Archive for February, 2007

USATF corrects mistake in M50 steeplechase record

Leonard Hill’s M50 steeplechase record has been corrected online. Finally. Three years after the wrong time was posted on the USATF records page and 12 days after the mistake was noted here, USATF Record Committee Chairman Justin Kuo this afternoon uploaded the right record (10:10.41) and zapped the wrong one (9:45.38). Earlier today, masters records […]

February 15, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

USATF masters budget soaring to more than $75,000

USATF Masters T&F Chairman Gary Snyder of Boston has shared some great news with his board and others, writing: “On January 24th via email I received notification from the National Office that as a result of the 2007 membership fee increase we would receive an additional $20k for programs and projects previously applied for but […]

February 14, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  6 Comments

Washington Post tweaked for snubbing masters track

Washington Post health writer David Brown has a great report today on how the body slows and weakens with aging. And a graphic (see below) even cites as a source Martin Gasselsberger’s mastersathletics.net rankings and records site. David says in the article: “Conclusion: No part of your body is spared the effects of age. So […]

February 13, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

Altendorf shares video of world record M60 vault

John Altendorf, writing on Becca Gillespy’s message board, has given further details on his M60 world indoor record in the vault last weekend in Seattle: “This was the first time I attended the UW Open. . . . Most masters meets are very sparsely attended so to have such a large crowd in a confined […]

February 13, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

San Jose Mercury News details Lad Pataki struggle

Elliott Almond, the esteemed track writer at the San Jose Mercury News, has expanded our understanding of Lad Pataki’s battle with brain cancer, writing today: “Ladislav Pataki, a former Soviet Bloc sports scientist who became a Silicon Valley fixture after defecting from Czechoslovakia in 1985, is suffering from brain cancer. Pataki is staying at an […]

February 13, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

IAAF enchilada rudely brushes off Treacher appeal

Anthony Treacher’s appeal to the IAAF has hit a brick wall. And the wall’s name apparently is Pierre Weiss. According to a note from Anthony — whose story I told a month ago — “On December 23, 2006, I asked for an IAAF comment on the validity of my complaint of my BMAF Team Leader […]

February 12, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Happy birthday, Henry Rono — aiming for mile WR

Henry Rono, losing weight and gaining steam as he targets his age-group mile record, was born 55 years ago on this date in Nandi Hills, Kenya. Last week, he continued piling on miles and acted as a rabbit for a middle-school miler. He wrote on letsrun.com: “In the evening, I was breathing very hard, ‘like […]

February 12, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

New altitude for Altendorf — M60 indoor WR in vault

M60 John Altendorf of Oregon added to his legend today at a University of Washington indoor meet, clearing 3.93 (12-10 3/4) and 3.96 (12-11 3/4) in the vault — both indoor world records. Becca Gillespy, who posted the first report, wrote: “He looked great! Definitely a few more inches in the tank this indoor season.” […]

February 11, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  5 Comments

GeezerJock wants your hip-replacement story

Sean Callahan, editor-founder of GeezerJock magazine, writes in his blog: “Bill Unsworth had his second hip replaced in 2006. . . . The bad news for Bill was that he took a year off from coaching college football in anticipation of the surgery and the recovery. The good news now is that he has a […]

February 11, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Masters legend ‘Boo’ Morcom recovering from fracture

Richmond ‘Boo’ Morcom, inducted into our Hall of Fame in 1997, is a masters icon. A 1948 Olympic vaulter who dominated the event in the United States in the late 1940s, Boo went on to legend status in masters track before retiring from the pole vault game in 2001. New Hampshire public radio interviewed him […]

February 11, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed