Archive for April, 2015
Rose Green the new Mo Greene? Sprint novice is shattering records
Card this lady, please. National sprint champ Rose Green of Maryland is 76 but looks 36. We learn from her local paper: âShe had always been fit,â her coach said. âShe trains like crazy and I was in masters track. I said, âWhy donât you come out and run.â So, she started running with me […]
April 10, 2015 Posted in: Uncategorized 4 Comments
Allen Woodard is USATF Athlete of Week for oldest sub-50 in 400
Houston, we have a superstar! The latest masters trackster to win USATF Athlete of the Week is Texan Allen Woodard, who set an M45 world record at 400 Saturday and became the oldest human to run a lap under 50 seconds. USATF reports on his 49.69 at Rice: âI felt good during the race, but […]
April 9, 2015 Posted in: Uncategorized 9 Comments
Joanna Harper retells transgender story in Washington Post op-ed
Back in 2010, we introduced Joanna Harper of Portland, Oregon. She used to be a man but still competes as a distance runner. Only now she is W55 instead of M55. A week ago came a wonderful update in the form of Joannaâs opinion piece in The Washington Post. âSome of my fellow runners have […]
April 8, 2015 Posted in: Uncategorized 2 Comments
Masters track featured in Eliquis TV spot? At least it’s legal drug
âI accept Iâm not 21. I accept Iâm not the sprinter I was back in college,â says a fiftysomething gent going out for a jog in running shoes and green longsleeves top. Heâs an actor, probably. But the commercial for the anti-stroke medication Eliquis appears to be using masters track as a setting to promote […]
April 7, 2015 Posted in: Uncategorized One Comment
Book review: ‘Growing Old Competively’ is rich in images, stories
Many self-published books are vanity affairs. But not the marvelous photo-and-profile effort by Britainâs Alex Rotas. As noted recently, âGrowing Old Competitivelyâ focuses exclusively on masters tracksters. She attended major meets and captured dozens of stars in sharp relief. The last of the 43 images is haunting. It shows Belgiumâs Emiel Pauwels savoring victory in […]
April 6, 2015 Posted in: Uncategorized 2 Comments
Sri Lankans must compete in masters nationals to enter Lyon
How would you feel if USATF said you couldnât enter Lyon worlds unless you competed this summer at Jacksonville nationals? Thatâs the scenario facing Sri Lankans, according to a story in The Nation. âThe annual open athletics championships of the Masters Athletics Sri Lanka will be held on 16 & 17 May at the Mahinda […]
April 5, 2015 Posted in: Uncategorized 2 Comments
Allen Woodard, 46, claims WR for 400 â oldest sub-50 one-lapper
Allen Woodard, a recent national indoor champion at 200, became the oldest man to go sub-50 for 400 meters after clocking a magnificent 49.69 Saturday at the 33rd Annual Victor Lopez Classic at Rice University in Houston. Allen is 46. He beat the listed M45 world record of 50.18 by American Khalid Mulazim at 2011 […]
April 4, 2015 Posted in: Uncategorized 9 Comments
Masters shuttle hurdles to debut at Penn Relays, thanks to efforts
The Penn Relays have been good to geezers â with 100s, 4Ă1 and 4Ă4 relays in prime time, plus the crowd favorite over-75 menâs sprint race on Saturday, April 25. But something was missing: a shuttle hurdle relay for masters. That was remedied last week. Masters events coordinator Phil Felton wrote me: âYouâll no doubt […]
April 3, 2015 Posted in: Uncategorized 21 Comments
Kim Collins subject of greatest Facebook graphic in world history
So what makes Kim Collins such a sprint guru? Well, everything. Heâs fast and long-lived and will appear in his fifth Olympics at the rate heâs going. He has the three fastest indoor 60 times this season at age 38. And when he runs the 100 (eventually) this season, heâll join this IAAF Top List. […]
April 2, 2015 Posted in: Uncategorized 4 Comments
Another notable WR 200 at Eurovets meet: Charles Eugster at 95
So Darren Scott thinks heâs hot by running an M45 world indoor record in the deuce? Letâs see him beat Charles Eugsterâs time in 50 years. Yes, the Web sensation (via viral video) also set an indoor WR at 200 at Poland Eurovets meet. As Athletics Weekly notes, âCharles Eugster broke his own world M95 200m […]
April 1, 2015 Posted in: Uncategorized One Comment