Archive for January, 2008
Boston indoor nationals info posted — up to a point
Itâs 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 isnât posted yet. Neither is the page on âspecific eligibility requirementsâ at the USATF National website. But the key info is […]
January 18, 2008
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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: âHere are the fields assembled for the 41st running […]
January 17, 2008
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$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: âThis is an attempt to get a regional âelite mastersâ competition to Mesa, Arizona, a few weeks before indoor nationals. Iâm funding $500 in first prize money through my foundation, […]
January 16, 2008
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M50 McBarnette ups own American indoor HJ record
New year, same old Bruce McBarnette. On Dec. 16, Bruce â an attorney/actor/real estate tycoon in Loudon County, Virginia â 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
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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 Italyâs 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: âFollowing upon the death of our President, Cesare Beccalli, […]
January 14, 2008
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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 Koopâs site, Wolfgang cleared 4.20 meters (13-9 1/4) â […]
January 14, 2008
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Vacancies near the top and all around USATF Masters T&F
This coming December, Gary Snyderâs two-year term ends as chairman of the USATF Masters Track & Field Committee. I donât know if heâll 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
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Jearl Miles Clark making a bid for fifth Olympics at 41?
Four-time Olympian Jearl Miles Clark, known for her 800 and 4Ă4 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 Hollandâs Tilly Verhoef-Jacobs. The American age-group record is 57.40 by Lesia Batiste. Jearl, who hasnât recorded […]
January 13, 2008
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About 200 kick off indoor season at Dartmouth
Iâm 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
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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
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