Greetings, all: George Mathews, a 57-year-old hammer thrower from Seattle, was elected chairman of the USATF Masters Track and Field Committee today (Saturday), beating 40-year-old hurdler Doug Schneebeck of Albuquerque in a run-off vote. Mathews, "a third-generation track and field athlete," succeeds Ken Weinbel, a 70-plus hammer thrower from Seattle recovering from heart-bypass surgery. A 1966 graduate of St. Johns University in New York, he's won several masters national championships in the hammer throw and weight throw. He finished in the top five in WAVA championships in Japan, Buffalo and Gateshead. He is president, founder and owner of Office Furnitureanswers.com and Facility Resource Inc., a 12-ear-old Contract Office Furniture dealership, doing $14 million business per year and employing 60 people. In the first phase of voting, Mathews garnered 28 votes, Schneebeck 12, John Cosgrove of Southern California 11 and Scott Thornsley of Pennsylvania 6. In the run-off, Mathews got 37 votes to Schneebeck's 21. Ken Stone http://www.masterstrack.com
