Archive for January, 2008

Allen Johnson still stud as 36-year-old geezerhurdler

Allen Johnson, who turns 37 in March, won the 55-meter hurdles yesterday at the elite “Run for the Dream” meet at Fresno State. Results are here. Allen’s time of 7.14 is off his all-time best of 7.03. But that was back in 1994, two years before winning 110 gold at the Atlanta Olympics. His 7.14 […]

January 22, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

Diane Sherrer delivers Hartshorne drama, as usual

Diane Shrerrer, a central New York running columnist, covered the Cornell races over the weekend and adds to the record. She shares a great story on John Hinton: “The Hartshorne elite races had the potential of producing up to five American or world age-group records — it would get two. But Hinton was never part […]

January 22, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Jett hopes he’ll race Roger Kingdom at Modesto Relays

Rod Jett doesn’t claim God on his side, but local Jesuits are cheering for him. He’s a teacher and sprint/hurdles coach at Jesuit High School in Carmichael, California, which has a powerful track program (One star alum is Michael Stember). Rod is hot after M40 hurdle records, even if David Ashford asserts to be the […]

January 22, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

Study still seeks a few good postmenopausal women

Back in early November, Amanda Mittleman of Long Beach State University south of Los Angeles shared news of her thesis study on postmenopausal elite athletes. Today she sent an update, and another invitation to masters. She wrote: “I’ve had several AMAZING women, who received word about my study from your websites, participate in my study […]

January 21, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

Peter Taylor’s journal: ‘My Second Trip to the Hartshorne’

A year ago, Peter Taylor wrote about his Ithaca mile announcing experiences in a report titled “How I Spent My Winter Vacation (Or: My Trip to Cornell for the Hartshorne).” He did it again this year (on his birthday weekend), and the result is another gem. He’s a professional, and true to his craft. He […]

January 21, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  4 Comments

Hartwig pushes own M40 record even higher, vaults 18-1

In 1970, a Greek named Christos Papanicolaou became the first man to clear 18 feet in the vault. I vividly recall the cover of Track & Field News documenting the milestone — showing Chris flying over the bar, seemingly in the dark. Track nuts went ape-shit. The mark made headlines around the world. Yesterday at […]

January 20, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

Kingstad reclaims crown, ups M55 pole vault world record

Sorry, Wolfgang Ritte. Your reign atop the M55 vault world was short-lived. A week after Wolfie raised the indoor age-group best to 4.20, Jeff Kingstad took back the indoor WR by clearing a bar set at 4.21 meters (13-9 3/4). Blame this blog for Jeff’s latest record. Yesterday he wrote me: “Hi Ken: Thanx to […]

January 20, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

Rod Jett rockets to M40 American record for 60 hurdles

Rod Jett, a national-class hurdler from Cal, has an all-time best in the 110 hurdles of 13.43. He competed in the 1996 Olympic Trials, and last appeared in the IAAF world lists in 2000, when he ran the highs in 13.88. Last year, when he turned 40, he ran the masters 110s in 14.10. Yesterday […]

January 20, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  5 Comments

Hinton, Condon claim world, American mile records

John Hinton of North Carolina improved the M45 world indoor record in the mile today at the Hartshorne Masters Miles in Ithaca, New York. Frank Condon of California added an M65 American record in another race at the annual event at Cornell University. John, 45, clocked 4:20.18 to beat the listed world age-group record of […]

January 19, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  6 Comments

Texas Relays won’t mosey over a little for masters

The Texas Relays form the opening leg of the Midwest Relays circuit, which includes Kansas and Drake. But unlike the Lawrence and Des Moines events, masters aren’t welcome in Austin. So learned M40 sprinter John Simpson when he politely asked Texas officials to add a masters 100, 200 and/or 4×100 masters relay. They said, “Sorry, […]

January 19, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  4 Comments