Archive for October, 2006

Mark Cleary also a candidate for Masters T&F chair

In reply to an email inquiry tonight, Coach Mark Cleary of Orange County, California, said he is running for USATF Masters T&F chair at the Indy meeting in late November. In December 2004 at the Portland, Oregon, annual meeting of USATF, Mark ran for chair — and lost — to George Mathews, who won a […]

October 17, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

Joy Upshaw Margerum enters race for masters chair

W45 world and national champion Joy Upshaw Margerum is going for it. This morning she wrote to USATF Masters T&F honchos: “This email is my formal notice of candidacy for the office of USATF Masters Track & Field Committee chairman. I will attend the USATF Convention in Indianapolis. I look forward to seeing you all, […]

October 17, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  15 Comments

Huntsman World Senior Games come and go (yawn)

The track and field portion of the annual Huntsman World Senior Games concluded a week ago, and results from 10 track and field events are posted as PDFs. As usual, we’ve seen complaints about Utah meet’s management, including a male thrower who ripped ’em a new one. The thrower writes: “Just returned again from the […]

October 17, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  5 Comments

Sullivan put on a show at Club West Masters Meet

We knew about Willie Banks and his M50 American Record in the triple jump at the Oct. 7 Club West Masters Meet in Santa Barbara. Now we see complete results — which reveal a bunch of other great marks, including a 100-200-400 sweep by M45 Mike Sullivan. Mike ran 11.55, 23.25 and a remarkable late-season […]

October 16, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

10 masters complete a double deca Down Under

Bendigo, Australia, hosted the IAUM World Double Decathlon Championships over the weekend, and at least 10 masters age-groupers took part. Nine men did 20 events, and W40 Lisako Moriwaki of Japan did 14 (the double heptathlon). The M40 winner (and solo entrant) was Esa Paukku of Finland. Greg Simpson of Australia likewise in M45. But […]

October 16, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

What ever happened to the ‘track meet in a box’?

On our forum today, San Seb silver medalist Tony Echeandia wrote: “I am thinking of hosting a masters meet in either Icahn Stadium in New York or Estadio Francisco Paquito Montaner in Puerto Rico in June or July. Both tracks are super fast and meets at both locations are well run.” The meet would serve […]

October 15, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  7 Comments

Collins: ‘The greatest award of all . . . friendships’

If England’s Winston Thomas sends you unsolicited email, consider it good news. So we learn from Houston’s Bill Collins, who said it was a note from Winston (the WMA secretary) around noon Oct. 12 that informed him of being named IAAF Best Master of 2006. Bill confirms that he’ll attend the IAAF Gala in Monaco […]

October 14, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

25 in running for USATF Masters T&F Hall of Fame

Having dropped out of the Yahoo Groups masterstf mailing list a few months ago, I wasn’t aware that Coach Ross Dunton had posted the names and credits of the 25 nominees for USATF Masters T&F Hall of Fame. Candidates for the Class of 2006 are pretty awesome, including my SoCal friends Jim Selby and Sumi […]

October 13, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Reidel targets legendary M40 record: Oerter’s 227-11

In 1980, near the dawn of masters track, Olympic legend Al Oerter threw the discus a still-incredible 69.46 meters (227-11) at age 43 (which also is Al’s all-time PR!). Nobody’s come close since. But another Olympic champion is targeting that masters milestone: Germany’s Lars Riedel. Today, in a report by Phil Minshull, we learn that […]

October 12, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Collins, Czerwenka-Nagel named 2006 Best Masters

World Masters Athletics today announced that “from a total of 6 candidates forwarded by the WMA regions, William (Bill) Collins, USA and Melitta Czerwenka-Nagel, GER, were chosen as the WMA Best Masters for 2006. It is the third time that WMA nominated the best master of the year and proposed them to IAAF. On the […]

October 12, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  3 Comments