Archive for February, 2010

M50 heptathlon champ figures out his body — and our sport

Nice piece in a Northern California paper today about Tony Giovannoni of Napa, who won the M50 indoor heptathlon title last week in Wisconsin. Not familiar with the gent, but I applaud his instant grasp of masters mortality.  Tony tells Executive Sports Editor Marty James: “Once you’ve reached middle age, you’re always going to have […]

February 6, 2010   Posted in: Uncategorized  4 Comments

National Senior Games posts minimum standards for 2011

Folks at the National Senior Games have posted “minimum performance standards” for the 2011 National Senior Olympics in Houston. It’s part of a long PDF on rules. See it here. The track and field qualifying standards are reasonable, but aren’t for the Bermuda-shorts-and-sun-hat crowd. As far as my wild-ass speculation about the NSGA “absorbing” USATF, […]

February 5, 2010   Posted in: Uncategorized  17 Comments

Team USA roster for Kamloops posted: nearly 300 entered

Jeff Brower over at usatfmasters.org, our new portal, has posted the complete roster of U.S. entrants for Kamloops worlds. See it here. I’ve been helping Bob Weiner (attending his first world meet) prepare a press release on the event, and I’m awed by the strength of our squad, which numbers 298 and includes Bill Collins, […]

February 5, 2010   Posted in: Uncategorized  3 Comments

National Senior Games Assn. set to absorb USATF masters?

Ray Hoyt, director of national games and athlete relations for the National Senior Games Association, let the cat out of the bag yesterday. In the course of answering questions about 2010/2011 qualifying standards for the National Senior Olympics, he wrote me: “With regards to Track and Field, we are working with USATF masters on finalizing […]

February 5, 2010   Posted in: Uncategorized  18 Comments

Sad news: Robert Thomas cancels his bus trip to Kamloops

Members of the Robert Thomas round-trip bus trip to the Kamloops world indoor meet already know this, but plans have gone bust. Robert writes:  “I did cancel my bus.  Dave (Provo) and I both had buses coming from Seattle to Kamloops.  At the time, neither one of us had a full bus so I decided to cancel […]

February 4, 2010   Posted in: Uncategorized  4 Comments

The Millrose Games 4×4 record-setters from Greater Philly TC

Dr. Cheryl Bellaire shares this great shot of her Greater Philadelphia TC team, which set an American Club record in the W50 4X400 at last Friday’s Millrose Games. Alison Suckling, Joan Affleck, Wendi Glassman and Cheryl ran 4:59.41, beating the Atlanta TC time of 5:02.25 set in 2008. Splits were Alison (73.9), Joan (76.9), Wendi […]

February 4, 2010   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Women sought for invitational 60m dash at Mid-Atlantic prep meet

Charmaine Roberts passes along word of an invitational 60-meter dash at Mid-Atlantic Track and Field Classic high school meet February 27-28 at the Prince George’s Sports and Learning Complex in Landover, Maryland (site of last year’s indoor nationals). The race is for women 40-49. If you’re interested, write to Thomas Jones. “The top eight seeded […]

February 4, 2010   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

Al Oerter’s art museum opens, and Olympians give their support

Masters thrower Ed Burke sent a note to his Olympian friends and CC’d a copy to me (an honor in itself). Ed writes about the opening of Al Oerter’s Art of the Olympians Museum in Fort Myers, Florida:  “Olympians,  this is a project begun by Al Oerter and is being carried through to fruition by […]

February 4, 2010   Posted in: Uncategorized  7 Comments

Funky usatfmasters.org off to the races, redesigned by Jeff Brower

Our official portal is up and running. As noted two weeks ago, usatfmasters.org is live and online. But it now sports a new (but quirky) look, with fresh content. Jeff Brower, taking over from resigned webmaster Dave Clingan, has redesigned the site. Gone is the logo that featured miler Tony Young. Now the logo incorporates […]

February 3, 2010   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

Help vote Earl Fee into Canada’s Walk of Fame, their own Oscars

Oscar nominees were announced yesterday, and masters track was snubbed again. But in Canada, Earl Fee has a shot at stardom. Writes Doug Smith from Ontario: “Canada’s Walk of Fame recognises the achievements of exceptional Canadians once a year at a star-studded Academy Awards-like show broadcast on TV. Recent inductees include singers Anne Murray and Brian Adams, director […]

February 3, 2010   Posted in: Uncategorized  3 Comments