Archive for October, 2008
Ohmygosh! Oshkosh wins 2009 masters outdoor nationals
USATF Masters T&F chair Gary Snyder made it official (or at least public) about 20 minutes ago: “The USATF Masters Track and Field Executive Committee is pleased to announce that the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh has been selected to host the 2009 USA Masters Outdoor Track and Field Championships on July 9-12, 2009. Aerial photographs […]
October 31, 2008 Posted in: Uncategorized 40 Comments
Pan Pacific Masters Games get under way in Australia
The track meet portion of the Pan Pacific Masters Games starts tomorrow for a three-day run at Griffith University on Australia’s Gold Coast. Local papers are featuring the likes of 82-year-old multi-eventer Maurice Dauphinet and M30 distance runner (and cancer survivor) Roscoe McDonnell. Overall, 10,000 athletes 30-plus are entered in the festival. Entry is pretty […]
October 31, 2008 Posted in: Uncategorized 2 Comments
Site chosen for 2009 outdoor nationals — but it’s secret
USATF Masters T&F Chair Gary Snyder wrote me this morning that “the committee has selected a site (for 2009 masters outdoor nationals), which I email about after a few loose ends are tied. Folks will not be disappointed. I can confirm the dates, which are July 9-12. I expect to release information early this weekend.” […]
October 30, 2008 Posted in: Uncategorized 14 Comments
Bishop Dolegiewicz dies at 55; strong friend to many
Bishop Dolegiewicz: One of world’s strongest men Al Oerter has another friend in Heaven. Zbigniew “Bishop” Dolegiewicz, a two-time Canadian Olympian (1976 discus and 1984 shot) died Tuesday night at the age of 55, according to an email sent to many in the throws community, including masters thrower Tom Fahey. “Sorry for being the bearer […]
October 30, 2008 Posted in: Uncategorized 33 Comments
WMA reveals it has no bidders for 2012 indoor worlds
Acting president Monty Hacker of World Masters Athletics yesterday reported that nobody has bid to host the 2012 World Masters Indoor Championships — and that all cities publicly declared interested in holding the 2013 outdoor worlds are pretty much chopped liver. Welcome to reality, WMA. Your $150,000 rights fee may be pricing some good locales […]
October 29, 2008 Posted in: Uncategorized 6 Comments
Hawaii’s Jack Karbens: Pick 2009 nationals site ASAP
Jack Karbens, an accounting professor in Honolulu and longtime Hawaii Masters TC leader, is giving the USATF Masters T&F Executive Committee the business. Specifically: Get on with it — the choice of where to hold the vacant 2009 masters outdoor nationals. In a letter to masters leaders, he writes: “Please select a site for the […]
October 28, 2008 Posted in: Uncategorized 16 Comments
Liz Johnson ‘unranked’ after first two stages in Sahara
Liz Johnson, the 52-year-old multi-eventer from Charlotte, North Carolina, has yet to record a time in the seven-day Sahara Race 2008. According to these results, she’s listed as “U,” for unranked. She hasn’t dropped out, the site says, or she’d be listed as “W,” for withdrew. But after two stages, Liz has no time listed. […]
October 28, 2008 Posted in: Uncategorized One Comment
Alisa Harvey learns hard lesson about overhydration
Alisa Harvey, who nearly made the Olympic Trials this summer in the 800, has long been a champion road runner, but has run few marathons. She did the Richmond Marathon in 1999 and the Marine Corps Marathon in 2005 but wasn’t satisfied. Unfinished business. Now 43, her latest plans were trumpeted in a Washington Post […]
October 27, 2008 Posted in: Uncategorized One Comment
Halloween Vault again scares up some masters entrants
Doug “Bubba” Sparks in Texas has had his share of fright this year (about six weeks ago he suffered through a little storm called Ike). But nothing can stop Bubba from helping put on his annual Halloween Vault. He writes: “For those of you out there, great to see you. And for those who missed, […]
October 26, 2008 Posted in: Uncategorized No Comments
W50 Liz Johnson tackles one of world’s toughest races
Liz Johnson of North Carolina, a W50 multi-eventer who specializes in the hurdles and jumps, has been around the masters block for nearly a decade. Now she’s really gone around the bend. “We check-in Friday and leave for camp Saturday,” Liz wrote friends a few days ago as she headed to Cairo, Egypt, and the […]
October 25, 2008 Posted in: Uncategorized 2 Comments