Archive for January, 2016

Flo Meiler sets indoor records in vault, long jump

Flo Meiler says she has a sore throat but no aches and pains after competing last weekend at the indoor Dartmouth Relays. (See masters results here.) Heck, I’d have a sore throat from celebrating two world or Americans records. At 81, she threw the shot and weight throw Saturday and did the vault, long jump, […]

January 12, 2016   Posted in: Uncategorized  4 Comments

Three masters mile relays again set for Millrose Games on Feb. 20

The 2016 Millrose Games will, again, feature masters relays, the schedule shows. The Feb. 20 event at the New York Armory will showcase a series of 4-by-400s, including ones for men over 40, 50 and 60 and one for all women. Normally, I get a heads up on how to enter. This year, nothing. But […]

January 11, 2016   Posted in: Uncategorized  3 Comments

Synchronized high jump could have legs, but masters would pass

Masters sprinter Jimson Lee has a blog that never ceases to amaze. This week he documented six bizarre track events. My favorite is “parallel high jumping,” our version of synchro diving. But it’s nice that track’s synchro is objective — based on height cleared rather than subjective style points. In any case, consider this video […]

January 10, 2016   Posted in: Uncategorized  4 Comments

Meet with track legends and vice versa: SoCal luncheon Feb. 13

Fat chance you’ll ever get to dine with dozens of Super Bowl champions or Baseball Hall of Famers. But for $45 on Saturday, Feb. 13, you can join Olympic gold medalists, WR setters and legendary coaches at the annual track star luncheon in Seal Beach, California. Over the years, the event was a staple of […]

January 9, 2016   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Custom-design own event at Andy Hecker’s indoor-outdoor meet

Andy Hecker, the maverick meet director of Southern California, gets his colleagues’ knickers in a bunch by allowing day-of-meet registration. He also proves meets can be run under any conditions — rain or shine. Now he reminds me that you can even make a request for your own event. Really. He writes: “Bring two competitors […]

January 8, 2016   Posted in: Uncategorized  5 Comments

Perth worlds ‘final schedules’ posted; Albuquerque sked taken down

The Perth2016 website is taking registration for the WMA world meet in late October. Remarkable is the posting of men’s and women’s “final daily schedules.” We don’t even see that for Albuquerque indoor nationals in March. After y’all noted the absence of some events, a provisional schedule was taken down and replaced with the note: […]

January 7, 2016   Posted in: Uncategorized  24 Comments

M55 Arnie Pollinger, distancer/sprinter and hip resurfacing disciple

M55 Arnie Pollinger of Holliston, Massachusetts, is a rare bird — he runs roads and sprints. Recently, he wrote me: “I realize my running and jumping might not be noteworthy except for the fact that I am doing all this with an artificial hip.” His surgery was in April 2012, and he’s run dozens of […]

January 6, 2016   Posted in: Uncategorized  15 Comments

Deadline is Saturday for 49th Hartshorne Memorial Masters Mile

Meet maven Charles Fay writes from Upstate New York: “Attention Masters Runners: 2016 has arrived and we hope your training is going well in preparation for the 49th Hartshorne Memorial Masters Mile coming up on January 23 at Barton Hall in Ithaca, NY. This is the final call for entries. Use this link to register […]

January 5, 2016   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

M35 Lyon hurdle medalist had major role in Peyton Manning expose

A masters hurdler who won gold, silver and bronze at Lyon worlds went undercover in that now infamous Al Jazeera report that basically accuses NFL QB Peyton Manning of doping with HGH. One of my readers brought to my attention the story of Liam Collins, who “spent six months undercover investigating the murky world of […]

January 4, 2016   Posted in: Uncategorized  6 Comments

Sri Lanka to hold ‘selection meet’ for WMA Asia regionals? WTF?

What the fork? According to a New Year’s Eve report by The Sunday Times of Colombo, “The Masters Athletics Sri Lanka, the only association in the country accredited to World and Asia Masters Athletics Association, will conduct a Selection Meet at Diyagama Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium on February 27 and 28 to select the Sri Lanka […]

January 3, 2016   Posted in: Uncategorized  3 Comments