Archive for June, 2008

Hot throwing at Southwestern Association masters meet

Mesquite, Texas, hosted the USATF Southwestern Association masters championships over the weekend (results below), and some great throws were recorded by the likes of Ken Jansson, Ken Ellis, Bob Ward and Steve Patridge, who had an M50 shot mark of 15.29 (50-2). Also, W50 sprinter Cindy Steenbergen clocked a nice 1 and 2. Thanks go […]

June 17, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  3 Comments

Blogmaster needs roomie for dorms at the Eugene Trials

Hi, all. I’m covering the Olympic Trials in Eugene for the duration of the meet, and my original roommate at the dorms (called the Living-Learning Center across the street from Hayward Field) had to withdraw. So I’m looking for a male nonsmoker who would be interested in sharing the room with me. I’m booked from […]

June 16, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Dutch master Simon Vroemen steeples 8:12 at age 39

Simon Vroeman of Holland, the listed M35 world record holder in the 3K steeplechase (8:04.95 in 2004), turns 40 in May 2009. If he can hang on another year, he’ll likely demolish the M40 record of 8:38.40 by Italy’s Angelo Carosi in 2004. (The listed WMA world record is 8:41.5 by Belgium’s Gaston Roelants in […]

June 16, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

Roald Bradstock, 46, on the bubble to throw at the Trials

Olympian Arne “Roald” Bradstock has his fingers and toes crossed. Sometime in the next few days, he’ll learn whether he’ll compete at 5:30 p.m. on the Fourth of July at the University of Oregon’s Hayward Field — the men’s javelin prelims at the 2008 Olympic Trials. He’ll be 46. He would be the oldest nonwalker […]

June 16, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

W55 Linda Cohn, W60 Steekelenburg up national records

Linda Cohn, a 55-year-old javelin thrower, raised her own American record for the third time Saturday. She chucked the spear 39.03 meters (128-1) at the Southern California Association USATF Masters Championships at Cerritos College in Norwalk, California. (Complete results are here.) That beat the previous (but not yet ratified) W55 best of 38.58 (126-7) she […]

June 15, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

James Lofton highlights Calif. Senior Olympic results

James Lofton has a new uniform and new job (as receivers coach for the Oakland Raiders, instead of the San Diego Chargers). But his speed hasn’t changed. He’s still fast. A week ago at the Pasadena Senior Games (aka California Senior Olympics), James won the M50 200 and 400 in 24.50 and 53.49 as his […]

June 14, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

‘T.R.A.C.K. Live!’ masters track reality show may be dead

Email flying across the country suggests that finances and turnout for Phase 2 of the T.R.A.C.K. Live!” masters track TV show are a disaster. Athletes are paying out of their own pocket, and show organizers are incommunicado. I’ve sent a note to Julia Dudley, the show producer based in Fresno. No reply. Perhaps she will […]

June 13, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  7 Comments

Texan Steenbergen ready for sprint comeback at 54

Debbie Fetterman of the Dallas Morning News, a great friend of masters track, has written another nice story about one of our stars: national champion W50 sprinter Cindy Steenbergen, who has been missing from the circuit the past few years. But long, tall Cindy is one tough cookie. She says she’s finally healthy and planning […]

June 13, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  8 Comments

Kudos from the Kiwi: David Sirl hails Tony Young WR

A few days after Tony Young broke David Sirl’s M45 world record in the mile, I wrote to Athletics New Zealand, asking if David were around to react to the 4:16.09. About a week later, I got a note from David himself! The miracle of email. David wrote: “Congratulations Tony Young of Seattle for breaking […]

June 13, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Alisa Harvey, Aeron Genet fall short of Trials qualifiers

On opposite coasts, they shared the same dream: qualify for the U.S. Olympic Trials in the middle distances in their early 40s. But with the June 15 deadline looming for submitting final qualifying marks, Alisa Harvey and Aeron Arlin Genet acknowledge in separate notes that they won’t make it. They won’t be lining up in […]

June 12, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  3 Comments