Archive for March, 2009
Joan Benoit Samuelson enters Landover nationals in 3K
At 51, Joan still rocks. With the final late-entry deadline at midnight Pacific time tonight, at least 850 athletes are signed up for the USATF Masters Indoor Championships in Landover, Maryland — a record for a meet that marks its 35th anniversary this year. We already know Henry Rono is coming. But a lady legend has entered […]
March 5, 2009
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Grace Foster sets W90 world record in 60; video goes viral
Grace Foster, who recently took up track at 91, demolished the listed W90 world indoor record for 60 meters, clocking 26.95 Saturday at the New Jersey USATF masters indoor championships in Toms River, N.J. The listed record is 31.82 by fellow American Ida Keeling at Clermont-Ferrand worlds in 2008. She ran in a skirt, with her […]
March 4, 2009
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Eurovets go bonkers: stunning WRs in M90, M70 and W50
Tony Young, a spring chicken who turns 47 next month, might take some inspiration from 90-year-old Spanish runner Julián Bernal. A retired policeman from Ferrol in the country’s northwest, Julián clocked an M90 world indoor record for 3,000 meters last weekend at Spanish masters nationals in Zaragoza with a time of 19:59.60. That shatters the […]
March 4, 2009
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Tony Young says 3:52 was possible at Boston 1500 meters
Flotrack.com posted this interview clip with Tony Young after his 1500 WR Sunday in Boston, quizzing him while sweat was fresh on his brow (just like the Big Boys). Among other things, he suggests he’ll go for a 3K record this weekend. In my chat with Tony, after he got back home, he suggested he […]
March 3, 2009
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Be first out of blocks and 500th in Forum to win a ballcap!
Our Forum now has 499 members! So to mark this milestone, I’m making this offer: Be the 500th person to register for the Forum, and I’ll send you a good-as-new Geezerjock ballcap. It’s black with white-and-red lettering. New registrants only. (I’ll find your email address in my top-secret admin interface.)  The Forum is for tooting your […]
March 3, 2009
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Final word on 2009 Sydney World Masters Games officiating?
Natalie Soltyszewski, media director for the Sydney 2009 World Masters Games Organising Committee, writes: “In regards to claims made on your blog about tweaking of rules, here is a link to our Athletics Sport Information page which contains a copy of our Sport Information Guide. This documents the rules of compettion, and the rules related […]
March 3, 2009
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Payton Jordan memorial to be held night before invitational
Payton Jordan’s memorial celebration is set. He didn’t get a funeral, but he’ll have a sendoff. It will be the night before the Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational at Stanford University, according to several notes. One says: “If you are interested in attending, contact Coach Edrick Floreal at Stanford at floreal@stanford.edu. There will be a lot to […]
March 2, 2009
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Tony Young goes sub-4, blitzes M45 indoor WR for 1500
Tony at the 2008 Trials. He’s smiling today, too. This time it counts. Tony Young leveraged his fitness and access to a legal (200-meter) indoor track today at the USA indoor open nationals in Boston, running 1500 meters in 3:57.91 and taking down the listed WMA world indoor M45 record of 4:02.24 set less than […]
March 1, 2009
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Top M50 races at nationals: Val Barnwell vs. Everad Samuels
Val Barnwell holds the M50 world indoor record at 60 meters — his 7.18 at last year’s world indoor championships in Clermont-Ferrand, France. But it’s being threatened by Everad Samuels, who clocked 7.23 last week in Cambridge (beating Val in the process).  But Val ain’t going down without a fight. Yesterday in New York, Val […]
March 1, 2009
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Clingan details comeback, advises X-rays for older runners
Every few months, a world-class tracko announces retirement. The latest is 36-year-old John Godina, shot put world champ and Olympic medalist. After John’s disappointing 12th-place finish in the discus at last summer’s Olympic Trials, I ran into him outside Track Town Pizza. I gave him a pep talk: “Now you can throw in masters!” He […]
March 1, 2009
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