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Justin Gatlin eyes 2020 Tokyo gold in 100 meters at the age of 39
Justin Gatlin is officially a geezer (according to my rule for tracksters over 35). But he’s no retiree. In fact, the Bolt-beating world sprint champ told Team USA that he’s looking to race in Tokyo — at the 2020 Olympics. “I started my career with an Olympic gold medal (in 2004), I’d love to finish […]
November 3, 2017
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Anthony Whiteman among nominees for Athletics Weekly honors
As we await Meb Keflezighi’s final marathon (at age 42 Sunday in New York City), let’s pause to admire the British track magazine for again uttering the M-word. This time, masters are part of the year-end honors list. Athletics Weekly wants to know your pick for top over-40 athlete in Britain. (My stuff-the-ballot-box votes are […]
November 2, 2017
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USATF Masters T&F urges grass-roots bids for national meets
USATFmasters.org, our funky but fact-filled resource site, announces: “Bid for a National Masters Track and Field Meet!” The memo says: “Interested in bringing a Masters T&F meet to your area? Want to build Masters T&F in your area? Want to help your local economy? Want to gain experience working with USATF to put on a […]
October 31, 2017
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Mastershistory.org adds treasure trove on the Age-Graded Tables
On Feb. 20, 1999, Rex Harvey faxed Al Sheahen a copy of a letter he wrote to Len Olson, who was then writing (with my help) a history of masters track. I didn’t read the letter until Sunday — the fourth anniversary of Al’s death. Rex’s letter described the history of age-grading and the Age-Graded […]
October 29, 2017
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Mastersrankings.com adding news, info to grow, fund global sport
John Seto of mastersrankings.com and Amanda Scotti of National Masters News are soliciting “news people want to see” on John’s WMA-sanctioned site. The first report on the newly redesigned site is Ken Castro’s post on the Huntsman World Senior Games. Cool. In this introductory post, they say their goal is “to fill a need within […]
October 28, 2017
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British javelinist in doping case is coached by masters thrower
Athletics Weekly reports a doping case against 31-year-old javelin thrower Joanna Blair of the UK. But since she’s not 35 yet, I care not. What’s interesting is the adverbial phrase in the story’s last sentence: “Coached by masters thrower David Burrell, she was hoping to qualify for the Commonwealth Games in Australia next year.” Uh […]
October 27, 2017
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Europe destined to host 2022 WMA world outdoor championships?
An Italian Facebook page suggests that three cities are bidding to host the 2022 World Master Athletics Championships — aka outdoor worlds. The cities mentioned are Tampere (Finland), Gothenburg (Sweden) and L’Aquila (Italy). Of course, Toronto will host 2020 worlds, so forget about North America getting the meet two years later. I wrote to WMA […]
October 26, 2017
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Masterstrack.com wins 3rd-place blog award at S.D. Press Club
Tuesday night was big for Team Stone. Wife Chris and I collected a total of 20 honors at the San Diego Press Club’s Excellence in Journalism Awards. (See the story in Times of San Diego.) Counting my 14-ribbon haul this year, I’ve won 52 awards over the past seven years. (Don’t ask what I’ve shelled […]
October 25, 2017
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Australian W90 Heather Lee sets 3K race walk WR in Tasmania
Two days after South Africa’s Cecily Rootenberg became the first W90 20K race walker, Australia’s Heather Lee set a debut W90 world record Monday in the 3K track walk, clocking 24:56.97 at the 16th Australian Masters Games in Tasmania. (See results here.) She already was the W85 WR holder — and won gold and silver […]
October 24, 2017
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Touching tribute to distance legend Ed Whitlock at Toronto Marathon
Ed Whitlock owned the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon, setting many records there. His death in March at age 86 brought the streak to an end. But he still was present for Sunday’s race — via a tribute video shown on Canadian TV. Here’s what Canadian Running Magazine, which posted the video, said of our old […]
October 23, 2017
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