Archive for July, 2007

Only the wind can beat Phil Raschker in Louisville

Phil Raschker would be the W60 world record holder at 200 meters if not for a brutal headwind yesterday at the National Senior Olympics in Louisville. In her age group’s final, Phil ran an amazing 29.27 into a 3.1 meters-per-second wind. That’s about 7 mph. As it was, Phil beat the National Senior Olympic record […]

July 5, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

M40 Sorensen named USATF Athlete of the Week

Yes! Thanks to a world record at 800 meters and an American mile record, Jim Sorensen today was selected USATF Athlete of the Week. He’s in pretty fast company. The previous week’s AOTW was Tyson Gay, star of the Indy nationals. Jim’s selection also benefited from the fact that USA track is in a lull […]

July 4, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Mike Rouse resigns as San Diego USATF president

Mike Rouse was elected president of the San Diego-Imperial USATF Association last September to great hopes. He even talked about bringing masters nationals back to San Diego, where the movement started in the late 1960s. That’s all moot now. Mike resigned as president effective June 23. He writes: “I changed jobs, and have different responsibilities, […]

July 4, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Surgery sidelines M50 sprinter James Lofton for 2007

James Lofton knew he had a stress fracture in his right foot Saturday when he toed the line in the 400 at Chuck McMahon. By the 250-meter mark, he KNEW he’d pushed the envelope. He hobbled home in around 54 seconds, well off his 52.64 from April. Now it’s official. His season is over. “Had […]

July 4, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  4 Comments

Phil Raschker claims WR for 400 meters, AR in HJ

Every five years, Phil Raschker ratchets up for her new age group. Now 60, the Masters Hall of Famer continued her record assault today in the W60 finals of the 400 at the National Senior Olympics. Her time of 66.69 beat the listed record of 67.30 by Australia’s Anne Stobaus — and was a solo […]

July 3, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  3 Comments

Sorensen is selling point in Friday’s professional mile

The pace could be sub-4 when Jim Sorensen runs the Pro Men’s Mile exhibition Friday at the USA Youth Championships near Chicago. USATF press release says: “Daniel Lincoln, American record-holder in the 3,000 meter steeplechase, highlights the field of professional and emerging elite athletes scheduled to compete in the Pro Men’s Mile at the 2007 […]

July 3, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Bradstock brings in the clones: A picture of perfection

Roald Bradstock also replied to my Q&A request (days ago), and sent along a cool multi-exposure throwing sequence as well. Roald, of course, is our 45-year-old stud who took 12th at Indy open nationals (beating eight in the process and becoming the oldest javelin thrower ever to compete at the USATF Championships). Took an American […]

July 3, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Women share Indy masters mile experience, video

My apologies to the lady milers. Some great tales of the Indy nationals mile exhibition have arrived, and it’s not too late to share. One account is by Robin Judice, a 44-year-old runner from Lafayette, Louisiana. She writes: “I kept a blog of my whole USATF experience (since I’m a newbie to all this), and […]

July 3, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Sorensen shooting for mile record again — in youth meet

Jim Sorensen isn’t done after all! The M40 middle-distance phenom is set to run a mile Friday at Benedictine University in the Chicago suburb of Lisle. And he told Jeff Faraudo of the Oakland Tribune: “I’d like to lower my American record and shoot for the world record of 4:02.53. The supreme goal would be […]

July 2, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Phil Raschker teases W60 world records in 1 and 4

The National Senior Olympics in Louisville saw another dozen or so world age-group records set over the weekend. Mainly by youngsters over 80. But now the toddlers are having their fun — 50 and older. Our perennial poster child Phil Raschker of Georgia scooted an impressive 100 heat Sunday in the W60 age group: a […]

July 2, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed