Masters nationals heading to Illinois, Indiana and New Mexico
This morning in Indy, the USATF Masters T&F Committee — delegates from around the country — awarded the 2011 indoor and 2012 indoor and outdoor masters nationals to three new sites. As previously telegraphed, Benedictine University in Lisle, Illinois, won 2012 outdoors, but was “accepted tentatively pending confirmation of facility availability and dates,” according to my mole at the USATF annual meeting. “Indoor 2011 is Albuquerque, March 4-6. The vote was 26 to 25 over Bloomington, Indiana” — which then won the 2012 indoor meet unanimously. “Votes were recounted twice by different people to verify correct count,” my mole says. Congrats to all! We dodged another bullet by having at least one bid for outdoor nationals. These sites are all virgin territory for masters — but have proved themselves up to major open and youth meets. Good for us.
Masters national hep results are up, but where are records?
M55 champion Bill Murray shares this link to results of the USATF National Masters Indoor Heptathlon Championships at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin. But in looking to see if any hep records were set at the meet Saturday and Sunday, I came up blank. Actually, USATF’s hep record site was blank. I know records exist, because M50 hep champ Jeff Watry posted these a few years ago (with the latest records being Bill Murray’s from 2005). Just FYI: The indoor hep consists of the 60, long jump, shot put and high jump on Day 1 and 60 hurdles, pole vault and 1000 (800 for women) on Day 2. WMA’s Age-Graded Tables are used to affix points to performances. (World Masters Athletics keeps age-group records for the indoor pentathlon, but not the hep.) Including submasters, about 30 men and women took part over the weekend, including W55 Kay Glynn and W60 Phil Raschker. I’d love to know if anyone set a record at Kenosha. It’s a national-championship meet, after all.
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Ken Stone - March 9, 2009
In response to a query, Jeff Watry sent me this quick note while on the road:
According to my records – WR or Best in M55, M70, M75, W60 Hept and individual Records in WLJ W60 MLJ M75 and in Women Superwgt in Regional – on the road so I will get stuff thgether eventually. -
Myrle Mensey - March 9, 2009
Myrle Mensey W60 competed in Midwest Regional Meet in Kenosha on Sunday, March 8 and set 2 American records. In the 12lb weight throw Myrle slashed the record with a throw of 16.64m (54-07.25)breaking the old record of 14.04m by 9 1/2 feet. Also in the 25lb weight throw 9.18m
(30-01.50) breaking the old record of 8.16m by 3 1/2 feet. See you in Landover.
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Masters nationals – my personal Hall of Fame picks
I viewed Honolulu from the top of Diamond Head and took a magical nighttime stroll on Waikiki Beach – but for me the most memorable sights on Oahu last weekend were a collection of great and gutsy athletes who competed at the USATF National Masters Outdoor Championships. Over four days at the University of Hawaii’s four-colored track and lush green fields, 800-plus athletes and dozens of heat-battling officials did their thing, dealing with their own personal hurdles. All are worth saluting.
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Annette Koop - August 10, 2005
“Hillen von Maltzahn, 56, of Troy, New York
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Competing for a club called the Tendonitis AC, Hillen … burned up the track (and field) thusly in Honolulu:
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Gold in the 2000-meter steeplechase (8:59.60)…”
Great performance, Hillen. It’s a new European Record!”
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Karla Del Grande - August 11, 2005
Thanks, Ken, for your wonderful stories! They show clearly why we do this — for the joy of the sport, and for the joy in trying to do the best that one can.
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Sal Allah - August 11, 2005
Ken,
Great stories. Thanks for the updates.
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Grant Lamothe - August 11, 2005
Hey Ken:
Great stories! What you’ve enumerated is what make this Geezer sport, despite the pains and injuries that happen sometimes (oftentimes), such a joy to be part of.
And thanks for the write up of my pal Jack Karbens. He merits everything you said about him: Jack is a winner!
regards,
Grant Lamothe
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Gene Goodreau - August 14, 2005
While Ed Baskauskas and Richard Sobel were conducting their “epic duel” in the M55-59 age group, did anyone notice the extraordinary performance by James Goodreau in the M60-64 group?. Not only did he win the group competation, he defeated all comers in the younger M55-59 group, and also tied the M-50-54 winner.
This feat would be extraodinary enough by itself, but he also had fewer misses at the height of 5’1″ than the winner of the M50-54 age group. making him the theoretical winner of that age group as well, had he been young enough to be eligible for it.
As for the heat and the tent, It is interesting indeed that James Goodreau needed nineteen steps to approach the bar from his traditional starting distance. That put him actually inside the tent. The judging table had to be moved in order for him to take his proper starting location. He exploded from the tent and came into view at a full gallop, exploding at the bar and clearing his first three jumps on his first try.
James Goodreau did injur his heel on his first lift-off, but had too much adrenalin going for him to let that interfere with his efforts on this day. He had waited too long. All his life, in fact. Sure, he was good in his twenties, but the competition was remarkable. Dwight Stones, etc.
However, James Goodreau never gave up. He was not a Harvard or Pr4inceton man. Just a hard working high school athlete who loved jumping and never quit. And he never took his eye off his goal to be the best high jumper in the nation. It may have taken until the age of 60, but this athlete showed all of the power of perserverance. At the age of 60, he can finally hang his gold medal on his wall. -
Ed Baskauskas - August 16, 2005
Yes, Gene, I did see James Goodreau jump, and I commend and congratulate him. He was clearly the best jumper of the day.
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you have a great mole Ken – thanks for the update – some years it takes months to find out the dates.
Re indoors – nice to spread it around but lets hope that Albuquerque does not to a Landsover with the timing nor with the lap counting.
It always makes me a bit nervous when it is a new group that puts on a national masters meet – indoors and/or outdoors. Please no bragging about how many NCAA meets they have directed nor National High School meets, it is an entirely different kettle of fish to put on a masters meet. One can only hope that there will be some adult supervision from the national masters folks who are expert on running masters meets.
That being said – I will do what is now my standard practice for the 3k indoors and 5k outdoors – make a pest of myself with the meet director before the meet and during about lap counting – not stopping the clock when the first finisher crosses the finish line and then not restarting it and not calling out splits when the clock does not restart. Plus actually paying attention to lap counting both for the running and race walking events. I can always hope for a meet as well run as in Boston.
Forgot to mention that Albuquerque’s elevation is 5,300 feet — a little over a mile. So sprinters and jumpers should love it — and distance runners might have a hard time.
Web info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albuquerque,_New_Mexico
gasp gasp – well – maybe the mile and 800 and not the 3k! distance runners from the flat land will not like it – esp those of us with asthma,
Funny about the comments about Albuquerque – you do realize the facility is going to be used a year earlier for the USA open national indoor championship meet. So I guess they won’t have to brag about high school meets.
More details on nationals:
2012 outdoor is set at Benedictine the first weekend in August.
2012 indoor is tentatively set in Bloomington at IU pending availability of appropriate dates at the facility.
2011 outdoor which will be 1st weekend in Aug at Baldwin Wallace (in Ohio).
It’ll be good to get away from Boston and go to new cities. Albuquerque is great if you’re on a budget, and if you like the southwest. The altitude will be a challenge, but for those of us out west, we have indoor regionals in Flagstaff in Feb. to prep for.
Albuqueque is great…. it holds a major airport and flights in and out are very reasonable….getting around and accomodations are great also!!!!!
Curious why it was decided that Outdoor Nats would stay in the Midwest 2 consecutive years.
Not a big fan of that to be honest. Seems like it should go to a different geographic region first then return to the Midwest (ideally, 3 years later, actually) as that may leave people out two years in a row.
Seems like something like this would be better:
2011 Balwin Wallace (Midwest)
2012 Orono (Northeast)
2013 Eugene or Spokane (Northwest)
2014 Benedictine (Midwest)
not to mention if the Southwest wanted to get involved. Who else was bidding for 2012?
Just saw they were the only bidders and Orono is looking at 2013. Thanks to Benedictine for bidding to host just would be nice to get other venues.
That will be 2 in a row in a Midwest and 3 out of 4 when you include Oshkosh. Not the easiest on the travel budget from out here in Oregon.
Oh well…see you in Sacto!
Hey all I am new this site, need some info: I am 52 and interested in competing at the Masters Level, where and with whom do I get this process started…tahnks Rad Sanchez/Indy
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