Archive for April, 2010
California getting a new Senior Olympic track meet in 2011
Daniel Propp is executive director and operations manager for the San Diego Senior Games. Among other irons he has in the fire, he’s helping launch a new event: the North County Senior Games. This caters to over-50 athletes in cities north of San Diego such as Oceanside, Vista, Escondido, Carlsbad and San Marcos. Race walkers […]
April 29, 2010
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World champion hurdler Jim Broun probably out for the season
Jim Broun, an M55 world champion hurdler and my miracle medal relay teammate at Lahti, likely is calling it a season. He’s going in for an MRI tonight in Florida, which “will show much more than the X-ray which showed lots of compression and deterioration. I have heard that if I get the surgery that […]
April 29, 2010
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Nick Berra flies on the track — and 2-day trip to Drake and Penn
Nick Berra says he had “a crazy couple of days” over the weekend — “literally planes, trains and automobiles.” That’s the understatement of the track season. On Friday, he won a drizzly masters 800 at Drake and the next day he anchored the Greater Philadelphia TC to third in the M40 4Ă—4 at Penn. I […]
April 28, 2010
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Magical new tape being touted for athletes with limbs falling off
A Wall Street Journal article on the new “kinesiology tape” is worth our attention. See story here. Might help some of us compete with less pain — or at least without handfuls of ibuprofen. “Some trainers swear by it,” says the article. “Clay Sniteman, physical therapist and trainer for Association of Tennis Professionals, says he […]
April 27, 2010
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Irie Hill ups own W40 outdoor vault WR to 3.80 at Aussie nationals
A masters mole Down Under reports: “Irie Hill took a major step forward in her preparation for the UK summer with another (pole vault) world record at the Australian national (open) championships (April 17 at Challenge Stadium in Perth). Irie entered the competition at 3.60 (11-9 3/4) and cleared comfortably first time before then having […]
April 27, 2010
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Should Panamanians in USATF be denied mastersrankings.com?
Around the time mastersrankings.com got started, a policy was set: The site was open only to Americans who belong to USA Track & Field. No foreigners allowed. But occasionally non-U.S. citizens have gotten into the database — resulting in complaints to USATF Masters Rankings Committee chairman John Seto. Now comes a beef from a Panama […]
April 26, 2010
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Triple jumper’s modest goals: world record, WMA title in M70
In my book, the toughest field event is the triple jump. Murder on the knees. So when I read about a 69-year-old setting the goal of taking down the M70 triple jump record, I snapped to attention. Such is the ambition of Frank Struna, who won M65 bronze at Kamloops. His local Montana paper interviewed […]
April 25, 2010
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M55 world record in 4×4 again falls at Penn — but will it be ignored?
They ran in the shade. They ran in the sun. They traded leads. They drew some of Friday’s loudest cheers at the Penn Relays. In the end, the M50 Sprint Force America quartet beat the M55 foursome of Houston Elite in the 4Ă—400. But Houston came away with a bigger prize: the M55 world record. […]
April 24, 2010
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Peter McGinnis offers graduates life lessons learned from vaulting
M55 vaulter Peter McGinnis has shared the text of a speech he gave this month at SUNY Cortland with his friend Bubba Sparks. And Bubba has posted the talk on his blog. See it here. Peter is a recognized sports scientist and academic heavyweight, as this story makes clear. Among Peter’s lessons: “When my nephew […]
April 24, 2010
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Nick Berra wins chilly Drake 800 in close race with defending champ
Nick Berra added another notch to his belt today at Drake. He overtook two-time defending champion David Nash in the masters 800, 1:59.34 to 1:59.88, as 22 men crowded the race at Des Moines, Iowa. (Results are here.) The National Weather Service puts temps in the area in the high 50s with light rain or […]
April 23, 2010
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