Archive for March, 2008
Is Phil Raschker the favorite for AAU’s Sullivan Award?
Pity Phil Raschker. She’s in the middle of tax season (as an accountant), and busy winning a bunch of gold medals at indoor worlds in France (six at last count), and now she has to deal with yet another distraction. But what a distraction. She’s made the final cut in the Sullivan Award derby, being […]
March 22, 2008
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Cliff Wiley: ‘Time is near that USATF needs to break up’
Kansas City lawyer Cliff Wiley, a former world-class sprinter at Kansas, knows USATF inside and out. In 2004, he was head manager of Team USA at the IAAF world junior (under-20) championships in Italy. He coaches high school track and has directed youth track meets for decades in Baltimore and the Midwest. And now he’s […]
March 21, 2008
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At least seven world records tumble in Clermont-Ferrand
In its first three days, the 3rd World Masters Indoor Athletic Championships have seen at least seven world records smashed (three by Team USA). I haven’t inspected all marks, but the ones I’ve noticed on the Clermont-Ferrand results site are pretty dang impressive. Take the sprints, for example. Val Barnwell of the United States broke […]
March 20, 2008
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Olympian Jearl Miles-Clark enters Boston indoor nationals
Rebecca Connolly, Terri Rath, Andrea Ostrowski and Charmaine Roberts are in for a treat. They get to race four-time Olympian Jearl Miles-Clark at Boston indoor nationals later this month. Jearl is a late entry in the W40 200 and 400. Jearl ran the 400 earlier this season in 57.09. Charmaine is no slouch, of course. […]
March 19, 2008
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Results being posted on funky Clermont-Ferrand Web site
Everyone reads French, right? No matter. You can figure out what the event is by context and performance. Here is the results entryway for the 3rd World Masters Indoor Athletics Championships in France. The first events have trickled in from yesterday, opening day in Clermont-Ferrand. The site promises: “From Monday 17th of March, all results […]
March 18, 2008
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Morioka anchors M60 world indoor record in 4×4 relay
Harold Morioka of British Columbia, a masters sprint legend with records and world titles galore, has had a rough few years. But he’s overcome injuries in sensational fashion, teaming with three other gents to lower the M60 world indoor record (although he recently turned 65). They did it a schoolkids meet in Kamloops a couple […]
March 18, 2008
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W40 Katalin Deák bounces two indoor WRs in Budapest
Katalin Deák of Hungary turned 40 on March 4. She didn’t wait long to make her marks on the record book — long jumping to world indoor bests of 6.21 (20-4 1.2) in the long jump and 12.77 (41-10 3.4) in the triple jump March 8 in Budapest, Hungary. Both W40 records were set in […]
March 17, 2008
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NYT story: ‘If stretching was a drug, it would be recalled’
Stretching before training and competition has been part of my routine for four decades. It’s almost a religion. But my faith has been tested by a series of studies and news articles in recent years, including this recent one in The New York Times. Gina Kolata, a W60 runner and one of the best health […]
March 16, 2008
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Final version of USATF Colorado grievance verdict issued
Less than a week after a USATF panel handed down its rough draft roughing up the Colorado Association leadership, the final verdict has been issued. It doesn’t cut Colo. USATF any slack. And it’s a victory for masters track in the Rocky Mountain state, since it says “a new election is required for the election […]
March 15, 2008
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Happy half-century to German webster Annette Koop!
Today is Annette Koop’s 50th birthday. She and her lawyer husband Robert have been the driving force behind her German masters track “seite” for many years. I’d be lost without them. They are a source of much of Europe’s best reporting on masters track. Here’s my Google-ized greeting: “Happy Birthday, Annette! Mögen Sie haben ein […]
March 14, 2008
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