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Jerry Wojcik and Suzy Hess, ex-NMN colleagues, now married
National Masters News arrived a few days ago, and Page 3 provided the biggest scoop of the year: Suzy Hess and Jerry Wojcik, the former publisher and editor of NMN, are married! They got hitched in late March, the weekend of Landover nationals. I’d known for a while they were a couple (they stayed in […]
May 3, 2009
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Suzy Hess ‘happy with decision’ to quit committee
Suzy Hess’ resignation as vice chair of the USATF Masters T&F Committee might have been expected, since she also has sold ownership of National Masters News to Randy Sturgeon — and appeared to be clearing the decks for retirement after recently turning 65. But it still caught people off guard at Indy today at the […]
November 30, 2006
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Suzy Hess reports to USATF on how masters did in ’06
It’s not Shakespeare, but it’s a serviceable summary of USATF Masters T&F in 2006. Along with other committee chairs, acting masters chair Suzy Hess reports to the wider Indy audience on what the geezers in USATF were up to this year. She begins by noting the resignation of Chairman George: “The resignation of George Mathews […]
November 27, 2006
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Suzy and Jerry’s first comments on National Masters News
A year ago today, Suzy Hess and Jerry Wojcik were counting down the hours until the start of the new year — and the end of an era. On December 31, 2006, Suzy and Jerry closed the office of National Masters News in Eugene, Oregon. On January 1, 2007, Randy Sturgeon succeeded Suzy as publisher; […]
December 31, 2007
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New All-American standards debut— in three grades for 1st time
The All-American Standards, a longtime revenue stream for National Masters News, are being updated. For the first time, the AAs come in three flavors — Gold, Silver and Bronze. The first batch — for running events only — was posted last weekend on usatfmasters.org. “The standards are now based on the Age-Graded tables,” says Jeff […]
January 12, 2017
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Send questions for USATF prez candidates, masters chair hopefuls
Anyone with the motto “Make Track & Field Great Again!” has my vote. Except I won’t be a delegate or visitor to the Orlando annual meeting of USATF in December. But I’ll be there in muck-raking spirit. I plan to quiz the candidates for USATF national masters chair (Rex Harvey and Robert Thomas) as well […]
October 11, 2016
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Masters history site adds thousands of original NMN color photos
The late Randy Sturgeon was publisher of National Masters News for eight years, and he honored the monthly’s history by safeguarding its treasured storehouse of photos. These images graced its pages (usually in black-and-white) for decades. Now many can be seen in their original full-color glory. Sunday night, I uploaded to mastershistory.org 108 PDFs representing […]
August 21, 2016
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Special treat: First 23 years of National Masters News are online
After 18 months, the dream of posting all early issues of National Masters News is realized. On Friday, I added the years 1986 through 1999 to the searchable PDF archive on mastershistory.org. See it here. (I also uploaded the missing issue of October 1984.) The homepage of our historical record features a dedication to NMN […]
March 28, 2015
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Randy Sturgeon dies at 62; coach published NMN for 7 years
Randy Sturgeon, who bought National Masters News in November 2006 and gave it up last January amid a cancer fight, died with dignity and courage about 5 a.m. Thursday. NMN’s current owners followed Facebook postings with an email that said: “It is with heavy hearts that we share with you the news of Randy Sturgeon’s […]
September 6, 2014
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National Masters News sold to Amanda Scotti and Tish Ceccarelli
Randy Sturgeon, recovering from cancer, has sold National Masters News to W55 national champion sprinter Amanda Scotti and W55 runner Tish Ceccarelli. That’s the word from Amanda, a veteran NMN staffer, who writes: “We have both worked there for a number of years so the transition has been pretty smooth. We’re both terribly excited to be […]
January 18, 2014
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