Archive for November, 2006

Masters chair candidates go on record with Q&A’s

All four candidates for the vacant USATF Masters T&F Committee chair have completed my questionnaires and their answers reflect a wide range of approaches to our problems. All for the good. This election will offer masters delegates to the Indianapolis USATF convention in two weeks plenty to chew over. The seat they’re vying for — […]

November 14, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  10 Comments

South American masters champs results are posted

Folks down in Brazil have posted results of the South American masters track and field championships, which ended over the weekend in Rio de Janeiro. A handful of Americans — some sprinters, hurdlers and thrower Rex Harvey of Ohio and WMA leadership fame — came away with some duplicate awards, I gather. Below are all […]

November 13, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

Eurovets let info, history all hang out in huge PDF

The European Veterans Athletic Association runs masters track in Europe. Its Web site has been a treasure trove for several years. Now it’s added a 92-page PDF handbook to the mix — which covers everything from rules and bylaws to records and Eurovet championship breakdowns by country. (That’s close to 40 nations — from Albania […]

November 12, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Germans declare Hella Boeker suspension ‘official’

Under the heading “Suspension of Hella Boeker (GER) now official,” the Eurovets news page says: “The German Athletics Federation (DLV) informed that on November 1, 2006 the DLV Disciplinary Commission declared the thrower Hella Boeker (W 65) ineligible for one year from the date of the decision with a deduction for the suspension served from […]

November 11, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Brian Oxley’s paean to the passing of Derek Turnbull

Brian Oxley of Canada, a founder of masters track in that country and recently retired from WMA politics, was greatly affected by the death of Derek Turnbull, one of the greatest masters runners of all time. This week he sent a circle of friends a poetic tribute to Turnbull, which I’m honored to share here. […]

November 10, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Official ‘arbitral award’ in Neil Griffin doping case

M55 thrower Neil Griffin and friends traveled to Munich, Germany, in late September in hopes of avoiding a doping suspension. They met with an “arbitration” panel. But this panel had more to do with imposing punishment than acting as a neutral, independent go-between. It was appointed by WMA. One of the mysteries of this case […]

November 9, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

Sacramento’s Sturgeon to run National Masters News

Today is the 65th birthday of Suzy Hess, owner/publisher of National Masters News. But she has a birthday gift for all of us — a strong, sophisticated buyer of NMN. The new owner will be Randy Sturgeon, the Brooks Fleet Feet Racing Club majordomo whose comments have appeared on this blog several times. I learned […]

November 8, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

Death of a listserve? Masterstf mailing list is comatose

In late January 1999, national-class sprinter Gerry Krainik of Illinois launched a listserve, or Internet mailing list, on a site called egroups. Later egroups was bought by Yahoo Groups, and the list grew to nearly 800 subscribers. Today it appears dead. Only two posts are recorded on this page for November. But the online archive […]

November 8, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  4 Comments

Ryun has some time on his hands. Maybe masters?

Hitching his wagon to George Bush, Republican Jim Ryun of Kansas was defeated in his bid for re-election tonight. After the new House of Representatives is sworn in next year in Washington, Jim may have some time to devote to — masters track! (Just fantasizing.) In late April 2007, Jim turns 60 — just in […]

November 7, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Results delayed from South American masters meet

Oh well. A couple days ago, I wrote to meet organizers of the South American masters championships in Brazil, asking for a link to results. Today I received a reply. Translated from Portuguese, it reads: “Because of technical problems, the results will only be displayed in the site from Day 12.” So I guess we’ll […]

November 7, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  3 Comments