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Who cares about masters XC results? Not USATF
The USATF national masters 5K cross country championships were held yesterday in Saratoga Springs, New York. Lots of masters tracksters use this event to spice up their winter training. But I can’t tell you who won — or which teams prevailed. The results aren’t online yet. The races ended almost 15 hours ago. This, of […]
October 15, 2007
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Bill Collins signed German anti-doping pledge at worlds
Bill Collins has lent his name to the Vaterstettener Declaration, an anti-doping pledge big in Germany. His signature, “done in the presence of Guido MĂĽller, the world’s Senior Athletes of the Year 2004 and author of the Vaterstettener statement,” represents “a major step towards a clean and fair sport in the movement of the Senior […]
October 14, 2007
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Koops got the scoop on bogus Mexican marathoner
Remember Robert Madrazo’s attempt at pulling a Rosie Ruiz at the Berlin Marathon? Many stories credited a photographer named Victor Sailer for outing the former Mexican presidential candidate as a course-cutting cheat. Truth be told, a masters track expert in Germany was the first to inform marathon authorities. Robert Koop, a lawyer who helps his […]
October 13, 2007
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We’re clean: No drug positives at Riccione worlds
World Masters Athletics conducts drug tests of a few dozen athletes at its world championships, and the 2007 affair in Riccione was no exception. Lately, stories have circulated that American M40 hurdle champion David Ashford made a comical effort to avoid testing. But the official bottom line is that his test — and all other […]
October 12, 2007
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Jay Silvester back in discus ring — with record at 70!
Complete results of the Huntsman World Senior Games have arrived, thanks to National Masters News editor Carmel Papworth-Barnum (who forwarded me a file), and the stunning news isn’t the six national age-group records and 37 meet records set at St. George, Utah, this week. It’s the return to competition of Hall of Famer Jay Silvester […]
October 12, 2007
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Cannon popped M70 American vault record at UCSB
Terry Cannon of Oregon (and formerly San Diego) set an American age-group record in the vault Saturday in Santa Barbara, according to just-released results from the annual Club West masters meet at UC Santa Barbara. (See below.) Terry went 3.20 (10-6) to top the 3.16 (10-4 1/4) mark by legendary Boo Morcom in 1992. (The […]
October 11, 2007
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Sri Chinmoy death causes masters meet cancellation
Andy Hecker in Southern California reports the cancellation of a major masters meet at Long Beach State University only 10 days away. Andy writes: “I got a call from (meet director) Bigalita (Egger) telling me of her intent to cancel the Self Transcendence meet October 21. . . . I attempted to step in to […]
October 11, 2007
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British photog posts American shots from Riccione
M50 sprinter Tom Phillips took a gazillion pictures at Riccione, mainly of the UK folks. But after organizing his galleries, he realized he had enough shots (about 270) to carve out a separate gallery of American athletes. I see shots of Bill Collins, Marty Krulee, Val Barnwell, Pat Peterson, Phil Raschker. Bill Melville, Mel Larsen, […]
October 11, 2007
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Huntsman results are half-ass, and still incomplete
The meet in Utah has posted results. Finally. But track ended yesterday, and only Monday’s results were online early Thursday. Like a box score that lists only the runs by innings, these results from the Huntsman World Senior Games barely cover the meet, telling only the top three. And no clue as to whether any […]
October 11, 2007
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Italian detective shares her version of Ralph’s story
Rosa Marchi, who helped me track down the identity of Ralph Fruguglietti’s mysterious discus muse in northern Italy before worlds, has posted her own story on Ralph’s M50 world title and the events surrounding it. It’s in Italian. But it’s notable for some recent photos of Ralph in the ring, and Rosa poses with coach […]
October 10, 2007
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