Archive for February, 2016
Kim Collins turns 40 in April, eyes Rio and super sub-10
Kim Collins of St. Kitts and Nevis, who didn’t run in London, is targeting an Olympic return at Rio 2016, says insidethegames. He turns 40 in April and should shatter the M40 WRs for the 100 and 200, both by Holland’s Troy Douglas, of 10.29 and 20.64. “Following the row over his London 2012 de-selection, […]
February 19, 2016
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USATF paying travel, uniform costs for our IAAF Portland entries
The note from USATF came as a relief for Cheryl Bellaire, Lesley Chaplin, Julie Hayden and Nolan Shaheed — the American entries in the 800-meter exhibition races at IAAF Portland worlds in mid-March. Sandy Snow of Indy and Atlanta wrote our national masters chair Gary Snyder on Thursday: “I am happy to report that USATF […]
February 18, 2016
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2017 New Zealand World Masters Games is pricey, has ‘goodies’
If you’re rich (like the masters triathletes featured in this crazy-ass New York Times story), you can stop reading now. But if you count your track meet pennies, here’s your daily serving of dismay. “It’s game on!” say organizers of next year’s World Masters Games in Auckland, New Zealand. “Start the journey of a lifetime […]
February 17, 2016
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M70 Paul Perry, W45 Kara Haas claim ARs in middle distances
Masters records chair Jeff Brower has approved (for USATF annual meeting review) a W45 American record in the 1500 by Kara Haas and is reviewing a W70 indoor AR in the 800 by Paul Perry. I heard of Paul’s great 2:32.37 mark from Barry Lee, but Kara’s indoor 1500 of 4:49.71 made my radar via […]
February 16, 2016
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Throwers soar: Roman, Marriott, Torbert torch U.S. records
For the second time in three years, Quenton Torbert has erased a shot record by the late great Joe Keshmiri. In 2014, Quenton claimed the M60 outdoor shot American record. On Feb. 7 at the Mid-America Regional Masters Indoor Track Meet at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado, he added the M60 indoor […]
February 15, 2016
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Andy Hecker’s indoor-outdoor meet gives race walker a boost
Andy Hecker’s annual indoor-meet-held-outdoors again served to help open athletes as well as masters. In Santa Ana, California, on Valentine’s Day, he offered a 3000-meter race walk. Masters partook, but so did 22-year-old Missouri Baptist star Molly Josephs, getting coaching help from all-world walker Tim Seaman in San Diego. Check out this video interview. The […]
February 14, 2016
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Sean Wade crushes M50 3K WR, Dutch duo soar and Meb!
Y’all should know by now that Meb Keflezighi held off all but Galen Rupp at the Olympic marathon trials in Los Angeles, which I covered for the USOC and also Times of San Diego (with a few photos). He ran 2:12:20. Good for him. He’ll be 41 at Rio in August — the oldest-ever American […]
February 13, 2016
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Memo to Suzy Favor Hamilton: Masters track would welcome you
Suzy Favor Hamilton’s story of mental illness and a detour into the sex industry is retold — in her own words — in a BBC piece. Now 47, she seems to shun competition. It got her into world-class trouble. But what if she dipped a toe into masters track? “My running career was highly successful. […]
February 12, 2016
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Jesse Owens, our patron saint, also subject of NBC hour special
As we wait for “Race” to show up in movie theaters, check out Sunday night’s documentary on Jesse Owens. As Variety (not your usual source of track news) reports: “NBC Sports continues its efforts at releasing documentaries with the debut of ‘More Than Gold: Jesse Owens and the 1936 Berlin Olympics.’ The one-hour documentary will […]
February 11, 2016
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Celebrating 20 years of covering masters track — AKA ‘just a hobby’
I don’t have the exact date (and trust me, I’ve tried to figure it out), but February 2016 is the 20th anniversary of this rollicking site. As noted in site history, it began on AOL as the Masters Track & Field Home Page. (Every site had “home page” in title back in February 1996.) I […]
February 10, 2016
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