Archive for September, 2008
The true meaning of masters: We’re all in this together
Joe Lary, heart of gold An Alabama paper today profiled Joe Lary, an M60 medalist at the recent WMA regionals in Clermont, Florida. But I wasn’t impressed by Joe’s hardware as much as his soft heart. Andrew Carroll of the Tuscaloosa News wrote: “One day a runner from Nicarauga, who couldn’t speak English, got stranded […]
September 9, 2008
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L.A. Olympian mulls masters comeback: Walter McCoy
Walter McCoy won gold as a member of the 4×4 relay at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics (in the heats and semis, but not the final), and he’s dipped his toe in the masters waters this year. Now 45, Walter ran a 24.90 in the deuce last month in Tallahassee, Florida. With a Florida State […]
September 8, 2008
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European Masters Games results include decas, age 30s
The European Masters Games concluded today in Malmo, Sweden, and track results can be found here in a huge Word document. Occurring about a month after the European masters championships in Slovenia, the EMG attracted only a fraction of the first event’s athletes. But the EMG showed that you don’t have to be on the […]
September 7, 2008
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Eurovets statmeister counts 19 ‘world records’ at meet
In late July, the Eurovets held their biennial championships. Ivar Soderlind of Sweden has now filed a report on the records set at the meet in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Click here for his summary of records. But take the list with a grain of salt. Some of the marks he cites, including Howard Moscrop’s 400-meter hurdles […]
September 6, 2008
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Lahti 2009 housing already booked up? Try other options
One of my masters moles writes about next summer’s world masters championships in Finland: “I understand from my sources that there are no more accommodations available in Lahti and the best ones have gone to the Germans and other Europeans. Official website says bookings will be available online on 8/30. (An) email to me from […]
September 5, 2008
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Gustav was no match for Katrina evacuee Robert Baker
Three years ago, M60 decathlon champion Robert Baker saw a little storm named Katrina interrupt his season. He described his evacuation from a New Orleans suburb and later reported his return to Metaire. Last weekend, he won gold in the M60 pentathlon at Clermont WMA regionals (finishing behind a guest from South Africa). Then came […]
September 4, 2008
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Track camp for women over 50 in works for Maine 2009
To grow the masters movement, we need more women as well as men. Now a coach in Portland, Maine, has one solution: Offer a track camp for female athletes only. It’s still in the conceptual stage, but Deb Smith, director of Not Too Late Basketball Camps for women 50-plus, is talking up a track camp […]
September 4, 2008
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Berlin bidding to host the World Masters Games in 2013
The World Masters Games, a multisport festival held every four years, is ramping up for its 2009 edition in Sydney, Australia. It includes a big ol’ track meet, which can conflict with the masters circuit. Now comes word that the 2013 meet is being coveted by Berlin, Germany. The Koops’ site quotes Berlin Mayor Klaus […]
September 3, 2008
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Norwegian masters enchilada rips 2007 Riccione worlds
Knut Henrik Skramstad of Norway won the M70 decathlon and pole vault at last year’s Riccione world masters championships in Italy. And he was appalled at how the meet was conducted. In an undated narrative he lists several outrages, including the observation that hand times in a decathlon 100 were converted to automatic times for […]
September 3, 2008
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Couple dozen videos show WMA Clermont 200s, relays
Reprising her gig at Clermont-Ferrand, France, Linda Carty informs us of her latest masters video production — a couple dozen clips of finals in some 200s, relays and assorted other Sunday events at last weekend’s WMA regionals in Clermont, Florida. Click here for the Iist of AVI files, which take a while to download. It […]
September 2, 2008
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