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Dumas puts record out of sight: 1,000 vault competitions

Dang! GĂ©rard Dumas did it! Overcoming age and injury, GĂ©rard, 72, competed in the pole vault for the 1,000th time July 4 at the Tacoma Beach Vault, reports his Canadian friend Roger Ruth. “Unfortunately, he pulled his right gastrocnemius in the warmup and had to settle for the starting height of 2.17 (although results said […]

July 6, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Sorensen improves own AR, falls short of WR mile

Jim Sorensen ran a sub-4:05 mile this afternoon at the Pro Men’s Mile exhibition at the USA Youth nationals in the Chicago suburb of Lisle, Illinois. Great effort. A new American record, too, as his 4:04.98 lowers his own 4:05.27 from the previous week. But the M40 world outdoor record remains 4:02.53. Daniel Lincoln, who […]

July 6, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

Riches of Riccione online: Search all entries at worlds

Entries are now listed for the WMA World Masters Athletic Championships in Riccione, Italy! Go to this entry page, and check out the options. You can search by name, event, sex, nationality or age group — or any combo thereof. Just check the appropriate box or boxes and click the SEARCH buttton at the bottom […]

July 6, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  6 Comments

Italians boast deca stallion: WR at masters nationals

Complete results of the Italian masters nationals are in, and my Italian masters friend Rosa Marchi also sent a link to a list of age-group champions at the Milan nationals. Rosa points out that the short sprints were run into a wind. The meet’s headliner was Hubert Indra, who set an M50 world record in […]

July 6, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Louisville shows where the masters horses really are

Forget Orono and Riccione. To the general reader, the only masters event that matters is wrapping up in Louisville, Kentucky — the National Senior Olympics. On the same day that the IOC announced plans for winter and summer Games for “youth,” The Associated Press’ Will Graves was writing about a 95-year-old discus thrower named Marnie […]

July 6, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

New editor of NMN: ‘Many ideas swimming around’

Carmel on wedding day (click for shot with Larry). Carmel Papworth-Barnum is busy. A relatively new bride to M60 middle-distancer Larry Barnum, she and hubby are moving into a new home while training for Orono masters nationals. But she took time to answer a quick series of questions on her new gig as editor of […]

July 5, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

Jai Black’s hot marks among McMahon results posted

The San Diego Track Club has posted results from last Saturday’s Chuck McMahon Memorial Masters meet in San Marcos, California. I’ve already noted Nadine O’Connor’s 100 WR and 200 wind-aided mark and that James Lofton ran the 400 (in 54.48, it turns out) with a foot injury (incurred while taking off in the long jump […]

July 5, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

Only the wind can beat Phil Raschker in Louisville

Phil Raschker would be the W60 world record holder at 200 meters if not for a brutal headwind yesterday at the National Senior Olympics in Louisville. In her age group’s final, Phil ran an amazing 29.27 into a 3.1 meters-per-second wind. That’s about 7 mph. As it was, Phil beat the National Senior Olympic record […]

July 5, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

M40 Sorensen named USATF Athlete of the Week

Yes! Thanks to a world record at 800 meters and an American mile record, Jim Sorensen today was selected USATF Athlete of the Week. He’s in pretty fast company. The previous week’s AOTW was Tyson Gay, star of the Indy nationals. Jim’s selection also benefited from the fact that USA track is in a lull […]

July 4, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Mike Rouse resigns as San Diego USATF president

Mike Rouse was elected president of the San Diego-Imperial USATF Association last September to great hopes. He even talked about bringing masters nationals back to San Diego, where the movement started in the late 1960s. That’s all moot now. Mike resigned as president effective June 23. He writes: “I changed jobs, and have different responsibilities, […]

July 4, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment