Archive for June, 2011

Masters Track Hall of Fame Class of 2010 revealed (6 months late)

Last December, at the annual meeting in Virginia Beach, the USATF Masters Hall of Fame Committee headed by Norm Green chose the latest class of honorees. I forgot to ask for the list. (USATF didn’t post it either.) So it remained a relative secret. Today, at the request of one honoree, Norm shipped the official […]

June 24, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  5 Comments

Crowd-source me! How do you rate National Senior Games meet?

National Masters News has been updating subscribers via email on news from Humble, Texas, and the National Senior Olympics. See note below. But the key change in these games compared with previous years is that USATF Masters T&F has a relationship with the National Senior Games Association. In other words, we’re helping them run the […]

June 24, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  9 Comments

Olympian Ed Burke among highlights of Western States Invitational

Meet director Mary Woo writes about her 4th annual Western States meet at UC Davis, a three-day meet ending Sunday west of Sacramento. Turnout was down about 20 entries from last year. (She had expected 50-entrant rise). But perhaps avalanche of big meets this summer led to athletes saving their shekels for Sacramento worlds. “I […]

June 23, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  6 Comments

Jerry Smartt dazzles and regales radio hosts in YouTube video

“The fastest 79-year-old guy in the world.” That’s what hosts of a radio show say of distance runner Jerry Smartt of Warsaw, Missouri, in a 12-minute interview with lots of great photos from Lahti worlds, where he was a top-7 finisher in the M75 5K and 10K. “I’ve got another 20 years, for sure,” he […]

June 22, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  16 Comments

Kay Glynn snags W55 world record in vault, but was it wind-aided?

Check out yesterday’s 200-meter results from the National Senior Olympics down in Texas. Everyone fought a gale. The worst headwind I saw was 5.9 meters per second, or about 13 mph. Oscar Peyton won the M55 deuce in 24.92. So one has to marvel at Kay Glynn vaulting 3.08 meters (10-1 1/4) to win the […]

June 21, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  15 Comments

Ed Whitlock putting M80 world records outtasight for 80 years

Ed Whitlock is our Usain Bolt. The likes of him will not be seen again. On Saturday at Canadian masters nationals in Ontario, reports Doug Smith, “Ed ran the 10,000, the first event of Day 2 … under perfect conditions. The world record stood at 44:29.4 — set by Ed Bedham USA — for almost […]

June 20, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  6 Comments

National Senior Games sprinters buck big headwinds at Humble

Phil Raschker, Charles Allie, Mike Waller, Oscar Peyton and Amanda Scotti — all USATF masters national champs — tuned up for worlds yesterday by winning their 100-meter finals at the National Senior Olympics in Humble, Texas. But expect them to run a half-second faster (or more) in Sacramento. They all ran into major headwinds. (When […]

June 19, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  11 Comments

Renee Henderson, Lovell Butler sharp in Mid-Atlantic meet sprints

Donna Aylsworth of Philly shares results from last weekend’s Mid-Atlantic USATF Open & Masters Championship Meet held at Widener University, in Chester, Pennsylvania. See results here. The boldfaced marks are ones that better All-American Standards. Ones that popped out for me (being a speedster of no renown) were the 12.34 for 100 by W45 Renee […]

June 17, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

‘Talk about Sacramento’ message board added to masters forums

Ask and ye shall receive. A masters thrower wrote me yesterday: “How about a general forum about Sac where athletes can post and answer questions? Contacting the Sac folks is impossible. People may have local questions about Sac or about the nuances of worlds in general. I’ve never been to one and have questions about […]

June 16, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

National Senior Games releases schedule for 65-and-over groups

The folks at National Senior Olympics have released a June 21-26 schedule for age group 65 and up. See it here. So whose ox is gored in this sked? Less than a week out, many people have already made their mind up: This may not be worth the trouble. How do you view this slow-motion […]

June 15, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  16 Comments