Archive for June, 2007
Bob Lida looks strong as Senior Olympics open
The track portion of the biennial National Senior Olympics began yesterday in Louisville, Kentucky, and Wichita’s Bob Lida, 70, may be the meet’s Tyson Gay. Running into a 1 mps wind, Bob clocked a terrific 13.49 in the 100 heats. The next-fastest M70 mark was Maryland’s Larry Colbert’s 14.13 in a different heat. In the […]
June 27, 2007
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Sorensen calling it a season after two more meets
Jim Sorensen’s Bloomington mile today and an 800 on Saturday will likely be his last races of the season, he writes. His Indy experience was still fresh (and wet) in mind, though, and he tells a story about apparently being misttaken for a coach. In reply to a question about how meet management treated him, […]
June 27, 2007
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Sorensen vs. Centrowitz in sub-4 quest Wednesday
It’s a Dream Mile for a new generation. Tomorrow in Bloomington, Indiana, our 40-year-old mile star Jim Sorensen will seek an M40 world record (and perhaps the first sub-4 outdoors) at an American Milers Club High Performance Series race. And a wonderful story is developing, since the Status of Entries page shows high school star […]
June 26, 2007
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Our geezerkids done good at Indy open nationals
Jeff Hartwig made it. Allen Johnson didn’t. Tim Seaman and Teresa Vaill hope to make. John Godina didn’t. It was a mixed bag for the dozen or so 35-and-over athletes at the USATF open nationals over the weekend in Indianapolis. “Made it” means punching their ticket for the IAAF world meet in Osaka a few […]
June 26, 2007
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Barnwell at age 49 blasts 11.14 at MAC meet in NY
Val Barnwell, 49, may be the oldest in his age group when he lines up for the M45 finals in Riccione this September, but he’s a good shot to return to the winner’s podium at worlds. Saturday in New York, he won the 100 at the Metropolitan USATF Association masters championships in 11.14 (unsure of […]
June 25, 2007
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Ottey at 47 runs wind-aided 11.74 at Milan meet
Merlene Ottey, refusing to retire from elite track, ran a 11.74 for 100 meters Saturday at a Europe Cup “B” meet in Milan, Italy. The mark was wind-aided, but just slightly over the allowable. She also anchored Slovenia’s 4Ă—100 team to fourth in the meet. Merlene ran a legal 11.83 earlier this month. Her tribute […]
June 25, 2007
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Sorensen rabbits his own race, finishes in 57.9!
A video of Jim Sorensen’s masters mile win at the Indy nationals is posted here, thanks to the folks at Flocast. Yup, it was wet. But Jim ran his own race — even if it meant leading from the gun. He also kicked a last lap in 57.9 seconds (according to the meet announcer) or […]
June 24, 2007
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Hail Britannia! Masters multis scoring calculator online
What a revelation! Posted on our Forum is a link to an online decathlon/heptathlon scoring form — plug in your marks, and the scores pop up, age-graded! Incredible. I haven’t seen age-graded points given before online. (The site even has a calculator for the double decathlon!) Some webgeek at the Cheshire County Athletic Association put […]
June 24, 2007
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Weather handicaps masters milers at Indy nationals
Damn rain. If not for an apparent drizzle, the masters mile exhibitions at Indy today might have gone a lot faster. As expected, M40 Jim Sorensen outlegged M45 John Hinton in the men’s race, winning in 4:13.21 — despite being in 4:02 shape only weeks ago. John was 10 seconds back in 4:23.44 (but less […]
June 23, 2007
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Peter Matthews, masters records guru, in the hospital
In the mid-1990s, when I was just a pup, I began corresponding with one of the great track statisticians of this or any time: Peter Matthews of Britain. He graciously shared his masters records for 40-and-over men, as well as 35-39 women and 40-and-over women. It formed the heart of my records page. We have […]
June 23, 2007
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