Archive for December, 2006
What’s up, Doc? Rieger raises W40 indoor vault record
According to results of a Dec. 9 meet at the Vault High Athletics indoor facility in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Karen Rieger of Indy upped the American W40 record for the vault. Earlier this year, another site said of Karen: “Karen is in only her 3rd year vaulting. She is a truly inspiring athlete and person.” […]
December 22, 2006
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Famer photos sought for online Masters T&F Museum
Aiming to reduce a beastly job to bite-sized pieces, M50 hurdler Andy Hecker has put out a call for photos (action and portraits) of members of the USATF Masters Hall of Fame. Andy writes: “When one thinks about putting together a pictorial and written history of our sport, where should one start? I started at […]
December 22, 2006
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What does Pashkin have against USA 35-39 hurdlers?
Some equal time now for guy hurdlers. I often cite Gail Devers’ marks in the 100-meter hurdles as being wrongly excluded from the W35 record books. A recent IAAF story reminds me I should speak up for M35 Allen Johnson as well. In mid-September, at age 35, Allen ran the 110s in 12.96 — easily […]
December 21, 2006
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Boffo reviews for latest masters movie: ‘Rocky Balboa’
“Rocky Balboa” began screening publicly today, and I scanned some reviews at random. The consensus on the fighter-at-60 film is echoed in this take from San Diego CityBEAT: “This time, both in the film and in the court of public opinion, Rocky and Stallone aren’t fighting just to beat up some muscle-bound jerk. They’re fighting […]
December 20, 2006
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Reebok offers free track spikes for men’s size 9
No free lunch? Well, there are free spikes. If you wear men’s size 9, Joshua Evans of Reebok International has some shoes for you. Joshua writes: “We are currently looking to recruit subjects to product test our prototype track spikes. Specifically, we are looking for men’s size 9 runners to test our sprint and distance […]
December 19, 2006
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Passion matters in picking GeezerJock of the Year
A few weeks back, we noted the selection of M50 racquetball king Ruben Gonzalez as GeezerJock of the Year. At the time, I wondered how much his Web site contributed to his selection — since he urged visitors to “Vote for Ruben.” Turns out it helped — a little. GJ magazine editor Sean Callahan writes: […]
December 19, 2006
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M50 sprint star Lofton loses out for Stanford vacancy
Well, a former NFL player coaching in San Diego got the head football job at Stanford. But it wasn’t our friend James Lofton. It was Jim Harbaugh, currently the coach at the red-hot University of San Diego, a private Catholic school. As
December 18, 2006
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Jeff Davison offers path to most current track results
Jeff Davison, an M45 hurdler in Orange County, California, is a master aggregator. What’s an aggregator? It’s someone with a special interest in some obscure subject who gathers links to every known facet of that subject. Such is Jeff’s new results page. Although track results from high schools and colleges may dominate this list, it’s […]
December 17, 2006
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Egroups, RIP. Moderator Gerry Krainik, AWOL?
Once upon a time (like in January 1999), Illinois masters sprint star Gerry Krainik noticed an online service called Egroups. The service made it easy for communities of interest (like masters tracksters) to start a mailing list, or listserve. So he launched the masterstf mailing list. Later, Yahoo! bought Egroups. And the list grew and […]
December 16, 2006
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Germans post qualifying standards for indoor nationals
USATF masters nationals remain an all-comers meet, but in other countries only the best need enter. That’s my impression after seeing a list of mindestleistungen, or “minimum performances,” set for the German masters indoor nationals Feb. 24-25, 2007, in Dusseldorf. The marks appear to be qualifying standards. But my German is poor, so they also […]
December 15, 2006
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