Special treat: First 23 years of National Masters News are online
After 18 months, the dream of posting all early issues of National Masters News is realized. On Friday, I added the years 1986 through 1999 to the searchable PDF archive on mastershistory.org. See it here. (I also uploaded the missing issue of October 1984.) The homepage of our historical record features a dedication to NMN staffers Suzy Hess, Jerry Wojcik and Angela Egremont, who under editor Al Sheahen (and later as publishers) were the heart of the monthly publication for decades. Also, many thanks to Bob Carroll of Carmel Business Systems for his superlative scanning work. And, of course, kudos to USATF Masters T&F Committee for underwriting costs of this project. The first 256 issues are now posted and searchable, or 23 years of the monthly. More years to come. But for now, enjoy a jog through memory lane!
Photo from April 1998 issue (page 7) shows Suzy Hess, Jerry Wojcik and Angela Egremont, who did much of the NMN grunt work for many years.
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Thank you to National Masters News for allowing the past copies to be scanned and uploaded. Now family, friends and athletes can enjoy the history, stories, meet results, rankings and more.
Thank you to Ken and many (many many) others to get this done.
Really fun to read the old issues!
thanks indeed…!! 1984 (when i turned 30 ) seems like only yesterday…!
During 1983 I competed in the US Masters T & F Championships in M50 where I won the,pentathlon and long jump and was 2nd in the high jump. A number of other South Africans also competed there. I also took part in the Rocky Mountain Games that year. Then in 1989 I participated in the US Masters Championships in Wilmington meet where I was placed first in the running pentathlon and in a number of other events. I had then moved up to the M55 group. My good friend Bob Boal from Wake Forest NC had assisted with my entry into these meets
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