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Ahmad Shabazz gets day in the sun: M65 sprinter is profiled
IAAF World Best Charles Allie smoked the track last July in Berea, Ohio, at the National Senior Games. Far behind in the M65 100 was Ahmad Faheem Shabazz, a former star and coach of the U.S. Army Rangers indoor and outdoor track teams. Ahmad ran 15.05, almost 3 seconds behind Charles. But he still deserved […]
January 8, 2014
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O Boy! Vancouver hosting regional masters games in August 2014
Jimson Lee, our Canadian masters sprinter friend, is reporting that Vancouver, British Columbia, will host a regional masters games in 2014. Similar to the European Masters Games, it’s under the umbrella of the International Masters Games Association, whose Turin meet this summer will be followed by one in Auckland, New Zealand, in 2017. The Vancouver […]
September 29, 2013
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Brits open Eurovets indoor championships with 3 world records
Landover indoor nationals start Friday and run through Sunday (including a live webcast), and organizers are giddy a record 1,043 are entered. Big whoop. Italian masters indoor nationals had 1,341 entrants, and the Eurovets indoor championships boast 3,200-plus (see the entrants). That meet began Tuesday in San Sebastian, Spain, and at least three world records […]
March 21, 2013
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Age-group PRs for Canadian pair also equate to world records
Canadian superstars Christa Bortignon and pal Olga Kotelko opened their season with a pair of world records over the weekend in Kamloops, British Columbia. On Feb. 16, 93-year-old Olga upped her own high jump indoor WR to 0.77 (2-6 1/4) from 0.76 (2-6) and 76-year-old Christa went 7.54 (24-9) to beat her own triple jump […]
February 19, 2013
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How many records at Lisle nationals overlook better marks of 2012?
M75 sprint phenom Bob Lida had a boffo final day at Lisle nationals, but USATF overlooked a better day from last month. On July 14 in Topeka, Bob ran 200 meters in 27.70 at the Sunflower State Games. That demolished the listed WMA world record of 27.97 by Germany’s Wolfgang Reuter in 2005. But Jared […]
August 6, 2012
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Bob Lida crashes 13.5 barrier for M75 WR in 100 at Lisle nationals
Jared Slinde reports for USATF from Lise masters nationals: “Robert Lida became the first man over the age of 75 to ever run under 13.50 seconds in the 100-meters in winning the event in 13.49 as fans on the campus of Benedictine University witnessed another world record on day three of the USA Masters Outdoor […]
August 5, 2012
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Michelsohn, Daprano add world records in Day 2 at Lisle nationals
On the first day of that London kiddie meet, world records fell to not-too-old reliables Marie-Louise Michelsohn and Jeanne Daprano in the W70 steeple and W75 400 at Lisle nationals. Jared Slinde reports for USATF: “Michelsohn shattered the existing world mark in the women’s (2K) steeplechase by nearly 29 seconds en route to her winning […]
August 3, 2012
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Canadians also conquered Finland: Two shared 19 golds!
Canada claimed 22 gold medals at indoor worlds, I’ve been reminded. And two women accounted for 19 of them! That would be our old pal Olga Kotelko and our new bud Christa Bortignon, who took seven golds and one silver in Finland. She also set two W75 world records: 10.04 in the 60 and 3.67 […]
April 12, 2012
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Phil Raschker elevates her game (again): WR in W65 pentathlon
On Day 1 of worlds, Phil Raschker added to her legend by setting another world record in the pentathlon — her second of the season. At Bloomington nationals, she scored 4,670 points. Today in Jyväskylä, she raised the bar to 4,713. Her marks and points: 10.62 / 1123 (60 hurdles), 4.18 / 1007 (long jump), […]
April 3, 2012
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O Christa Bortignon! Canadian claims five W75 indoor world records
Make some room at the top, Olga Kotelko. We have another Canadian superstar in western Canada. Meet jump specialist and Sacramento world champion Christa Bortignon, a newby W75. She set five indoor world records earlier this month at Kamloops, site of masters worlds two years ago. She set WRs in the 60, 60 hurdles, 200, […]
February 26, 2012
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