Archive for March, 2007

Rono enters Carlsbad 5000, eyes Riccione world meet

Distance legend Henry Rono, who turned 55 last month, has told the L.A. Times that he’ll compete in the WMA World Masters Outdoor Championships this September in Riccione, Italy. The story says: On Sunday, he will compete in the Carlsbad 5K, and before the year is out he hopes to establish an age-group world record […]

March 27, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  4 Comments

O’Connor repeats as Athlete of the Week for nationals

Call her “Back-to-Back” O’Connor. That’s an apt nickname for Nadine O’Connor of Del Mar, California, who today was named USATF Athlete of the Week for her amazing string of records at the Boston indoor nationals. Seven months ago, she was accorded the same honor after winning four events at the Charlotte outdoor nationals. She also […]

March 27, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  3 Comments

My big adventure in Boston (Part II) by Peter Taylor

Peter Taylor isn’t done. His tales from Boston continue: “Before I start, let me thank Steve Vaitones, Lee Hess, Carroll “Butch” Blake, Ken Robichaud, Gary Snyder, Pat Lavelle, Laurie Boemker, Phil Byrne and others for all of their support relative to helping me do a good job at Boston 2007 and for making the meet […]

March 27, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Cheryl Treworgy’s stunning photos from Boston

Cheryl Treworgy has begun posting hundreds of action and candid shots from Boston nationals. They really capture the essence of competition — strain, pain and joy. Here’s former USATF Masters Chair George Mathews in the weight throw. Here’s one of several William Bell shots in the pole vault. Here’s Emil Pawlik in the pentathlon hurdles […]

March 27, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Peter Taylor’s nationals: ‘My big adventure in Boston’

Meet announcer Peter Taylor stole a few hours’ rest after a hectic (and sleep-deprived) weekend and shares his angles on the Boston meet. Pete writes: “As the only announcer for the last two days of the indoor nationals (this year I announced only Saturday and Sunday), I have a unique perspective. Because this was my […]

March 26, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  8 Comments

Relays spiked — two few entries on short notice

Rich Perelman, who helped do media for the 1984 L.A. Games, wasn’t quite up to the Olympian task of launching a relays-only meet March 30-31 at the Home Depot Center near Los Angeles. In an email sent today, Rich writes: “It is with great sadness that due to a paucity of entries, Just Relays cannot […]

March 26, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

Daprano’s double-record day deserves plaudits

I made up that stuff about Cebron Robinson entering nationals just to donate his entry fee to masters track. But this I couldn’t invent: Five years after setting W65 indoor records in the 800 and mile at the Boston indoor nationals, Jeanne Daprano did it again (with a twist)! On Saturday, she lowered her age […]

March 26, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  4 Comments

Cebron Robinson: newest masters sugar daddy

Well, Cebron Robinson — the M45 record-holder in hiding — was a no-show at Boston despite entering five events with otherworldly marks. Results for Friday, Saturday and Sunday don’t list his name at all. But wait! I can now reveal his secret! He’s not a fraud. He’s just a funky philanthropist. He never intended to […]

March 25, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  3 Comments

Nearman’s near-miss doesn’t handicap his writing

M45 runner Steve Nearman went to Boston for a medal. He just missed, taking fourth in the mile (losing bronze by two-tenths of a second) and fifth in the 800. But he brought back some rewarding stories, and accurately forecast the world record in the M70 4Ă—4. And as a contract columnist for The Washington […]

March 25, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

Alisa Harvey claims W40 USA 800 outdoor record

The Boston indoor nationals on Friday and today was the scene of many world and national records. But a Boston absentee this weekend also set an impressive American record — outdoors. Alisa Harvey ran the 800 in 2:08.05 today at the Fred Hardy Invitational to lower the listed American W40 outdoor record by nearly 2 […]

March 24, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  4 Comments