Archive for October, 2006
Canadian sprint legend Harold Morioka looks to 2008
If World Masters Athletics had a Hall of Fame, Isao “Harold” Morioka would be in it. He holds three world indoor records (M50 and M60 400 and M60 800). But Harold, a world outdoor 400/800/400H champ as far back as 1989, has been hobbled since at least 2003. This I learned after contacting him by […]
October 5, 2006
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WR man Kevin Morning on the mend for M50 sprints
Former M45 world record holder (at 200) Kevin Morning of Northern California was relatively quiet this season, and didn’t attend the Charlotte nationals in his M50 debut season. Good reason for that. Injury and surgery. He writes: “I did end up having surgery on my left meniscus (August 16) and the mending is slow at […]
October 4, 2006
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Collins, del Grande nominated for IAAF masters honors
Bill Collins of Texas and Karla del Grande of Ontario, Canada, are in the running for IAAF Masters Athletes of the Year, according to WMA veep Rex Harvey, who writes: “Suzy Hess, as Chair of USATF MTF, after work by MTF awards committee, submitted Bill Collins to NCCWMA. NCCWMA had the right to nominate one […]
October 3, 2006
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To the visitors of masterstrack.com: Thanks a million!
In late 1999, not long after Dave Clingan and I merged our masters track Web sites, a visible hit counter was installed on the home page. Early today, it clicked over to 1 million. That’s a million page views. Incredible. Dave and I don’t measure our success by Web traffic, but we certainly know a […]
October 2, 2006
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O’Driscoll is top masters miler on Fifth Avenue
Charlotte nationals champ Conor O’Driscoll of Rye, New York, was the fastest over-40 miler yesterday at the Fifth Avenue Mile in New York City, clocking 4:26 on the asphalt course. At age 45, Conor won his age group and also finished a second faster than the M40 group winner, Peter Hegelbach of Boulder, Colorado. Other […]
October 1, 2006
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