Archive for May, 2010
‘Autumn Gold’ wins prestigious Filmmakers Award at Toronto fest
“Autumn Gold,” the masters track movie, has won a major award at North America’s largest documentary film festival. Director Jan Tenhaven of Berlin writes: “Attending filmmakers with official selections have voted it best film,” Jan writes. “Our film also ranked fourth among the audience top 10 favourites out of 170+ films screened at the festival!” […]
May 10, 2010
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Gault turns 10.84 and 22.12 at Oxy; Ottey turns the big Five-Oh
Bulletproof-consistent Willie Gault, 49, posted times of 10.84 and 22.12 for the 1 and 2 over the weekend at a meet in Los Angeles. See results from the Occidental Invitational. These are improvements over his Steve Scott Invite marks of 10.90 and 22.16 and his 10.86 at Mt. SAC nearly a month ago. Time for […]
May 10, 2010
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Helen Yarber dies at 87; thrower at Senior Games in Texas
W70 jumper Shelly Whitlock passes along this sad news: the death of Helen Yarber of Dallas, a basketball player and swimmer who recently dabbled in the throws. “On Saturday, 4/17/2010, we had swimming and (Helen) had a heart attack during the first race, 200 free. Helen was 87 and very active. She had had a […]
May 9, 2010
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Carroll DeWeese cancer update: Still ticketed for Sacramento
“Life is too fascinating to waste,” writes Carroll DeWeese, replying to my latest inquiry on his cancer fight. “I want to enjoy life to the max and contribute to those about me until I am no longer capable. . . . I have my plane tickets for the USATF MTF Championships at Sacramento this summer.” […]
May 9, 2010
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Zambia Olympian Kalembo shooting for M50 world record at 400
According to an Atlanta newspaper article yesterday, Douglas Kalembo is gunning for the M50 world record over 400 meters this summer. Douglas Kalembo who? Glad you asked. He’s a 1988 Olympian (with a best of 46.89) who ran the 800 at 1991 IAAF worlds in Tokyo (taking last in a heat won by Johnny Gray). […]
May 8, 2010
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San Diego all-comers series announced; McMahon meet returns
USATF San Diego and local store Movin Shoes (correction to earlier post) have announced a series of Wednesday night all-comer meets. Also revealed is a return of the Chuck McMahon Memorial Masters Meet — which didn’t happen in 2009. Yippeee! Here are details. The McMahon meet (financed through a bequest by the late weightman) is […]
May 7, 2010
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‘Autumn Gold’ masters track documentary is boffo in Toronto
Jan Tenhaven’s movie about masters track — following five older folks to Lahti worlds — isn’t just a hit at the Toronto “Hot Docs” documentary film festival. It’s certifiably No. 1 with “Hot Doc” audiences. “Autumn Gold” led a popularity poll list of 20 films as of Wednesday night. And nice reviews are trickling in. […]
May 7, 2010
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Results and photos posted from the Striders Meet of Champions
Running into strong winds is never fun. But early in the season, wind-hampered marks can serve to motivate. If you ran at the Striders Meet of Champions last Saturday, you also can factor in the slow track at Orange Coast College. So overall, take a second off the 100 and two off the 200 to […]
May 6, 2010
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Albuquerque rumors deserve quick swat-down or confirmation
Ever since Boston indoor nationals — and reaching a fever pitch in recent days — rumors have circulated that Albuquerque is backing off as host of the 2011 USATF masters indoor nationals. I’ve sent a scad of notes to folks across the country to pin this down. So far, nobody in authority has said boo. […]
May 6, 2010
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Roald Bradstock nearing own M45 American record in javelin
Roald Bradstock, still dreaming about being a British Olympian again, has been accepted as an entrant at the May 14 Georgia Tech Invitational. Not sure what he’ll wear. (That’s always a treat!) But I’m certain he’ll throw his pointy stick farther than most of the kiddies. His best this season is 71.22 (233-8), which he […]
May 5, 2010
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