Archive for April, 2008
Kudos to Ontario Masters T&F Assn. for cool new site
Someone up north knows how to put together a masters track site. The Ontario Masters T&F Association in eastern Canada has unveiled a site with serious chops. It appears to rely on database technology for many of its pages, including a nascent national rankings section. One really cool feature is an area where athletes can […]
April 23, 2008
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Video posted of Willie Gault’s 4×1 anchor leg at Mt. SAC
M45 sprinter Willie Gault isn’t old by our standards, but his anchor leg in the invitational 4Ă—100 relay at Sunday’s Mt. SAC Relays must have made him feel aged. (He’s wearing all blue, in lane 2 in this Flotrack clip.) He took the baton from a Hudson Smith International teammate in fourth place (in a […]
April 22, 2008
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Fudging fast times on mastersrankings.com? Truth sought
Steve Bunn: Are his sprint times bunk? My favorite motto in masters track is: “The older I get, the faster I was.” This suggests the fibs we tell our friends, family and co-workers about our prowess “back in the day.” But there’s one place where lying is seriously bad form: mastersrankings.com. Launched in 2003 as […]
April 22, 2008
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Masters races close at Mt. SAC; Rey Brown tells of return
Today’s Mt. SAC Relays had some wonderful masters races — even with some major no-shows (injuries and otherwise). I also had a chance to chat with a high jumper I idolized in high school: two-time Olympian Reynaldo Brown. He’s making a masters comeback, he says, at the Pasadena Senior Games this summer. It’ll be his […]
April 20, 2008
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Elections due in late May for Colorado USATF association
Masters can have their say in new leaders of the slapped-down USATF Colorado Association (remember the long grievance process?). Deb Conley sent a note detailing the convoluted election process, with balloting about May 20 to pick new officers. If you know masters in the Colorado association, let ’em know about the upcoming vote. At the […]
April 19, 2008
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Mt. SAC masters events will be webcast on Sunday
Seven masters exhibition races will be contested tomorrow (Sunday) at the Mt. SAC Relays in Walnut, California, and all should be webcast live (click here). The men’s and women’s 800s are at 11:15 and 11:20 a.m.Pacific time, followed by a series of 100s from 11:40 a.m. until noon and a men’s 200 at 1:10 p.m. […]
April 19, 2008
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Roger Pierce recalls Australia magic at HoF induction
Roger Pierce Roger Pierce was an eloquent representative of masters track last night when he was inducted into his alma mater’s Hall of Fame. His local paper quoted Roger: “As long as I am capable of doing it, I’ll run for the rest of my life. But I’m at the age where I see a […]
April 19, 2008
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Ashford runs 42-inch highs in 15.54 at Mt. SAC Relays
David Ashford can three-step the highs at age 45. No, I mean the HIGH highs. Competing in a university/open heat today at the Mt. SAC Relays east of Los Angeles, David came close to the listed, unofficial single-age WR for 42-inch hurdles of 15.2 with his 15.54 in a three-man heat. But David can claim […]
April 18, 2008
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Ferring makes it official: Masters club is sponsored
FerringUSA got off the dime today and officially announced its sponsorship of Sprint Force America — four days after its generosity was first disclosed here. The same release is on FerringUSA’s Web site as well. In any case, the drugmaker’s product director said: “Sprint Force America exemplifies a commitment to active aging. We support this […]
April 18, 2008
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Mystery solved? Practice hurdler at worlds ID’d as British
Well, charge me with a false start. My earlier post wondering about the identity of a hurdler taking practice starts with the gun at Clermont-Ferrand was a booboo. The gent wasn’t French, but British. Don Drummond, winner of the M35 hurdle race at worlds, sent me two photos that indicate the athlete taking a hurdle […]
April 18, 2008
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