Archive for September, 2015

Tom Hartshorne profiled by the great Marc Bloom on runnersworld

If you ever get contacted by Marc Bloom for a story, jump at it! He’s one of the savviest track and running writers in history — a prolific journalist and author. On Thursday, he did a great piece on Tom Hartshorne, a long-overdue look at the middle-distance star and Hartshorne Masters Mile meet director. I’ve […]

September 11, 2015   Posted in: Uncategorized  7 Comments

Over-90s went record wild at National Senior Games: 10 ARs!

USATF Masters T&F Records chair Jeff Brower lists 18 marks at this summer’s National Senior Games as potential American records, according to this Google Doc. The only mark rejected outright is W80 Flo Meiler’s triple jump of 5.89 (19-4) for lack of a wind guage. The July meet in Minnesota was especially fruitful for the […]

September 10, 2015   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Amy Acuff, 40, thinks she has shot at 2016 Rio and 2.01-meter PR

Amy Acuff turned 40 in mid-July, and I forgot to send greetings. So hi, Amy! Happy birthday! To make up for my delay, here’s a great ESPN profile of the six-time Olympian, where we learn: “Acuff set her lifetime best in 2003, when she jumped 2.01 meters in Zurich, Switzerland. In Rio, at 41, she […]

September 9, 2015   Posted in: Uncategorized  3 Comments

Don Pellmann poised to make history: first 100-year-old vaulter

Our old friend Don Pellmann has entered six events at the San Diego Senior Olympics. If he gets a mark in three of them, they are automatic world records. He turned 100 in mid-August. WMA lists no marks in the vault, high jump and long jump for his age group. My impression is that 91-year-old […]

September 8, 2015   Posted in: Uncategorized  4 Comments

Portland IAAF worlds to have ‘more than two’ exhibition events

The 2016 IAAF indoor world meet in Portland will boast “more than two” masters exhibition events. That’s one of many revelations in the Lyon General Assembly handbook I’ve been coveting. (See it here.) In the wake of my recent tantrum, I obtained a copy of the biennial book, which contains the proposed WMA Constitution and […]

September 7, 2015   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

Bill Daprano meets Jennifer Aniston, has role in Hollywood film

The perks of being old and fit. You meet W45 actress Jennifer Aniston and get a part in a movie! So we learn from a Facebook post by Georgia’s Bill Daprano, hubby of record-setter and Lyon medalist Jeanne Daprano. “The movie ‘Mother’s Day’ was looking for an 80-year-old man who could run, so I was […]

September 6, 2015   Posted in: Uncategorized  15 Comments

14-year-old was among starters at Lyon worlds, Indian official says

A paper in India is crowing about how Manonmani Kamalanathan went to Lyon and became the first Indian female technical official in track to officiate in an international meet outside the country. That I can’t confirm. But I’d love to hear what folks think of this revelation in the article: “I learnt a lot, particularly […]

September 5, 2015   Posted in: Uncategorized  5 Comments

Dave Albo runs and shoots: Great pics of Rocky Mt. Masters Games

Masters action continues even after nationals and worlds. Latest results are from the Rocky Mountain Masters Games, which also serve as the Colorado USATF Association and Mid-America Region Masters Outdoor Championships. W55 Liz Palmer was a busy lass, clocking 7.69 in the 50, 14.03 in 100 and 13.24 in the 80 hurdles, which would have […]

September 4, 2015   Posted in: Uncategorized  3 Comments

21 days and counting: Where the hell is new WMA Constitution?

Three Thursdays ago — on Aug. 13 — the WMA General Assembly at Lyon approved a new constitution. The proposal apparently was printed in the biennial handbook, but for reasons unknown to me no digital version was circulated. (I’ve posted these handbooks.) So I have no clue what changes are in store for WMA, athletes […]

September 3, 2015   Posted in: Uncategorized  18 Comments

USATFmasters.org highlights American stories from Lyon worlds

Webmaster and hurdler Jeff Brower has been adding local news accounts of Americans at Lyon to USATFmasters.org. Featured are two stories about W40 silver medal middle-distancer (in the Daily Leader and Darien Daily Voice) Jen St. Jean, and profiles of W55 steepler Cheryl Bellaire, M45 world 400 champ Lee Bridges, M35 relay medalist Dedrick Clark […]

September 2, 2015   Posted in: Uncategorized  3 Comments