Archive for January, 2008
Raschker up for another honor: Atlanta’s top amateur
In November, Phil Raschker journeyed to Monte Carlo to pick up her IAAF Masters Athlete of the Year award. On February 11, she won’t have to travel so far if she wins another award for her 2007 feats: Just drive down Interstate 75 a piece from her home in Marietta, Georgia. She’s one of three […]
January 12, 2008
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Blogmaster’s latest talent: He speaks fluent Italian!
Who knew? I can turn an Italian phrase (and cliche) with the best of them. At least, that’s how it looks on a new Italian track site, which goes heavy on masters. A few weeks ago, an Italian journalist named Andrea Benatti asked me for an interview, and so I let my hair down (as […]
January 11, 2008
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Suzy Favor Hamilton a no-go for 2008 Eugene Trials
Three-time Olympian Suzy Favor Hamilton has decided against going for No. 4 at age 39, Track & Field News reports. She says: “With all my past injuries I am finding it very difficult to continue on with the training. Things are going well and I am enjoying life after sports. I am selling real estate […]
January 10, 2008
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The Picasso of the javelin launches a new Web site
Roald Bradstock, the M40 spearchucker extraordinaire, reports: “I wanted to let you know that my new website: www.roaldbradstock.com is now officially up and running. It has taken over five months to create. I would like to personally thank Dennis Filglini at MacDaddi for creating this site. . . . Also, there are now 24 videos […]
January 10, 2008
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USATF CEO Craig Masback leaving for job at Nike
Craig Masback, who pays attention to masters track only when forced to, is quitting as CEO of USA Track & Field and taking a job with Nike, USATF reports today. Although he’s been honest on why USATF Masters hasn’t gotten the marketing it deserves (“You don’t have the numbers,” he would say), he hasn’t done […]
January 9, 2008
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Jim Sorensen’s 2008 goal: Make it back to the Trials
Can Sorensen make the Trials? Take our poll! If there’s anything harder than running a sub-4 mile at age 40, it’s doing it at age 41. But Jim Sorensen will give it a shot, he tells me. A world-record setter in his first M40 year, Jim fell short of 4 by 5 seconds. He’s mainly […]
January 9, 2008
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Ken Weinbel is battling medical mystery, wife reports
Ken Weinbel, an 80-year-old thrower who was USATF Masters T&F Committee chairman from 1996 to 2001, is reported to be in poor health with a recent history of unexplained seizures and falls. He’s been moved recently to Daystar Retirement Village, an assisted-living facility in Seattle. His wife, Noelle, says doctors won’t let him go home […]
January 8, 2008
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Donna Schultz nips Raschker record at Pole Vault Summit
In my original post on the weekend’s Pole Vault Summit, I overlooked the W50 world indoor record by Donna Schultz. According to this article in the Reno newspaper, Donna cleared 3.07 (10-0 3/4) to beat the listed W50 world indoor record of 3.06 by Phil Raschker at Boston nationals in 2000. The results sheet indicates […]
January 7, 2008
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Slo-mo video shows Paul Babits clearing M45 WR
Paul Babits, 47, sets vault records as often as I get haircuts. But lately his big jumps have been at home in Indiana, where he coaches at the Vault High Athletics indoor facility. Nobody doubted his ability, but it’s nice to see him scale huge heights outside his comfort zone in Fort Wayne. Here’s a […]
January 7, 2008
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Video of M40 final of 400-meter dash at Riccione worlds
Canadian sprinter Jimson Lee, reading about Robert Thomas and his French lodging offer, sent me a video of the M40 400 final at Riccione in which Robert took second to Italy’s Enrico Saraceni, 49.23 to 50.07. (Fellow Americans David Jones and Junior Ripy were fifth and sixth in this race.) Click and enjoy!
January 6, 2008
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