Archive for August, 2011

Floodgates open on fotos from Sacramento worlds by top shooters

Masters sprinter Tom Phillips of the UK writes: “Good news! All of my Sacramento photos are now on my website.” (See them here.) But you should see Tom’s homepage for essential info. “This has been rather an epic,” he writes. “As you will see, there are thousands of photos.” Also exhausted from uploading photos is […]

August 12, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  4 Comments

Gerry Davidson dies at 90; Hall of Famer was a distance marvel

Personally sad news to report: Our friend Gerry Davidson died Friday at her home in Seal Beach Leisure World south of Los Angeles. She was 90, and hadn’t run in several years. She suffered a stroke in April and never recovered. She lost her beloved husband, Bob, about five years ago. The word comes from […]

August 10, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  9 Comments

Place your bets: List contains IAAF World Masters Athletes of Year

A friend called me the other day, asking: How do they pick the IAAF World Masters Athletes of the Year? You know, the male and female supergeezers who get free tickets to the IAAF Gala in Monaco every November. My answer: Officially, the process involves every WMA region nominating a pair of athletes (with help […]

August 9, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  31 Comments

Photos, videos of major masters meets explode on the Internets

I’ve posted a smattering of shots from Sacramento worlds (and still have hundreds in my to-do bin), but an explosion of great photography is percolating through the Internets elsewhere. (But not on the WMA website, of course.) See this USATF gallery of Berea nationals, for example. Check out this Flickr series on world champ high […]

August 7, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  11 Comments

Cross your fingers for Carol Frost on W65 American record in shot

Wearing a red Nebraska Cornhuskers T-shirt, 1968 Olympian in the discus Carol Frost twice broke her own listed American record in the W65 shot yesterday at San Diego High School’s Balboa Stadium, site of a Jim Ryun prep mile record. The event was the State Games of America track meet. She had a best of […]

August 6, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  30 Comments

Bernard Lagat crushes M35 world record in mile in IAAF tuneup

The listed M35 world record for the mile dates back to 1988: 3:52.48 by New Zealand’s John Walker, when he was 36. Yesterday in London, 36-year-old Bernard Lagat went the Kiwi a second better, clocking an incredible 3:51.38 in taking second to fellow Yank Leonel Manzano at the Emsley Carr Mile at Crystal Palace. See […]

August 6, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

USATF releases annual report for 2010: Any masters revelations?

Haven’t had time to study the financials, but masters track is mentioned (thank goodness) in the just-released USATF annual report for 2010. See it here. Why was the report released eight months into the year? Your guess is as good as mine. But I suspect some legal challenge could have led to the posting of […]

August 4, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  16 Comments

Nineteen geezers due at Daegu (masters-age entrants at worlds)

Now you have a rooting interest in IAAF Daegu worlds, starting Aug. 27. Nearly 20 entrants were born in 1976 or earlier, according to research done by my statnut friend David Ortman in Seattle. That makes them 35 or older — masters tracksters. Americans Adam Nelson (shot), Khadevis Robinson (800), Derek Miles (vault) and (of […]

August 2, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  10 Comments

Riccione world discus champ won M55 discus in his back yard

Ralph Fruguglietti didn’t need a dead Italian Olympian’s help in Sacramento. He won gold in the discus anyway. And just up the road from his Bakersfield home. Matt Martz tells Ralph’s story from worlds (plus training mate’s Cameron Bolles) in this great story in the hometown paper. My favorite part is Cameron’s reflections on making […]

August 1, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  3 Comments