Archive for January 21, 2007

Pole Vault Summit saw attempts at masters records

Results aren’t up, but this note on a polevaultpower.com message board bespoke of some M45/M50 record attempts at the annual Pole Vault Summit this weekend in Reno, Nevada: “Both Paul Babits and Gary Hunter jumped great and attempted new age group indoor records but were not successful. At 11:19 pm (this pit was considerably behind […]

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January 21, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Kevin Forde’s first-person account of Hartshorne race

Kevin Forde took second to John Hinton in the elite men’s race at Hartshorne on Saturday night in Ithaca, New York, but was especially proud of holding off world record holder and world masters champ Anselm LeBourne. Thanks to the miracle of Google’s blog search, I can pass along Kevin’s account of his Hartshorne experience. […]

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January 21, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  3 Comments

A.C. Linnerud dies; founded masters weight pentathlon

Ardell Chester “A.C.” Linnerud of North Carolina, who introduced the weight pentathlon to masters track, died Friday, according to a report on the USATF Associations listserve on Yahoo Groups. A.C., who was about 75, helped Bob Boal with the Southeastern Masters Track and Field Championships in his home of Raleigh, N.C., and on April 7, […]

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January 21, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Hinton, Harvey win elite mile races at Hartshorne

Results of the Hartshorne masters miles at Cornell University’s indoor track have begun trickling in — first with Pete Taylor’s report below. He doesn’t have official times, just recollections from the announcer booth, where he nearly lost his voice calling the events. In M50, Steve Chantry beat Jim Robinson with a winning time of 4:47.27. […]

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January 21, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  5 Comments