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Deadline for 2021, 2022 WMA world meet bidders is Sept. 1, 2017
World Masters Athletics is calling for bidders to host the 2021 indoor and 2022 outdoor world championships. The deadline is fast approaching: Sept. 1, 2017. So if any American sites have any interest, it’s time to boogie. If an indoor meet requires multiple venues, the best are in the Boston and New York areas. Maybe […]
April 22, 2017
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Ray Bower dies at 93; pioneer at worlds, M75 sprint champ at Penn
I smile in recalling Ray Bower’s butt. We shared a dorm room at 2005 Hawaii masters nationals, and his cute little rump stuck out from the bed covers across the room. More important was the fact he could move that butt on the track — and he became a friend as we reunited at nationals. […]
April 21, 2017
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Someone at Eurovets is silencing debate, erasing EMA content
A couple days ago, the Facebook group for European Masters Athletics went from open to closed — meaning new members have to be approved by the admins. One reason for the change is the apparent effort to purge critics of EMA President Kurt Kaschke of Germany, including German masters track blogger Axel Hermanns. His recent […]
April 20, 2017
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Meet North Carolina’s Musa Gwanzura: Daegu silver medalist in 3K
At 2015 indoor nationals, M40 Musa Gwanzura made up a 20-yard gap on the last lap to win the 3000 in 9:08.88. (See the video.) No wonder he made it look easy. He’s a former 4:04 miler who helped Abilene Christian win an NCAA Div. II indoor title in the late 1990s. Now he’s getting […]
April 19, 2017
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Joy Upshaw replaces Mark Cleary as head of masters exhibitions
Mark Cleary has lost his USATF role as coordinator of the Masters Invitational Program. Rex Harvey, the new national masters T&F chair, says Joy Upshaw will take over in a newly reconfigured Exhibition Events program. I’m hoping to learn details on this soon. Mark — who had run the program for better or worse since […]
April 18, 2017
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Peter Snell entered in World Masters Games (just the wrong sport)
M75 Olympian Peter Snell, one of New Zealand’s greatest middle-distance runners, says he and his wife, Miki, will compete at the World Masters Games in Auckland opening Friday. Too bad it’s only in table tennis. At least we have W100 sprinter Man Kaur to cheer. The New Zealand Herald reports: “Man Kaur has travelled more […]
April 17, 2017
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Southwest Sprinters double at Mt. SAC; Duff barely misses sub-2
At 47, world champion sprinter Reggie Pendland is way too young to be talking about “bucket lists.” But I get what he means when he says he’s always wanted to run at the Mt. SAC Relays. Even through the meet is away from Hilmer Lodge Stadium for the second year in a row (while it’s […]
April 16, 2017
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Dysfunction in the Eurovets: Kaschke clueless on WMA bidders
Like World Masters Athletics, the Eurovets hold general assemblies. I’ve obtained the booklet for one such gathering at the March 2016 indoor championships in Ancona, Italy. Notable on Page 10 of the EMA booklet are these “final comments” on the 2015 Lyon world meet. EMA President Kurt Kaschke of Germany writes: “Lyon had a great […]
April 15, 2017
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W65 pair seeking $1,000 WR pay days at Sierra Gold Masters meet
Taking a page from kiddie track, the Sierra Gold Masters Track and Field Festival on May 20 is offering prize money for records — $1,000 for WRs and $500 for ARs (with a maximum of $1,000). At least two entrants have a good shot — W65s Kathy Martin in the mile and Myrle Mensey in […]
April 14, 2017
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Toronto to host WMA Regional Championships after Juarez bonks
Canada to the rescue! The NCCWMA regional masters championships will be held in Toronto, taking over at the last minute from Juarez, Mexico, which bailed last week. Official word on the rescue came Thursday morning via Doug “Shaggy” Smith, the camera-toting, steeplechase-running president of Ontario Masters Athletics. Doug writes: “The NCCWMA Executive contacted me last […]
April 13, 2017
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