Archive for March, 2011
M60 Bill Collins back on topānamed USATF Athlete of the Week
Thank goodness USATF got this right! The folks in Indy yesterday named Bill Collins USATF Athlete of the Week. He merely swept the 60, 200 and 400 in record times last weekend at nationals. āI knew I had trained well, but it was only my second meet of the year,ā Collins said. āI didnāt expect […]
March 11, 2011
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Can’t resist photo of ‘ageless wonder’ Martha Mendenhall in flight
Tacoma sports website says: āMartha Mendenhall, the ageless wonder, went to the USA Masters Indoor Track & Field Championships in Albuquerque last weekend and came home with a victory in the high jump (age group 50-54). āI was not at my best, but I feel very satisfied and blessed to have been able to compete […]
March 10, 2011
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Mt. SAC Relays high on masters hurdlers: Get your entry in soon
Richard Holmes writes: āI spoke with Brian Yokoyama at Mt. SAC (Relays), and he gave me a resounding āYESā to having the masters 110 high hurdle race (39ā³) for a third consecutive year! Brian stated that, because of the race quality and positive response they receive concerning past relays, they want to keep it on […]
March 9, 2011
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Mary Bowermaster dies at 93; breast cancer survivor turned to track
Mary Bowermasterāa sprinter, jumper and thrower inducted into the USATF Masters Hall of Fame in 1999ādied Friday in Fairfield, Ohio, according to friends and an online obituary. In 1979, she had a bilateral mastectomy and endured 17 weeks of radiation treatment for breast cancer. As she told M80 CBS correspondent Mike Wallace: āAfter I had […]
March 8, 2011
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Albuquerque aftermath ā announcer Peter Taylor as chick magnet
David Albo writes: āI had the pleasure of driving Peter Taylor to a post-meet dinner with the Athena Track Club at a nice place overlooking the city. ā¦ With a mere rasp of a voice after three long days of work, he still talked it up big time (while) commuting up and during the fun […]
March 7, 2011
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How many of the 18 WRs at Albuquerque should get an asterisk?
USATF reports more records galore at New Mexico indoor nationals. Can anyone top the meet of Bill Collins? He set an M60 American record Friday in the 400, a world record Saturday in the 60 and a world record today in the 200 ā 24.32 seconds, which crushed the listed indoor WR of 24.85 by […]
March 6, 2011
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Another day, another avalanche of records at Albuquerque meet
Bill Collins likes being 60. He added to his legend at Albuquerque masters nationals today with a world record at 60 meters of 7.65 seconds ā barely beating the listed indoor WR of 7.66 by Slovakiaās Vladimir Vybostok in 2007. So fast and furious has the record-setting been that USATF had to add footnotes: Michael […]
March 5, 2011
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Chris Bates opens masters nationals with M45 pentathlon WR
More than a dozen records were set on Day 1 of Albuquerque masters nationals. Havenāt had a chance to scrutinize these marks (which sometimes are surpassed by unreported earlier bests). But no doubt Chris Bates is the Man of the Meet so far by raising his own M45 pentathlon world record from Kamloops ā or […]
March 5, 2011
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Spread the word! ‘Forever Fast’ masters promo video is a beaut!
Years in the making, āForever Fastā is being rolled out as a marketing video for USATF masters track. It was posted on YouTube this week, and I saw it for the first time this morning. It kicks ass! Hits on all cylinders ā great interviews, production values, action clips and humor. I especially like the […]
March 4, 2011
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Travis Padgett cousin faces fast introduction at masters nationals
M40 newbie Calvin Padgett is a cousin of Olympian Travis Padgett, but Calvin is in a different class, speedwise. A story in his local paper says he won an indoor regional title for 200 meters in 30.84 seconds. Uhm, nice start, Calvin! Of course, I canāt be dissing peopleās lack of blazing speedāsince W70s are […]
March 4, 2011
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