Archive for January, 2014

Happy 95th birthday to the Italian Sprint Stallion: Ugo Sansonetti

This Italian track site reports: “Ugo Sansonetti today celebrates 95 years. One of the veterans of master Italian cut yet another milestone of a lifetime sport that has seen him put together a vast collection of medals and international records category. Born in Rome on 10 January 1919, Sansonetti has ten children, twenty-five grandchildren and […]

January 10, 2014   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Thursday Night at the Gouges: Armory all-comers charges $25

New York is expensive, everyone knows. But $25 to enter a nonsanctioned all-comers meet? Most such events charge $5, but rarely over $10. (Even the Oregon TC meets at hallowed Hayward Field ask a maximum of $3.) But the famed Armory track in Manhattan has a series of Thursday Night at the Races meets that […]

January 9, 2014   Posted in: Uncategorized  28 Comments

Ahmad Shabazz gets day in the sun: M65 sprinter is profiled

IAAF World Best Charles Allie smoked the track last July in Berea, Ohio, at the National Senior Games. Far behind in the M65 100 was Ahmad Faheem Shabazz, a former star and coach of the U.S. Army Rangers indoor and outdoor track teams. Ahmad ran 15.05, almost 3 seconds behind Charles. But he still deserved […]

January 8, 2014   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

San Diego State masters FLASH100 exhibition returns in March

An elite masters 100 is returning to San Diego State University in mid-March. Last year, it awarded close to $1,000 in prize money, with Jamaica M40 Chris Williams, a three-time Olympian, winning in 10.62. (Chris served a two-year suspension after his cold-medicine triggered a positive drug test). Kuba Wasowski, the event organizer, writes: “The Flash100 […]

January 7, 2014   Posted in: Uncategorized  4 Comments

Bob Lida better than Mo Greene? Lowers own M75 WR in 60

Competing at Wichita State University, world champ Bob Lida clocked 8.44 seconds for 60 meters Saturday, blasting his own M75 world indoor record of 8.56 set at Jyväskylä worlds in 2012. Results of the Bill Butterworth Invitational are here. Bob, the 2012 IAAF Best Masters Athlete, writes from Kansas: “It [was] a well attended meet. Had […]

January 6, 2014   Posted in: Uncategorized  10 Comments

Karla Del Grande quietly preps for indoor WR assault in sprints

Our Ontario friend Karla Del Grande turned 60 last March, and from the looks of recent results, she’s ready to demolish indoor sprint records from 60 meters to 400 meters. At a Toronto all-comers meet Sunday, world-champ Karla ran the 50 twice (in 7.51 and 7.53) and the 300 in 48.31. The listed indoor WRs […]

January 5, 2014   Posted in: Uncategorized  3 Comments

M95 superstar Pauwels plans own death after discovering cancer

Belgium’s Emiel Pauwels turned 95 in late December, but will seek no more world titles and records. He plans to die next week. Belgian press reports say he suffers from stomach and colon cancer, which prevented him from keeping his food down at Porto Alegre worlds. “The doctors did not operate on me,” Emiel said, […]

January 4, 2014   Posted in: Uncategorized  17 Comments

Not freezing everywhere; Oceania masters meet begins in Bendigo

The Bendigo Advertiser is doing a bang-up job covering the just-begun Oceania Masters Athletic Championships in southeast Australia. The official site still lacks results, but the local paper reports some Day 1 dec scores, including 2326 points for Rad Leovic, 86. Maybe these shots by Brendan McCarthy will help take the edge off the East […]

January 3, 2014   Posted in: Uncategorized  5 Comments

Joy Upshaw returns to coach at Acalanes HS, her alma mater

New Year’s Day brought a revelatory story about Joy Upshaw, the W50 multi-eventer and record-holder in jumps and hurdles. A quarter-century after starring for Acalanes High School in the East Bay town of Lafayette, California, Joy is coaching there. “So why has a world-class athlete and coach returned?” the story asks. “The answer lies in […]

January 2, 2014   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

What’s your training secret? Colorado running gurus share theirs

Drew Morano is a sprints coach on the staff of Colorado University coaching legend Mark Wetmore. Heather Burroughs is another Wetmore assistant in Boulder. In a seeking-secrets column by Mike Sandrock, we get some interesting ideas on how to train. Morano says: “Run some fast 150s,” a workout the CU athletes do, and he advised […]

January 1, 2014   Posted in: Uncategorized  21 Comments