Archive for May, 2017
‘Superman’ Dan Bulkley at finish line of masters career: 100 at 100
Last October, I wrote about Dan Bulkley of Oregon being entered at the Huntsman World Senior Games. At 99, he was set to run sprints and do discus and javelin. He didnât make it to the meet. But thank goodness he made it to 100 (on May 4). In one of the greatest masters profiles […]
May 19, 2017 Posted in: Uncategorized No Comments
Irene Obera vows comeback for 2019; expect W85 WR rewrite
Mark your calendars for 2019. Thatâs when W85 world records will drop like pins on the PBA tour. Thatâs when Irene Obera is coming back. The Masters Hall of Famer periodically emerges from her Bay Area habitat to rewrite the record books. After winning 2016 Top Female Athlete of the Year Honors, sheâs biding her […]
May 18, 2017 Posted in: Uncategorized 5 Comments
Chinese runner’s goal: Guinness world record for most gold medals
The Malaysian-based Star2 website posted a story about Chinaâs Chen Xuhua of Jinan, Shandong province. âAt the Perth 2016 World Masters Athletics Championships⌠Chen won the 5,000m and 2,000m steeplechase for women in the 75-79 age group,â it notes. (Her times: 25:56.79 for 5K and 11:30.55 for 2K steeple.) She also was fifth in the […]
May 17, 2017 Posted in: Uncategorized 7 Comments
W80 Christa Bortignon closing in on Irene Obera WRs in 100, 200
Christa Bortignon of Vancouver, British Columbia, continued her world record tear a couple weekends ago, claiming a W80 triple jump WR at the Dylan Armstrong meet in Kamloops. (See results here.) She spanned a legal 7.16 (23-6), destroying the listed WR of 6.55 (21-6) by Swedenâs Elsa Enarsson in 2010. But sheâs still short of […]
May 16, 2017 Posted in: Uncategorized 8 Comments
Roald Bradstock as Babe Ruth â calling his M55 world record stick
Zak Vince taped Roald Bradstockâs M55 WR in the javelin, which shows him saying: âSix-six 12 â world record right hereâ â where the listed WR is 66.11. (Babe Ruth didnât throw javelin, but legend has it he also called his shot.) The video also depicts the official calling out all three throwersâ names, the […]
May 15, 2017 Posted in: Uncategorized 5 Comments
M45 Anthony Whiteman wipes out own WR, screams 800 in 1:51.3!
What a loser. The 10th-place finisher in the B heat of the British Milers Club meet Saturday at Solihull had an 800 PR of 1:45.81 but managed to run only 1:51.3. His club, Shaftesbury Barnet, must be hanging its head in shame. But wait! Whatâs that? The runner is 45 years old? Oops, never mind. […]
May 14, 2017 Posted in: Uncategorized 10 Comments
Olympian Roald Bradstock adds M55 WR in javelin to his M50 mark
Two-time British Olympian and never-quit thrower Roald Bradstock is the listed holder of the M50 world record in the javelin at 76.16 meters (249-10). He threw that mark in 2012 at the National Training Center in Clermont, Florida. Well guess what? Heâs baaaccck. Saturday at the NTC, he chucked the 700-gram stick 66.76 (219-0) to […]
May 13, 2017 Posted in: Uncategorized One Comment
M45 Whiteman wipes out Sal Allah’s 800 WR with leisurely 1:53.40
The best bet for a WR this outdoor season was the M45 800. The listed record of 1:54.18 has been held since 2005 by American Saladin âSalâ Allah. Thatâs because Britainâs Anthony Whiteman dipped under 1:53 indoors in February. Well Tony the Track Tiger did it Saturday. Athletics Weekly reports (and results confirm): âWhiteman ran […]
May 12, 2017 Posted in: Uncategorized 8 Comments
Have a yen for World Masters Games? Kansai, Japan, hosts in 2021
Former Kiwi decathlon champion Grant Chapman, now a New Zealand Herald correspondent, covered the Auckland World Masters Games and also competed in the discus â where he fell to fourth after being in the medal hunt. Great yarn. But at the end of his story, he writes: âSo now thatâs over, what next? Should I […]
May 11, 2017 Posted in: Uncategorized One Comment
Charles Eugster dies at 97; newbie sprinter inspired with book, WRs
Sad to report the death of a shooting star. Charles Eugster of Britain, who took up sprinting at 95 and became a viral video sensation and Daegu world champion, has died at 97 of complications from heart failure, according to Athletics Weekly and his own website. âHis son, Andre, spoke briefly to say: âWe fully […]
May 10, 2017 Posted in: Uncategorized 3 Comments