Archive for June, 2007

Hartwig on way to Osaka — but not M35 record book

Jeff Hartwig delivered yesterday at the USATF open nationals at Indy. He took second in the vault with a pedestrian (for him) 5.70 (18-8 1/4). Of course, he’s jumped much higher this year — 5.85 (19-2 1/4) in May. Not bad for a 39-year-old. But I’m sure Jeff fell down completely yesterday at his most […]

June 23, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

Bradstock makes best masters showing at Indy nationals

Our 36-year-old sprinters had a rough time at USATF open nationals yesterday in Indianapolis. In the men’s prelims, Jeff Laynes finished in 14.94 seconds after pulling a muscle and limping in. And Chryste Gaines fell short in her comeback, clocking the day’s slowest women’s time, 11.69. But hey! How about our 45-year-old spearchucker? Arne Roald […]

June 22, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Caren Ware adds her name to women’s deca history

My apologies to Caren Ware. She became the first woman in her age group to complete the new women’s decathlon at the Alabama multis meet, so she has first dibs on the W40 WR. I neglected to notice that a few days ago. Her local California paper told her story. “Remember when we thought marathons […]

June 22, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  5 Comments

Root for our geezerkids at USATF Indy open nationals

Roald Bradstock, 45, and Jeff Laynes, 36, compete in prelims today at the USATF open national championships — which serve as the IAAF worlds trials (picking the team for Osaka). Roald is in Flight 1 (listed as Arne Bradstock). So he gets to watch one of the athletes he once coached in Flight 2 — […]

June 21, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

German masters kick USA butts — in Web presence

Germany’s version of USATF has a new, improved home page. And a nice portion is devoted to “Senioren” — or masters track. Unlike the USATF Masters maze, the German site is clean, well-organized and full of groovy content. Especially helpful is a site map and search function. For the heck of it, I typed in […]

June 21, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  4 Comments

10.50 for M40 Simpson reported at Texas all-comers

All-comers meets get a bad rap. “They’re for kids. Not well-officiated. Don’t have accurate timing or measuring.” You’ve heard ’em all. But for masters, all-comers can be a godsend. And many are conducted at the highest standards of USATF officiating. One hopes that Luke’s Locker Meets in Dallas and Fort Worth are. From Texas sprinter […]

June 20, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  16 Comments

Get ’em while they’re hot! National masters multi results

Charlotte nationals were a scorcher last summer. This month, conditions were similar at the USATF national decathlon/heptathlon championships in Alabama. But meet organizer (and world-class multi-man) Bill Murray was ready. Cases of Gatorade, cold-as-ice towels. Athletes were pampered as they persevered amid worse-than-usual tortures. Now USATF Masters multi czar Jeff Watry and Bill Murray have […]

June 19, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

End of an era: Dave Clingan passes the rankings baton

John Seto throws his superweight around at 2007 Boston nationals. Photo by Cheryl Treworgy Dave Clingan, whose seasonal world and USA masters rankings began as a hobby in 1999 but grew into a professional gig with state-of-the-art software, is stepping down as USATF Masters Rankings chair. Why? He writes: “Several reasons, but the most important […]

June 19, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  12 Comments

M50 discus thrower is hungry for record in Riccione

Ralph Fruguglietti, 52, a restaurateur in the Central California town of Shafter is really looking forward to Riccione worlds. 1) He was born in Italy. 2) He throws the discus and hopes to threaten a record. Unfortunately, Ralph is unclear on what the single-age record is. A nice story in today’s Bakersfield Californian refers to […]

June 18, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

Tony Echeandia takes bronze at Puerto Rico nationals

Tony Echeandia won the M40 hurdles at 2006 Charlotte nationals. How cool would it be to finish third in your open national championships — at age 43? Ask Getulio “Tony” Echeandia. A week ago Sunday, Tony won bronze in the Masculino 400 Metros Vallas (men’s 400-meter hurdles) at the Puerto Rican national track championships at […]

June 17, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  6 Comments