Archive for March 10, 2009
Details given on Payton Jordan memorial dinner May 1
Mary Jo Alexander, meet director of Stanford’s Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational, writes: “As you know, the track & field world suffered a great loss last month when legendary coach Payton Jordan passed away at the age of 91. As a longtime Stanford track & field coach (1957-79), Payton Jordan produced seven Olympians, six world record […]
March 10, 2009
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W45 world indoor record corrected; it belongs to Debaets
My apologies to Corinne Debaets, a W45 miler. A few days ago, I touted a world indoor record of 4:38 for 1500 meters by the UK’s Clare Elms at the British masters nationals. Turns out Clare didn’t set a WR, because Corinne ran an amazing 4:28.13 several weeks earlier (Feb. 22) at an open meet […]
March 10, 2009
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Some great throws at SoCal and Southwest ‘indoor’ meets
Bart Stagg of the Southern Association says his Southwest regional indoor meet Saturday in Baton Rouge drew 79 athletes, ranging from the kidlets (including a 9-year-old who reportedly set a pole vault world record) to 98-year-old throwing stud Trent Lane. Here are the results. Bart reports: “You’ll be hearing more from us throughout the year. […]
March 10, 2009
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