Archive for March, 2009
Details given on Payton Jordan memorial dinner May 1
Mary Jo Alexander, meet director of Stanford’s Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational, writes: “As you know, the track & field world suffered a great loss last month when legendary coach Payton Jordan passed away at the age of 91. As a longtime Stanford track & field coach (1957-79), Payton Jordan produced seven Olympians, six world record […]
March 10, 2009
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W45 world indoor record corrected; it belongs to Debaets
My apologies to Corinne Debaets, a W45 miler. A few days ago, I touted a world indoor record of 4:38 for 1500 meters by the UK’s Clare Elms at the British masters nationals. Turns out Clare didn’t set a WR, because Corinne ran an amazing 4:28.13 several weeks earlier (Feb. 22) at an open meet […]
March 10, 2009
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Some great throws at SoCal and Southwest ‘indoor’ meets
Bart Stagg of the Southern Association says his Southwest regional indoor meet Saturday in Baton Rouge drew 79 athletes, ranging from the kidlets (including a 9-year-old who reportedly set a pole vault world record) to 98-year-old throwing stud Trent Lane. Here are the results. Bart reports: “You’ll be hearing more from us throughout the year. […]
March 10, 2009
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Masters national hep results are up, but where are records?
M55 champion Bill Murray shares this link to results of the USATF National Masters Indoor Heptathlon Championships at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin. But in looking to see if any hep records were set at the meet Saturday and Sunday, I came up blank. Actually, USATF’s hep record site was blank. I know records exist, […]
March 9, 2009
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M50 Brian Pilcher runs sensational 15:47 for track 5000
Last month, Brian Pilcher of Northern California won the USATF M50 cross country title in Derwood, Maryland. Is Brian still hot? Uhm, yes. The letsrun.com message board reports: “I would like to acknowledge age 52 phenom Brian Pilcher, who ran an unofficial 15:47 (Saturday) at the SF State Gator Preview Heat 2 of the 5000. […]
March 9, 2009
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Clare Elms chops down 2 indoor records at British nationals
Another 1500 WR bites the dust! This time it’s by Clare Elms, who lowered the W45 world indoor record at the British masters nationals this weekend at Lee Valley. Complete results are here. But Clare likes her records in pairs. So she also claimed the 3K British indoor record as well. Her 1500 mark of […]
March 8, 2009
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Tony Young clan profiled by Pete Magill, muddy shoes and all
Blogger extraordinaire Pete Magill is becoming the Barbara Walters of masters running. His athlete interviews are warm, knowing, revealing. And funny! His latest triumph is this family Q&A with M45 miler Tony Young, his wife Heather (an ex-collegiate star) and running kids Mack and Andie. It’s a kick. Pete asks who does the laundry, whether […]
March 7, 2009
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Frank Morton of the Bronx is 500th member of our Forum
Yesterday I shipped off a Geezerjock ballcap to Frank Morton — a thank-you for his being the 500th person to register for our Forum. Frank runs for the  Nike Central Park Track Club and frequently shares results from the Armory and elsewhere. His most recent news is about fellow club member Sid Howard: “Sid was only […]
March 7, 2009
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Frenchman smashes M60 world indoor record for 1500
The 1500-meter WRs are dropping like flies! First Alastair Dunlop dunks the M55. Then Tony Young yanks M45. Now we learn that Raymond Zembri of France has zapped the M60 record. A 1972 Munich Olympian in the 5000 meters (he didn’t make the final), Raymond ran the 15 in 4:36.52 at the French masters nationals over the weekend […]
March 6, 2009
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Here’s another way for masters to sneak into Penn Relays
So you don’t have a relay team or go fast enough to qualify for an individual masters dash at the Penn Relays? No sweat. Tell your boss (or former boss) about the corporate distance-medley relay at Penn. Last year, some USATF masters competed, including M50 sprinter Archie Glaspy (for AT&T)  Check out this PDF for entry form and […]
March 6, 2009
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