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7 pacesetters help Emma Mazzenga set W80 WR at 400 meters
A month after turning 80, Emma Mazzenga ran 400 meters at an elite meet in Padua, Italy. (See results here.) In front of 6,000 people September 1 and with seven pacers, Emma clocked 1:31.21, crushing the listed W80 WR of 1:40.45 by American Polly Clarke in 1990 but also a pending mark of 1:35.76 by […]
September 6, 2013
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Kathy Martin loses W55 indoor 1500 WR to Spain’s Aurora Perez
Aurora Perez, who holds the W50 world indoor record at 1500 meters, turned 55 in November and didn’t waste time going after the W55 global best. She got it Feb. 3, says the Eurovets site, “in the city of Antequera (Spain) with a time of 4:58.13 – a tremendous race, a great record! Congratulations! See […]
February 12, 2013
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Swedish superstar nails M40 world indoor record in the long jump
Sunday in Stockholm, M40 pentathlon WR holder Mattias Sunneborn long-jumped 7.59 meters (24-11) at the indoor Raka SpĂĄret meet (which translates to “straight track”). That beats the listed M40 world indoor record of 7.52 (24-8 1/4) by Britain’s Barrington Williams in 1996. Results of the Swedish meet are here. According to Wikipedia, “Mattias Sunneborn (born […]
February 3, 2013
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Geezer sprinters rule in bone-density race vs. distance runners
Runner’s World might have to rename itself Sprinter’s World at this rate. Picking up on a late 2012 study in Osteoporosis International, my favorite bedside reading, RW reports: “Older sprinters have better bone density and neuromuscular functioning than older distance runners, according to … German researchers [who] examined 178 competitors at the 2006 edition of […]
January 6, 2013
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Willie Banks named USATF Athlete of the Week for 6-footer
USATF made a good call today by naming Willie Banks its latest Athlete of the Week for his M55 American record 6-foot high jump. At 56, Willie follows Jeanne Daprano (March 27) and Kevin Castille (April 18) as masters tracksters to gain this honor on 2012. USATF posted: “Banks used a three-step approach and the […]
September 26, 2012
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Belated congrats to Jai Black: W50 American record in 400
Saturday’s San Diego Senior Games saw Willie Banks crush a high jump AR and Christa Bortignon take down an 80-meter hurdles WR (but not the 200, as we learned today. See below). But results also show W50 Jai Black running 61.96 in the 400. That’s just off the listed American record of 61.89 by Phil […]
September 24, 2012
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Olympians galore on track for Eurovets meet in GerPolCzech
Led by Germany, with 1,400 entrants, the biggest (and probably best) masters track meet this year will be the European Masters Championships starting this weekend in what they’re calling the tri-border region of Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic. More than 4,800 age-groupers from 38 nations will compete Aug. 16-25, including a bunch of Olympians […]
August 14, 2012
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Neni Lewis awaits surgery on March 30, hoping to avert paralysis
Masters Hall of Famer Neni Lewis easily is the greatest age-group thrower in history, especially in the hammer and weight. But her injury riddled career has suffered yet another blow. “I am out for the year and hopefully not out for good,” she wrote me this week.  “It has been suggested that I may have […]
March 16, 2012
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Carl Wallin pips M70 superweight record at Harvard indoor meet
Carl Wallin, longtime Dartmouth coaching legend who retired a couple years ago, hasn’t quit the sport. He now competes for Thor’s Stone (no relation). About a week ago, he chucked the 35-pound weight 10.62 meters (34-10 1/4) at the Greater Boston Track Club meet. His January 22 mark, at age 70, nipped Bob Ward’s listed […]
January 28, 2012
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Bob Lida destroys M75 world indoor records in the 60 and 200
M75 sprint superstar Bob Lida — my fellow Jayhawk— added to his legend Jan. 12 at Wichita State University, crushing world indoor records in the 60 and 200. He ran 8.49 and 27.03 at the Herm Wilson Invitational, where they have a 200-meter nonbanked Mondo track. (See results here.) He erased German Wolfgang Reuter’s listed […]
January 14, 2012
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