Archive for January, 2011

McBarnette defense on auction acts: Attorneys said it was OK

Bruce McBarnette sent me the following note Tuesday night: “I was involved with assigning my bids to other bidders. Although this type of collaboration between bidders is not permitted and I made a mistake for doing so, for which I take responsibility; multiple county attorneys conducting the auctions told me that I could assign my […]

January 4, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  9 Comments

Bruce McBarnette admits bid-rigging, pays fines topping $47,000

Dec. 17 was not a good day for M50 world high jump champion Bruce McBarnette. On that day, according to this court document, he admitted that he gamed a system for auctioned properties in North Carolina. And he agreed to pay more than $47,000 in various fines and penalties. The N.C. Department of Justice found, […]

January 4, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  17 Comments

California murder-suicide victim did masters pole vault, decathlon

EastCountyMagazine.com is reporting that Michael Cour — whose Santee, California, home burned with him and his wife in it over the weekend (an apparent murder-suicide) — was a masters trackster. He shows up in results as recently as 2003, where he no-heighted in the vault at UC San Diego in the western regionals. He was […]

January 3, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

Project WOW launched to get fitness resolutions going NOW

Don McGrath, the author and masters motivator, has started a website for folks with fitness goals for 2011. He writes: “As I’ve been preparing to launch my next book project, where I will follow and write about the 2011 fitness journeys of a group of people, I’ve been hearing that many people want and need […]

January 3, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

McBarnette taps PR Newswire to publicize Albuquerque entry

No comment: WASHINGTON, Jan. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Bruce Olvin McBarnette from Sterling, Virginia, will be one of several hundreds of athletes participating in the USA Masters Track and Field Championships being held at Albuquerque Convention Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico from March 4-March 6, 2011. The Masters Championships is the national championship for athletes […]

January 2, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  14 Comments