Archive for October, 2007

Sacramento likely to host the 2010 masters nationals

Sacramento is seeking to host the 2010 USATF masters national outdoor championships — a dry (and hot) run for 2011 worlds. Bob Burns of the Sacramento Sports Commission yesterday confirmed the candidacy of California’s capital: “Yes, we’re bidding for it — seems like a natural with WMA the following year. To the best of my […]

October 16, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  3 Comments

World 400-meter medalist Rodney Brown dies at 80

Dr. Rodney Brown excelled in events from the sprints through the 800 meters. Older sprinters are mourning one of their own this week. Dr. Rodney Brown, a Utah dentist who won three silver medals in the 400 and 800 at the 1997 Durban and 1999 Gateshead world masters meets (plus at least one 4Ă—4 gold) […]

October 15, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Meet director documents Silvester record as legit

When I learned that four-time Olympian Jay Silvester had broken the M70 American record in the discus, I was thrilled. So I blogged the news immediately. As the self-appointed masters blabbermouth, I also posted the news on the Track & Field News message board and sent the USATF press office in Indy a heads up. […]

October 15, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Kenny Dennis, sprint icon, recovering from heart surgery

Kenny Dennis — a short, softspoken sprinter from Los Angeles — is a local legend with tall worldwide stature. He’s a one-time M50 world record holder in the 200 (22.9) who claimed several WAVA sprint titles in the late 1980s. But to his many friends in SoCal, he’s just a reliable fixture at masters meets […]

October 15, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  3 Comments

Who cares about masters XC results? Not USATF

The USATF national masters 5K cross country championships were held yesterday in Saratoga Springs, New York. Lots of masters tracksters use this event to spice up their winter training. But I can’t tell you who won — or which teams prevailed. The results aren’t online yet. The races ended almost 15 hours ago. This, of […]

October 15, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Bill Collins signed German anti-doping pledge at worlds

Bill Collins has lent his name to the Vaterstettener Declaration, an anti-doping pledge big in Germany. His signature, “done in the presence of Guido MĂĽller, the world’s Senior Athletes of the Year 2004 and author of the Vaterstettener statement,” represents “a major step towards a clean and fair sport in the movement of the Senior […]

October 14, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  6 Comments

Koops got the scoop on bogus Mexican marathoner

Remember Robert Madrazo’s attempt at pulling a Rosie Ruiz at the Berlin Marathon? Many stories credited a photographer named Victor Sailer for outing the former Mexican presidential candidate as a course-cutting cheat. Truth be told, a masters track expert in Germany was the first to inform marathon authorities. Robert Koop, a lawyer who helps his […]

October 13, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

We’re clean: No drug positives at Riccione worlds

World Masters Athletics conducts drug tests of a few dozen athletes at its world championships, and the 2007 affair in Riccione was no exception. Lately, stories have circulated that American M40 hurdle champion David Ashford made a comical effort to avoid testing. But the official bottom line is that his test — and all other […]

October 12, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Jay Silvester back in discus ring — with record at 70!

Complete results of the Huntsman World Senior Games have arrived, thanks to National Masters News editor Carmel Papworth-Barnum (who forwarded me a file), and the stunning news isn’t the six national age-group records and 37 meet records set at St. George, Utah, this week. It’s the return to competition of Hall of Famer Jay Silvester […]

October 12, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Cannon popped M70 American vault record at UCSB

Terry Cannon of Oregon (and formerly San Diego) set an American age-group record in the vault Saturday in Santa Barbara, according to just-released results from the annual Club West masters meet at UC Santa Barbara. (See below.) Terry went 3.20 (10-6) to top the 3.16 (10-4 1/4) mark by legendary Boo Morcom in 1992. (The […]

October 11, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed