Archive for January, 2008

Boston indoor nationals info posted — up to a point

It’s an interesting indoor season, where the worlds come before nationals. So be it. But moving right along, the Boston masters nationals folks have unveiled their 2008 Web site. But the entry form PDF isn’t posted yet. Neither is the page on “specific eligibility requirements” at the USATF National website. But the key info is […]

January 18, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  5 Comments

Big names entered in Hartshorne miles Saturday

Masters record-holders John Hinton, Anselm LeBourne, Nolan Shaheed, Frank Condon, Alisa Harvey, Patti Ford, Carolyn Smith-Hanna and Patty Blanchard are among the entrants in the Hartshorne Masters Miles this Saturday in Ithaca, New York. Tom Hartshorne, son of the founder, provided the lists below and writes: “Here are the fields assembled for the 41st running […]

January 17, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

$500 prize promised winner of masters 800 Challenge

Doug Thompson, a respectable 800-meter man, informs us of the second annual running of the SISU 800 Meter Challenge Race on March 8. He writes: “This is an attempt to get a regional ‘elite masters’ competition to Mesa, Arizona, a few weeks before indoor nationals. I’m funding $500 in first prize money through my foundation, […]

January 16, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

M50 McBarnette ups own American indoor HJ record

New year, same old Bruce McBarnette. On Dec. 16, Bruce — an attorney/actor/real estate tycoon in Loudon County, Virginia — set an M50 American indoor record in the high jump with a mark of 1.86 meters. On Sunday, he added a centimeter, making it 1.87 (6-1 1/2). The latest leap came at the same site […]

January 15, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  3 Comments

Hacker new president of World Masters Athletics

As expected, Monty Hacker of South Africa has taken over as president of World Masters Athletics. He succeeds Italy’s Cesare Beccalli, who died of a heart attack last month in Brazil. Monty thus becomes the first Southern Hemisphere prez of WMA. The WMA Web site reports: “Following upon the death of our President, Cesare Beccalli, […]

January 14, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

German tops American’s new M55 world PV record

Sorry, Jeff. Wolfgang Ritte has entered the room. The same day M55 Jeff Kingstad thought he was upping his own world indoor record in the vault, German world champion Ritte was putting it appreciably higher someplace in Deutschland. According to results posted on Annette and Robert Koop’s site, Wolfgang cleared 4.20 meters (13-9 1/4) — […]

January 14, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Vacancies near the top and all around USATF Masters T&F

This coming December, Gary Snyder’s two-year term ends as chairman of the USATF Masters Track & Field Committee. I don’t know if he’ll run for a full four-year term, but I do know this: Our organizational directory shows a slew of vacancies. According to this list, we lack a national vice chair for masters track […]

January 14, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

Jearl Miles Clark making a bid for fifth Olympics at 41?

Four-time Olympian Jearl Miles Clark, known for her 800 and 4×4 prowess, ran the 400 in 58.40 yesterday at the University of Kentucky. Here are results. She turns 42 in September. The listed W40 indoor WR is 56.82 by Holland’s Tilly Verhoef-Jacobs. The American age-group record is 57.40 by Lesia Batiste. Jearl, who hasn’t recorded […]

January 13, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

About 200 kick off indoor season at Dartmouth

I’m told that 200 masters athletes took part Friday in the 33rd annual masters meet held in conjunction with the Dartmouth Relays in Hanover, New Hampshire. Results are posted. Craig Fram, 49, ran the 1500 in a wonderful 4:30.99, a time that would have ranked No. 2 on the 2007 U.S. list. Most of the […]

January 13, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

Kingstad ups own M55 world indoor vault record

How do you go higher than a summit? You go to the University of Wisconsin. A week after the National Pole Vault Summit in Reno, where he topped the listed M55 indoor WR in the vault with a jump of 4.11, Jeff Kingstad went 4.12 (13-6 1/4) yesterday at Madison, according to this post on […]

January 13, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments