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Lahti Day 3: Perfect weather for an American W45 record

Over the main stadium in Lahti, the sun peeked from behind the clouds and went into hiding several times. But the temps were in the low 70s, and the wind was light — sometimes slightly aiding in the 100 prelims. The news of the day was Renee Henderson’s American record of 12.10. She told me it came […]

July 31, 2009   Posted in: Uncategorized  11 Comments

Dragutin Topic topples own M35 world record in high jump

Even though the highest M35 jumps on record are indoor marks of 2.30 (7-6 1/2) by America’s Charles Austin and Serbia’s Dragutin Topic,  a potential M35 world record was set Saturday by 38-year-old Dragutin, whose 2.29 (7-6) won a European Cup team meet in Norway.  That exceeds his own listed WMA record of 2.27 (7-5 […]

June 21, 2009   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Gary Hunter vaults 15-8 at age 53 — but new WR is unlikely

Doug “Bubba” Sparks reports on the PVP message board that M50 Gary Hunter cleared 15-8 (metrically about 4.77) at a special beach vault Saturday in Texas. “It was a beautiful day with a fast runway and nice tailwind,” Bubba writes. “I don’t know that it will count as a WR, but he sure made it nicely in […]

June 21, 2009   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

Bob Lida’s take on Guido’s WR: Expect German to go faster

In the M70 age group, a sub-30 for the deuce is considered world-class. So when Guido MĂźller became the first seventysomething to break 60 seconds for one lap, it was something special. I went nuts. Of course, ya gotta realize I haven’t cracked 60 in, like, forever. But one of Guido’s M70 peers — Bob Lida […]

June 12, 2009   Posted in: Uncategorized  10 Comments

At 70, Guido MĂźller becomes oldest to crack 60 in the 400

Germany’s Guido MĂźller has been a masters sprint/hurdle legend for years. But now he’s really done it — become the first man to break 60 seconds in the 400-meter dash past 70. This is comparable to Ed Whitlock’s sub-3 marathons at 70-plus. Guido took a second off the listed M70 world record of 60.77 by […]

June 9, 2009   Posted in: Uncategorized  7 Comments

Christine Müller zaps own world record in W50 short hurdles

Europe must be track and field heaven.  Latest proof is a meet they held in Basel, Switzerland, a week ago.  Sprints and hurdles only. All age groups. Odds distances — including 60 meters, 150 and 300. And it was outdoors with some kind of IAAF connection!  No wonder that 2008 IAAF Masters Athlete of the […]

May 23, 2009   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Monica Joyce crushes W50 world record in 5K at Mt. SAC

Flying under the radar but at incredible speed, 50-year-old Monica Joyce ran the women’s 5000 at Mt. SAC Friday night in 16:19.51, bettering the listed W50 world record of  17:17.02 by Sweden’s Jutta PedersĂŠn in 1997. The listed American record is even older: 17:25.6 by Shirley Matson in September 1991. Pray that Monica had the presence of […]

April 18, 2009   Posted in: Uncategorized  7 Comments

M65 champ Sasser uncertain about Lahti (Go, Glenn, go!)

Nice little story on M65 thrower Glenn Sasser in his local North Carolina newspaper. Although he’s the defending shot champion from Spokane and Landover, he’s not sure whether he’ll go to Lahti for worlds this summer. Glenn says: “Those boys in Germany are pretty good. One is really good. The other two are about like […]

March 31, 2009   Posted in: Uncategorized  3 Comments

Landover’s legacy: World and American records lost forever?

For whatever reason, the timing operation at Landover nationals last weekend was a botch. Posted results still haven’t been fixed. Athletes are in a fog about their marks. One is Earl Fee of  Ontario, Canada, among the greatest masters runners of our time (and author of the sensational book at left). He turned 80 the day […]

March 26, 2009   Posted in: Uncategorized  7 Comments

USATF quickly ignores world records at Landover nationals

Scanning yesterday’s results from Landover, I was in jaw-dropping amazed mode. Brooklyn’s Val Barnwell, stamping himself as the fastest over-50 man in the world, won the 60-meter dash in 7.13 seconds — crushing his own M50 world indoor record of 7.18 from Clermont-Ferrand worlds of 2008 — and without Everad Samuels to push him!   In […]

March 22, 2009   Posted in: Uncategorized  20 Comments