Archive for May, 2009

USATF posts latest ‘corrected’ results from Landover nats

Today, USATF shows this May 8 update to the late-March USATF national masters indoor meet in Landover, Maryland. Despite all our complaints, errors remain, especially in the men’s short hurdles. M40 Johnny Watson is still credited with an American record 8.14 in the 60-meter hurdles. (Even National Masters News reported that time as a record.) […]

May 9, 2009   Posted in: Uncategorized  8 Comments

Harvey Lewellen sets four M80 American records at Fling

M80 Harvey Lewellen was one of two dozen entrants April 25 at the Seattle Spring Fling, a masters throwsfest in Washington. And he got his money’s worth. George Mathews reports: “Harvey Lewellen broke four American records with marks of 15.23 (49-11 3/4) in the weight throw, 8.26 (27-1 14) in the superweight throw and  40.13 (131-8) in […]

May 8, 2009   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

USATF drags feet on posting Throws Championships info

George Mathews is fit to be tied. Although he’s the world-record holder in the M65 weight throw, George can’t seem to budge USATF’s Andy Martin on getting entry information online for the USATF Masters Throws Championships, set August 22-23, 2009, at Mac Wilkins’ world-class throws center in Portland, Oregon. A former national masters chairman, George knows where the bodies […]

May 7, 2009   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

Six years later, American 20K track records near acceptance

On June 8, 2003, M50 Paul Cook and M45 Dave Parsel ran 50 laps of the track at Orange Coast College — 20 kilometers (12.4 miles). It took a while, but when they finished both had bested American age-group records in the rarely contested event. Dave’s time of 1:11:09.20 and Paul’s mark of 1:13:48.79 smashed […]

May 6, 2009   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

Brazil picked for 2013 WMA world championships? Doubt it

With no fanfare, World Masters Athletics has announced venues for its 2012 world indoor and 2013 world outdoor championships. Yeah, right.  But what’s up with the Eurovets Web site?  Its 2012 meet calendar lists Jyväskylä, Finland, as site of WMA worlds, and its 2013 meet calendar lists outdoor worlds for July 24 – August 2 in […]

May 6, 2009   Posted in: Uncategorized  9 Comments

SISU 800 Challenge averts disaster, with Shaheed’s presence

Saturday’s 3nd annual SISU Foundation 800 Meter Challenge — one of a handful of prize-money races in our sport — barely made it out of the blocks at Arizona State University. Stuff happened, writes event organizer Doug Thompson, who was sweating bullets that a race would even be held at all. Somehow, four runners made […]

May 5, 2009   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

Rita Hanscom ready to explode into W55 ranks this month

Rita’s form was captured in a 2005 photo. Running in the rain and cold of Oakland’s Skyline High School, Rita Hanscom of San Diego clocked  a monster 13.60 in the 100 yesterday — a half-hour after a 400 in 66.80.  Rita turns 55 later this month. The 13.60 had no wind reading, but it was […]

May 3, 2009   Posted in: Uncategorized  14 Comments

Monica Joyce, Aeron Arlin Genet post nice times at Stanford

Monica Joyce, running at the Payton Jordan Invitational yesterday at Stanford, again broke the listed W50 world record for 5000 meters. This time she ran 17:13.42 — almost a minute behind the 16:19.1 she ran at Mt. SAC, but that was a mark that probably won’t get record recognition.  In the 1500, W40 Aeron Arlin […]

May 3, 2009   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Earl Fee fetches two more world records: M80 400 and 800

Earl’s next goal: sub-70 at 80? Earl Fee is feeling frisky. After turning 80 at Landover nationals, he’s taken aim at every long-sprint and middle-distance record on the books. Over the weekend, he snagged two more: M80 world outdoor records in the 400 and 800. They were set at the USATF Southeastern Regional Masters Championships […]

May 3, 2009   Posted in: Uncategorized  4 Comments

Jerry Wojcik and Suzy Hess, ex-NMN colleagues, now married

National Masters News arrived a few days ago, and Page 3 provided the biggest scoop of the year: Suzy Hess and Jerry Wojcik, the former publisher and editor of NMN, are married! They got hitched in late March, the weekend of Landover nationals. I’d known for a while they were a couple (they stayed in […]

May 3, 2009   Posted in: Uncategorized  9 Comments