Archive for September 11, 2007
Riccione runs out of time: No rules changes in 2007
Jerry Bookin-Weiner, USATF Masters throwing events coordinator, reports that the General Assembly at Riccione had to vacate its rented auditorium by 6 p.m. — and so wasn’t able to discuss any of the dozens of rules-change proposals on the agenda. How sad. Folks (like the Aussies) fly thousands of miles and can’t even get a […]
September 11, 2007
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Latest action video from Riccione has Phil, Nadine
If you can put up with the annoying “Technologic“ sound track, here’s a series of quick cuts from Monday’s events at Riccione, including Phil Raschker’s 200 finish in the W60 race and the close 200 contest between Canada’s Carol LaFayette-Boyd and Californian Nadine O’Connor. W80 sprinter Pat Peterson and some jumpers, spearchuckers and weight throwers […]
September 11, 2007
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Sacramento wins 2011 world masters championships
By a vote of 69-39, delegates at the Riccione General Assembly of World Masters Athletics today awarded Sacramento the 19th World Masters Athletics Championships. WMA President Cesare Beccalli of Italy had been promoting a rival bid from Porto Alegre, but the Brazilian city was evidently hurt by its plans for a January meet. In Sacramento, […]
September 11, 2007
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Orono officials get their moment in the slide-show sun
USATF official Marv Sezak sent me a link to this video slide show from last month’s Orono nationals. (Click the blue “Watch” button.) Marv’s photos aren’t quite ready for National Geographic, but he did focus a lot on his fellow officials (who rarely get star billing). The slide show, with jazz sound track, also is […]
September 11, 2007
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