Archive for June, 2015
Oregon’s Harvey Lewellen hammers M85 world record in Portland
M85 Harvey Lewellen of the Oregon Track Club Masters claimed a world record in the 3-kilo hammer over the weekend with a throw of 33.18 meters — 108-10. It beat the listed WR of 32.64 by Finland’s Leo Saarinen in 2014. (The listed M85 AR is 32.20 or 105-7 by Robert Chase in 2006.) Harvey, […]
June 25, 2015
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A year after Olga’s death, cheer those who keep her flame alive
A year ago today, we lost Olga Kotelko — who at 95 seemed to be poised to rewrite that age group’s outdoor records (after claiming a slew of indoor bests). She is being remembered by British Columbia friends and others around the world. “We had our BC Masters Outdoor Championship/ Annual Pacific Invitational last weekend […]
June 24, 2015
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Dr. Bruce Hedendal dies at 67; talented thrower, chiropractor
Masters throwers are mourning the loss of Bruce Eric Hedendal of Boca Raton, Florida, a coach and doctor of chiropractic who overcame the shame of a tax-evasion conviction. His obituary said he died Sunday and is survived by six children and a grandchild. “In July 2004, Hedendal pleaded guilty to one count of tax evasion […]
June 23, 2015
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W80 and W85 world records highlight West Coast meet action
Irene Obera we know. Her latest world record is a lowering of her W80 best in the 80-meter hurdles to 19.34 seconds at San Francisco’s Pride Meet. Now meet Blanche Cummings, born in August 1929, who on Saturday broke the listed W85 mile world record of 11:03.11 by Gerry Davidson in 2006. Running at the […]
June 22, 2015
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Future of mastersrankings.com in doubt — with funding an issue
Over the past month, visitors from 137 countries have checked out John Seto’s behemoth of a site — mastersrankings.com. “I’ve seen around 100 simultaneous visitors earlier this month and 9,000 unique visitors over a weekend,” he told me in response to queries. “There should be over 60,000 sessions and about 360,000 page views this month. There […]
June 21, 2015
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Britain’s David Heath ready for Beijing: M50 WR 1500 in 4:02.33
Anselm LeBourne’s IAAF challenge just got steeper. British media are reporting that David Heath smashed one of the oldest masters records on the books when he clocked 4:02.33 for 1500 at a French meet, lowering the listed WR of 4:05.2 by Australia’s Tom Roberts in 1984. A heart-attack survivor who turned 50 in May, David […]
June 20, 2015
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AoY Myrle Mensey has new records to chase — her mom’s!
World record-holder Myrle Mensey, a recent masters Hall of Fame inductee, is an inspiration to more than the kids she mentors. She also moves her mom to compete. Last Saturday, Myrle’s mother, Daisy Edwards, entered three events at the Missouri State Senior Games in Columbia. Daisy is 89, but since she’ll be 90 at the […]
June 19, 2015
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M60 Lyndon Herzberg, the Yeti of masters track, enters N.Y. meet
Lyndon Herzberg, my favorite mystery of masters track, made a splash five years ago when he posted a 100-meter seed time of 11.26 as a 56-year-old. But he rarely shows up at meets, and his single mark on mastersrankings.com is a 15.04. Now guess what? He’s baaaaccck! According to the M60 entry list at this […]
June 18, 2015
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Shy no more, we humbly launch donation tool for love offerings
For my 61st birthday this week, I’ve treated myself to a WordPress plugin called Give. It allows friends of this site to make donations. So now I’ve shed my shyness about asking for money. Even with my Cafepress store and Google ads, I’ve done little to monetize masterstrack.com. The store, created by my son a […]
June 17, 2015
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Carol Frost sizzles in Lyon warmup: W70 WR in javelin, 2 ARs
Local TV reports that Carol Frost, 70, of Ashland, Nebraska, set two American records and one world record at the Iowa Senior Games June 13 in West Des Moines, Iowa. “In the javelin, Frost again crushed her American competition, breaking the 500g record by almost 40 feet with a throw of 91 feet 5 5/8 […]
June 16, 2015
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