Archive for December, 2007
USATF Masters awards revamped to calendar year
Dave Clingan, chairman of the USATF Masters T&F Awards Committee, met with some of his committee members at the Hawaii annual meeting of USATF. They made some changes in how awards will be decided. The main difference is that the calendar year will decide the hottest of hot. This modifies the previous system (in use […]
December 4, 2007
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Six women, five men named to Masters Hall of Fame
Eleven masters athletes, including five “old-timers,” have been inducted into the USATF Masters Hall of Fame, according to a source within USATF Masters track. The official news release has not been prepared yet, so take this as unofficial for the moment: Among active athletes, the Class of 2007 includes Carol Finsrud, Alfred Guidet, Gayle Johnson, […]
December 3, 2007
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Stat group keeps 5K and 10K single-age track records
Thanks to a CC from Jeff Davison of Southern California, I’ve learned about a group called the Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Normally, I don’t pay much attention to roadies, but this group also tracks single-age records in the 5,000 and 10,000 on the ovals. The group’s 5K records range from 5-year-old Kevin Strain’s 29:49.4 […]
December 3, 2007
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Don’t forget about our Hall of Famers, USATFolk
The National Track & Field Hall of Fame inductees (five of them) were announced a couple weeks ago. USATF’s awards breakfast revealed a bunch of other award winners Saturday. But before delegates to the USATF annual meeting say aloha to Hawaii, they have one other chore to perform: Announce the Masters Hall of Fame Class […]
December 2, 2007
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Shockers coach Rainbolt completes 50K on 50th birthday
A few years ago on my 50th birthday, I ate ice cream cake. Today on Steve Rainbolt’s 50th, he ran 50 kilometers (about 31 miles) as a fundraiser. Guess he took it more seriously. Steve is track coach at Wichita State University — a former Kansas University high jumper when I was at KU. Except […]
December 1, 2007
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Chuck Phillips updates his own Age-Graded Tables
Last April, I wrote about an Age-Graded Tables project by Chuck Phillips. Last week he gave me an update, writing: “While it still takes WMA five or so years to update their age-graded tables, I just updated mine in one week. On 19 November I downloaded 40 pages of published USATF records, entered the improved […]
December 1, 2007
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