Archive for July 28, 2008
Orville Rogers falls 2 seconds short of M90 WR in mile
Orville Rogers, our “Faces in the Crowd” kid last spring, ran the mile in 10:56.61 Saturday at the Texas Masters Championships, held at Coppell High School. Not bad for 90. It’s better than the listed M90 world age-group record of 13:43.6 by American Herb Kirk in 1986 — but is 2 seconds off the listed […]
July 28, 2008
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Five world records in first three days of Eurovets meet
Ivar Söderlind of Sweden, one of the best masters statisticians in the world, reports on the world, European and meet records set after only three days of the Eurovets championships in Slovenia. See his compilation here. Ivar writes: “After three days of the European Veterans Championship (EVACS) in Ljubljana, I have noted 5 World Records/European […]
July 28, 2008
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WMA regional seeks officials (no experience necessary)
World Masters Athletics, which recently noted a spate of botched world championships, is fun (and easy) to mock. But I’d prefer it not be at America’s expense as well. So I was shocked to see this note in the Orlando Sentinel: “The National Training Center . . . needs volunteers for the North, Central and […]
July 28, 2008
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M50 newbie Henry James authors a pair of sub-55s in 400
I love out-of-the-woodwork stories — when complete unknowns show up and set records. That happened over the weekend in Tumwater, Washington — south of Seattle — which hosted the state’s Senior Games. The athlete is Henry James, and his meet record was an impressive 54.83 in the 400. He’s 50. A week earlier, Henry ran […]
July 28, 2008
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