Archive for July, 2008

National masters deca/hep results are in — with photos!

Jeff Watry, the engineer/athlete for Gill Athletics, shares these results from the USATF Masters National Decathlon/ Heptathlon Championships held June 21-22 at a university in southwest Missouri. Among the nearly 50 entrants were quite a few Britons and Canadians, who joined the meet as part of a challenge. I posted an article previewing the event […]

July 19, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

Forty years ago today, San Diego held meet for the ages

On this date in 1968, the San Diego Track & Field Association together with the city Recreation Department and the Los Angeles Seniors Track Club joined under the leadership of David Pain to stage a track meet at historic Balboa Stadium. It was Day 1 of the first U.S. National Masters Track & Field Championships, […]

July 19, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Weiner bobbles the bubbly, finishes out of the money

Matthew Cavanaugh of the European Pressphoto Agency took a nice action shot of USATF Masters Media Chairman Bob Weiner near the end of the half-mile Bastille Day Race in the nation’s capital. See below; that’s Bob in the Potomac Runners jersey. Bob writes: “Here I am tied for the lead racing five yards from the […]

July 19, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

Merlene Ottey has 2 shots left at Games qualifying mark

Reuters reports from Lubljana: “Jamaican-born sprinter Merlene Ottey will race twice in four days in a last-ditch effort to become the first athlete to take part in eight Olympic Games. Ottey, 48, will run at meetings in the Slovenian city of Maribor on Saturday and Tuesday in an attempt to achieve the Olympic 100 metres […]

July 18, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Is CEO Logan running from his CBA bankruptcy secret?

Doug Logan, the new CEO of USA Track & Field, apparently promoted himself as the soccer savior of MLS. Well, maybe. But did he fully disclose his failures as well? One was in the mid-1990s, when he was the owner of a Continental Basketball Association franchise in San Diego. His club, called the San Diego […]

July 18, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  4 Comments

Soccer guy named to replace Masback as CEO of USATF

Doug Logan: will new CEO’s gray hair make him masters-mindful? I’m keeping an open mind on this BIG news from Indy: A former exec with Arena Football League and Major League Soccer is the new CEO of USA Track & Field. His name is Doug Logan, and the announcement of his selection by the USATF […]

July 17, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

German masters nationals: So big they hold two meets

Last weekend saw the finale of the two-part German masters nationals. Yes, the Germans have so many masters tracksters they hold two separate meets — for under-50 and for 50-plus. The first meet was June 27-29 (see results) and the second, which attracted nearly 1,000 entrants, was July 11-13 (see results). Great coverage was at […]

July 17, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  12 Comments

Britain’s Dalton Grant clears 7 feet at age 42, equals WR

Olympian Dalton Grant of Great Britain has become the oldest man to clear 7 feet in the high jump, accomplishing that miraculous feat at age 42 years, 4 months over the weekend. He thus equals a never-ratified 2.15-meter (7-0 1/2) jump by Glen Conley of New York in August 1997. (I wrote extensively about this.) […]

July 16, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

Spaniard shatters John Hinton’s M45 WR for 1500 meters

America doesn’t have a monopoly on milers. Today we learn that M45 star Jesus Borrego of Spain has bettered John Hinton’s M45 world record for 1500 meters, clocking 3:52.43 on July 12, according to a note that Jesus sent to Nolan Shaheed of California. This Spanish blog also confirms the mark. The listed M45 WR […]

July 16, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  6 Comments

Merlene Ottey’s goal: Run 11.32 and return to the Games

By this time next week we’ll know. We’ll know whether Merlene Ottey, 48, will compete in the world’s most important track meet. Yesterday, over at my MAD blog, I wrote about Merlene’s dream to run in her eighth Olympics. That boggles the brain. But we’re used to Merlene doing the impossible, so we take it […]

July 16, 2008   Posted in: Uncategorized  8 Comments