Archive for April, 2009

Masters fields thin at Mt. SAC Relays; Gault runs a legal 10.80

Joy Upshaw-Margerum, 48, and John Speed, 45, were the class of the masters sprint fields at the Mt. SAC Relays on a gorgeous Friday afternoon in Walnut, California. They won their respective 100s in 12.81 and 11.48 and 200s in 26.67 and 23.35. The masters 800 went to David Kunselman, 42, in  2:06.86. But the […]

April 18, 2009   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Oh what a tangled web we weave: The case of Jerome Millet

Jerome Millet, resume padder According to the list of entries for this weekend’s Mt. SAC Relays east of Los Angeles, one Jerome Millet is entered in the masters 110-meter hurdles — a race reserved for ages 40 to 50.  Jerome doesn’t turn 40 until May 27. He’s confirmed this to me. But that’s the least […]

April 17, 2009   Posted in: Uncategorized  13 Comments

Eurovets set 23 world records at March indoor meet in Italy

Ivar Söderlind reports on the Eurovets Web site: “In the European Veteran Athletic Championship Indoors (EVACI), March 25-29 in Ancona, Italy, I have noted 34 European Records and 23 of these records also are World Records. It is plainly more records compared with EVACI in Helsinki 2007. (One of the records in Ancona is noted […]

April 16, 2009   Posted in: Uncategorized  3 Comments

USATF stamps out a grave threat: masterstrack.com T-shirt

Cease-and-desist letter Curses! USATF has foiled my nefarious plan for total world domination! My first step was cornering the market on track T-shirts. Soon I’d be king of all I survey. But alas! Lamont Jones, general counsel of USA Track & Field, has stopped me dead in my tracks. A week ago, he sent me […]

April 15, 2009   Posted in: Uncategorized  13 Comments

Mt. SAC Relays touts appearance of Willie Gault with stars

No surprise that recent Olympians Allyson Felix and Dominique Arnold rate press releases. But I was pleasantly stunned to see the Mt. SAC Relays showcase M45 sprinter Willie Gault with his own press blast. “Willie Gault, the legendary star of track, football, acting and Olympic bobsledding is set to run the open 100 and 200 […]

April 15, 2009   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Landover meet timer made up results, Canadian champ told

Jim Flanik Karla Del Grande, the W55 sprint champion at Landover robbed of a legit time in her 400, has posted a comment on this blog that cries out for an official USATF response. Karla wrote: “Here’s the email that I received in response to my query as to how my time was decided, since […]

April 15, 2009   Posted in: Uncategorized  9 Comments

Oh doctor! Cheryl Bellaire also delivered at Philly meet

Noting my Kevin Forde entry, a new friend writes that Dr. Cheryl Bellaire,  50 going on 21, also ran the  Philadelphia Distance Track Classic last weekend.  “It was so cold and windy you just wanted to get the race over with; I think that is why modafinil Kevin and I went out so fast,”  Cheryl told my […]

April 15, 2009   Posted in: Uncategorized  5 Comments

WMA site says Lahti housing options are cheap and plentiful

Rex Harvey, our candidate for WMA president, has posted this long analysis of the lodging situation at Lahti for WMA worlds. He lists a bunch of options, including one for 25 Euros a night at local schools! And many volunteers are offering their homes as well. This totally contradicts earlier German reports of gouging and […]

April 14, 2009   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Scott Weeks on a streak: 800 under 2 minutes for 21 years

Scott Weeks is 36 and not yet on the masters radar. He will be soon enough. According to an article in his track club newsletter, Scott has gone sub-2 in the 800 meters every year since 1988.  “The streak began . . . when Scott ran 1:59.7 as a 17-year-old junior at tiny Groton High School in […]

April 14, 2009   Posted in: Uncategorized  6 Comments

Landover results updated; Fee given credit for WR in 800

As promised by national masters chairman Gary Snyder, Landover indoor nationals results have been reposted. (The original results were a botch.)  But I wouldn’t call it a complete correction, since it includes a 69.0 for W55 Karla Del Grande in the 400 (instead of a 67 she deserves) and a 2:52 hand-time for fellow Canadian Earl […]

April 13, 2009   Posted in: Uncategorized  7 Comments