Archive for February, 2008

Babits raises M45 indoor vault record to nearly 17 feet

Paul Babits, 47, vaulted 5.14 meters (16-10 1/4) indoors at the Brenda Lee pole vault meet yesterday in Fort Wayne, Indiana, according to a posting (probably by Paul) on mastersrankings.com. This would shatter his own M45 world indoor record of 5.01 (16-5 1/4) set six weeks ago (and reflected on the WMA records page). It […]

February 25, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  3 Comments

Joe King makes mile comeback: 7:13.25 at age 81

Running in the rain, Joe King, 81, clocked a mile Saturday in 7:13.25. That beats the listed M80 world record of 7:16.16 by Canada’s Hans Weickhardt in 1994 and the listed AR of 7:36.55 by John Hosner in 2006. However, 80-year-old John Keston ran 6:48.3 in May 2005 — a mark that created a buzz […]

February 25, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

Kamloops, B.C., reportedly seeking 2010 indoor worlds

According to German runner Annette Koop’s blog, Kamloops, British Columbia, will bid to host the fourth World Masters Indoor Championships in 2010. It would be the first WMA indoor worlds outside Europe (following 2004 Sindelfingen, Germany; 2006 Linz, Austria; and this year’s meet in Clermont-Ferrand, France). Don’t know who else is in the running, but […]

February 25, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

Harvey, Johnson shave American indoor bests at Boston

With her sixth-place finish in the 800 final today at open nationals, Alisa Harvey broke her day-old W40 American indoor record by a few tenths, clocking 2:05.75 and improving her chances of competing in her fifth Olympic Trials. The Boston race was won by Nicole Teter, who turns 35 this coming November. Coincidentally, the listed […]

February 24, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Alisa Harvey lowers AR, makes 800 finals at nationals

Alisa Harvey qualified by time this afternoon for tomorrow’s 800 finals at the AT&T USA Indoor Track Championships in Boston. She ran 2:06.08 to again lower her own W40 indoor American record. More important, she ducked under the “B” qualifying standards for the Olympic Trials! If she’s in the top 30 in June, she’ll be […]

February 23, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  7 Comments

Barbados subsidizes its masters travel to Huntsman

Barbados is an island nation in the western Atlantic with a population of about 280,000 and a national budget of $1 billion. The United States is a 50-state republic in the Northern Hemisphere with a population of 300 million and a national budget of $3 trillion. Guess which country helps its masters track athletes travel […]

February 23, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Raschker again a finalist for AAU Sullivan Award

What a birthday present! On the day she turned 61, Phil Raschker yesterday learned that for the second time in five years, she’s a finalist for the highest honor America bestows on amateur athletes: the AAU Sullivan Award. And this year, fans can take part in the selection. Becky Wesley of the National Senior Games […]

February 22, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

German threatens world masters record in indoor vault

Here’s a trick question: Who’s the world’s best masters vaulter at the moment? You thunk Jeff Hartwig? Well, thunk again. M40 Jeff isn’t even No. 2! According to the IAAF Top List, Tim Lobinger of Germany, who turned 35 last September, is the top masters vaulter in the world this indoor season. Tim jumped 5.81 […]

February 22, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

Colorado USATF grievance: Mystery riddle enigma

Last November, I wrote about the grievance battle inside the Colorado USATF association. I have no clue how this was resolved, but folks have noticed a change on the association Web site: The grievance posting has been deleted. Vanished without an explanation. Oh well. Maybe it was all a dream. Anyway, Colorado masters aren’t twiddling […]

February 22, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Blogmaster’s wedding anniversary and a Stacy story

Today Chris and I celebrate our 27th wedding anniversary. We got hitched the same year as Chuck & Di (across the Pond in a slightly bigger ceremony). But we’re still going strong. Chuck & Di? Don’t ask. But since this is a masters track blog, I found another masters track love story to highlight: Stacy […]

February 21, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments