Archive for March, 2008

Mexico’s Rifka, older than Topic, qualifies for HJ final

Romary Rifka of Mexico, who turned 37 on December 23, 2007, set a Mexican indoor record of 1.90 (6-2 3/4) in high jump qualifying today at IAAF indoors. She’s three months older than Serbian Dragutin Topic, who is merely the oldest male flopper at the meet in Spain. My apologies to Romary for not recognizing […]

March 8, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

NYRR posts 2 world records from last week’s 1500s

Better late than never. According to the NYRR club’s results site, Poland’s Zofia Wieciorkowska clocked a 1500 in 4:40.4 to beat the listed W45 world record of 4:41.67 by Spain’s Aurora Perez in 2006 — as telegraphed a week ago. In Heat 3, Marie-Louise Michelson is indeed credited with a W65 world indoor record of […]

March 7, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

Serbia’s Topic jumps 7-5 1/4, makes final at IAAF worlds

Dragutin Topic, who turns 37 in five days, cleared 2.27 (7-5 1/4) today on his third try to make the finals at IAAF indoor worlds in Valencia, Spain. He’s the oldest high jumper in meet history. A month ago, he became the oldest man to clear 2.30 (7-6 1/2), so he has some inches left […]

March 7, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Italian M45 Segatal joins the 2-meter club indoors

In the high jump, 2 meters separates the supermen from the men. That’s 6 feet, 6 3/4 inches to us mortals. Last Sunday, Italy’s Marco Segatel cleared 2.00 less than a month before turning 46. That’s a European indoor record, which is reported here. Thus we now have three men over 45 over 2.00 — […]

March 7, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

Tim McCrossen overcame cold, 60m rivals at Boston

Chiropractor and trainer Tim McCrossen, 41, won the masters exhibition 60-meter dash at the Boston open nationals last month. But perhaps the toughest challenge was just getting to the meet.Tim wrote me: “It was rough for us to https://www.aasfoundation.org/cenforce-2000-mg/ get to Boston as we had to drive 100 miles in freezing rain from Cincy to […]

March 6, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  5 Comments

Henry Rono Watch: Too poor to journey to Carlsbad?

Former WR distance legend Henry Rono, who turned 56 last month, is a constant presence on a letsrun.com message board. And a recent post by Henry is very sad. Someone asked if he would be competing at April’s Carlsbad 5K, and he said he couldn’t afford to get there from his New Mexico home without […]

March 6, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

Track TV reality show gets set for Las Vegas meets

Last July, I reported on a reality TV show concept revolving around masters track — up till age 52. Hadn’t heard much since. But now the show is a go for production. And the folks behind it have posted a poll asking if the age limit should be lifted. According to this press release, which […]

March 5, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  5 Comments

Athlete of Year Nolan Shaheed seeks room in France

Nolan Shaheed, the 2007 USATF Masters Male Athlete of the Year, writes: “I’m a late entry for the world indoor meet in France and have paid my registration fees and have booked my flight. But the French travel agency (dropped the ball) on the room reservation. So if any of your blog readers have booked […]

March 5, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

IAAF lists oldest entrants, medalists at indoor worlds

This is one beastly file. But a PDF reaching 322 pages, the IAAF statistics handbook issued for the upcoming IAAF world indoor championships in Valencia, Spain, is a treasure trove of masters stats. Mainly, it’s good for finding out the oldest entrants in indoor worlds history. “These pages list the youngest and oldest gold medallists […]

March 4, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

Jody Hawkins on running: ‘Every mile is a blessing’

Jody Hawkins of Texas, winner of the masters national cross country title last month in San Diego, mothers a running family. How much into racing are she and husband Mark? Her stepson is named Coe, after Sebastian Coe. Jody turned 41 in mid-October and is a bit surprised she’s still competing. In a Q&A conducted […]

March 4, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  5 Comments