Archive for February, 2010
MĂĽller, Happ improve own WRs at German indoor nationals
Like clockwork, the German pair of Guido MĂĽller and Christel Happ set new age-group PRs at German masters nationals this weekend. (See results here.) And PRs for them are world records for the rest of us. At Sindelfingen, site of 2004 worlds, Guido lowered his own M70 WR in the indoor 200 to 26.87, improving […]
February 15, 2010
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Local masters help raise money at Leon Roach Vault-a-thon
Several masters vaulters, including M50 Charles Brown and M55 Mike Hogan, were among 40 taking part Saturday in the Leon T. Roach Vault-a-thon, a fund-raiser and memorial at UC San Diego. (Results are here.) Leon was a sophomore vaulter at UCSD who died in September after missing the pit during a rope drill. Leon’s father, […]
February 15, 2010
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Hayward Masters Classic returns in June after skipping a year
After a two-year absence, the Hayward Masters Classic returns this summer to the University of Oregon. A new Web site, based on the runnerspace video archive, features clips from the 2008 event, which included a half-dozen world age-group records. The 2009 Classic was canceled because of renovations at Hayward Field and an inability to move […]
February 14, 2010
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Cornell Stephenson injured, puts off comeback until 2013
Cornell Stephenson, a world-record sprint relayist and author of our only masters track novel, reports sad news: His track comeback has been delayed. Cornell writes: “I broke my (left) humerus bone (between elbow and shoulder, completely shattered) while at work and was hospitalized for three days due to complications. So I’ve decided to hang up […]
February 13, 2010
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Forbidden manual posted: All about ultraweight pentathlon
George Mathews and Ivars Ikstrums love the ultraweight pentathlon. For some age groups, this means throwing a concrete cylinder weighing 300 pounds. Over the past 25 years, this event (whose roots are in the Scottish Highland Games) has grown in popularity and acceptance. Now it has its own USATF masters national championships. But scoring, specs […]
February 13, 2010
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Sacramento masters nationals won’t be like the 2000/2004 Trials
One of the attractions of competing at Sacramento State University this July was to be running, jumping and throwing on the same surface as Olympians-to-be in 2000 and 2004. Now it seems only runners and jumpers at masters nationals will get that buzz. Throwers, you lose. According to a posting at Track & Field News, […]
February 12, 2010
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Climber Don McGrath reaches summit with masters book
Rock climber Don McGrath’s new book is coming out in March. Called “50 Athletes over 50: Teach us to Live a Strong, Healthy Life,” it features short interviews with a bunch of masters tracksters, including thrower Bob Meluskey, middle-distancers Jim Morton and Sid Howard, multi-eventer Kim Williams, hurdler Jim Broun, racewalker Bill Purves, distance man […]
February 12, 2010
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Algeria to host WMA African regional masters championships
We still have no clue where the North, Central America and Caribbean WMA regional meet will be this year, but now we know the whereabouts of Africa’s: Biskra Town, Algeria, in late October. (See this info sheet.) WMA’s Africa rep Jean Hedley Edmond of Mauritius writes: “I am glad to let you know that Mr. […]
February 11, 2010
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Darren Scott dazzles another deuce: M40 indoor WR of 21.71
British authorities have posted news of yet another 200-meter world record for Darren Scott. Under the headline “Great Scott!” we are told: “Darren Scott, Northern Veterans AC, whizzed to a new World M40 200m record in a sizzling 21.71sec at the Birmingham Indoor Games on Saturday 6 February. Darren, the current European M35 Champion, erased […]
February 11, 2010
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Weights for the forearms? What body part isn’t leveraged?
Uh, don’t answer that question. But this newest training aid is so weird I couldn’t ignore it. Found it on Geoff Bramley’s masters track site in Australia. Check out this promo for Pelleres (which I refuse to add a ™ to). They are “weighted arm sleeves that wrap around the forearm and are biomechanically designed […]
February 11, 2010
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