Archive for July 19, 2008
National masters deca/hep results are in — with photos!
Jeff Watry, the engineer/athlete for Gill Athletics, shares these results from the USATF Masters National Decathlon/ Heptathlon Championships held June 21-22 at a university in southwest Missouri. Among the nearly 50 entrants were quite a few Britons and Canadians, who joined the meet as part of a challenge. I posted an article previewing the event […]
July 19, 2008
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Forty years ago today, San Diego held meet for the ages
On this date in 1968, the San Diego Track & Field Association together with the city Recreation Department and the Los Angeles Seniors Track Club joined under the leadership of David Pain to stage a track meet at historic Balboa Stadium. It was Day 1 of the first U.S. National Masters Track & Field Championships, […]
July 19, 2008
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Weiner bobbles the bubbly, finishes out of the money
Matthew Cavanaugh of the European Pressphoto Agency took a nice action shot of USATF Masters Media Chairman Bob Weiner near the end of the half-mile Bastille Day Race in the nation’s capital. See below; that’s Bob in the Potomac Runners jersey. Bob writes: “Here I am tied for the lead racing five yards from the […]
July 19, 2008
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