Archive for December, 2010

Rich Burns on mile rival Bateman: I hope he can get all WRs

Rich Burns says he knew his crossworld distance friend and rival Keith Bateman was going for his M55 world mile record. They exchange notes. “He was good enough to e-mail me from the track that he had run around 34/35 ( hadn’t had the official time at that point),” says Rich of Keith’s WR 4:35.04 […]

December 20, 2010   Posted in: Uncategorized  3 Comments

Aussie Bateman scorches Burns’ WR in M55 mile, clocks 4:35.04

Who said it was indoor season? Not Keith Bateman. The Aussie superstar yesterday ran a mile outdoors in 4:35.04, taking nearly 2 seconds off Rich Burns’ 6-month-old M55 world record of 4:36.94. Rich had lowered a record that had lasted 33 years. Now this. No word short of awesome suffices. From Down Under, Simon Butler-White […]

December 19, 2010   Posted in: Uncategorized  6 Comments

Track season is here! Great indoor marks in time for Christmas

Don’t look now, but indoor track season is here. The Philly Masters TC had a great little meet last Sunday at the Glen Mills Schools, and quite a few great marks were posted. See results here. Heather Scanlon sent these results, bless her heart. She also put the shot 8.07 meters (26-5 1/2) in W45. […]

December 18, 2010   Posted in: Uncategorized  14 Comments

New Brunswick, Canada, to host 2012 WMA region championships

In contrast to Puerto Rico’s hurry-up organization of WMA regionals in early September, the 2012 WMA regional meet sounds like a first-class operation. This just came out: “On Thursday, organizers of North American, Central American and Caribbean World Masters Athletics (NCCWMA) announced its Aug. 9-12, 2012 championship is coming to Saint John. . . . […]

December 17, 2010   Posted in: Uncategorized  17 Comments

Frenchman claims M55 indoor world record in 1500: 4:21.94

Pierre Faucheur of France has five kids — ages 3 to 28. Now he’s added a world record, too. According to this site and others, with official stature, we learn that Pierre pipped the M55 world indoor record in the 1500 on Dec. 10. In Metz, France, he clocked a wonderful 4:21.94, beating the listed […]

December 16, 2010   Posted in: Uncategorized  10 Comments

Masters photos posted for USATF team cross country nationals

Cheryl Treworgy, a great photographer who happens to be Shalane Flanagan’s mom, has posted hundreds of great shots from the weekend’s USATF national club cross country nationals. Meet was held in Charlotte, North Carolina. Results are here. Many track stars are shown. See the men’s gallery here. See the women’s gallery here. National Masters News […]

December 14, 2010   Posted in: Uncategorized  6 Comments

CBS Evening News eyes my employer; also see my latest work

Self-indulgent Plug Du Jour: My new employer, Patch Media Corp., was featured on Sunday’s CBS Evening News. In the video clip below, Patch gets praise. But it also is criticized for supposedly not taking on controversial issues. Well, I beg to differ. Today I posted a long article on the La Mesa Police Officers Association, […]

December 13, 2010   Posted in: Uncategorized  6 Comments

Kay Glynn’s 2010 Christmas card and news: indoor WR in vault!

Multi-eventer Kay Glynn, who incredibly is “57 a bit longer,” shares her latest Christmas shot. “Husband took this photo on a nice, sunny, no-wind morning Dec. 8 BUT it was 13 degrees!” she writes.  “I was just happy to get a Christmas photo without having to scoop 2 feet of snow first!  This morning we’re in a […]

December 13, 2010   Posted in: Uncategorized  5 Comments

Olathe already boasting 2013 nationals, predict 2,000 entrants

The Chamber of Commerce in Olathe, Kansas, already is hyping the 2013 masters nationals, telling the Kansas City Business Journal: “Olathe will host the 2013 USATF Masters Outdoor Track & Field National Championship, an event expected to have an economic benefit of $3.59 million. The championship will bring about 2,000 athletes, ranging from ages 30 […]

December 10, 2010   Posted in: Uncategorized  35 Comments

Shuttle hurdles become an official event at masters nationals

Jeff Davison is a gimpy M50 hurdler with two injured hands. But give him a hand as the founding father of masters shuttle hurdles in America. For five years, starting after Hawaii nationals, he’s labored tirelessly to add his beloved back-and-forth event to the national schedule. At the Virginia Beach USATF annual meeting, his dream […]

December 9, 2010   Posted in: Uncategorized  16 Comments