Archive for May, 2017
Adri Schoeman, Salomé Vermeulen pace Safrican masters nationals
South Africa held its masters nationals over the weekend in Cape Town, and results are posted here. I scrolled through fast and came across some impressive marks — basically anything over 90 percent age-graded. Two women stood out: W45 Adri Schoeman won the 100 and 200 in legal 12.62 and 25.64. And W50 SalomĂ© Vermeulen […]
May 9, 2017
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Torbert’s WR throw: ‘Everything clicked, and the shot felt very light’
Before Doug Torbert entered the ring in Eugene on April 30, the listed M65 world record in the shot (5-kilo) was 15.90 (52-2). After he ended his six throws at the Hayward Masters Classic, the Redlands resident had crushed Kurt Goldschmidt’s mark twice — first with a 16.27 (53-4 1/2) and later with a monster […]
May 8, 2017
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Who’s your healthy longevity role model: Ed Whitlock or Earl Fee?
My Canadian author friend Bruce Grierson wrote the definitive book on Olga Kotelko, who died at 95 after setting a slew of WRs. Now Bruce tackles an interesting question: Should older athletes emulate Ed Whitlock or Earl Fee? His amazing piece in the Globe and Mail of Toronto is headlined: “Ed Whitlock the tortoise, Earl […]
May 7, 2017
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Suzy Favor Hamilton ‘definitely would’ be running 8, 15 at age 50
In February 2016, I wrote here about an Olympian with a mental illness who briefly led a life as a high-priced Las Vegas call girl. I gave it the headline: “Memo to Suzy Favor Hamilton: Masters track would welcome you.” I noted her account on the BBC website, and I posted my invitation on her […]
May 6, 2017
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Wikitrack R Us: Here are links to all-comers meets around America
Andy Hecker used to maintain a North American calendar of all-comers meets. But due to complexity and other factors, he hasn’t posted in five years. No worries. Why not crowd-source what we know? Let’s start here. The San Diego USATF Association is reprising its five-meet Summer Nights Track & Field series in June and July. […]
May 5, 2017
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Hayward WRs to Colleen Milliman, Doug Torbert, Christa Bortignon
A month ago, a newspaper in Roseburg, Oregon, told of a training group at Hayward Field in Eugene and said Colleen Milliman “wants to set a running record for 90-year-olds.” Over the weekend, it was mission accomplished! Colleen became the first woman over 90 to record a time for the track mile (indoors or out) […]
May 4, 2017
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Hazardous hurdles at Hayward Masters Classic: put in wrong spots
Photos and videos from last weekend’s Hayward Masters Classic in Eugene are now posted. Happy! Also shared are images and clips of the last flight of 80-meter and 300-meter hurdles at the wrong spots. Sad! (We’re still waiting on results as well.) Not sure how this can happen at such a prestigious meet, but several […]
May 3, 2017
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WMA president: Any IAAF changes on records won’t affect masters
Heard about a plan that IAAF wipe out all elite records set before 2005? Yup, that’s a thing. The idea is to allow WRs set after drug samples all started being stored. Some masters have written me, asking: Oh man, what about WMA age-group records? My response: “Fuhgeddaboudit! Ain’t gonna happen to masters records, and […]
May 2, 2017
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Video of Charles Allie pushing Bill Collins to M65 world record 100
Thanks to a raw file uploaded to usatfmasters.org, we have a clip from Saturday’s Penn Relays NBC coverage looking back at Friday’s M65 WR by Hall of Famer Bill Collins, a 12.33 with a recorded 0.0 mps wind. The announcer erringly says Bill attended “Houston,” when in fact he’s a proud Horned Frog of Texas […]
May 2, 2017
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Allen Woodard says sub-48 leg on sub-3:20 4×4 team is possible
Allen Woodard anchored the USA Masters 4Ă—4 team to an M45 world record at Penn. And it was their goal from the get-go, he tells me. “Most definitely! We knew going in if everyone ran to their potential there would be a new world record. Yes, a sub-3:20 is very doable. There is definitely more performance in […]
May 1, 2017
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