Archive for January, 2014
Berra vs. Weeks battle resumes at Hartshorne masters mile
Middle-distance stars Scott Weeks and Nick Berra went 1-2 in last year’s Hartshorne Masters Mile men’s 40 elite race, and guess what? Both are back for Saturday’s meet in balmy Ithaca, New York. Thank goodness it’s an indoor meet, since a high of 25 is forecast outdoors. About 70 milers ages 38 to 85 are […]
January 24, 2014
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American M50 hurdler Jeff Brower takes over as WMA webmaster
Talk about masters moles! America now has one at World Masters Athletics. National class M50 hurdler Jeff Brower has been named manager of the WMA website, replacing former Eurovets President Dieter Massin of Germany, who was the Karl Rove of masters track for his campaign support of WMA President Stan Perkins in his one-vote victory […]
January 24, 2014
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Canadian miler Helly Visser adds to legend with W80 1500 WR
Christa Bortignon, as Canadian masters records coordinator, reports that Helena “Helly” Visser over the weekend broke the 1500 world indoor record with a time of 7:48.23 at the Golden Bear Open T&F Meet in Edmonton, Alberta. “Just missed the world record in the 3000m of 16:04.94 by 19 second with a time of 16:23.93, a […]
January 23, 2014
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Back to the Future: Can we revive Bob Fine’s spirit of democracy?
The late Bob Fine was chair of the AAU Masters T&F Committee and wrote the first WAVA Constitution. He also edited the first issues of National Masters News. One of his goals was promoting masters democracy. In the very first issue of NMN (see Page 1 in PDF), he asked whether masters athletes wanted a […]
January 22, 2014
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Chris Chataway dies at 82; Bannister pacer ran 5:48 mile at age 64
Media worldwide have reported the death of Chris Chataway, the famed broadcaster who helped pace Roger Bannister to the first sub-4 mile in 1954 and was a 1952 Olympian and later a member of Parliament. He also ran masters track of a sort. I doubt he competed in UK nationals or worlds, but he was […]
January 21, 2014
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Olga Kotelko gets her 5 minutes of fame: Star turn on ‘Today’
NBC’s “Today” show aired its Olga Kotelko segment Friday morning — with great clips of her throwing the hammer, sharing her food faves (sauerkraut and pickled herring) and working out with host Natalie Morales. Bruce Grierson, author of “What Makes Olga Run?” is briefly interviewed. Olga tells Natalie her goal is to live to 120. […]
January 20, 2014
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Hall of Famer Irene Obera comes out of retirement, claims W80 WR
World champion and sprint record-setter Irene Obera has retired at least twice. But after turning 80 in December, the Hall of Famer made a big mistake. She glanced at the record books. “I can do that!” I hear her saying. And Saturday at the famed Cal Berkeley track, she demolished the listed W80 world record […]
January 20, 2014
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Karla Del Grande adds 2 WRs, Alice Cole a third at Ontario meet
Two weeks after serving notice of her fitness, Karla Del Grande took down two W60 indoor world records Sunday in Ontario. Doug Smith reports via Facebook (and shares photos on this post): “THREE World Records at today’s Ontario Masters Winter Mini Meet #2 at the Toronto Track and Field Centre. Karla Del Grande broke the […]
January 19, 2014
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World indoor records for Germans Guido MĂĽller, Lidia Zentner
Beating your age in the 400 is tough. How about running 12 seconds faster than your age? Masters legend Guido MĂĽller did it Saturday at the 25th LAC Quelle Fuerth masters meet in Bavaria, where results show he clocked 63.34 at age 75. He thus beat Bob Lida’s listed M75 world indoor record of 63.90 […]
January 19, 2014
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Costa Rica to host WMA regional meet for our neck of the woods
Jim Proctor posted this note on Facebook: “It’s OFFICIAL! The NCCWMA North America-Central America-Caribbean [Regional] Masters Championships will be held August 2014 in San Jose, Costa Rica. Rainbow taken from the Crown Plaza Hotel before signing, a good omen, with President Marcos Fourier ADEMA, President NCCWMA Sandy Pashkin from Oregon USA, Brian Keaveney, Vice President […]
January 18, 2014
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