Archive for April, 2010
Kathy Bergen runs W70 world record 100 into a slight headwind
At the Mt. SAC Relays today, Kathy Bergen ran 14.76 in the 100 meter-dash, becoming the oldest woman to run sub-15 with a legal wind. In fact, the gauge recorded a 0.3 mps headwind. She easily gapped the listed W70 world record of 15.16 by New Zealand’s Margaret Peters in 2004. But she was limping […]
April 17, 2010
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Nolan Shaheed, M35 relay barely miss world records at Mt. SAC
According to tonight’s results from the Mt. San Antonio College Relays east of Los Angeles, the SoCal Track Club team of Brian Dameworth, Brian Sax, Brian McCaffrey and Alex Hastings just missed the listed M35 world record for the 4Ă—800 relay. (Mt. SAC results are here.) They clocked 8:12.33, falling short of the listed WR […]
April 16, 2010
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Willie Gault thinks he can run 10.5 at 50, mulls NFL comeback
Willie Gault, bless his 49-year-old heart, has gone off the deep end. On the eve of his annual appearance at the Mt. SAC Relays, he’s dropping hints that he’d like to play in the NFL again “if the right situation” arises. That ambition was posted in this Sports Illustrated report. And Thursday night, he also […]
April 16, 2010
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Oregon couple added to throws legend at Kamloops worlds
Kamloops medalist Doug Watson, featured yesterday, isn’t the only Oregonian to make a strong showing at worlds. Our attention is pointed toward a neat profile of a married pair who both brought home hardware from Kamloops. Check this out. It’s about M60 Todd Taylor and strongwoman wife Joy of Molalla, Oregon. And get this: “The […]
April 16, 2010
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World medalist elevated to world champion? It’s OK! We got pub!
According to Oregon’s Blue Mountain Eagle newspaper, M60 thrower Doug Watson is a world champion. But in the very next two sentences, writer Sandra Gubel notes: “Watson won two medals in the World Masters Indoor Track and Field Championships, held March 1-6 in Kamloops, Canada. He earned a silver in the men’s discus, and a […]
April 15, 2010
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Wind robs Kathy Bergen of W70 world record for 100 meters
Dang wind! If the breezes weren’t so stiff Sunday at the John Ward Masters Games, Kathy Bergen would have smashed the listed W70 world age-group record for 100 meters. According to results from the Santa Ana College meet south of Los Angeles, Kathy clocked 14.60 for 100, but with a 2.2 meters per second tailwind. […]
April 14, 2010
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Myrle Mensey puts weight behind foundation: Throwing and Growing
Myrle Mensey, the top W60 thrower in the United States, picked up a handful of medals at Kamloops but is now rehabbing tendinitis and bursitis in her shoulder. No matter. Her prime focus now is a nonprofit group she founded a year ago that offers girls 10-18 “mentoring, physical training, education and nutrition information in […]
April 14, 2010
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Support a great masters coach, retailer at RunningWarehouse.com
Coach Joe Rubio, who once guided masters miler Aeron Arlin Genet, is “about my favorite coach on the planet,” writes Pete Magill, my favorite ex-distance blogger on the planet. Joe shares Pete’s priorities in life: “Family first, career second, running third, beer a close fourth.” In Joe’s case, coaching is but one of his gigs. […]
April 13, 2010
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M60 mile record-holder McManus mulls entering Sacramento worlds
By his own admission, Tony McManus hasn’t traveled to many meets. No wonder. Air fares from New Zealand can bite. But after setting an M60 world record in the mile this year and nearly taking down the 1500 record as well, Tony is pondering a little trip in July 2011 — to the exotic locale […]
April 13, 2010
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Throwing, sprinting and 5K’s are just warmups for my photog wife
Chris, my wife of 29 great years, runs sprints in masters meets, trains with some world-class masters throwers in San Diego and ran the Carlsbad 5000 for the fifth time Sunday. But as she once told an opponent: “This isn’t the most interesting thing about me.” In fact, Chris takes spectacular photos. Latest batch from […]
April 13, 2010
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