Archive for April, 2011
Masters sizzling at Penn Relays; American record in women’s 4×4
Tenth place in Friday’s women’s 4Ă—4 at Penn may have slipped under the radar. But look again. The Central Park Track Club/New Balance team of Marie-Louise Michelsohn, Deborah Barchat, Judith Tripp and Mary Rosado clocked 6:17.80. That’s almost 42 seconds under the listed American W60 club record of 6:59.09 by SoCal Track Clubbers Darlene Backlund, […]
April 30, 2011
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Royal wedding news not here! Go away and get jollies elsewhere
In fact, masters track royalty steps onto the track Friday in Philadelphia! The Penn Relays, as usual, features more than a dozen masters exhibition events this weekend. See all masters results here. And for the first time (in my stunted memory), I see a team called Jamaica Masters entered in the M40 4Ă—100 on Friday. […]
April 28, 2011
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Nolan Shaheed named USATF Athlete of the Week at usatf.org
The Mother Ship in Indy has honored Nolan Shaheed as USATF Athlete of the Week for his 2:08.5 world age-group record in the 800 over the weekend. A story about him, presumably by Katie Landry of USATF press staff, is live here. At 61, Nolan somehow finds new ways to amaze. “I will be one […]
April 27, 2011
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1,817 Americans — a third of worlds entries — on sked for Sacto
The latest Sacramento worlds newsletter says the meet is still on track to exceed 5,000 entrants. Total in hand now is 4,510, which includes 1,817 Americans and a goodly number from the People’s Republic of China. Bob Burns of the LOC also writes: “After May 6 until a to-be-determined date in mid-May, athletes who register […]
April 26, 2011
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Jeff Laynes CRUSHES American record in M40 100-meter dash
Masters mole 658c writes: “Strange, somehow this got missed. I was talking about it with a friend at work who spoke to Jeff by phone- 10.5 legal wind at Woody Wilson meet. He said he was on track for a 10.3 this season.” Yes, newbie M40 Jeff Laynes clocked 10.50 for the 100 with a […]
April 26, 2011
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W60 Bernie Portenski is New Zealand’s version of Nolan Shaheed
When last we checked on Bernie (for Bernardine) Portenski down under, in March 2010, she was lighting tracks and roads afire with stuff like world records in the track 10K. A year later, she still hasn’t cooled off. She’s 61 now, just like our friend Nolan Shaheed. This season, Bernie came within a tiniest tick […]
April 26, 2011
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Breaking my vow once again: Here’s a road runner website of note
Yeah, yeah. I don’t do roadies. But this German gent asked nicely to post a link, and his work is breathtaking. So check out this ultramarathon stats website. Leader of this stat team is JĂĽrgen Schoch, who writes: “You can find complete and up-to-date rankings for all ultra-marathon running events. They can be filtered for […]
April 25, 2011
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Nolan Shaheed lowers his already stunning 800 WR to 2:08.56
Hey, kids! Learn from the master. If you want a great time in the 800, shoot for even splits. That’s what Nolan Shaheed did Saturday at the Tiny Lister meet at Cal State Los Angeles, where he ran 64-64 and ended up with 2:08.56 — taking a half-second off his week-old M60 world record at […]
April 24, 2011
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Montreal Olympian Duncan Macdonald seems to be Sacto entrant
Willie Banks and Jim Barrineau are entered, of course. So are Tricia Porter and Al Joyner (though he’s been a notable no-show for years). And those are just the jumpers. Olympians galore, and not just Americans, are entered at Sacramento worlds in July. I even got a note that Duncan Macdonald is entered at Sacramento […]
April 23, 2011
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Aussies in the middle of outdoor nationals, aim for awesome results
I signed up for Sacramento worlds yesterday. Pain-free operation. M55 hurdlers around the world can breathe a sigh of relief: I’m bypassing the short and long barriers this year, focusing on the sprints and high jump. (But London 2015 — hope, hope — will be my M60 debut, so be very afraid.) At the same […]
April 22, 2011
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