Archive for April, 2007
Orono schedule tweaked: No prelims in the 1500
I don’t know the USATF rule book inside out, but it scares me when top officials don’t. Latest example: I got formal word today that the published meet schedule for the Orono nationals in August errs by saying 1500 prelims are Friday, August 3, “as needed.” Oops, wrong. No heats. It’s under Rule 332 regarding […]
April 27, 2007
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Meanwhile on the Left Coast, faster masters ready
The Kip Keino masters mile May 13 may have Olympian Mark Coogan. But more eyes that weekend will be on the Fountain of Youth Masters Mile in Oregon, where records may fall like rain May 12. Dave Clingan, event organizer, writes: “Within this field of 13 masters athletes, there will be several exciting sub-races according […]
April 27, 2007
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Willie Gault picks local race over revisiting Penn glory
Willie Gault, our great M45 sprinter/hurdler, last week was named to the Penn Relays Hall of Fame for his stellar efforts back in his Tennessee days. So will he be in Philly this weekend to savor old glories? Heck no. He’ll be taking a lane in the 100 and 200 against collegians at the Steve […]
April 27, 2007
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Cash prizes set for masters milers at Kip Keino event
Weldon Johnson of letsrun.com has a good word for elite masters milers: Money! Weldon writes: “I’ve got an update on the Masters Miles at the Kip Keino Mile. There is $250 for first place in the men’s and women’s miles and a pair of Loco Running shoes for 2nd and 3rd. Olympian Mark Coogan is […]
April 27, 2007
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Ross Dunton bravely does battle with Alzheimer’s
April 26, 2007
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Olympic Development events at Penn include masters
I doubt they have Olympic aspirations, but several world-class masters tracksters are entered in the Olympic Development 400-meter hurdles at this weekend’s Penn Relays. According to the schedule, the OD long-hurdles race goes off at 9:05 a.m. Saturday. Not sure how they’ll squeeze 17 entrants into one race. (Maybe run timed finals?) The ones I […]
April 25, 2007
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Forget Penn! Malaysian masters have own big meet
The Malaysian national news agency reports: “The sixth Johor Masters Track and Field meet to be held at the Larkin stadium . . . has attracted a total of 235 athletes. Malaysia, with seven states participating, will send the biggest contingent of 73 with Indonesia, the next biggest, with 30 athletes, respectively. According to a […]
April 25, 2007
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SoCal Assn. Masters Championship records online
What do Parry O’Brien, Johnnye Valien and Willie Gault have in common? Or Larry Stuart, Christel Donley and Peter Mundle? Besides being Southern California masters legends, they all hold SoCal USATF Association Masters Championship records. We know this because M45 hurdler Jeff Davison spent months collecting and collating meet records going back to 1977. Check […]
April 24, 2007
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Olympic great and masters champ O’Brien dies at 75
Parry O’Brien’s obituaries have rightly recited his Olympic golds and shot put innovations. But except for noting his death during a masters swimming race, they haven’t given due deference to his earlier masters career — as a thrower. According to Len Olson’s “Masters Track: A History,” Parry set M50 world records in the shot (58-1 […]
April 23, 2007
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Michelsohn’s magical distance-record tour continues
Marie-Louise Michelsohn, in warmer weather this time, has bagged another W65 world record, she reports. This one was over 3,000 meters Sunday at the New York Relays at Icahn Stadium, where her 12:09.65 shaved nearly eight seconds from the listed age-group record of 12:17.49 by Germany’s Lydia Ritter in June 2004. It was M-L’s second […]
April 23, 2007
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