Archive for January, 2007

Pete Taylor confirmed as Boston indoor announcer

Contrary to rumors, Pete Taylor will indeed be a meet announcer at the USATF Masters Indoor Championships in Boston in late March. His selection became official this week after a meeting of event organizers. But for reasons not yet made public, Pete will announce only Saturday and Sunday events, he reports. Not Friday. It’s not […]

January 9, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

Britain’s Parsons smashes WR for indoor 60 meters

Val Parsons of Great Britain on Sunday broke American Kathy Jager’s W60 listed world indoor record for 60 meters, clocking 8.83 to pip Kathy’s 8.91 set almost three years ago. So reports correspondent Tom Phillips across the Pond. “Val (pictured here at last year’s Poznan Eurovets meet) ran in what was by all accounts a […]

January 9, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Alisa Harvey lowers own W40 world indoor mile record

Alisa Harvey out on the East Cost, again allowed back on the George Mason track, reports that she lowered her own world indoor W40 mile record Saturday. “I ran 4:47.2,” she writes. “I finished second behind Keira Carlstrom (4:46.1). It was a pleasure to be allowed to compete again at the Mason track meets. I […]

January 8, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Masters single-age records online — if you want ’em

I’ve been wringing my hands for 10 years about Pete Mundle’s fraudulent “Masters Age Records.” Now it’s time to take matters into our own hands. Today I created a site on Wikispaces.com devoted to recording and updating masters single-age records. By you. Yes, you. Pete, now in his late 70s, can’t repair his single-age records […]

January 7, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  3 Comments

Masters should recruit Matson as mighty fund-raiser

Remember Randy Matson? Threw 71-5, set world records, etc.? Now I learn he did something even more impressive: He raised $1.4 billion for his alma mater, Texas A&M! Now he’s retiring at the young age of 61. So why doesn’t someone from USATF Masters T&F call up ol’ Randy and say, “Have we got a […]

January 6, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

Oregon burg raises bar, opens an indoor vault center

I’ve had enough of skateboard parks. Let’s open pole vault parks! Or do what the folks in Springfield, Oregon, did, as detailed in this intriguing story about an indoor vault facility set up for residents. Thanks to some masters vaulters who coach in the area, everyone from grade-schoolers to geezers can train and compete indoors. […]

January 6, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  3 Comments

Batting 1,000: Your musial blog hits modest milestone

This is my 1,000th post. Yeah, I have 1,000 entries on Masters News and Muse. (And countless embedded links.) Coincidentally, my first post was on a January 5 — exactly four years ago. The cheeky debut headline: “A blog to boggle masters track.” And, yup, lots of people have been boggled. Actually, I launched the […]

January 5, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  5 Comments

New NMN owner humbly sends out call for results

Randy Sturgeon is deep into work on the February edition of National Masters News, which he bought last year. Although the venue of publication has changed from Eugene to Sacramento, he wants meet directors to know that he wants no change in their continued, enthusiastic support of the paper. He writes: “I could use some […]

January 5, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Competing in National Senior Olympics? Jump to it!

Mike Soule, posting on our Forum, writes: “If you are planning on competing at the National Senior Olympics in July, there are a couple of dates you need to know about. First one is the Limited event varification form. That was due on the 31st of December. What is it? Well in Minnesota our Senior […]

January 5, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

SoCal Striders to club members: Let them eat steak!

Clubs are cool. Some cooler than others. My wife, sprinter Chris, is a member of the Southern California Striders, and this year she was summoned to the club’s annual dinner to receive an award. So off we went to what turned out to be a very newsy meeting. Cool. Tonight I also can share some […]

January 4, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed