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Rosario Iglesias dies at 98; held five masters world records
Rosario was the class of the W90s. Mexican masters legend Rosario Iglesias has died, according to news reports. Rosario, a tiny woman with a giant reputation, was 98 and set many records from 200 meters to the middle distances. “After winning a series of local and national championships at 200, 400, 800 and 1,500 metres, […]
February 3, 2009
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Hubby jumps the gun on wife’s ‘W40 world vault record’
German-born Irie Hill turned 40 on January 16, but didn’t take long to claim her first age-group record. The key word is claim. She didn’t actually beat the record. Now a British citizen, Irie jumped 3.50 meters (11-5 3/4) Saturday at Aberfeldie in Melbourne, Australia, where she trains during the brutal UK winter. However, the […]
February 2, 2009
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Masters Age Records online, but still worthless junk
I was stoked. Giddy with anticipation. Hyper with hope. I saw this bombshell blurb on Page 5 of the November edition of National Masters News: “Masters Single Age Records Coming Soon. Peter Mundle has done and continues to do so many great things for masters track and field, running and race walking. Among his many […]
November 12, 2008
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Steve Bunn sprint marks on mastersrankings.com fixed
Last week, we noted how indoor marks attributed to M40 sprinter Steve Bunn were faster than what official results showed. Those false indoor marks on mastersrankings.com have now been corrected, rankings chairman John Seto reports. In addition, a 10.98 time in the 100-meter dash claimed by Steve in 2006 has been changed to 11.0 hand-time, […]
May 2, 2008
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Milan Tiff makes big comeback in triple jump: 43-7 at 58
Milan Tiff, a former NCAA champion triple jumper from UCLA, has returned to the hop-step-jump wars. Big time. At Sunday’s John Ward Masters Games in Santa Ana, California, Milan, listed as age 60 but actually 58, spanned 43-7 (metrically 13.28). He turns 60 in July 2009 (in time for worlds), where he can target the […]
April 8, 2008
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Kamloops, B.C., reportedly seeking 2010 indoor worlds
According to German runner Annette Koop’s blog, Kamloops, British Columbia, will bid to host the fourth World Masters Indoor Championships in 2010. It would be the first WMA indoor worlds outside Europe (following 2004 Sindelfingen, Germany; 2006 Linz, Austria; and this year’s meet in Clermont-Ferrand, France). Don’t know who else is in the running, but […]
February 25, 2008
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McBarnette claims M50 American indoor HJ record
Bruce McBarnette is 50, so it’s no surprise he’s flopping over records. Nineteen months after clearing 2.00 meters (6-6 3/4), Bruce went a relatively modest 1.86 (6-1) yesterday at the site of the 2009 masters indoor nationals in Landover, Maryland, to set an American indoor record. He broke the listed AR of 1.85 (6-0 3/4) […]
December 17, 2007
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Atleticanet duo: statmeisters to Italian masters stars
Diego Cacchiarelli and Werter Corbelli make belle statistiche. Diego Cacchiarelli is a 38-year-old gentleman who lives in Macerata, “a Medieval town in the center of Italy.” Werter Corbelli is 50 and resides in Rimini, near the world champs site of Riccione. I recently raved about the stat work on the Italian masters Web site and […]
December 7, 2007
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Who’s the world’s fastest master sprinter? Take pick
Now that 35 is the new 40 (in terms of masters entry age), it’s getting easier to identify the fastest masters sprinter in the world. Or not. For the past few seasons, the fastest M35 has been Jeff Laynes of Northern California. But not anymore. Check out the IAAF Top Lists. Back at Osaka worlds, […]
October 28, 2007
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Swede claims M70 high jump world record held by Held
Tom Langenfield of Minnesota, the M70 Orono HJ champion, reports an impressive world record in his age group by a Swede. Tom writes: “One of the many reasons I wanted very much to go to Italy for the world meet this year was to have a chance to jump against Sweden’s Carl-Erik Sarndal in the […]
September 4, 2007
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