Archive for September, 2009
USATF posts splits for USA relays at Lahti world masters meet
Now this is service! Marilyn Mitchell prepared several pages of Team USA results from Lahti worlds, and USATF posted relay splits in the 4Ă—100 and 4Ă—400. As mentioned before, every U.S. foursome at Lahti came away with hardware. No finish below third! (Total of 13 medals — seven gold, three silver and three bronze.) U.S. […]
September 30, 2009
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San Diego Senior Olympics results: more McConkey marks
Jim Waters of the San Diego Track Club, who ran the automatic timing gear at the San Diego Senior Olympics on September 12, has sent out results for the meet at Point Loma Nazarene University. Jim writes: “Please note: missing from the results are the men’s long jump, triple jump and pole vault. Recording sheets […]
September 30, 2009
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He said, she said: Statmeisters clash over 15 world records
Record rift: Ivar Söderlind vs. Sandy Pashkin A month ago, we reported how W40 Lisa Valle of Albuquerque made SI’s Faces in the Crowd, noting her great effort earlier in August: “(She) set a world age-group record in the 2K steeple at Lahti worlds. She ran the race in 7:01.91, beating the listed record of 7:02.96 by Italy’s […]
September 29, 2009
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Whitlock’s track ambitions include Kamloops, Sacramento
Ed Whitlock How fast is Ed Whitlock?  He replied to my email queries only hours after I sent them — despite his stiffness after running a half-marathon in 1:37:34.  Among other things, he gently corrected me on the M75 age-group record for 13.1 miles. I cited an Italian’s 1:36:56 in 2008. Turns out that a […]
September 28, 2009
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Ed Whitlock’s latest stroll: Half-marathon in 1:37 at age 78
When they write Ed Whitlock’s obituary (in about 30 or 40 years), his sub-3-hour marathons in his 70s will be right up there in the headline. But here’s another superhuman mark: 1 hour, 37 minutes, 33.5 seconds for the half-marathon (13.1 miles). He did that yesterday, at age 78, at the Toronto Waterfront Marathon (which included […]
September 28, 2009
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Masters maestro playing host to W30 rehabber Marion Jones
Marion Jones Seth Brower, brother of world-class M50 hurdler Jeff Brower, is a meet organizer in South Texas of some repute. He’s a great friend of masters athletes and youth as well. And everyone knows how forgiving masters are. We all have “issues.” Now one of the top “issue” people of all time is coming to one of his […]
September 27, 2009
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Kevin Forde’s masterful comeback: winning Fifth Avenue Mile
Philly’s Kevin Forde gave his mother a present today — the pleasure of watching her son win the Fifth Avenue Mile only three months after calling his season over (and skipping Lahti) with a leg injury. Kevin took the M45 title — his third after 2007 and 2008 — in 4:34, beating former national champ […]
September 26, 2009
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Frank Levine’s role in Fast marathon debut is . . . inspiring
Jason Fast Frank Levine. We talk a lot about inspirational stories in masters track: “He’s my hero,” “She’s such a role model.” But real-life people are indeed moved by what we do on the track and field. No cliche. Latest example is 28-year-old Jason Fast, the de facto meet director of last July’s Oshkosh masters […]
September 26, 2009
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Ruth Frith poised to make masters history in Sydney WMG
Prediction: Ruth Frith will kick arse in Sydney. And she’ll get even more attention at the World Masters Games than 101-year-old Alfred Proksch got in Lahti. Ruth speaks Strine (understandable to many in the English-speaking world), and she has a sharp tongue. But beyond the records she’ll certainly set in the throws, she’ll be a […]
September 25, 2009
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German track czars pick and choose which WMA rules to obey
According to reports on the official German Athletics site (DLV) and the unofficial (but sexier) blog kept by German world champ Annette Koop, the Germans are defying some changes approved by World Masters Athletics in the rules of competition. At the August 5 General Assembly, for example, Lahti delegates voted to scrap the 16-meter distance […]
September 24, 2009
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