Archive for July, 2010

‘Flo-Go’ Meiler claims world record in W75 vault, AR in 2K steeple

From now on, Vermont’s Flo Meiler is Flo-Go! Point Flo to a meet, and she just goes. And for the umpteenth time in the past couple years, she’s set an age-group vault record. This time, however, it should stick. On the Fourth of July, she competed in the USATF East Region Masters Championships in Valatie, […]

July 6, 2010   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

Hy-Tek meet software updated to reflect 2010 Age-Graded Tables

Charlie Hodgson, who wrote the software to run swim and track meets, reports that his Hy-Tek program now incorporates the WMA 2010 age factors used to score combined events in masters meets. This is great news. The bad news: Not everyone scoring masters decathlons, heptathlons and throws pentathlons has the latest software from Hy-Tek. Hence, […]

July 6, 2010   Posted in: Uncategorized  14 Comments

UK’s Heath headed toward record territory in M45 middle distances

David Heath of London turned 45 in late May, and he’s wasting no time inching closer to a world record. According to a British stat site, Dave, who competed in the world cross country championships as recently as 2000, ran the 1500 in 3:55.80 last month in Narbonne, France. But James Harrison, a former clubmate […]

July 5, 2010   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

Darren Scott smokes 100/200 in British open meet: 10.92, 21.74

Running for Trafford AC at a British Athletic League meet Saturday, M40 Darren Scott scorched the 100 and 200 in national record times. Darren ran the 1 in 10.92 (a Scottish M40 record) in a guest race and then a match race in 10.95 — both at Sheffield. His deuce was 21.74 with a legal […]

July 5, 2010   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

German masters nationals generate at least three world records

Germany splits its masters nationals into two meets — under-50 and 50-and-over. At the over-50 meet in Kevelaer, Christel Happ long-jumped 3.05 meters (exactly 10 feet) to again beat the listed W80 world record of 2.78 (9-1 1/2) by American Mary Bowermaster in 1998. (Christel also jumped 2.90 in June, say the Koops in Germany.) […]

July 4, 2010   Posted in: Uncategorized  4 Comments

Neni Lewis, Mary Roman go on record rampage at East Regionals

Neni Lewis and Mary Roman wreaked havoc on the record books yesterday in Albany, New York. Competing in the hammer, weight and superweight throws at the USATF East Region Masters Championships at SUNY, Neni set world records in the hammer and weight throw. Her mark in the superweight qualifies only as an American record, since […]

July 4, 2010   Posted in: Uncategorized  4 Comments

USATF site labels Sacramento nationals a non-sanctioned meet

By now, everyone knows you can’t set a USATF record unless the meet is sanctioned by USATF (or a partner). So what happens if the USATF masters outdoor nationals aren’t sanctioned? Check out the USATF calendar. Yup, the USATF Western Regional Masters Outdoor Championships and the July 22-25 Sacramento masters nationals have no black dot. […]

July 3, 2010   Posted in: Uncategorized  19 Comments

Muscle pull dooms season for Dr. Oglesby, record-setting thrower

The M75 world record in the shot is safe for now. Drat! Dr. James Oglesby, whose American records were creeping ever closer to a German’s WR, reports that his season has ended. Blame dehydration leading to a bum calf. “At present, I am on crutches,” Jim writes, “due to a severely pulled calf muscle acquired […]

July 3, 2010   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

Mile record-holder Mary Harada admits to yogurt, chocolate doping

W75 star Mary Harada, a frequent voice on this blog, has fessed up. She attributes her back-to-back mile world records to performance-enhancing “nonfat yogurt — (especially) frozen — coffee and chocolate.” But she’s gracious as well as funny. Mary writes: “I have a coach — Cathy Utzschneider, the coach for Liberty Athletic Club — who […]

July 2, 2010   Posted in: Uncategorized  5 Comments

Sandy Pashkin responds to post, gets 4×8 record fixed on USATF

USATF Records Committee Chairman Justin Kuo today updated usatf.org’s records page. We now see the official M35 world record for 4×800 as a pending American record. Kind of quirky, but what the hell. Sandy Pashkin, USATF Masters Records Committee chair, wrote me: “Ken, It would have been more professional if you had asked me before […]

July 1, 2010   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments