Archive for June 4, 2014
Don Gammie dies at 83; once held M60 American record for 3000
Don Gammie had a simple philosophy as a masters runner: “I didn’t like people to pass me.” That helped him run dozens of marathons and set M55 and M60 masters distance records. He died Tuesday at the age of 83, according to his local Arkansas newspaper. The paper said: “Donald Gammie, whose records in Masters […]
June 4, 2014
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Willis Kleinsasser dies at 86; pioneer masters multi-event champ
Willis Kleinsasser is often relegated to “Father of Olympian Ruth Wysocki” status, but today we mourn the passing of a masters track pioneer who helped put our sport on the map. Willis died early Monday, Ruth reports. She writes: “He had turned 86 on May 9. He was diagnosed with Parkinson’s about 13 years ago, and […]
June 4, 2014
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Rudy Briscoe burns a sub-23 200 at age 56 — with illegal wind
M55 sprinter Rudy Briscoe was being congratulated Monday on Facebook. An image showed his 200-meter time in mastersrankings.com. It said 22.89. Yowza! That crushes the listed age-group WR of 23.36 by Bill Collins. It would make him the oldest man to go sub-23. The May 31 mark at the National Training Center in Clermont, Florida, […]
June 4, 2014
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