Archive for March, 2016
Download these: Outtakes from IAAF Portland 800 races all yours
Call me crazy, or just plain lazy. I took hundreds of pictures of the masters exhibition 800s at IAAF Portland, and Iām letting anyone have them. No charge. These are original high-resolution images of Saturdayās menās race won by David Wilcock and the womenās race won by Helene Marie Douay. Plus dozens of before and […]
March 20, 2016
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Douay, Wilcock, Gough turn heads in IAAF Portland masters 800s
Irelandās Joe Gough, 63, signed autographs and posed with fans at IAAF Portland worlds Saturday night. He hadnāt won the race. But he won the hearts of nearly 7,000 fans at the Oregon Convention Center after bravely sprinting away from all but Britainās Dave Wilcock (bib name was wrong) at the bell of the masters […]
March 19, 2016
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Nolan Shaheed, 2 others scratch from IAAF Portland 800 races
SoCal Track Clubās Nolan Shaheed, whose 800 seed time of 2:17.5 for IAAF Portland sparked questions, wonāt run at worlds after all. Neither will Franceās Marc Schmitt or Spainās Aurora Perez in the W55 womenās race. According to start lists for Saturdayās events at the Oregon Convention Center, Nolan has been replaced in the M60 […]
March 18, 2016
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Penn Relays masters majordomo Felton shares 2016 entry info
Remind me in November to nominate Phil Felton for the USATF Masters David Pain Award for Distinguished Service. Philās longtime role as volunteer masters coordinator at the Penn Relays alone qualifies him. Heās circulating entry info now, so check out this PDF. Penn has been the scene of too many records to count ā in […]
March 17, 2016
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IAAF Portland worlds has masters besides 800-meter runners
This Saturday, a little before 12:30 p.m. Pacific, the masters womenās 800-meter exhibition starts at IAAF indoor worlds at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland. Fifty minutes later, the men race. Iāll be there. But you should be able to catch the action live at USATF.TV or somesuch. I wrote a story about the meet […]
March 16, 2016
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Masters javelin star Bradstock seeks to grow Olympians art group
Roald Bradstock has been a javelin star forever ā as an Olympian and masters record holder. But now heās bringing his day job to the fore ā as an artist. In recent weeks, since becoming executive director of Art of the Olympians Organization, heās been traveling and doing TV interviews. A press release and Roaldās […]
March 15, 2016
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Brit Tony Bowman crushes Yank’s M80 indoor WR for 60 hurdles
M80 superstar Tony Bowman was on fire over the weekend at British masters nationals, setting a world record in the 60-meter hurdles at 10.86. (The listed WR is American Mel Larsenās 11.10 from 2005.) Tony also won the 60, 200 and 400, says Athletics Weekly, which added: āIn her debut in the age group, Lucy […]
March 14, 2016
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Sonja Friend-Uhl, Antwon Dussett star in USA nats exhibitions
Running far ahead, W40 Sonja Friend-Uhl and M40 Antwon Dussett swept the masters exhibition events Saturday at USA indoor nationals in Portland ā a week before IAAF worlds. First Sonja won the mile in 4:56.89 ā about 13 seconds ahead of runner-up Jennifer St. Jean. (W45 record-holder Kris Paaso was entered but didnāt run.) Then […]
March 13, 2016
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Bill Collins notches 3rd Athlete of the Week honors from USATF
For at least the third time in his storied career, Masters Hall of Famer Bill Collins late Friday was named USATF Athlete of the Week. (Normally, AoWs are announced Wednesday, but weāll forgive Indy.) His earlier nods were also for indoor star turns ā in 2006 and again in 2011 after setting sprint records at […]
March 12, 2016
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Rhythmic clapping for William Augustus Banks III: Happy 60th!
Willie Banks turned 60 on Friday, apparently somewhere in Japan, his second home. He hasnāt talked much about his track goals for M60, but I suspect heāll show up out of nowhere someday and shock us all, hopefully in the äøę®µč·³ć³ (triple jump in Japanese). I had some wonderful interactions with Willie this year, including […]
March 11, 2016
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