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Raschker named IAAF World Masters Athlete of the Year
No surprise here. Phil Raschker has been named IAAF-WMA Female World Masters Athlete of the Year by World Masters Athletics. It helps when you win 10 gold medals in worlds in a season of W60 world records. Winston Thomas of Great Britain, secretary of WMA, announced the selection yesterday on the WMA Web site. The […]
October 29, 2007
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Who’s the world’s fastest master sprinter? Take pick
Now that 35 is the new 40 (in terms of masters entry age), it’s getting easier to identify the fastest masters sprinter in the world. Or not. For the past few seasons, the fastest M35 has been Jeff Laynes of Northern California. But not anymore. Check out the IAAF Top Lists. Back at Osaka worlds, […]
October 28, 2007
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A new masters superstar is born: Maria Mutola is 35
Happy birthday, Maria de Lurdes Mutola! You turn 35 today, which means you have a chance at setting lots of new middle-distance records. Your specialty is the 800, of course, and your 2007 season best of 1:56.98 is just short of the listed W35 world age-group record of 1:56.53 by Russia’s Lyubov Gurina in 1994. […]
October 27, 2007
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The Hep from Hell: Christel Donley’s tale of Riccione
Christel Donley, 72, of Colorado Springs proudly wears her gold medal from the W70 heptathlon at worlds. She earned it. You can read the results, see her marks. But nothing on the Riccione Web site does justice to the conditions that faced Colorado’s Christel Donley and her fellow over-65 heptathletes on Sept. 4-5, 2007. In […]
October 26, 2007
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Happy 80th birthday to 2X Hall of Famer Bud Held
I doubt Bud Held will ever forget this birthday. Today he turns 80, a couple days after an evacuation order was lifted for all residents of Del Mar, his coastal abode north of San Diego where fires have forced 500K from their homes. I had hoped to tell some cute stories about Bud, but recent […]
October 25, 2007
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George Mathews relents on bid to zap the pentathlon
Nine days ago, I posted an item about a rule-change proposal by George Mathews: to strip the pentathlon from the masters indoor and outdoor nationals. After a robust exchange of views and a poll favoring that USATF keep the pentathlon where it is (and not spinning it off into a separate championship), the former USATF […]
October 25, 2007
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Clemson plans three masters-friendly throws meets
Coach Glenn McAtee at Clemson University in South Carolina has sent information on a series of three indoor throws meets at Clemson’s facility. He’ll act as meet director of the 2008 Clemson Indoor Throws Fest Series, which actually kicks off Dec. 2, 2007. The other two meets are Jan. 20 and Feb. 24, 2008. The […]
October 24, 2007
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Trackos debate Stacy Dragila’s chances for Beijing
Stacy Dragila holds the W35 world record in the vault at 14-9, but upping the mark isn’t her focus for 2008. It’s getting back to the Games, where she would be 37 years old. This thread on the T&FN message board talks about her chances. Former M40 vault WR man Roger Ruth, meanwhile, has been […]
October 24, 2007
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Southern California wildfires displace many masters
With evacuation orders coming almost hourly, many masters friends of ours are subject to mandatory get-out-of-theres in several SoCal counties, notably San Diego, where 300,000 residents have grabbed stuff and skedaddled. If you know the status of any local masters athletes, please post a note here. Earlier this afternoon, my family went shopping at the […]
October 22, 2007
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Masters may be invited to inaugural women’s deca
On Aug. 30-31, 2008, a women’s decathlon will be held at Eugene, Oregon’s Hayward Field in a meet called the Belladeca. It’s being touted as the female version of the fabled Gotzis and Talence men’s deca meets. The Belladeca Web site still isn’t up. But the event has triggered lots of chatter on the T&FN […]
October 21, 2007
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