Archive for August, 2017
Mike Blackmore gunning for M55 AR over 3000 at Oregon meet
Craig Godwin of Oregon Track Club Masters graciously shares details on record attempts Sunday, Sept. 10, at McKenzie Community Track and Field in Blue River, Oregon, where his club is a major sponsor. “The 3,000m race will feature an American record attempt by Mike Blackmore in the 55-59 age group,” Craig writes. [The listed WR […]
August 18, 2017
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Kathy Martin’s 2 WRs at Toronto highlight Team USA at WMA meet
Bob Weiner, USATF national masters media director, writes what I didn’t have time to. Bless him (and Jeff Brower and Mary Trotto who helped with the stats). “Masters are on a tear! Master Chair Rex Harvey wants the USATF Masters to be the number one masters track and field team in the world, and it […]
August 17, 2017
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I stand with the alt-left: So should masters track and field community
With the certainty of offending and losing some readers, I want to say something about our M70 president and his failure to show moral clarity on the Charlottesville horror. Tuesday’s press conference — in which Trump said “both sides” share blame for Saturday’s death and injuries — was sickening and shameful. But my disgust — […]
August 15, 2017
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Bob Lida lowers own M80 ARs in 200/400 at Toronto WMA meet
London wasn’t the only great meet over the weekend. Toronto WMA regionals had some tight competition, especially in the sprints. And with W75 Carol LaFayette-Boyd in the mix, she’s eligible for WMA Best Athlete consideration for her record-setting season. We also finally saw Olympian Walter Dix run a masters 200. He clocked 21.30 to win […]
August 14, 2017
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Anthony Whiteman claims M45 outdoor mile WR with insane 4:10.0
Sub-4 masters mile legend Anthony Whiteman, who turned 45 in November, finally found an outdoor mile race. Saturday at the “Night of Endurance” at Leckwith Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, he predicted a 4:05. Pretty gutsy, since the listed M45 WR is Tony Young’s 4:16.09 from 2008. But Tony tore through four laps in a hand-timed […]
August 12, 2017
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Gia Lewis-Smallwood bows at London, but her mark beats W35 AR
Gia Lewis-Smallwood, 38, had a bad day at the office. She failed to advance to the discus finals of IAAF London worlds, despite being the American record-holder at 69.17 (226-11), which she did at age 35 in 2014. But now it’s time for my recurring rant. Why isn’t she also the W35 American record-holder? Carol […]
August 11, 2017
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Angela Copson WRs stamp her as favorite for WMA Female AofY
So who’s going to challenge W70 Angela Copson of Britain for WMA Best Athlete of the Year? As her local paper reports: “Angela Copson came away with six individual gold medals and two team silvers from the European Masters Championships at Aarhus in Denmark last week. The Rugby & Northampton AC star is in her […]
August 10, 2017
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Neni Lewis leads record barrage with 3 ARs at Throws Nationals
W55 Neni [knee-knee] Lewis, who’s battled injuries over the years, set three American records last weekend at the USATF Masters Throws Championships in Worcester, Massachusetts. Ten ARs were set overall at a meet described by Jerry Book-Weiner as having intermittent heavy rain on Saturday and gorgeous weather on Sunday. Jerry says 94 took part in […]
August 9, 2017
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Meet Ruben Whitney, saying farewell to his M35 USA 100 record
In response to an email, Ruben Whitney gave me a call Monday morning. Yes, THE Ruben Whitney — holder since 1980 of the M35 American record of 10.3 seconds for 100 meters. By inattention, ignorance and incompetence, at least seven Yanks besides Justin Gatlin who ran sub-10.3 have failed to get credit for beating Ruben’s […]
August 7, 2017
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Nearly 80 Americans set for Toronto are world or national champs
Bob Weiner’s news release on WMA Toronto regionals includes a nifty chart by Mary Trotto noting the Yanks with current world or national titles — 77 by her count. “In addition to USA and Canada, nations represented at the meet include Mexico, Australia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Netherlands, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Belize, Panama, Trinidad and […]
August 6, 2017
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