Archive for February, 2008
Bachman’s overdrive turned demons into Riccione gold
Some folks return from worlds with pulled muscles, aching joints. About 10 days after returning to Canada from Riccione, where he won five M85 gold medals in the throws, Garry Bachman had a heart attack. He seems fine now, according to an article in his local newspaper. “The fellow athletes blamed it on all the […]
February 3, 2008
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Allen Johnson nips M35 American hurdles record
Olympic champion Allen Johnson lowered Greg Foster’s M35 American indoor age-group record in the 60-meter hurdles today in Stuttgart, Germany. Allen, 36, ran 7.55 to beat the listed M35 record of 7.56 by Greg in 1994. Here are the official results. The listed M35 world indoor record is 7.40 by Britain’s Colin Jackson in 2002. […]
February 2, 2008
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Hartwig clears 18-8 in Stuttgart to raise M40 best
Psssst! Nobody tell Jeff Hartwig that he’s 40. Today in Stuttgart, Germany, Jeff raised the M40 world indoor record to 5.70 (18-8 1/4) and had three misses at 5.75 (18-10 1/4). It’s the second time in less than a week and about the fourth time this season he’s upped the undercover best. Here are the […]
February 2, 2008
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Watch out, NorCal M50 sprinters, Lofton is coming
If news reports are accurate, M50 long sprinter James Lofton will soon take a coaching job with the Oakland Raiders — an arch foe of the San Diego Chargers who fired him as receivers coach a few weeks back. How delicious. If James moves to the Bay Area, he’ll see plenty of masters track action […]
February 2, 2008
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Southwest Sprinters, Athena TC take Millrose titles
A Southwest Sprinters foursome (not necessarily from the Southwest) tonight won the men’s 4×4 relay at the 101st Millrose Games in New York City. Southwest was runner-up a year ago. But they ran faster last year, when they lost to Nike Central Park TC. Athena TC, however, defended its title of 2007. But Athena ran […]
February 1, 2008
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Maryland honors masters medalists from that state
Do they have C-SPAN for the Maryland Capitol? If they did, you might have seen the amazing sight of 16 masters athletes from around the state officially honored by state lawmakers for their Orono nationals achievements last summer. M55 multi-eventer Keith Mathis writes: “On Martin Luther King Day, the Maryland Legislature recognized masters athletes from […]
February 1, 2008
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