Archive for October, 2009
mastersathletics.info posting dozens of videos from Sydney
Geoff Bramley, my Down Under doppelgänger, has posted 40 videos shot from the stands at the World Masters Games. Click here for a growing list. Many heats of the 100 and 800, plus finals, are up, including some showing folks running in the rain and Michael Waller’s M50 victory. Geoff’s site also introduces a new book […]
October 14, 2009
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Earl Fee’s encore to 800 WR at Lahti? Another in Sydney!
(Oct. 15 update: See comments below for correction to this erroneous post.) Last April, M80 superstar Earl Fee of Canada told Pete Magill the story of a parachutist who’d done about 1,000 jumps, and was asked what he wanted to do in the future. And he said, “Do more jumps!” And then they asked (Earl): […]
October 14, 2009
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W100 Ruth Frith featured in Jay Leno’s opening monologue
Jay Leno, you better watch out. It’s OK to poke fun at centenarian hammer throwers, but if Ruth Frith sees you on the street, she may conk you on the head. Anyway, Jay’s monologue last night featured a clip of the W100 Aussie thrower at the World Masters Games. But with some digital magic, they […]
October 14, 2009
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Bubba Sparks came, blogged and conquered vault in Sydney
Wanna be a winner? Keep a blog! It worked for Doug “Bubba” Sparks. On Tuesday in Sydney, he took the M55 vault at the World Masters Games with a jump of 4.00 meters (13-1 1/2) and posted a quick comment on PoleVaultPower’s message board: “Thanks everyone. It was a tough comp with the crappy winds […]
October 13, 2009
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Rita Hanscom named WMA World Best Female Masters Athlete
World’s best for 2009: Guido and Rita Rita Hanscom of San Diego and Guido MĂĽller of Germany will be honored November 22 at the IAAF Gala in Monte Carlo as WMA Best Masters Athletes of 2009. The Eurovets Web site revealed the news late last night. So did Annette and Robert Koop. Finally, WMA Secretary […]
October 13, 2009
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Waller, Collins and Allie win at Sydney; but where’s Peters?
Results of the 100-meter finals are posted Down Under, but a big mystery remains: What happened to Britain’s Steve Peters after the M55 100 prelims (where he ran 11.98)?  Peters, the M55 world champ from Lahti, had signed up for the Sydney World Masters Games to challenge Bill Collins of Texas. But the semis and […]
October 12, 2009
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Professional results site discovered for World Masters Games
Forget the “official” results site. The best way to see real-time results at the Sydney World Masters Games is through a link via the New South Wales page of Aussie masters track. Check out this gateway. Thank goodness for Hi-Tek Meet Manager. And thanks to the masters mole who shared the link (a gold medalist in […]
October 12, 2009
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Maryline Roux’s Olympic dream: sprinting for Ivory Coast
Maryline Roux A couple weeks ago, a reporter for the Charlotte Observer called me to learn more about masters track. Tonya Jameson, the reporter, was doing a story on Maryline Roux, a national-class W40 sprinter with a startling goal: competing in the 2012 London Olympics for her birth country, the Ivory Coast. Wow! I later learned […]
October 12, 2009
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Damien Leake, Thad Wilson starred at the Club West meet
Nine days later, we finally have these results from the Club West meet at UC Santa Barbara. They confirm Nadine O’Connor’s 56.11 time in the W65 300 hurdles — a potential American record. But we also see some great late-season marks from M55s Damien Leake and Thad Wilson. Damien, a professional actor who runs for […]
October 12, 2009
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Ruth delivers in Sydney: snappy comebacks and W100 gold
Good ol’ Ruth Frith competed today at the https://www.sages.org/ambien-online/ World Masters Games in Sydney, wowing the gawking media and not taking things too seriously. At 100, she’s seen it all anyway. Here’s her local Brisbane paper’s account. My favorite part is when she says she hasn’t eaten veggies since she was a kid. Just doesn’t […]
October 11, 2009
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