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Mike Blackmore gunning for M55 AR over 3000 at Oregon meet

Craig Godwin of Oregon Track Club Masters graciously shares details on record attempts Sunday, Sept. 10, at McKenzie Community Track and Field in Blue River, Oregon, where his club is a major sponsor. “The 3,000m race will feature an American record attempt by Mike Blackmore in the 55-59 age group,” Craig writes. [The listed WR […]

August 18, 2017   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Pete Magill credits Cal Coast teammates on, off track for 5K AR

Pete Magill is the Bill Collins of distance comebacks. Let me explain. With his M55 American record Friday in the track 5K, Pete pulled off a 15:42.13 in the wake of fighting injuries from age 53 1/2 to 54 1/2, when “I wasn’t sure I’d ever come back strong,” he says. In Bill’s case, his […]

March 14, 2017   Posted in: Uncategorized  6 Comments

Unbreakable Bill Collins back at Penn: wins 4×1 relay and M65 100

Competing at Penn for the first time since 2013, Bill Collins was in his element Friday at Franklin Field, again anchoring a winning 4Ă—100 in 50.37 and taking the M65 100 in 12.57. Most other 100s were run as well (sometimes into a wind), with winners being: M40 Jeff Mack of DrivePhaze (gottalove club name) […]

April 29, 2016   Posted in: Uncategorized  10 Comments

Anselm LeBourne opens outdoor record onslaught with 1500 AR

Competing against collegians, Anselm LeBourne on Monday crushed the American record in the M55 1500 meters in his first outdoor race this season, clocking 4:12.54 — and just missing Aussie Keith Bateman’s listed world record of 4:12.35. The race was at a Swarthmore College “last chance” meet in Pennsylvania, and video has been posted on […]

May 11, 2015   Posted in: Uncategorized  6 Comments

Anselm LeBourne eyes outdoor WRs in 8, 15, mile and maybe 3K

Only hours after claiming his fifth world record of the season Tuesday, M55 Anselm LeBourne was pounding out responses to my quickie Q&A. As if he didn’t have enough to do. (But thanks for the gracious reply, champ.) As you might expect, he’s not done with record attempts. The Hall of Famer says he’ll target […]

March 12, 2015   Posted in: Uncategorized  4 Comments

Anselm LeBourne, 55, pops mind-blowing 4:34.79 mile at Armory

At the start of the season, the listed M55 indoor world record in the mile was Nolan Shaheed’s 4:42.89 from 2006. Tuesday night at the Armory track in Manhattan, Anselm LeBourne lowered his own mile WR to 4:34.79 — worth 3:50.7 on the Age-Graded Tables. (See results and splits here.) The Hall of Famer, in […]

March 11, 2015   Posted in: Uncategorized  9 Comments

Place your bets: List contains IAAF World Masters Athletes of Year

A friend called me the other day, asking: How do they pick the IAAF World Masters Athletes of the Year? You know, the male and female supergeezers who get free tickets to the IAAF Gala in Monaco every November. My answer: Officially, the process involves every WMA region nominating a pair of athletes (with help […]

August 9, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  31 Comments

How do you grade the local organizers of Sacramento worlds?

Foreign athletes, used to more convenient public transit, were critical of the Sacramento shuttle system, and some were upset over the absence of showers at the stadia, according to a Sacramento Bee story and my own chats with entrants at worlds. With rare exceptions, athletes found the officiating and meet experience excellent and humane. (A […]

July 17, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  43 Comments

Antwon Dussett’s stunning debut at worlds: 47.34 in 400 meters

Antwon Dussett has been running marvelous as a submaster for years, but his debut as an M35 in the World Masters Athletics Championships today in Sacramento was still a stunner: 47.34 seconds in the 400 final. (That’s a second off the listed American record of 46.38 by James King way back in 1984.) In the […]

July 16, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  12 Comments

Neni Lewis WR in W50 weight throw among many Sac highlights

Who’s the athlete of the meet at Sacramento worlds? The answer might not come until WMA picks its IAAF Best Masters (male and female) in three or four months. Could it be Canada’s Ed Whitlock for his 10K, 5K and 1500 star turns (the latest being a world record 5:48.93 in the 1500 Friday morning)? […]

July 15, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  19 Comments