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Wilbur Ross dead at 80 — every boomer hurdler’s Moses

Wilbur Ross showed me the promised land. His late 1960s text, “The Hurdler’s Bible,” used the greats of his day to show me how to hurdle. Last Friday, he died at age 80, and a little darkness fell over his generation of timber toppers. Coach Ross didn’t do masters (that I know of), but if […]

August 16, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Jeff Davison’s hurdle relay dream came true at Orono

Jeff Davison had a dream, and with the faith and creativity of a Bible teacher, it came true. As I first described in February, this Southern California M45 hurdler wanted the Orono nationals to offer an exhibition relay event for hurdlers. I cheered his efforts (though I privately doubted it would come off as envisioned). […]

August 15, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

Finsrud sets ARs at USA Weight Pentathlon Championships

Results are now posted for the USATF National Masters Weight Pentathlon Championships, which attracted 52 athletes ages 35 to 92 last weekend to Spokane, Washington. W50 Carol Finsrud of Lockhart, Texas, erased one of the oldest WP records on the books, scoring 4,763 points to demolish the listed American age-group record of 4,132 by Vanessa […]

August 14, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  5 Comments

Hy-Tek defends meet management software, age tables

M70 sprint champ Wayne Bennett of Texas, an overseer of the July meet where Ken Jansson thought he set a weight pentathlon record, has suggested that Hy-Tek meet software was at fault for the wrong age-grading of WP scores that resulted in an American record wrongly assigned. Rex Harvey of World Masters Athletics, also has […]

August 13, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Masters urged to guarantee Pete Taylor’s presence in 2008

M45 runner Steve Nearman is a fine writer. But his main gig is financial planning. And what he really wants to see is meet announcer Peter Taylor financially assured for the 40th anniversary of the U.S. masters nationals a year from now in Spokane, Wash. Steve writes: “While it is too early to know what […]

August 12, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  14 Comments

Throws czar calls weight pentathlon record a bit short

Jerry Bookin-Weiner, USATF Masters throwing events coordinator, writes: “Further checking on the scoring of the American WP record that Ken Jansson set in Texas towards the end of July shows that it was not, in fact, a record. The meet management must have been using an old scoring table or an older version of Hy-Tek […]

August 11, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  5 Comments

Health update, and more Orono, from Peter Taylor

Masters meet announcer Peter Taylor reports: “As of 7 p.m. on Thursday evening (August 9) I am feeling reasonably healthy, but I am still having strange feelings on my left side. Should know a lot more in 24 hours.” And in part 2 of his Orono nationals narrative, he writes: “My grade: In my first […]

August 10, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  10 Comments

Peter Taylor, announcer/survivor, shares Orono stories

If Peter Taylor announced your event Sunday at Orono, you have even more to appreciate. He almost didn’t make it to the track. Peter spent Saturday night at the Eastern Maine Medical Center, and was released at 6:50 a.m. in time to call the first race at 7:40 a.m. — the first of the 1500s. […]

August 9, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  8 Comments

Overjoyed over Orono: Thousands of photos now online

Orono and the Web go together. Besides the USATF webcast, photographer-athletes and others have posted thousands of images of last weekend’s masters nationals. About 900 shots are on Pam Swan’s Google gallery. Pam writes: “Wish I had gotten coverage of more events, but this time around I had to fit my own competition schedule in!” […]

August 9, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  7 Comments

M45 Steve Nearman does double duty at Orono

Steve Nearman, a running columnist for The Washington Times, competed at Orono over the weekend and was able to write off his expenses (we hope). He wrote a nice story on Olympian Jan Merrill-Morin, another Orono entrant. The story was written before the 1500s on Sunday. Jan didn’t run. But her presence Thursday in the […]

August 6, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  3 Comments