Archive for February, 2014
39-year-old distance runner named USATF Athlete of the Week
USATF honored a masters athlete this week. At 39, Bernard Lagat set an American indoor record in 2K — and was named Athlete of the Week. While some may object to his being called a masters athlete, face it: He’s older than 35. That makes him a master. Yes, he’s open-elite class as well. But […]
February 20, 2014
Posted in: Uncategorized 
4 Comments
New owners of NMN share goal: Get the word out about our sport
Meet the new owners of National Masters News: Tish Ceccarelli and Amanda Scotti. They’ve graciously consented to spilling the beans on their backgrounds and plans for the iconic monthly publication. Tish grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, studied art in college and worked as a graphic artist and later as a freelance children’s […]
February 19, 2014
Posted in: Uncategorized 6 Comments
Athenas battled weather before achieving WR 4×4 goal at Millrose
So you think setting a relay world record is hard? Try doing it after facing the Polar Vortex. Weather issues were a major hurdle for the Athenas shooting for a 4Ă—4 record at Millrose last Saturday, we learn from team member Julie Hayden. Also due admiration is Chuck Shields. He videotaped the Athenas setting the […]
February 18, 2014
Posted in: Uncategorized 5 Comments
WRs for Shore AC foursome in N.J. and Myrle Mensey in Illinois
Are relay records infectious? Seems so on the East Coast, where the day after the Athenas ran wild at Millrose, the Shore Athletic Club’s Harry Nolan, Spider Rossiter, Ron Granville and Tony Plaster reportedly lowered the M60 world indoor 4Ă—800 relay record with a 9:55.96 at the USATF New Jersey Indoor Championships. That averages 2:29 […]
February 17, 2014
Posted in: Uncategorized 8 Comments
Gunnar Linde claims M85 American outdoor record in the mile
M85 distance star Gunnar Linde, a Latvian-born former ski champion in Europe, now lives in Venice, California. He moved to the States in the early 1950s, so he’s a complete Yank. Sunday at the Southern California Indoor Meet … Outdoors (intended to give athletes a chance at distances contested at Boston indoor nationals), he ran […]
February 16, 2014
Posted in: Uncategorized 5 Comments
Athena TC lowers own W50 world indoor record in 4×4 at Millrose
Hours before the national telecast, and while the Millrose crowd was still finding its seats, Athena Track Club’s fab four of Debra Hoffman, Lorraine Jasper, Julie Hayden and Joan Hunter scorched the Armory track Saturday in New York with a 4Ă—4 of 4:26.18. That beats the listed world indoor W50 record of 4:27.73 set by […]
February 15, 2014
Posted in: Uncategorized 8 Comments
Millrose Games tickets through the roof, so what’s the good cause?
Matt McCue of Runner’s World celebrates the sellout of Saturday’s Millrose Games — and its high ticket prices. Matt writes: “Three-fourths of the 5,000 seats at The Armory cost between $80 and $180. (The latter has increased from $65-$145 in 2012.)” He excuses the inflation because it’s Noo Yawk and “the Armory is a non-profit, […]
February 14, 2014
Posted in: Uncategorized 8 Comments
Helly Visser lowers own W80 indoor WR in 15, adds WR in 3000
Christa Bortignon reports from Canada: “After breaking the 1500m world record last month, Helly Visser now broke the 3000m with a time of 15:57.73 at the 2014 Alberta Indoor Games, Feb 08-09, 2014, in Edmonton, Alberta, at the Universiade Pavillion. The current listed record is 16:04.94 by Melitta Czerwenka-Nagel, of Germany in 2011.” Helly also […]
February 13, 2014
Posted in: Uncategorized 2 Comments
Lanes open in masters exhibitions at Albuquerque open nationals
Deadline for entering the men’s masters 60 and women’s masters 1500 exhibitions at the USA Indoor T&F Championships closed at midnight Wednesday. But according to the Status of Entries, only three men and four women are entered. That means three open lanes in the 60 and six spots open in the 1500 field. Not good. […]
February 13, 2014
Posted in: Uncategorized 2 Comments
Sorry, Horace Grant; Spaniard claims your M55 indoor WR, too
At the start of last weekend, Horace Grant held world indoor 800 records in M55 and M60. Today he has none. Joe Gough of Ireland claimed the M60 Sunday. Now we learn that the M55 record fell the same day — to Joaquin Joyas Albertus. Competing against youngsters, Joaquin, who turned 55 in mid-November, ran […]
February 12, 2014
Posted in: Uncategorized 4 Comments
