Archive for December 4, 2008
Reno report: Drug-testing mandate for masters records?
I kid you not. Under a rule change being considered by USATF, any American record application by a masters athlete would have to include evidence that the record-setter passed a drug test after the event. Item 73 of these proposals at the USATF annual meeting makes no exception for masters track. Yet it’s been a […]
December 4, 2008
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Reno report: Masters elect officers, hear prez hopefuls
Gary Snyder was re-elected this morning as USATF Masters Track & Field Committee national chairman and Janet Smith as vice chair, both unopposed. Two new officers on the executive committee — Secretary Jeff Brower and Treasurer Caroll DeWeese — won their first terms unopposed as well. The lone race was avoided when Madeline Bost of […]
December 4, 2008
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Reno report: USATF restructures, Raschker honored
Amid the pall created by Bob Fine’s death yesterday morning — only hours after the masters pioneer attended meetings of USATF in Reno — the governing body last night voice-voted approval of a major restructuring that rendered masters track even more cloutless than it was before. No guaranteed seat for MTF on the board. There’s […]
December 4, 2008
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