Archive for August 2, 2009
USATF hasn’t reported squat about Team USA at Lahti worlds
This is outrageous. Americans are winning dozens of medals in Lahti, some setting world or American records, and usatf.org has yet to report ANYTHING about Team USA at the WMA World Masters Athletics Championships. And the meet is about half over! I wrote to folks in the press office at Indy, pleading with them to simply check out […]
August 2, 2009
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Day 5: Big highs and lows for Americans at Lahti worlds
Rita Hanscom, running the event for only the second time, won the W55 300 hurdles today at Lahti worlds, going out easy and finishing hard to pass two other ladies in the last 50 meters. Darnell Gatling took the M45 400 hurdles easily. Linda Cohn won the W55 javelin. Disappointments came in the M50 800, […]
August 2, 2009
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WMA slates candidates forum for Monday night in Lahti
World Masters Athletics will elect several officers Wednesday at its biennial General Assembly, including president and vice president for stadia meets. Although prez rivals Stan Perkins and Rex Harvey have addressed questions, others have not. Few know where VP-stadia candidates Serge Beckers and Sandy Pashkin stand on key issues. That could change Monday night (August […]
August 2, 2009
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