Archive for May, 2008
Bud Smith, who outjumped Wilt, profiled in Iowa paper
Don Doxsie of the Quad City Times in Iowa has written a marvelous story on Bud Smith, a pioneering barefoot high jumper who became a masters record holder and world star. Bud was one of the first in history to clear 7 feet — but never got the credit he deserved. The story tells why […]
May 7, 2008
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Update on Carter Holmes: He’s hoping to make Florida
In late February, I shared the story about M55 multi-eventer Carter Holmes and his heart scare at the University of Minnesota. Yesterday I got a note from longtime masters jumper Tom Langenfeld with a status report on Carter. It’s very encouraging. Tom writes: ” I talked to Carter last week. He’s been home for a […]
May 7, 2008
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John Hinton’s birthday present to self: M46 record 1500
John Hinton of North Carolina ran another great 1500 at Duke over the weekend, clocking 3:58.13 just three days after turning 46 on May 1. This mark beats the listed single-age record of 3:58.3 by Britain’s Peter Molloy in 1995. John already holds the M45 American record of 3:56.39 (still listed as “p” for pending), […]
May 6, 2008
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Hartwig also focusing attention on masters at Modesto
Tom Holliday of the Modesto Bee has a nice little writeup on Jeff Hartwig, an entrant in the elite vault at Modesto this weekend, reporting: “Why is that 40-year-old man still flying upside down 20 feet in the air? Well, it’s an Olympic year, for one thing. And pole vaulter Jeff Hartwig hasn’t seen Beijing. […]
May 6, 2008
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Modesto Relays may boast fastest masters races of year
They call it the California Invitational Relays, but many of us older folks know it as just Modesto. And after this year, it surely could be known for masters races as well. Joy Upshaw-Margerum and meet director Gregg Miller have assembled some incredible fields for Saturday’s masters 100 and 110 hurdles. (It helped that they’re […]
May 6, 2008
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Hall of Famer Irene Obera comes out of retirement at 75!
In the May issue of National Masters News, buried in a story on page 15, is some monumental news — worthy of Page One: “For the women on the track (at the Bay Area Senior Games at Stanford), Irene Obera, 75, ran a 16.79 into a headwind to win the W75 100.” That’s it. One […]
May 5, 2008
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New Forum category launched: ‘Share lodging, transit’
World throws champion George Mathews in his latest column for National Masters News suggested that usatf.org host a “Sharing Bulletin Board” for athletes who could use a roommate or a ride to a meet. I thought it was a great idea, and immediately added a category to our masterstrack.com Forum. Even if only one pair […]
May 4, 2008
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Henry Rono Watch: Legend still targeting WR in M55 mile
Henry Rono, 56, whose training and running we’ve been following for several years, says he graduated from college yesterday — three decades after setting a bunch of distance world records while competing for Washington State University. Good for him! Apparently, he earned a master’s degree in special education from Central New Mexico Community College in […]
May 3, 2008
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Steve Bunn sprint marks on mastersrankings.com fixed
Last week, we noted how indoor marks attributed to M40 sprinter Steve Bunn were faster than what official results showed. Those false indoor marks on mastersrankings.com have now been corrected, rankings chairman John Seto reports. In addition, a 10.98 time in the 100-meter dash claimed by Steve in 2006 has been changed to 11.0 hand-time, […]
May 2, 2008
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Deadline for track reality TV show delayed until May 10
Julia Ann Dudley, producer of the T.R.A.C.K. Live reality TV show gearing up for production, says the deadline for entry is now May 10. Today she wrote current entrants: “We were in Mt. Sac in April where many people were excited about being a part of T.R.A.C.K. Live! So what we have done is taken […]
May 1, 2008
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