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Geezerjock posts my Riccione worlds roundup story
A day after the final events of Riccione worlds, I sat down at my home computer for four hours and cobbled together this highlight story on assignment for Geezerjock magazine. I tried to mention stuff not covered in my blog, so you might want to check it out. I led with The Legend’s 10 gold […]
October 10, 2007
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Huntsman games under way, but results are AWOL
Thanks to savvy marketing and stunning scenery, the Huntsman World Senior Games is capitalizing on masters again this month. Its three-day track meet allegedly began yesterday. (Still no results.) But high-class meet organization isn’t Huntsman’s forte, as we learned a year ago. However, because masters track has to follow the money, attention must be paid. […]
October 9, 2007
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Sprinters, vaulters featured in our Club West gallery
Back from Riccione worlds with medals galore, perhaps a dozen world travelers competed at the 33rd annual Club West masters meet Saturday at UC Santa Barbara, an hour north of Los Angeles. See some 70 photos here. Nadine O’Connor tried twice to break Edith Graff’s W65 world record in the 80-meter hurdles of 14.24, but […]
October 9, 2007
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Seven American records set at superweight nationals
Seven American age-group records were set over the weekend at the masters superweight nationals, which drew 25 throwers to West Seattle Stadium. Records were set by three men and four women. George Mathews, the former USATF Masters chair, helped organize the event and won a few titles. He reported: “The meet was held one month […]
October 8, 2007
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Get ready for another worlds: 2008 indoors in France
Andy Martin of USATF passes along this note: “Initial entry information for U.S. athletes for the 2008 World Masters Athletics Championships Indoor has been posted at usatf.org/events/2008/WorldMastersAthleticsChampionshipsIndoor/ . Detailed entry information including the entry forms are expected to be posted in early November.” The meet Web site is up, too. The event is March 17-22, […]
October 7, 2007
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M85 Canadian thrower suffers cardiac after Riccione
Douglas Smith of Canada shares this sad news: “It is with some shock that I have to report that Garry Bachman suffered a mild heart attack on Friday. Fortunately, he is recovering well in the hospital in Bowmanville and will undergo an angiogram, possibly followed by angioplasty early this week to repair the coronary artery […]
October 6, 2007
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M55 marathoner clocks a 2:40? Or maybe not really
Roberto Madrazo of Mexico completed last weekend’s Berlin Marathon in a nifty 2:40:57. Or so he’d like the world to believe. (The winning M55 time at Riccione was 2:43:38. The listed M55 WR is 2:25:56 by Holland’s Piet van Alphen in 1986.) But as this story recounts, there was something fishy about his finish. The […]
October 5, 2007
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USC student spins great version of Ralph’s story
Thea Chard, a features writer at the USC Daily Trojan, has crafted a wonderful version of the Ralph Fruguglietti story. I had notified a half-dozen media outlets after posting Tom Fahey’s original tale of Ralph’s meeting with a mysterious discus expert at a northern Italian track. But Thea was the only writer to take a […]
October 4, 2007
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Team manager fesses up to dropping the 4×4 baton
A few days ago, a sprinter friend pointed out that two American silver medalists in the 400 at Riccione didn’t compete for Team USA in the 4Ă—4 relays the final day at worlds. He noted that M40 Robert Thomas (the American indoor record holder) and M50 Thomas Jones weren’t on the U.S. quartets that fell […]
October 3, 2007
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San Diegans waived into California Senior Olympics
In late June, I wrote about the cancellation of the track meet portion of the 2007 San Diego Senior Olympics. Not only was this an outrage, but it also threatened qualifiers for the 2008 California Senior Olympics — which feeds the 2009 National Senior Olympics (set for the S.F. Bay Area). So I wrote a […]
October 3, 2007
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