Archive for April, 2013

Masters mile with prize money (and Nike shoes) returns to Oregon

My old Portland pal Dave Clingan writes: “Greetings, milers! We are now less than 2 months away from the Portland Track Festival and the ninth annual Oregon Masters Mile at Lewis & Clark College on June 8. It may be hard to top last year’s field (9 runners under 4:30! and an M60 AR) but […]

April 30, 2013   Posted in: Uncategorized  14 Comments

Kevin Castille crushes own M40 American record in 10K at Stanford

Tom Bernhard graciously informs us: “Kevin Castille is originally from Louisiana and now lives in Nicholasville, Kentucky, but he may now consider Northern California to be his second home. For the second time this month and for the fourth time in 13 months, he has set an American 40-44 age group record here. On 4/7/2013 […]

April 29, 2013   Posted in: Uncategorized  11 Comments

Alisa Harvey wins first Drake 800, Nick Berra repeats for men

Nick Berra and Lance Elliott resumed their 800 rivalry Friday at the Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa, with Nick recapturing the masters men’s title in 2:02.70 to Lance’s 2:02.87. Last year Lance beat Nick, the 2010 champ as well. For the first time, women had their own race as well — running Saturday morning. […]

April 27, 2013   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Penn produced 4×4 records: Athena women AR, Houston men WR

Ladies first: “Athena B W50 finished fifth in time of 4:34.03 for a new American record at Penn Relays Friday night. Order was Debbie Hoffman, Lorraine Jasper, Julie Hayden, Cheryl Bellaire (but picture order is different). Splits [were] 65,66,71,70 with some seconds in there somewhere,” said masters mole 6674d. They beat one of the oldest […]

April 27, 2013   Posted in: Uncategorized  14 Comments

Bill Collins, Charles Allie team sets M60 4×1 club AR at Penn

Charles Allie won the M65 100 at Penn on Friday, and M60 Bill Collins saved himself. Both were fresh for the 4×100 in Philly and added Ron Johnson and Rick Riddle as their Houston Elite team beat their own listed M60 American club record with a 48.33. Last year, Houston Elite ran 48.44 at Penn. […]

April 27, 2013   Posted in: Uncategorized  12 Comments

Masters sprint, hammer take back seat to WR in jump-rope 100

Congrats to Johnny Speed and M65 Larry Hart for exhibition victories in the 100-meter dash and hammer, respectively, at the Mt. SAC Relays on Saturday. Johnny beat fellow M49 Jeff Williams (the Atlanta Olympian) 11.76 to 11.97 — easily the top two M45 times in the nation. A masters hurdle race is listed, but no […]

April 22, 2013   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

M75 runner Bill Iffrig becomes poster child for courage at Boston

Our M60 multi-eventer friend Dave Ortman writes from Seattle: “Bill Iffrig, a M78 masters runner, is one of the Club Northwest runners (from Lake Stevens, WA) shown right at the finish line when the bomb goes off. He’s at about 00:36 of the second video clip. Also a writeup on him at Boston.” Bill won […]

April 15, 2013   Posted in: Uncategorized  5 Comments

Bob Lawson dies at 78; coach was a prolific masters thrower

Our friend Roger Vergin shares sad news, originally sent by Lane Dowell, about the death of Bob Lawson: Lane wrote over the weekend: “I am sure that many of you are as shocked by the passing of this fine man/athlete as I. His class, support and the grace with which he competed will be greatly […]

April 8, 2013   Posted in: Uncategorized  4 Comments

Landover entrants look sharp in Marleen Van den Neste gallery

Marleen Van den Neste, a superb photojournalist, shot Landover nationals and posted nearly 1,000 images. She wrote: “I had the great honor to photograph the Championships. … Is there a way to make the participating athletes aware of my photos?” Well, let me think. According to Sharp Shooter magazine, Marleen is based in the Washington […]

April 4, 2013   Posted in: Uncategorized  5 Comments

Leland McPhie at 99 gets star treatment in San Diego County

Our M95 multi-event friend Leland McPhie (pronounced Mc-FEE) was the subject of four or five stories last month when he turned 99 just before indoor nationals. The County News Center focused on his being the oldest retired sheriff’s deputy. So did local TV. His local paper had photo of him on a front page. And […]

April 3, 2013   Posted in: Uncategorized  6 Comments