Archive for October, 2007

Sri Chinmoy death causes masters meet cancellation

Andy Hecker in Southern California reports the cancellation of a major masters meet at Long Beach State University only 10 days away. Andy writes: “I got a call from (meet director) Bigalita (Egger) telling me of her intent to cancel the Self Transcendence meet October 21. . . . I attempted to step in to […]

October 11, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

British photog posts American shots from Riccione

M50 sprinter Tom Phillips took a gazillion pictures at Riccione, mainly of the UK folks. But after organizing his galleries, he realized he had enough shots (about 270) to carve out a separate gallery of American athletes. I see shots of Bill Collins, Marty Krulee, Val Barnwell, Pat Peterson, Phil Raschker. Bill Melville, Mel Larsen, […]

October 11, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Huntsman results are half-ass, and still incomplete

The meet in Utah has posted results. Finally. But track ended yesterday, and only Monday’s results were online early Thursday. Like a box score that lists only the runs by innings, these results from the Huntsman World Senior Games barely cover the meet, telling only the top three. And no clue as to whether any […]

October 11, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  3 Comments

Italian detective shares her version of Ralph’s story

Rosa Marchi, who helped me track down the identity of Ralph Fruguglietti’s mysterious discus muse in northern Italy before worlds, has posted her own story on Ralph’s M50 world title and the events surrounding it. It’s in Italian. But it’s notable for some recent photos of Ralph in the ring, and Rosa poses with coach […]

October 10, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Geezerjock posts my Riccione worlds roundup story

A day after the final events of Riccione worlds, I sat down at my home computer for four hours and cobbled together this highlight story on assignment for Geezerjock magazine. I tried to mention stuff not covered in my blog, so you might want to check it out. I led with The Legend’s 10 gold […]

October 10, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Huntsman games under way, but results are AWOL

Thanks to savvy marketing and stunning scenery, the Huntsman World Senior Games is capitalizing on masters again this month. Its three-day track meet allegedly began yesterday. (Still no results.) But high-class meet organization isn’t Huntsman’s forte, as we learned a year ago. However, because masters track has to follow the money, attention must be paid. […]

October 9, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Sprinters, vaulters featured in our Club West gallery

Back from Riccione worlds with medals galore, perhaps a dozen world travelers competed at the 33rd annual Club West masters meet Saturday at UC Santa Barbara, an hour north of Los Angeles. See some 70 photos here. Nadine O’Connor tried twice to break Edith Graff’s W65 world record in the 80-meter hurdles of 14.24, but […]

October 9, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Seven American records set at superweight nationals

Seven American age-group records were set over the weekend at the masters superweight nationals, which drew 25 throwers to West Seattle Stadium. Records were set by three men and four women. George Mathews, the former USATF Masters chair, helped organize the event and won a few titles. He reported: “The meet was held one month […]

October 8, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Get ready for another worlds: 2008 indoors in France

Andy Martin of USATF passes along this note: “Initial entry information for U.S. athletes for the 2008 World Masters Athletics Championships Indoor has been posted at usatf.org/events/2008/WorldMastersAthleticsChampionshipsIndoor/ . Detailed entry information including the entry forms are expected to be posted in early November.” The meet Web site is up, too. The event is March 17-22, […]

October 7, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

M85 Canadian thrower suffers cardiac after Riccione

Douglas Smith of Canada shares this sad news: “It is with some shock that I have to report that Garry Bachman suffered a mild heart attack on Friday. Fortunately, he is recovering well in the hospital in Bowmanville and will undergo an angiogram, possibly followed by angioplasty early this week to repair the coronary artery […]

October 6, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed