Archive for June, 2010
Injury delays Darren Scott comeback after record-setting indoors
When last we heard — in mid-March — Darren Scott was wrapping up a sensational indoor season of world records, including an M40 WR of 21.71 and 49.35 for the 4 (and also a 300 in 34.95). Then silence. And for good reason. He was injured. Yesterday, the Scottish superstar wrote that after his indoor […]
June 21, 2010
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Bruce McBarnette raises own M50 American record in the high jump
Competing against two other jumpers 30 years his junior, 52-year-old Bruce McBarnette cleared 1.94 meters (6-4 1/2) Saturday at the Atlantic Coast Invitational in Newport News, Virginia. Results are here. That ups his own M50 American record of 1.93 set last year at Oshkosh masters nationals. By Bruce’s count, “this was the 11th time in […]
June 20, 2010
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Jim Stookey’s M70 short hurdles world record falls to a German
Jim Stookey, a 2002 inductee into the USATF Masters Hall of Fame, is a hurdling legend. So when one of his records goes down, it’s worth noting. The Koops in Germany report: “It was undoubtedly the highlight of the first evening sports festival in 2010 Limburgerhof: Arno Hamaekers (1940, LAG Upper Murg) improved on 17 […]
June 20, 2010
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Italians and Germans peaking perfectly for 2010 Eurovets meet
The top masters meet this year wasn’t Kamloops. It will be the European Masters Athletics Championships. The meet I call Eurovets will draw more than 3,100 age-groupers from 41 countries. It’s set for July 15-24 in Nyiregyhaza, Hungary. Here’s the website. The Italian masters nationals (see results) were held recently, and they had so many […]
June 20, 2010
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NCAA championships ain’t the only place they mismeasure throws
On her masters blog, Annette Koop of Germany tells a hoot of a story about a W45 thrower being penalized by a mismarked javelin landing. Not unlike the fate that befell Florida in the team race when a Mason Finley shot put was mismeasured at the NCAA championships in Eugene. My thanks to Stefan Waltermann […]
June 20, 2010
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Lyndon Herzberg — superduper WR sprinter or just M55 duper?
Lyndon Herzberg is the fastest M55 sprinter in the world. Lyndon Herzberg is a liar. Lyndon Herzberg ran the 100 last year in 15.04. Lyndon Herzberg ran the 100 this year in 11.26. So say websites near and far. Frankly, I’m at a loss. Let’s start from the beginning. According to this Google profile, Lyndon […]
June 19, 2010
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The good news: My blogging time has increased exponentially
The bad news: I was laid off at work yesterday. Twenty-four years, three months and 14 days after joining San Diego’s metropolitan daily newspaper, I’ve lost my job. Now I’m a U-T orphan. The Union-Tribune was very good to me, giving me friends and skills and a handsome paycheck that allowed vacations around the country […]
June 18, 2010
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Mike Brown’s M55 javelin WR record came on strained quadriceps
Has anyone ever set a masters world record when they were 100 percent fit and pain-free? It no longer surprises me when recordfolk note their issues. Latest is Mike Brown, the Florida coach who upped his own M55 world record in the javelin last weekend. Mike writes: “Conditions were kinda warm, about 95 or so […]
June 18, 2010
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Dayton Masters Track Club fears loss of annual all-ages meet
It’s tough all over. Meets are dying on the vine. The latest to fear being spiked is the Dayton Track Classic. According to this story in the Dayton Daily News, M75 meet director Bob Jones feels like crying. ““You know that commercial where the Indian has a teardrop coming down his cheek?” Jones told reporter […]
June 17, 2010
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Allen Johnson, 39, aiming for sub-13.20, top-3 finish at nationals
A nice profile on 39-year-old Olympic champ Allen Johnson quotes him as saying: “It’s not about how fast I can run any more; it’s about staying healthy long enough that I can get in shape to run as fast as I want to run.” Kind of long, but it serves as the masters creed. The […]
June 16, 2010
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