Archive for June, 2012
Ida Keeling at 97 becomes oldest American female sprinter
Ida Keeling faced a 2.3 meter per second headwind and opponents young enough to be her great grandchildren. Her time in the 100-meter dash at the USATF Eastern Regional Open Championships was 51.85. But I’ll take any time at 97. Ida thus became the owner of the W95 American record. The listed WR is 35.48 […]
June 11, 2012
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Magill runs Anaheim 5K and Portland masters mile same day?
Dave Clingan shared link to YouTube video of the masters mile at his Portland Track festival race Saturday, won by Tim Gore. Unsure whether he’s related to Al. But the biggest untold story of the race was Pete Magill running two races the same day, almost 1,000 miles apart. We’ve learned that Pete on Saturday […]
June 10, 2012
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Nolan Shaheed nails M60 American mile record at Portland
Going into Saturday’s mile at the Portland Track Festival in Oregon, Nolan Shaheed at 62 had twice bettered the listed American M60 mile record of 4:58.2. But they didn’t count. Portland will, however. Nolan took last in a field of 16, but clocked 4:53.01 to add the outdoor record to his indoor one. (The listed […]
June 10, 2012
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Ironman Jim Selby recovering at home from heart-valve surgery
Jim Selby never made it to the Masters Hall of Fame, but if there was one for Ironmen Masters Tracksters, he’d be in the debut class. His meet exploits are legend — entering pretty much every race from the sprints to the distances, all while holding or pocketing a Virgin Mary plastic statue. (He once […]
June 9, 2012
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Wait till next year! Stones to skip Lisle nationals in August, sorry.
Chris and I won’t be able to attend Lisle masters nationals in August, so M55 and W55 sprinters and throwers can breathe a little easier. Reason: Finances. Long story, but I’m not making as much as I used to in the days of 30 percent newspaper margins. However, the Stones will be saving their shekels […]
June 6, 2012
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Pete Magill snares M50 AR for 5000; Daprano sets W75 mile WR
Pete Magill has struck record gold again. A month after running 5000 meters in 15:11.13 at Occidental College, he took another 12 1/2 turns of the track Saturday in 15:06.83, according to results of the Jim Bush Classic at UCLA. (See results here.) So this means the M50 American record has been lowered at least […]
June 3, 2012
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Tony Whiteman is the masters Bannister: goes sub-4 outdoors!
Fifty-eight years after Roger Bannister ran the first sub-4 mile, fellow Briton Tony Whiteman became the first over-40 runner to run four laps under 4 minutes outdoors, according to early reports from Saturday’s Music City Distance Carnival in Nashville, Tennessee. He’s reported to have run 3:58.79. Results are expected to be posted on this meet […]
June 2, 2012
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Sub-4 mile outdoors at 40 could happen Saturday in Nashville
Bragging rights go to the first person to post results from the June 2 Nashville Distance Carnival. Specifically: How did Britain’s Tony Whiteman do in the mile? I’ll be at Pasadena running sprints at Caltech (probably at the same pace Tony is running four laps). So if you happen to see Tony’s time, post it […]
June 1, 2012
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