Archive for June, 2011

Perkins playing favorites with Perth as bidder for 2015 worlds?

Perth, in Western Australia, is one of four bidders for the 2015 World Masters Athletics Championships, and its promotional website is now online here. Of course, the president of World Masters Athletics is an Aussie — Stan Perkins. So he’ll have a dog in this fight. But he also seems to be putting a finger […]

June 7, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

Grace Padilla applying for American record in W40 1500 meters

Thanks to Andy Hecker’s legwork and Grace Padilla’s legs and lungs, the bogus-beyond-belief W40 American record for 1500 meters will be toast. Grace turned 40 on May 29, and on June 4 at Mount San Antonio College she ran the 15 in 4:28.77. That beats the listed AR of 4:32.73 by Joan Nesbit in 2002. […]

June 7, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  10 Comments

Sacramento worlds time schedule now posted as PDF document

Time schedules are now posted on the WMA Sacramento website. See them here. The 17-page PDF document is searchable, but I hope the organizers find a way of conveying the information via a web page as well. Many other major masters meets allow you to go straight to an event or age group. The PDF […]

June 6, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  28 Comments

Whitlock demolishes M80 world record for 5000, nears 1500 WR

Less than two months after his monster WR in the marathon, Ontario’s Ed Whitlock lowered the M80 world age-group record in the track 5000 to 21:02.38 Sunday at the Ontario Masters Athletics Championships at Varsity Stadium, reports Doug Smith. “Ed broke Ed Benham’s 21:57 record by almost a minute!” Doug writes. “The M80 record has […]

June 6, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  4 Comments

Laynes and Cornileus post hot M40 sprints at Mt. SAC open meet

Jeff Laynes, continuing his M40 debut sprint tour and aiming for open nationals, ran a nifty 10.78 legal 100 Saturday at Mount San Antonio College at the local USATF SoCal Association Open Championships. See results here. We also note a wind-aided 11.08 and legal 22.91 for M35 Mahasse Cornileus, who gained our attention at 2009 […]

June 6, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  4 Comments

DoubleTree in Sacto, Team USA home, issues booking reminder

Janet Waldie, director of sales and marketing at the 
DoubleTree by Hilton Sacramento, writes: “We are the official hotel for USA athletes and wanted to urge them to get their reservations in before the block fills up.” Methinks most people already have nailed down their lodging, but just in case you haven’t here’s the link. […]

June 5, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Now we know where Sacto events are — but where’s the sked?

Organizers of track meets owe athletes some basic information. Like: when is their event? At the World Masters Athletics Championships about five weeks away and the National Senior Games coming up in two weeks, this basic info is still absent online. But Sacramento worlds has posted a list of where your event will be held […]

June 3, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  36 Comments

Isett’s M70 USA record vault is equivalent to 19-foot open mark

Wayne Bennett down in Texas shares news of an M70 American record (not world, as I erred in saying earlier) in the vault by Don Isett, who cleared 3.23 meters (10-7) last Saturday at the USATF Southwest Association meet at Coppell High School. “Paperwork was done correctly with certified officials, so should be ratified,” Wayne […]

June 2, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  7 Comments

Lowdown on high jumper Dick Lowery: once did 5-10 with scissors

Dick Lowery is one modern guy. He does the flop. He sends email. At 80, he still enjoys sports. Not a bad jumper, either, as his WR-equaling 1.35 the other weekend showed. This week he replied to my usual inquisition via Internet. He writes: “I took up high jumping when I was 70. I had […]

June 1, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  10 Comments