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Antonio Palacios claims M45 American indoor record in long jump

M45 champ Antonio Palacios long jumped 6.85 meters (22-5 3/4) Dec. 17 to smash the listed American indoor record of 6.69 (21-11½) by Aaron Sampson in 2008, according to these results at the Ted Haydon Holiday Classic at the University of Chicago. Antonio is only 5 inches short of the listed WR of 6.97 (22-10 […]

January 1, 2012   Posted in: Uncategorized  4 Comments

Bendigo, Australia, to host 2014 Oceania Masters Championships

Bendigo, a town in southeast Australia, doesn’t have the profile of a Sydney or Brisbane, but it’s the host of the 2014 Oceania Masters Championships, a regional WMA meet. The announcement was made a couple days ago in the local newspaper. See it here. “The championships were last held in Papeete, Tahiti, in 2010 and […]

November 16, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

Aussie and Kiwi athletes are named IAAF Best Masters for 2011

World Masters Athletics, led by Aussie President Stan Perkins, has named an Australian lady and New Zealand gent as IAAF Best Masters of 2011. WMA Secretary Winston Thomas of Britain writes on the WMA website: “Congratulations to all the entrants; this has been the most number of athletes nominated since the start of the WMA […]

October 2, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  13 Comments

Bill Fitzgerald dies at 86; masters pioneer had Hall of Fame career

Bill Fitzgerald, a World War II veteran who survived D-Day and competed in the first USA masters nationals in 1968, died Monday of a massive stroke in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, says his longtime friend and neighbor Avery Bryant. Bill was 86. A former systems analyst, Bill won the 440 (54.4) and 880 (2:04.3) at […]

August 13, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  4 Comments

Martin Gasselsberger posts world masters rankings for 2010

Martin Gasselsberger, a serious stat guy across the Pond, has posted what he calls world masters rankings—actually seasonal lists based on his web-surfing. He says: “Hello, the first version from the World Rankings 2010 is online. Many results from Germany, Italy, Japan, Norway, Netherlands, Asia Championships, South American Championships and smaller Countries became included later. […]

January 20, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  12 Comments

Paul Sinatra dies at 48; world-class vaulter jumped in April 2010

Paul Sinatra, an M45 vaulter who competed as recently as April, died today, according to Nick Vogt, coach at Christian Team Ministries of Meadow Vista, California. Nick sent this note: “Today, December 1, 2010, our world lost a most excellent friend, an elite athlete, exceptional pole vault coach, and encouraging mentor to hundreds of young […]

December 1, 2010   Posted in: Uncategorized  24 Comments

Athlete of Year Neni Lewis limping, faces surgery in November

Only weeks after being named USATF Masters Athlete of the Year, Neni Lewis is set for arthroscopic hip surgery November 5, she writes in reply to questions I sent her last week. “Apparently I was competing with a torn labrum tendon in my right hip for most of the outdoor season, which explains why I […]

October 26, 2010   Posted in: Uncategorized  3 Comments

Christel Donley’s season highlight: Not WRs but world relay reunion

Christel Donley was inducted into the USATF Masters Hall of Fame in 1997 — the second class. That means she was THIS close to being a charter member, a very high honor given the candidates. By all rights, she should be inducted every five years. Just because. Now W75, she sets records in the short […]

October 18, 2010   Posted in: Uncategorized  11 Comments

Ivar Söderlind updates Eurovets records masterfully — yet again

Europe is a big place. It has lots of countries. So keeping track of European masters records is one bear of a job. But Sweden’s Ivar Söderlind, statistician for the Eurovets, does it year after year, with great care and professionalism. His latest roundup of records is posted here. Ivar writes: “In 2010, up to […]

September 11, 2010   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Tom Gage dies at 67; Olympic hammer thrower was Hall of Famer

Olympic hammer thrower and Masters Hall of Famer Tom Gage died yesterday, possibly of heart failure, at his home in Billings, Montana, report buddies including Richard Hotchkiss. This shocking news comes less than a month after Tom, 67, won two golds and a silver in the M65 throws at the Hayward Masters Classic in Eugene. […]

July 16, 2010   Posted in: Uncategorized  17 Comments