Archive for October, 2006

Bob Fine latest entrant in race for masters chairman

M75 racewalker Bob Fine, a retired New York lawyer who helped found the World Association of Veteran Athletes in the mid-1970s, has been involved in American masters track from its inception. Now he wants back in the chairman game. (He was masters chair from 1972 to 1980.) Bob, now a Florida resident, has informed Phil […]

October 24, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  3 Comments

A vaulter’s Field of Dreams: His own backyard runway

Mike “Souleman” Soule is a vaulter in his mid-50s up in Minnesota who built his own Field of Dreams — a lighted backyard vault runway leading to a pit surrounded by beautiful trees. Doug “Bubba” Sparks of Texas, another case of arrested development, is a vaulter who fans the flames of the pole-jumping geeks by […]

October 23, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Speaking of candidates: Canadian javmeister is one

Folgo Della Vedova is not a household name in masters track, but he’s apparently a well-known figure in the Canadian town of Sault Ste. Marie, where he’s running for City Council in the 6th Ward. A javelin thrower since as far back as 1970, when he was a city record holder as a prep, Folgo […]

October 22, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Japanese masters nationals results: Willie-san, etc.

Willie Banks may have been the star of the show, but the Japanese masters nationals last month also featured an M95 sprinter/thrower and some pretty sharp marks. My Asian correspondent Quick Sand sent these results (in Excel format) and reports: “The Japan Vets Championships was held in a vast stadium and sports park outside Sendai […]

October 21, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Boston’s Gary Snyder latest entry in chairman race

Gary Snyder, former president of the New England USATF Association, is running for USATF Masters T&F chairman — joining previously announced Mark Cleary and Joy Upshaw Margerum. At New England, Gary last year helped rescue the 2007 indoor masters nationals when the original venue — New York’s Armory — pulled out. Boston stepped in and […]

October 20, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

UC Santa Barbara plans a ‘meet the masters meet’

John Dagata, a track coach at UC Santa Barbara, sends news of an interesting meet — and concept — a “Meet the Masters Meet” set for Dec. 9. He writes: “There is a flyer attached to this email with all the details. . . This meet is intended for high school, collegiate, professional and master […]

October 20, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Does Willie Gault consider 9/11 a U.S. conspiracy?

M45 ubersprinter Willie Gault can’t dictate everything done by businesses his IBS Capital Holdings sinks money in, but the Chicago Reader today reports that Conscious Choice, a magazine recently bought by IBS, gave a forum to a guy who thinks the 9/11 terror attacks were a neocon conspiracy aimed at forcing the United States into […]

October 19, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Al Sheahen endorses Margerum for masters chair

Al Sheahen — a former WAVA treasurer and editor/publisher of National Masters News — has unofficially endorsed Joy Upshaw Margerum for USATF masters chair. In an email note to fellow masters pioneer Bob Fine and others, Al wrote: “Joy Upshaw-Margerum has been active for at least 12 years, not only at the national level, but […]

October 19, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  6 Comments

Masters gain clout in NYC’s Metropolitan Association

W60 thrower Roz Katz in the Big Apple reports the new lineup of officers in the USATF Metropolitan Association (New York City and thereabouts). Roz, the association’s ex-prez, writes of Sunday’s election meeting: “Adam Sanford is the new president. I did not run. The vice presidents are Jean-Joseph Roman and Francis (Frank) Schiro. The new […]

October 18, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  3 Comments

Margerum’s track biography: The complete package

I’ve known Joy Upshaw Margerum the Athlete for about five years. But only now am I learning about her other roles — Mom to Two Daughters, Wife to a Collegiate Football Coach and (of special interest to us) Joy the Track Whirlwind. She’s been there and done that for years, and her legendary energy and […]

October 18, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed