Archive for February, 2016
W45 Emma McGowan joins Sub-60 Club with indoor AR in 400
A couple weeks back at the Emory Crossplex Invitational in Birmingham, Alabama, 47-year-old Emmanuelle “Emma” McGowan broke out of a box and into the American record books. The W45 Lyon world champ at 100 and 400 relay clocked 59.30 for the 400, nipping the listed American indoor record of 59.37 by Charmaine Roberts in 2014. […]
February 9, 2016
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Jumpers that we idolized in 1960s are shown in their video glory
Dick Fosbury. Ed Caruthers. Otis Burrell. Phil May. Art Walker. And a bunch of other vertical and horizontal jumpers are featured in this compilation of 1960s legends. Track & Field News posted the link, and it’s worth your perusal — just so you can see those insane scrap-foam pits and three-sided metal high jump bars […]
February 8, 2016
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Rex Harvey cancer surgery coming Feb. 19 at Houston hospital
In his latest update, M65 role model Rex Harvey says of his cancer fight: “Got some action going now. I have finished the current 12 chemos which went well but were getting very tiresome. We went to Houston [the MD Anderson Cancer Center] for several of their own tests a couple of weeks ago. They […]
February 7, 2016
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Sean Wade shatters M50 indoor WR in mile, AR in 3000 in Boston
Last year, Marc Bloom wrote about 49-year-old Sean Wade, asking: “Can a 50-year-old run a 4:20 mile? Sean Wade, who at age 30 ran the 1996 Olympic marathon in Atlanta for his native New Zealand, hopes to attempt that feat next February when he turns 50.” Well, he’s there now, and Saturday at Boston University […]
February 6, 2016
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Doubts raised about Nolan Shaheed’s seed time for IAAF race
Within hours of my posting the list of over-60 men invited to the IAAF Portland 800-meter race, I was getting private messages. They basically said: “What? At 66, Nolan Shaheed has a recent 2:17.5?” Some cited mastersrankings.com, where Nolan’s best listed 800 of recent vintage is 2:31.88. I didn’t put much stock in that, since […]
February 5, 2016
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Meet Joan Hunter: masters mom behind the next great prep miler
If Drew Hunter has his mom’s guts and smarts, look for him to go sub-4 in the mile Saturday at the Armory Invitational. Drew, as most track fans know, set a high school record in the indoor 3000 recently at the masters friendly JDL Fast Track in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Competing against elites and collegians, […]
February 4, 2016
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4 cities in running for 2020 WMA outdoor worlds, including Toronto
Doug “Shaggy” Smith of Ontario Masters Athletics reported Wednesday night that bidders have been announced for the 2020 World Masters Athletics Championships. The WMA website says nothing, but Doug lists these cities in the hunt: Bogotá, Colombia; Gothenburg, Sweden; Tampere, Finland; and his own Toronto, Canada (site of the first WAVA meet in 1975). Gothenburg […]
February 3, 2016
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Relive the Hartshorne Masters Miles via videos and photo gallery
Hartshorne Masters Mile honchos Charles Fay and Tom Hartshorne report: “The 2016 races are now a wrap! Videos of each of the eight races comprising the 2016 Hartshorne Masters Mile can be found online at the Finger Lakes Running Club’s web site. Race photographer Steve Gallow captured all of the action and much of the […]
February 3, 2016
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Pizza hires ‘Johnnie Cochran’ of athlete lawyers, seeks funding
Greg Pizza is serious, folks. He hopes to raise $15,000 to retain Howard Jacobs as his lawyer in the USADA testosterone case. Complete details are in my Times of San Diego story, posted Tuesday night. Greg PIE-zah tells me: “This is a fight for the community of masters athletes. I hope it clears up that […]
February 2, 2016
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Erika Pierce ups her own American record in the W40 heptathlon
For the fourth year in a row, Erika Pierce has raised a W40 American record in a combined event. This time it was the indoor heptathlon — after she scored 4547 points over the weekend at Jeff Watry’s annual USATF championships at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Her listed record was 4286. No world records […]
February 1, 2016
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