Archive for January, 2011

Charlie Kern, Alisa Harvey, Nolan Shaheed star at Hartshorne miles

In a duel of 41-year-old national champions, Charlie Kern beat Nick Berra in the M40 elite mile by 3 seconds (4:20.50 to 4:23.48) at Hartshorne on Saturday at Ithaca, New York. But the best age-graded men’s mile was 4:58.21 by 61-year-old Nolan Shaheed. That was a tick off his M60 world record of 4:57.06, set […]

January 22, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  4 Comments

Hartshorne mile fields Saturday suffer from cold and injuries

The best indoor miles fields of the season line up Saturday in Ithaca, New York, for the annual Hartshorne masters miles at Cornell University. Quality is high, but depth isn’t as good as previous years, organizers say. Tom Hartshorne, son of the event’s namesake, says: “Weather has been tough on us with a quick-moving snowstorm […]

January 21, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  4 Comments

Martin Gasselsberger posts world masters rankings for 2010

Martin Gasselsberger, a serious stat guy across the Pond, has posted what he calls world masters rankings—actually seasonal lists based on his web-surfing. He says: “Hello, the first version from the World Rankings 2010 is online. Many results from Germany, Italy, Japan, Norway, Netherlands, Asia Championships, South American Championships and smaller Countries became included later. […]

January 20, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  12 Comments

Houston venue change explained by meet’s competition chief

In late November, I depicted the venue change at the 2011 National Senior Games as a bait-and-switch. That was rough. But to his credit, Competition Director Sean Gomez bravely sent me an explanation. Yesterday he wrote: “First, I want to thank all of the athletes who competed at the State Games level and who have […]

January 19, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  7 Comments

It’s hip to do hep: Two dozen men, 4 women compete at nationals

Multi-events maven Jeff Watry — aka decamouse — has posted results from last weekend’s USATF National Masters Indoor Heptathlon Championships at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin. See the men’s results here. He’s also posted uncorrected women’s results. (Still need to fix some vault scores.) Two dozen men entered (but not all finished) from the age […]

January 18, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  17 Comments

Martha Mendenhall, subject of new profile, is proud grandma, too

World masters champion Martha Mendenhall shares two items — a recent profile in a local real estate magazine (see it here) and a 6-second video clip of her granddaughter Violet (not Victoria as I wrote earlier—my bad) jumping. Guess which one she’s most proud of. Martha writes: “I just HAD to send this to you […]

January 17, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  15 Comments

Alisa Harvey’s latest record: W45 American indoor best for mile

Alisa Harvey’s indoor season is young, but she already has her first W45 American indoor record—a mile in 5:04.02. That edges the listed W45 national record of 5:04.73 by Joan Nesbit Mabe in 2007. She did it at the Navy Women’s Invitational on Saturday. See results here. “The Navy runner took the lead, but held […]

January 16, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  3 Comments

Fresno and Cleveland-area indoor meets beckon to masters

Friends remind me that some great meets open to masters are coming up. One writes: “Many masters competitors don’t know about, arguably, the finest indoor track facility in the U.S. It’s part of the GaREAT Sports Complex in Geneva, Ohio (45 minutes east of Cleveland). Built in 2009, the facility has an 8-lane, 300m state-of-the-art […]

January 15, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  13 Comments

Pat Peterson’s latest ordeal: two pelvic fractures after fall on ice

Former sprint great Patricia “Pat” Peterson, a masters Hall of Famer and one of the stars of “Racing Against the Clock,” has had a rough enough life already — surviving at least two bouts of cancer. Saturday morning saw her face another ordeal. “Pat fell on the ice as she was going to monitor a […]

January 14, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  11 Comments

Organizers of Sacramento worlds opt for split schedule, less heat

The heat was on, and Sacramento’s LOC decided to do the right thing—avoid scheduling events between 2 and 5 p.m. at the World Masters Athletics https://xanaxlife.com/anxiety/ Championships in July. Bob Burns of the local organizers sent me a “preliminary competition brochure,” meaning a fuller version will come out later. Burns writes: “We’re going to go […]

January 13, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  27 Comments