Edwin Moses turns 48 today and according to news services is planning to announce in Paris his comeback to international 400-meter hurdle competition -- with the apparent goal of running in the Athens Olympics. Stories have appeared in Canada and from The Associated Press. And a recent Chicago Tribune story suggests he still demonstrates his hurdling technique.
Ken has followed track as an athlete, writer and webmaster since the late 1960s, and saw most sessions of track and field at the 1984 Los Angeles and 1996 Atlanta Olympics. He also attended the 1988, 1992, 2000, 2004 and 2008 Trials, the last two as a blogger.
Ken was born in Detroit in June 1954 but grew up in Orange County, California, and Omaha, Nebraska, where in 1972 he was the top high school hurdler in the city. He was a walk-on hurdler at the University of Kansas for two years. At KU he interviewed mile great Jim Ryun several times and covered his retirement press conference for Track & Field News.
Ken has competed in masters track since 1995, attending 10 outdoor nationals and one WMA world meet (in 1999). His marks are top-secret.
After 17 years as a copy editor with The San Diego Union-Tribune, Ken joined the paper's Web site, SignOnSanDiego, in July 2003, responsible for Today's Paper on the site.
A member of Track and Field Writers of America, Ken posted the original Wikipedia article on masters athletics. In June 2009, he won TAFWA's first annual Adam Jacobs Memorial Award for excellence in blogging. He can be reached at TrackCEO@aol.com
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