Archive for April, 2007

M35 Laynes rides maximum wind to 10.16 at Cal

Derrick Atkins, 23, ran the 100 in 9.98 Saturday at the Cal Collegiate Challenge in Berkeley — the first sub-10 of the season worldwide. But little-noticed in second place was 36-year-old Jeff Laynes of Oakland. With a 2.0 mps wind (the maximum allowable for a legal time), Jeff clocked 10.16 — which now ranks tied […]

April 30, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Masters ladies were awesome at Penn Relays, too.

My bad. I neglected to mention the masters women’s events at Penn. Fortunately, Julie Hayden of Athena Track Club checked in with some anecdotes and links from Philly. Julie writes: “Just wanted to update you with my take on the ladies’ results from Penn, as the way that the results are printed it is not […]

April 29, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Oy vey! Zacharias clears fourth WR of season: 1.80!

Germany’s Thomas Zacharias just adds to his legend — and M60 world outdoor HJ record. On Thursday he cleared 1.80 meters (5-10 3/4) at his usual venue: Arrecife, Spain. On a Track & Field News message board, we also learn that he’s on a German message board debating the merits of the straddle technique vs. […]

April 29, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  3 Comments

Fearless Tony gets in the game at Penn Relays 400H

Two years ago, Tony Echeandia was the silver medalist in the M40 400 hurdles at the San Sebastian world masters championships. Yesterday, he lined up against kids half his age in the Olympic Development 400 hurdles at the Penn Relays. He took ninth. But so what. He ran 56.93 for probably the fastest time of […]

April 29, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  6 Comments

Willie Gault at UC Irvine: 10.88 and 22.08 at age 46!

Willie Gault posted more incredible numbers yesterday at the Steve Scott Invitational at UC Irvine in Orange County, California. Last year, as a new M45, Willie ran 10.72 and 21.91 (with only the 100 gaining USATF and WMA record recognition). Willie has been busy this year, getting ready to make movies or promoting medical devices. […]

April 29, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Olympian Rod DeHaven smokes fastest mile of ’07

Results posted for the masters mile at yesterday’s Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa, are intriguing. Rod DeHaven, a 2000 Sydney Olympian in the marathon, took first in a wonderful 4:19.03. It’s the fastest M40 outdoor mile of the year. But the field of five was missing masters great John Hinton. Wassup? I hope Mark […]

April 29, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Bum record for relay: last straw for Sandy Pashkin?

Silly me. Yesterday I reported that Bill Collins had anchored Houston Elite to an M50 national “club” record in the 4Ă—100 relay at Penn. Wrong. The official USATF record page is in error. Today I learned that Bill’s team fell short of the winning time in the 2005 edition of this race. In fact, the […]

April 29, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  4 Comments

Bill Collins anchors Houston Elite to M50 ‘USA’ record

Check out this Flocast video of the M50 4Ă—1 relay at Penn yesterday. Bill Collins anchored his Houston Elite team on a wet track. Their winning time was 46.49 — a national “club record“ for M50 by half a second. (The listed world record is 44.99 by the USA national team of Bowen, Gonera, Collins […]

April 28, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Mike Powell calls his shot: M40 world long jump record

Babe Ruth called his shot nearly 75 years ago. Or maybe not. But there’s no question that Mike Powell, the longest jumper in history, is predicting his own blast. An age-group world record. This time, it won’t be Tokyo. It may be Modesto, as he promises on his Web site, or it may be in […]

April 28, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  3 Comments

Janvrin wins 17th Drake title — this time in masters 800

Kip Janvrin is a Drake Relays legend as a decathlete. But now that he’s 41, he gets to run for FUN! Today he won the masters 800 in Des Moines in a sensational 1:53.89. He broke the masters meet record by nearly two seconds. Must have been forced to run fast: 18 in the race. […]

April 27, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments