gazillion authoritative track sites and publications. Although history is the focus, many of the athletes in his database (the stars of yesteryear) […]
August 1, 2006
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Fifty hours until Charlotte masters nationals
A little over two days from now, 1,400-plus athletes will gather for that annual reunion of tribes we call the USATF Masters National Outdoor Championships. Our host will be Charlotte, North Carolina. Many will win medals. More will revive friendships and make new ones. And some will set records. Watching all this, and talking at […]
August 1, 2006
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