Archive for June, 2010

Britain’s Mick Jones claims M45 world record in the hammer throw

Seoul Olympian Mick Jones turns 47 in July, but he still throws the 16-pound hammer like a kid. On June 5, at a British Athletic League meet at London’s Barnet Copthall Stadium, Mick spun the hammer an amazing 70.36 meters (230-10). That demolished the listed M45 world record of 67.74 (222-3) by Russian legend Yuriy […]

June 16, 2010   Posted in: Uncategorized  3 Comments

Puerto Rican honchos help secure host city of 2010 WMA regionals

Brian Keaveney, president of the WMA region that includes the United States, has announced that Puerto Rico is officially the host of the North, Central and Caribbean World Masters Athletics Championships this fall. Brian wrote various officials: “The championship in Mayaguez is confirmed.” The story behind this is dramatic and convoluted. I know only a […]

June 16, 2010   Posted in: Uncategorized  27 Comments

Canadians invite Americans up north for major masters meets

Doug Smith in Ontario writes: “We now have the online registration open for the upcoming events; Ontario Masters Championships, June 27, Toronto Track & Field Centre; Ontario Masters Throws Pentathlon, July 11, Varsity Centre; Canadian Pentathlon Championships, July 16; Toronto Track & Field Centre; Canadian Masters Track & Field Championships, July 17-18, Toronto Track & […]

June 15, 2010   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

World champ Jim Broun out of surgery, should be home tomorrow

M55 hurdle champion Jim Broun of Sarasota, Florida, underwent surgery this morning — anterior cervical discectomy and vertebral fixation. In a scheduled two-hour procedure, doctors were to “fuse 5/6 and 6/7, replace the discs with an allograft and hopefully I can run (jog) in about six weeks,” Jim wrote beforehand. Today I got this note […]

June 15, 2010   Posted in: Uncategorized  6 Comments

Mike Brown extends own M55 world record in javelin to 216-10

Mike Brown, the M55 world champ at Lahti last summer, upped his own world record in the javelin Saturday at the USATF Southeast Regional Masters Championships, aka the Bob Boal meet. He threw the 700-gram stick 66.11 meters, or 215-10, which would kick most kiddie butts. His previous WR was 65.35 (214-5) — set a […]

June 15, 2010   Posted in: Uncategorized  7 Comments

Masters javelin great Bradstock lends a hand to USATF Foundation

M45 javelin stud Roald Bradstock, aka “The Olympic Picasso,” has contributed one of his signature artworks to the USATF Foundation as a fundraiser. The piece below is up for auction on eBay, and it has signatures. Autographs include track legends Joan Benoit Samuelson, Lynn Jennings, Billy Mills, Bill Rodgers, Jim Ryun, Alberto Salazar, Bob Schul, […]

June 15, 2010   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

Tony Young’s quadfecta: 400, 800, mile, mile at Wash. all-comers

Becca Gillespy Peter shares results from the third all-comers meet this summer at Shoreline, Washington, where conditions were “cool, breezy, heavy rain shower mid-meet.” Notable among the masters highlights was the workout by M45 world record holder Tony Young, 48, of Club Northwest, the meet sponsor. Tony ran a hand-timed mile in 4:32.6 , and […]

June 14, 2010   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Harvey, Troncoso claim American records in Portland 3,000

Sabra Harvey’s 11:11.49 Saturday night in the 3,000-meter run at the Portland Track Festival took about 40 seconds off the listed W60 American record. And it wasn’t a soft one. The listed mark is 11:52.22 by Marie Michelsohn in 2005. The listed world record isn’t far away: 11:06.6 by Britain’s Angela Copson (at age 64!) […]

June 14, 2010   Posted in: Uncategorized  10 Comments

Don Pellman a 4-foot high jumper — try that when you’re 94!

This took a while to nail down. But even now, it takes my breath away. Almost a week ago, Weia Reinboud of the Netherlands sent me a link to the results of the Bay Area Senior Games — an April 10-11 track meet held at Stanford. Buried therein was this line for the M90 high […]

June 14, 2010   Posted in: Uncategorized  12 Comments

Rich Burns incinerates 33-year-old world record in the M55 mile

Competing with some of the best masters milers in America, M55 Rich Burns took fifth last night at the Portland Track Festival at Lewis & Clark College. But fifth is no shame when you smash a world record. According to results posted by event coordinator Dave Clingan, Rich ran 4:36.94 to beat one of the […]

June 13, 2010   Posted in: Uncategorized  16 Comments