Archive for April, 2016

Up close and photographic with masters, other stars at ‘Mt. SAC’

My wife had great access at Saturday’s Mt. SAC Relays, held at Cerritos College — where I ran the CIF 120-yard low hurdles 46 years ago. It was dirt back then, but the stands seem the same. Anyhoo, Chris Stone captured Ashton Eaton, Vashti Cunningham and a bearded Tyson Gay among other elites for this […]

April 20, 2016   Posted in: Uncategorized  8 Comments

W85 national record for 200 highlights South African regional meet

South Africa has a long and proud masters track tradition, and some incredible records as well. I’m reminded of that when I learned that W85 Christi du Plooy of the Central Gauteng Athletics team set a national record of 49.80 in the 200 recently. The listed American record is 51.43 by Pat Peterson at 2011 […]

April 19, 2016   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

British tongues wagging over UK team manager’s suspension

Many were mystified by this announcement on the British masters site: “For the time being Maurice Doogan will not be acting as Track and Field Secretary or Team Manager at international championships. He has been suspended by World Masters Athletics and has lodged an appeal. The next fixtures that Maurice intended to organise will be […]

April 18, 2016   Posted in: Uncategorized  3 Comments

Crombie leads results at Australian masters nationals outdoors

It’s the end of fall Down Under, and the Aussies started their masters nationals Saturday in the south. The meet ends Tuesday, and the first day’s results have been posted. Track results are separate from field results. The legendary Peter Crombie, now in M70, won the 100 with a 13.89 into a 3 mps wind. […]

April 17, 2016   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

Joy Upshaw claims W55 AR in 100, wins Mt. SAC for encore

Joy Upshaw, Derek Pye, Michael Smith and Tania Fischer put on a marvelous masters show at the Mt. SAC Relays on Saturday, winning their races at Cerritos College in Norwalk because Hilmer Lodge Stadium in Walnut is being remodeled. But Joy’s victory in the 100 was but dessert for a weekend that included an American […]

April 16, 2016   Posted in: Uncategorized  5 Comments

Italians thanked for German’s medical care after Ancona meet

A rough Google translation of Alfred Hermes’ German masters site tells the story of an M85 Eurovets entrant suffering a medical emergency. Here’s all I know: “A week after the end of the European Indoor Championships in Ancona / Ita. Felix Hoppe (M85, VSV borderland Wegberg) is taken from his family in airport hall in […]

April 15, 2016   Posted in: Uncategorized  3 Comments

3 months out, USATF posts entry info for Grand Rapids nationals

Masters nationals begin three months from today (Thursday). At last, I’m informed, USATF has posted entry information for Grand Rapids. (See it here.) Now the clock is ticking toward June 16 deadline for standard online or paper entry. But I’m still mystified that a solid birth-record database is not in place. We’re told: “USATF also […]

April 14, 2016   Posted in: Uncategorized  43 Comments

Eurovets results add to legend of John Seto’s mastersrankings.com

John Seto’s work on mastersrankings.com keeps getting more amazing, especially now that he has some help. He’s posted Eurovets indoor championships results and writes: “Even though this meet and several other national and regional championships (Germany, Canada, Belgium, UK, US, Portugal, Baltic and others) have been inserted, we are still compiling 2015 – 2016 World […]

April 13, 2016   Posted in: Uncategorized  13 Comments

How Julie Donnelly made Woodard’s WR comeback possible

After several email exchanges with M45 WR man Allen Woodard, I was still curious about the injury that forced him to quit track despite such great potential. His latest response is gut-wrenching but hopeful. Allen writes: “When I was young, my goal was to be an Olympian. I had the goods, but unfortunately a strange sciatic injury […]

April 12, 2016   Posted in: Uncategorized  3 Comments

Making up for lost time, Allen Woodard sees WR improvement

Like many in our sport, Allen Woodward regrets never tapping his youthful potential. At Ranger College about 1990, he ran a 200 in 20.5 and 400 in 45.8 before being injured. He left the sport, he tells me. “That was at age 20-21. Needless to say, I left a lot on the table. That’s what […]

April 11, 2016   Posted in: Uncategorized  9 Comments