Archive for March, 2012

Purely self-indulgent work request: Follow @KenStoneTrack

With my new job, I launched a new Twitter account at twitter.com/#!/KenStoneTrack. I’ll be tweeting track news as well as my takes on current events and great work by the Patch sites I oversee in San Diego County. My name will be @KenStoneTrack. If you have a Twitter account, please “follow” me. (You can always […]

March 12, 2012   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

World records fall at meets big and small: W35 triple jump, M65 60

I would hope triple jumper Aldama Yamile of Great Britain gets swift recognition of her W35 indoor triple jump world record. She had witnesses — at IAAF Indoor Worlds in Turkey. Masters Mole 26688c3 writes: “She jumped 14.62 (47-11 3.4) for a WR in qualifying and then a 14.82 (48-7 1/2) in the finals for […]

March 12, 2012   Posted in: Uncategorized  5 Comments

Ken Ernst erases M50 American record in 5000 at SoCal open meet

Moles and websites report this out-of-the-blue record: “Ken Ernst set an American record in the [outdoor] 5000 meters for men 50 years and older Saturday to highlight the Ben Brown Invitational Track and Field Meet hosted by Cal State Fullerton and Asics. Ernst was clocked in 15:34.62 while finishing sixth in the Class “D” 5K […]

March 11, 2012   Posted in: Uncategorized  3 Comments

Mt. SAC Relays ditching several masters events, sked suggests

This is ominous. The meet schedule for the mid-April Mt. San Antonio College Relays, or Mt. SAC, shows only two masters events this year: the 100 and shot put. Absent are the 200, 800 and 110 hurdles — plus the hammer throw, which was held in 2011. Last year, Nolan Shaheed set an M60 world […]

March 10, 2012   Posted in: Uncategorized  10 Comments

Count on Thad Wilson claiming hurdles titles until the year 2052

Thad Wilson is my hero. And not just because he gave me the stick in Lahti and guaranteed me a bronze medal at worlds in the 4×100. He’s just a guy who ran no faster than me in high school but found a way to preserve his speed, strength and skill at 60 — and […]

March 8, 2012   Posted in: Uncategorized  23 Comments

Prize money being offered in Puerto Rico masters Grand Prix meet

World champion long hurdler Tony Echeandia from Puerto Rico writes: “I am putting together the first (as far as I know) Masters Grand Prix meet here in Puerto Rico. It is tentatively schedule for July 21st & 22nd and will involve both Men and women ages 35-60 and some over 65-year-old events. It will also […]

March 8, 2012   Posted in: Uncategorized  37 Comments

Hearing on USATF lawsuit is delayed till after indoor nationals

Just got this note from Charles Mosbrucker: “Hot off the presses! It appears that through the American Athletes League efforts the hearing set for March 9th has been postponed until after the Masters National meet . Despite this fact, USATF and INUSATF have still not come to the table with any reasonable solution to this […]

March 6, 2012   Posted in: Uncategorized  3 Comments

Harvey’s W40 indoor mile world record falls to Sonja Friend-Uhl

Any time you beat an Alisa Harvey record, you know you’re good. So good on Sonja Friend-Uhl, who ran a mile Saturday in 4:44.81 at Virginia Tech. That crushes Alisa’s listed W40 world indoor record of 4:47.26 from 2007. See results here. Sonja says: “I am preparing all documents now and already received the required […]

March 5, 2012   Posted in: Uncategorized  6 Comments

New job will keep me busy in S.D., so say a prayer, have patience

At 11 a.m. today, we made the official announcement: I’ve been promoted to associate regional editor of Patch sites in south and east San Diego County. I’m no longer editor of La Mesa Patch but will supervise six editor colleagues to help them be the best they can be and grow their Patches. So even […]

March 5, 2012   Posted in: Uncategorized  26 Comments

Update: USATF rejects deal to protect Bloomington indoor nationals

I jumped the gun earlier today in how I read a note on the USATF lawsuit. Apparently the plaintiffs offered to drop the suit contingent on USATF agreeing to a deal. But Indy balked, and the Bloomington nationals are still at risk theoretically. My apologies for not reading between the lines: “AAL representatives, including Mosbrucker, […]

March 5, 2012   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment