Archive for May, 2009
Monty Hacker’s resignation letter: Mystery virus led to action
Monty Hacker cites stress of WMA duties. Linda Pain, wife of masters track founder David Pain, has shared Monty Hacker’s letter of resignation of May 27. Monty became acting president of World Masters Athletics following the death of Cesare Beccalli in December 2007. Linda and David, my San Diego neighbors, have known Monty since the […]
May 31, 2009
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‘T.R.A.C.K. Live’ soap opera continues: no cable deal known
Don’t believe everything you read, especially if it comes in the form of email dotted with a bunch of yellow emoticons. On May 12, I reported that the masters track “reality show” called “T.R.A.C.K. Live” was slated for fall telecast on the ION network. Scratch that. ION isn’t airing the show. In fact, when I […]
May 31, 2009
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Vault records fall to Izzy O’Connor, Becky Sisley, Don Islett
From now on, Nadine O’Connor will be known here as Izzy. Olympic vault champ Yelena “Izzy” Isinbayeva of Russia has raised the open world record by a fraction dozens of times, and world champ Nadine is evoking her younger comrade. Two days ago, at the USATF-sanctioned Friday Night Vaults meet at San Diego State University, […]
May 31, 2009
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Out of the woodwork comes a threat to Oerter’s M50 record
Ed Riewerts isn’t a household name in masters track. Give him time. Although he turned 50 in March, he’s been throwing the discus for only two years. But this season has been a breakthrough for Ed, who lives in the Dallas suburb of Mansfield. His best marks have been close to 190 feet. He’s also thrown himself into […]
May 30, 2009
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Masters lose McMahon meet, but add San Diego open event
Although the Chuck McMahon meet this year was canceled, another meet in San Diego is welcoming masters tracksters. The event, called the San Diego-Imperial USATF Open Championships, will be held June 14 at Point Loma Nazarene University, whose track overlooks the Pacific. A gorgeous venue, it hosted the San Diego Senior Olympics last year. Tonie […]
May 29, 2009
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Olga goes overboard: Eight world records at Canadian meet!
No kidding. Olga Kotelko, who turned 90 on March 2, set 10 Canadian age-group records and eight world records last weekend at the two-day British Columbia Masters Championships in Nanaimo. Track results are here, and field event results are here. Meet maven Harold Morioka reported: “Olga broke five world records: 200 1:04.16 (-2.7 mps wind) old WR was 1:22.29 […]
May 29, 2009
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Myrle Mensey keeps hammering away at American records
At 60, national champion Myrle Mensey keeps getting stronger and stronger. And throwing heavy things farther. At last Saturday’s Steel Throwers Open  (put on by this club) in Franklin, Tennessee, Myrle upped her own W60 American records in the weight throw and superweight toss a total of eight times! She also had a monster foul […]
May 29, 2009
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Doubles by Jai Black, Terry Howell top results from Striders
Results are now posted for last Saturday’s Southern California Striders Meet of Champions, where Nadine O’Connor set her latest vault record. Lots of great marks, including M45 Willie Gault’s 11.08 into a wind in the 100. Marks that popped out for me include the 200 and 400 by San Diego’s Jai Black, 46. Amid windy conditons, […]
May 29, 2009
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South Africa’s Monty Hacker quits as WMA acting president
Monty Hacker is about 74. Winston Thomas of World Masters Athletics, reports: “As WMA Secretary, I have received a letter from WMA Executive Vice-President and acting WMA President Monty Hacker notifying of his need, for health reasons, to immediately resign from both of those positions. I would like to point out that WMA has a […]
May 29, 2009
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Nadine O’Connor wins 3rd USATF Athlete of the Week honor
Nadine O’Connor’s latest vault WR got some attention after all. Today, the folks in Indy named her USATF Athlete of the Week. It’s her third such honor — probably a masters record. She also won in March 2007 and August 2006. Nadine, 67, lives in Del Mar, California, with fellow vault record-holder Bud Held. We’ve […]
May 27, 2009
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