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Gustav was no match for Katrina evacuee Robert Baker
Three years ago, M60 decathlon champion Robert Baker saw a little storm named Katrina interrupt his season. He described his evacuation from a New Orleans suburb and later reported his return to Metaire. Last weekend, he won gold in the M60 pentathlon at Clermont WMA regionals (finishing behind a guest from South Africa). Then came […]
September 4, 2008
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Raschker, Baker make comebacks at national hep championships
Decathletes and heptathletes don’t do hibernation. In the winter, they just compete indoors. The USATF national masters indoor heptathlon championships — for men and women — were held last weekend at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and more than two dozen men (including two 81-year-olds) competed as well as seven women (with the oldest being […]
March 7, 2006
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Robert Baker’s goal: come back better than before
Three months ago, Hurricane Katrina changed the lives of millions. One of them was M60 decathlete Robert Baker of Metairie, Louisiana, who told a story of tragic sadness. This week, I asked him for an update on his home and circumstances. Thankfully, he has some good news.
November 23, 2005
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No deluge of Daegu entries? Sign-up deadline extended a week
In a sign that entries aren’t flooding in, Daegu has pushed back its entry deadline for WMA indoor worlds by eight days — to Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017. Not a shock. Happens all of the time. So why don’t they just pick a drop-dead deadline to begin with, and not play this game? In any […]
January 25, 2017
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To our friends battling miseries in the East: How can we help?
Nothing I’ve seen or read does justice to the immensity of Superstorm Sandy. But as we learned from multi-eventer Robert Baker and his Katrina ordeal, we masters athletes overcome all adversity. So I hope my Eastern friends, especially those in New York and New Jersey, are finding power, water and hope in these ugly days. […]
October 31, 2012
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