Archive for September, 2006

King Carl: Will it be race for Congress or Riccione?

Last June, Athletics Weekly reported that Olympic great Carl Lewis was preparing to jump into M45 competition at the 2007 masters world meet in Italy. Now I kind of doubt it. He’s thinking of a different kind of race: a run for elective office. Yeah, right. The Governator notwithstanding, Carl will learn that name recognition […]

September 30, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

Sebastian Coe turns 50, is wise beyond his years

The British newspaper The Herald has a wonderful article today marking the 50th birthday of Lord Sebastian Coe, the Olympic champ and world record holder who became a politician/sports official and won the 2012 Olympics for London. No, he’s not announcing an M50 masters comeback. But he epitomizes the masters spirit. We should all have […]

September 29, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

USATF Masters serves mystery meat (make it meet)

Where will the 2009 USATF National Masters Outdoor Championships be held? We’ll know in two months, when delegates assemble at the national meeting in Indianapolis. Who are the bid cities? Possibly Sacramento. Otherwise, I haven’t a clue. Who’s running to replace George Mathews as USATF Masters T&F chairman? His vice chair, Suzy Hess, wrote me […]

September 28, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

Visalia Masters Classic canceled for 2006 — again

Foot-dragging is what hurdlers do. It’s not what USATF asssociation leaders should do. But that’s what the longtime director of a major California masters meet says led him to cancel the Visalia Masters Classic — a popular staple of the Golden State masters circuit — for a second time this year. Originally scheduled for May […]

September 27, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Records czar Pashkin declines interview request

In December 2005, Sandy Pashkin of Eugene, Oregon, was recognized by USA Track and Field as Masters Administrator of the Year, honoring her work on the nationals-overseeing Games Committee and her gig as USATF Masters records chair. (She holds the same title within WMA, having taken over for the legendary Pete Mundle and Canada’s Brian […]

September 26, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  7 Comments

San Diego may return to masters nationals rotation

San Diego hosted the first six USA masters outdoor nationals, but in the past couple decades, pretty much nada. That could change. Mike Rouse, newly elected president of the San Diego-Imperial Association of USATF, says he’s looking into possibly bidding for masters nationals. This he confirmed in a quickie email interview, saying: “I’m definitely interested […]

September 25, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

O Canada! Doug Smith reports 2006 rankings for 100m

Doug Smith is kind of the Ken Stone/Dave Clingan of Canada — the No. 1 source for great masters news from the Great White North. Yesterday’s email included his news of the Canadian Masters Athletic Association. He also shared details on Ed Whitlock’s fabulous M75 marathon record. But he did me one better by including […]

September 25, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Canadian lovers celebrate long runs in own ways

M75 phenom Ed Whitlock of Milton, Ontario, expressed his love of competition today in the way he knows best — completing another 26-miler in world record time. At the Toronto Waterfront Marathon, Ed, 75, smashed the previous age-group record by nearly 10 minutes, clocking 3:08:34.5. Asked what keeps him going, Ed told local TV: “I […]

September 24, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Rex Harvey: Charlotte acts ‘bordered on criminal’

A couple weeks after Charlotte nationals, I wrote to Rex Harvey of the Games Committee, saying that meet director Gordon Edwards was upset about Masters T&F Chair George Mathews insisting that Gordon find shuttles to the far-away Dining Hall for older athletes staying in the dorms Sunday night, and about a performance deposit that Gordon […]

September 24, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  13 Comments

Enter the masterstrack.com essay contest: Win a T-shirt!

In late 1999, the hit counter on our home page stood at 000000. In the next week or so, that counter will click over to 1,000,000 –a million page loads of the gateway to masterstrack.com. To celebrate this humbling milestone, Dave Clingan and I have decided to hold a mini-essay contest. The winner gets a […]

September 23, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  4 Comments