t-and-f: Tommie Smith talks to LA Times

Check out bittersweet profile of Tommie Smith by LA Times writer Bill Plashcke, which suggests he won't get anywhere near his requested $50,000 for 1968 medal but wants to start a youth foundation with the money. I'm still hoping Tommie comes out for masters track, as he's intimated in the past

t-and-f: Wide World of Sports track snippets

Y ask Y: For the five or six people left on the List who haven't fallen on their swords or threatened to do so: ABC's "Wide World of Sports" had a two-hour special Sunday celebrating its 40th anniversary. Track was featured in all of 2.5 minutes, including the opening shot of Jim McKay on t

t-and-f: Just revealed: W40 record in 5000

Greetings, all Runner's World Online posted on May Day: Fantastic 5000: The British track and field newsletter Athletics International reports in its latest edition that a remarkable women's masters track record went unspotted last summer. Romanian Elena Fidatov (born July 24, 1960) ran the 5

t-and-f: Interviews with WAVA candidates Harvey, Blair

Greetings, all Incumbent Jim Blair and challenger Rex Harvey are the only announced candidates for the office of vice president (stadia) in the World Association of Veteran Athletes. The election is July 11, 2001, at the World Veterans Athletic Championships in Brisbane, Australia. The Blair-

t-and-f: Neville Hodge 10.96 M45 called legit

Y ask Y: Phil Felton, a trackside witness to the masters sprints at Penn, reports that the negative wind reading and time for Neville Hodge in the M45 100 was legitimate -- and that paperwork is being filed for a WR in his age group: 10.96. That's a 10.1 on the Age-Graded Tables (for sake of

t-and-f: Who dropped the ball on Meb's 10 record?

Y ask Y: It's close to 1 a.m. Saturday, Pacific time. More than two and half hours ago, Stanford's Web site posted news of Meb's American record in the 10,000 at the Cardinal Invitational. But unless your local newspaper is on the West Coast and has a VERY quick-off-the-mark sports copy desk,

t-and-f: If only we had a human exacta

Y ask Y: It's now 6:15 p.m. Pacific time, coming up on first-edition deadlines for some East Coast USA newspapers. Still no peep from AP on Meb's AR and the Kenyan running the fastest 10K ever on U.S. soil. To their credit, both Jill Geer at USATF and Steve Rider at Running USA wire have chu

t-and-f: Shaheed still rolling at 51

Greetings At 51, Nolan Shaheed doesn't know how to go slow. In a busy month of 800s, which included an exhibition win at the Mt. SAC Relays and a 2:00.11 at Drake, Shaheed on Sunday (May 5) ran another quick two laps at the Steve Scott Invitational at UC Irvine in California. Results of his se

t-and-f: $100,000 sub-4 bid for Johnny Gray?

Greetings, all Details are sketchy, but it looks as if the USATF Outdoor Open Nationals this June in Eugene, Oregon, will include two masters miles -- one for men and one for women. And the men's race will feature Johnny Gray going for the first sub-4 outdoors by an M40. Organizers have talk

t-and-f: $100,000 sub-4 bid for Johnny Gray?

Greetings, all Details are sketchy, but it looks as if the USATF Outdoor Open Nationals this June in Eugene, Oregon, will include two masters miles -- one for men and one for women. And the men's race will feature Johnny Gray going for the first sub-4 outdoors by an M40. Organizers have talk

t-and-f: Rod Dixon back in the WAVA hunt

Greetings, all: Rod Dixon is a member of the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame for his exploits on the track and roads, including a bronze medal in the Munich 1500 and a 1983 New York Marathon victory. But unlike most Hall of Famers, he hasn’t hung up his spikes. In 1995, Dixon waged a legenda

t-and-f: American WAVA roster revelations

Greetings, all The American roster for the 14th World Veterans Athletic Championships this July in Brisbane has been released -- and it contains several surprises and ironies. See the roster at: http://www.masterstrack.com/USAList.html Not a shock is the steep drop in entrants from the Gatesh

t-and-f: Masters vote for full disclosure/publicity

Greetings, all: Remember the spat a few years back about posting the names of masters meet entrants on the Net ahead of an event? A handful of masters officials and meet organizers including WAVA Executive VP Tom Jordan refused to list the names of meet entrants -- or national WAVA team rost

t-and-f: Powell begins road to Athens (and masters)

Greetings, all Mighty Mike has begun his comeback in the long jump with a pretty impressive leap at Modesto -- and although USATF noticed, few others did. LA Times carried only agate of the meet on Sunday (in my edition in San Diego). At least the OC Register paid heed: By LARRY BORTSTEIN Th

t-and-f: Financial scandal at National Senior Olympics

Greetings, all The Advocate daily newspaper of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has been reporting dribs and drabs of a potentially far-reaching scandal involving the National Senior Games Association, the folks putting on the National Senior Olympics, which includes a July track meet for over-50s at L

t-and-f: Video available of Penn masters 4x4?

Y ask Y: Dr. Ray Blackwell, anchor of the 4x4 world record M40 relay at Penn this year, wonders if anyone has video of that event (the WR masters relay in which the four Sprint Force America members averaged an incredible 50.2 per leg.) Lemme know, or write directly to Dr. B (a thoracic surge

t-and-f: Bad news on L.A. all-comers

Greetings, all: Andy Hecker has asked me to post this: http://www.trackinfo.org is compiling a national (worldwide if information becomes available) Open and All-Comers meet listing. Also included are RAcewalk and Cross Country listings. New information is welcome. Please send to [EMAIL PROTE

t-and-f: Need some data on Alan Webb

Y ask Y: I'm preparing a possible newspaper graphic comparing and contrasting Alen Webb and Gerry Davidson. Gerry shattered the world record for women's 80-84 mile the same day Webb ran at Pre. (Davidson ran 9:00.52 at UC Irvine's Dan Aldrich Memorial.) Can someone please let me know: Webb's

t-and-f: Sub 4:32 masters milers sought for USATF nationals

Posting this on behalf of Mark: From: "Mark Cleary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Mens Masters elite mile Eugene June 23rd There will be a Men's Masters elite Mile race on June 23rd at the US Open Outdoor Championships in Eugene (race time 1:40pm.) Any interested competitors capable of running 4:

t-and-f: Gerry Davidson's world W80 mile record

Greetings, all: I wrote about Gerry's WR mile for my paper. Check out: http://www.uniontrib.com/sports/20010601-_1s1fitness.html Thanks for your attention. Ken Stone http://www.masterstrack.com

t-and-f: WAVA Brisbane a drug battleground?

Greetings, all: WAVA President Torsten Carlius of Sweden is running unopposed for his second and final term of office at the Brisbane General Assembly in July. But that doesn't mean he won't face a fight. Carlius has taken a hard stand against doping in masters track, even with evidence that

t-and-f: Russian team roster for WAVA Brisbane

Greetings, all Russia is sending a 22-member contingent to WAVA Brisbane, including the 1952 women's gold medal shot putter (15.28, 50-1 1/2) Galina Zybina and an official who took third in the Tokyo Games high jump. 1. ARATSKI MIKHAIL 21.11.1929 M70 DECATHLON 2. BLAKITNY

t-and-f: Women's field in USATF masters mile

Greetings, all: Event organizer John Cosgrove shares info on the women's masters mile exhibition at the USATF Outdoor Championships at Hayward Field. The event goes off at 1:50 p.m Saturday, June 23. The field: Age NameHomeAthletic History 38 Mary Macauley OR Pacesetter, 3rd in Pr

t-and-f: WAVA meet news from Brisbane

Greetings, all AnneMarie White of the WAVA Brisbane media office reports some interesting entrants at the World Veterans Athletic Championships next month: She writes: "Several high profile Australian Olympic athletes have taken up the challenge of being a part of this exciting event. Shirley

t-and-f: 2005 WAVA bid cities have sites

Greetings, all This is a first. At least two candidates to host the 2005 World Veterans Athletic Championships have posted Web sites as part of their bid. Not bad. Gives athletes a chance to check out the sites and make their feelings known to their national reps. In the past, most athletes s

t-and-f: Los Angeles all-comers meets revived

Greetings, all Andy Hecker of Ventura, Calif., shares this good news for SoCal trackos: The L.A.U.S.D. has relented to pressure and reinstated the budget for some of the All-Comer Meets. It has been through the efforts of the L.A. Track Nuts (LATN), a nonprofit Track and Field promotional organ

t-and-f: WAVA Brisbane: Sprinters set the pace

Greetings, all: They train alone. They pay their own way to meets. They set records in a media vacuum. But the 5,000-plus entrants at the upcoming 14th World Veterans Athletic Championships are just as deserving of awe, attention and appreciation as those headed for Edmonton and that other wo

t-and-f: Banks is back! WR for M45 triple jump

recovering from injuries, will not compete in the world WAVA championships next week in Brisbane, Australia -- although he's listed among the entrants. I'm preparing some news articles on Willie Banks. Please post your reactions and comments. (And Dave Quick, please write me at TrackCEO @ a

t-and-f: Results from world WAVA meet online

Y ask Y: The 14th World Veterans Athletic Championships are under way Down Under in Brisbane, and results are filtering in via the official Web site. First go to: http://www.worldvac2001.com.au/frameset.htm Then click on "Results" in an area labeled "The Championships" My buddy Dave Clingan

t-and-f: Quick note on SCHWALD pronunciation

Y ask Y: About four years ago, maybe during spring break, Sarah Schwald was doing repeat quarters (or maybe miles) at MiraCosta College in Oceanside, Calif., when I was training there. I couldn't help but notice how tough this young lady was in her solo repeats, so I introduced myself (wantin

t-and-f: Stoned on Schwald

Y ask Y: Got a flood of e-mail. Everyone from Sarah's old assistant coach at Arkansas to meet directors to other savvy fans. All said she pronounces her last name "Sh-walled." But I distinctly recall SHWIDE being uttered by her lips. Just wondering if that's the way her family pronounces it

t-and-f: Time for some WAVA results spam

Greetings, all Jacey Octigan, a meet honcho in Brisbane, says at http://www.egroups.com/list/wava2001/ that meet results for WAVA will be posted "overnight" for each day. But overnight apparently has a different meaning Down Under. As I write this, it's early Saturday morning in Brisbane, a

t-and-f: Some sprint results from WAVA

Y ask Y: While WAVA authorities scurry to fix what's broken in their meet-results system, here are some hand-typed results from Brisbane and Dave Clingan on USA athletes: Okay, yesterday they held the 100m semis. Here are the USA qualifiers for todays finals (* = best time of the day). M40:

t-and-f: WAVA highlights from 100

Y ask Y: Still waiting on Brisbane folks to fix their results site. Here are some notes from Dave Clingan at trackside: Highlights of the just concluded 100m finals: M100+ Les Amey (AUS) ran 71.05 (oldest competitor here at age 101) USA 100m finalists: M75: Melvin Larson- 1st (tied) in 14.4

t-and-f: WAVA results for July 5 and July 7, 2001

Y ask Y: The folks running the WAVA Brisbane Web site have posted a file of results for July 5 and July 7 that some may not be able to view. So I copy-and-pasted them to the Yahoo groups masterstf mailing list. See results at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/masterstf/message/6279 http://groups

t-and-f: My take on 2008: Give it to China

Y ask Y: With inspiration (and quotes) from Ed Parrott, I wrote a column for Sunday editions of my paper on the 2008 Olympic Games host selection. Check out: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/sun/sports/news_1s8utvoice.html Ken Stone http://www.masterstrack.com

t-and-f: 800m results from WAVA Brisbane

Y ask Y: Straight from the ANZ Stadium scoreboard to the keyboard at trackside come Monday's results from the world WAVA championships in Brisbane, thanks to the nimble fingers of Dave Clingan, m45 800m semifinalist: (Official results on Web site should follow in, oh about 72-96 hours) M40 1.

t-and-f: Baton Rouge nationals entrants posted

Greetings, all Entry lists are now online for the USATF Baton Rouge masters nationals at the end of this month. Go to the main page at: http://www.brasf.com/masters.htm Click on "Registered Competitors" at the bottom left. I note a number of names misspelled -- and some very skimpy fields, suc

t-and-f: WAVA is now WMA

Y ask Y: Delegates at the World Veterans Athletic Championships voted Tuesday (7/11/01) to rename the World Association of Veteran Athletes (WAVA) as the World Masters Association (WMA). Two years ago, the name change was defeated at the Gateshead General Assembly.. But this time, in Brisb

t-and-f: Correction on new WAVA name

From: Dave Clingan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri Jul 13, 2001 2:31 am With apologies to all, especially Marty Post: Dave Clingan writes from Brisbane: Hi everyone- Yesterday I posted a note that the name WAVA has been changed to WMA. That part was accurate. However, WMA stands for "Worl

t-and-f: WAVA Brisbane results of 1500s

Check out: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/masterstf/message/6347 for highlights of the 1500 finals at WAVA Brisbane. Ken Stone http://www.masterstrack.com

t-and-f: Bert Morrow ups oldest-hurdler record

Greetings, all Bert Morrow of San Marcos, California, took second of two in the 80-meter hurdles July 12, 2001, in the M85 age group at the WAVA Brisbane world meet: M85 -85+ 80 METRE HURD 8X69CM70- 1 Reino Taskinen 85 FIN 20.54 85.54% 2 Bert Morrow 88 USA 24.35 79.71% Bert

t-and-f: WAVA Brisbane M50 400H -medalists

Greetings, all Athletics Weekly, the British track magazine, has a reporter named Lucy Gibson reporting from Brisbane. She writes in AW's July 11 issue: "(Britain's) Tony Wells executed the perfect race to win the M50 400 hurdles, beating Germany's Matthias Kreft by over two seconds. Wells cl

t-and-f: WAVA meet results held hostage

Greetings, all: This just moved on the high-speed sports wire: BC-RUN-WAVA Results, 1st Ld-Writethru,0464 Masters meet results held hostage for fourth day Eds: Tightens, edits throughout By HEYWOOD JABLOMY AP Track Writer BRISBANE, Australia (AP) -- Organizers of the 14th World Veterans Athl

t-and-f: Dragila's evil twin can vault, too!

Y ask: Stephan Nasstrom, an Associated Press writer ostensibly, writes from Stockholm: .. Another world-record holder competing Tuesday is Tracy Dragila. The American set three women's pole vault marks indoors last year and improved her outdoor record to 15 feet, 9 1/2 inches earlier this summ

t-and-f: Indoor WRs to fall like snow in 2012?

Y ask: No, I didn't make this one up: HOUSTON (AP) -- The Astrodome is 36 years old and showing its age, but it was the highlight Tuesday for members of the USOC committee considering Houston for the 2012 Olympic Games. Houston organizers plan to turn the Astrodome, one of Houston's most fam

t-and-f: Clarification: AP story was bogus!

Y ask: My friend Al Sheahen at National Masters News has asked me to publicly acknowledge that the Associated Press news account I posted on July 17, 2001, headlined "WAVA meet results held hostage" was, in fact, a hoax. It was a trick, a ruse, a practical joke. The story was pretend, a spoof

t-and-f: All-comerstrack calendar adds cross country

Posting on behalf of Andy Hecker: http://www.trackinfo.org has the most comprehensive list of North American Open and All Comer Track Meets available. Now http://www.trackinfo.org is trying to do the same thing to Cross Country. E-information is slowly e-filtering in. If you are hosting,

t-and-f: Yup on NSGA and USATF Masters

Ed et al: The Baton Rouge masters double dip is an experiment -- not necessarily a harbinger of things to come. In December, USATF Masters awarded the 2003 masters nationals to Eugene, but the 2003 Summer National Senior Games will be held May 27 through June 9 in the region of Hampton Roads,

t-and-f: Masters of disaster: Part 400H

Y ask: A hurdler at last weekend's USATF National Masters Outdoor Championships passes along this unintentionally hysterical description of the 400 hurdles event. The rains came briefly -- but "came in buckets," according to one mucky-muck. Then the sun came out and dried up all the wetness fo

t-and-f: The DQ scandal of Brisbane WMA

Greetings, all Before our memories of the 14th World Veterans Athletic Championships grow misty, we ought to have a clear-eyed review of what took place in the area of disqualifications. Brisbane had a ton of them -- at least 65 by my count -- most notably in the relays. This comes from a rev

t-and-f: Brother Bert! Wake up Rob Gloster!

Y ask: Rob Gloster of The Associated Press writes: .. Instead, Olympic champion Gezahegne Abera of Ethiopia won the gold medal, beating Simon Biwott of Kenya by one second in the closest finish in the meet's eight-year history I guess time flies when you're having fun. Ken Stone http:/

t-and-f: Biggest track upset of all time?

Y ask: Brother Phil writes: EDMONTON, Alberta -- This was the Colts losing to the Jets in the 1969 Super Bowl, the Orioles losing to the Mets in the 1969 World Series, the Soviet hockey team losing to the United States at the 1980 Olympics. There may never have been a greater upset in track a

t-and-f: Felix Sanchez as American as they come

Y ask: Last night's ESPN show infuriated me -- and not just because it became the "Happy Birthday to Carol Lewis Show" and saw her at her blithering-idiot finest (parroting everything MJ said and using the same phrasing, starting with "Michael's exactly right") No, I'm talking about the d

t-and-f: Al Sheahen's indictment of WMA

Greetings, all: If you met him on the street, you'd call Al Sheahen shy. He doesn't get outwardly emotional. He doesn't show off. From his modest apartment in Sherman Oaks, California, he quietly goes about the business of publishing and editing the most important publication in the world of m

t-and-f: Let the USA bashing begin!

Y ask: Brother Phil of Chi-town Trib has penned the obligatory postmortem on how utterly disgusting the USA did in the medals race. That's fine. He has a newshole to fill. But I object to the cheap shot implicit in his statement: That Lidia Simon of Romania ran faster to win the women's marath

t-and-f: Needs new address for Tom Jordan

Y ask: I'm trying to reach Tom Jordan in Eugene, but his e-mail addresses listed at wava.org and preclassic.com result in bounced messages. Can anyone help? Ken Stone http://www.masterstrack.com

t-and-f: Al Sheahen's blast at Brisbane WAVA

Greetings, all I've posted the entirety of editor and publisher Al Sheahen's column in the August 2001 National Masters News. In it, he sharply criticizes the organizers of the recent Brisbane world masters track championships as well as WMA, the world governing body. Check out: http://www.m

t-and-f: My favorite track and field songs

Y ask: Just wanted to address the flip side of the running song thread. Who could forget these classic track and field melodies: -- Paul McCartney's anthem to gay straddlers: "Brumel, my belle" -- Cheech and Chong's ode to oval addiction: "I Gotta Track 'n' Field Jones (Baby, E-wah-ewww)"

t-and-f: How about a mile steeplechase?

Y ask: I was on vacation the day BB No. 2 got steeple record -- the news was buried in agate in most papers. Got me to thinking: Are world-class steeplers capable of running barriers and water jumps under 4 minutes for a mile? What would the mile steeple entail -- 8 barriers and 3 water jumps?

t-and-f: WMA seeks webmaster; pays $500 a month

Greetings, all Just noticed this on the World Masters Athletics (formerly WAVA) Web site: Latest News: 27 August 2001 (The following is published by Tom Jordan, WMA Executive Vice President at the direction of the WMA President and Council. All Proposals received by deadline of 15Sep01 will

t-and-f: WMA plans response to NMN column

Greetings, all Just been informed by WMA Exec Veep Tom Jordan that World Masters Athletics plans to respond to the massively critical column by Al Sheahen in the current issue of National Masters News. That column -- if you haven't seen it -- is posted at http://www.masterstrack.com/news2001

t-and-f: Col. Barrineau is fine, too

Greetings, all Just got off the phone with a woman who answered the phone at Jim Barrineau's home in Virginia. Barrineau -- the 1976 Olympian and former world masters record holder in the high jump -- is fine. He is chief of force integration for the U.S. Army National Guard and frequently vis

t-and-f: Kathy Jager's comeback begins

Greetings, all Apocalypse shmockalypse. Kathy Jager is back. The 58-year-old sprinter from Glendale, Ariz., who made world news when she became the oldest track athlete in history to receive a two-year drug ban, returned to competition Saturday (Sept. 15, 2001) at the San Diego Senior Olympic

t-and-f: Gerry Davidson breaks another W80 record

Greetings, all Gerry Davidson of Fallbrook, California, has probably forgotten how many distance bests she's set over the years -- but after turning 80 in March 2001, she's produced a memorable set of track records. Her latest: the 3,000-meter run. On Saturday (Sept. 15, 2001), Davidson ran a

t-and-f: Kathy Jager comeback photos online

Greetings, all I've posted some photos of Kathy Jager from her triumphal return to competition after a two-year drug ban (for following doctor's orders). Those not familiar with Kathy's appearance may be shocked. She is, to put it mildly, a muscular specimen. But lest this fuel suspicions th

t-and-f: Earl Fee's masterpiece on masters training

Greetings, all Couple Saturdays ago, I met Earl Fee at the Club West Masters Meet in Santa Barbara. Earl is the Canadian masters legend who holds (by his count) 30 world age-group records in events ranging from the 300 hurdles to the mile. Recently, he self-published a book on track (but not

t-and-f: Wacky training ideas for off-season

Greetings, all Until they perfect the mythical track that runs all downhill in one direction and uphill in the other, here's a track that can get your head spinning: http://www.pistacentrifuga.com/eng/index_e.htm Found this as a "New Link" on the IAAF site. Man, they'll accept ANYTHING. Ken

t-and-f: Caffeine eaters at Kansas

Y ask: I hope the statute of limitations has run out on disclosing the contents of "private" team meetings, but in the spring of 1974 (I think), sprinter Mark Lutz disclosed to his University of Kansas teammates that he puporsefully "ate caffeine" on the eve of major events. Nobody batted an e

t-and-f: Worldwide masters e-mail directory online

Greetings, all Check out: http://www.masterstrack.com/email.html This is the beginning of what I hope will be a massive database of masters track e-mail addresses. I'm beginning with more than 100 addresses of WMA and USATF masters officials, plus selected clubs and masters athletes. If you

t-and-f: Search function on masterstrack.com

Greetings, all The Masters Track & Field Home Page -- all 500-plus pages of the site -- can now be searched via Google. This is the premier search engine of the Web today, and uses the best technology available for site and Web searches. Check out: http://www.masterstrack.com/siteindex.html

t-and-f: USATF masters demographics uncovered

Greetings, all Check out: http://www.masterstrack.com/news2001/news2001nov13.html This is a five-year survey of masters athletes competing at the outdoor masters nationals (1994-98) but whose results have not been publicly divulged in its original form until now. Dr. Eric Zemper, formerly of O

t-and-f: Maybe not a smash but not a squish

Y ask Y: Not sure if we should hold old Johnny Gray up to Eamonn Coghlan's masters standards -- especially after an exhausting season that included an injury layoff. Johnny's listed mile PR is 4:07.64 from 1984 (although his 1500 PR from 1990 is 3:42.43, equivalent to about a 3:59 mile). Als

t-and-f: Why so expensive to attend USATF meeting?

Y ask Y: The current issue of Athletics Weekly talks about the second annual UKA Congress, a meeting of athletes, coaches, officials and track fans in United Kingdom that takes place Dec. 2-3 at Birmingham. What jumped out at me was the entry fee: 12 pounds a day, or 17 for both. (That's $17.4

t-and-f: Johnny Gray's ambitious goals as master

Y ask Y: In the wake of his masters track debut at the San Francisco mile, Johnny Gray has replied to some e-mail queries that I sent him. I'll prepare a formal report for my Web site when I get a chance. But one comment deserves immediate release. I asked Johnny his masters goals, and he rep

t-and-f: Masters records for 200, 400, 800, mile

Y ask Y: When I posted a note to the Masterstf egroups list that Johnny Gray had made it his goal to break all masters WRs from 200 to mile, the response was nearly universal scoffing. These folks have a lot of respect for the current set of records. Fact is, the WRs for age 40 and over are h

t-and-f: Louise Tricard's marathon debut

Y ask Y: Please indulge me a moment to call your attention to one masters entrant in this Sunday's New York Marathon. Louise Tricard -- who literally wrote the book on American women in athletics (It's called "American Women's Track & Field -- A History, 1895-1980) -- is making her marathon

t-and-f: Masters chair interviews all posted

Greetings, all: All four candidates for USATF Masters T&F Committee chairman have responded to my e-mail questionnaire and all four interviews are now posted at: http://www.masterstrack.com/USATFpage.html The last two are from George Mathews and Scott Thornsley. Earlier, I posted interviews

t-and-f: Four years and still jail-free

" Feel free to borrow my Greek-motif logo, Mssrs. Nikitaridis and Christopoulos, for your criminal Web site. Check out: http://members.aol.com/trackceo/nike.gif Ken Stone http://www.masterstrack.com

t-and-f: Doug Schneebeck deserves our vote

Greetings, all: This morning I mailed the following letter to the masters chairman of San Diego USATF, my local association. I hope some of you will send a similar letter to YOUR association's masters delegate to the Albuquerque national convention. Mr. Ed Oleata, San Diego USATF Dear Ed:

t-and-f: Chickenfeed for masters track

Y ask Y: For the record, USATF Masters Track & Field receives a razor thin budget of $30,000 from USATF -- out of USATF's total annual budget of about $2.7 million. And this despite the fact at least half the dues-paying members of USATF are of masters age (mainly road runners). I'm all in fa

t-and-f: Correction on USATF budget

Y ask Y: Correction. My source on USATF funding now sez: My figures about Masters funding vs USATF budget were slightly off. I stated that Masters T&F receives $30,000 out of USATF's annual budget of $2.7 million budget. That was not correct. The annual budget of USATF is about $12.7 million!

t-and-f: Vancouver out for 2005; Kuala Lumpur for 2003?

Greetings, all: The December 2000 issue of National Masters News contains a short but telling column on the Malaysian-hosted World Veterans Athletic Championships by WAVA President Torsten Carlius, who declares at the outset: "I am not happy with the developments in Kuala Lumpur, and especia

t-and-f: USATF Meeting Report: Mathews elected chair

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,"

t-and-f: USATF Meeting Report: Sacramento loses WAVA bid

Greetings, all: Sacramento's bid to host the 2005 World Veterans Athletic Championships -- the world WAVA meet -- was nipped in the bud Saturday, Dec. 2, at the USATF national meeting when the USATF Masters T&F Committee voted by about a 3-to-1 ratio against supporting the Olympic Trials city

t-and-f: USATF Meeting Report: Clingan to be USATF Masters webmaster

Greetings, all: Dave Clingan of Portland, Oregon, has been appointed to lead a USATF Masters T&F Committee effort to produce an official USATF Masters Web site, based at the national governing body's main Web site -- http://www.usatf.org. Clingan was named to the job by new USATF Masters chair

t-and-f: Plot thickens on Sacramento WAVA snafu

Greetings, all: Eddie Seese posted the following on the egroups list for USATF associations: The ball was dropped in many ways as far as bringing the WAVA Meet to Sacramento (Sacto). Up to this point, the Pacific Assn. (PA) decided to not include

t-and-f: Sacramento WAVA 2005 bid revived

Greetings, all: Never say never in masters track. A day after the USATF Masters Track & Field Committee voted 22-8 to reject Sacramento's request to be the U.S. representative in the bidding battle for the 2005 World Veterans Athletics Championships, the USATF Board of Directors -- including

t-and-f: Official statement on 2005 WAVA bid

Greetings, all: Give George Mathews credit. He's pretty quick off the mark for a hammer thrower. Here's his rundown on the status of the USA bid for the 2005 World Veterans Athletic Championships: STATUS REPORT ON THE PRESENTATION SACRAMENTO WAVA CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR 2005 BY: GEORGE MATHEWS 1

t-and-f: USATF errs on Masters Athlete of the Year

Y ask Y: An extremely knowledgeable source has informed me that USATF's posted list of award winners erred on a significant honor: Male Masters Athlete of the Year. The USATF Web site reports at http://www.usatf.org/news/awardbrekkie.html that Johnny Gray (along with Phil Raschker) are winners

t-and-f: Omissions in USATF meet calendar

Y ask Y: USATF's meet calendar for 2001 at http://www.usatf.org/00cal/2001.html includes a lot of interesting (and obscure) meets -- from the South American Race Walking Champs in Cochabamba, Bolivia (March 17-18) to the European Youth Games in Murcia, Spain (July 23-26). But this otherwise

t-and-f: Gray gaffe explained

Y ask Y: Don Austin, the USATF Masters T&F Awards chairman, has fessed up to being responsible for Johnny Gray being listed by USATF as Masters Male Athlete of the Year. Don writes at http://www.egroups.com/message/masterstf/5130 that "I read my notes incorrectly at the awards breakfast." Don

t-and-f: SoBe it: USATF toasts creatine drink

Y ask Y: The Dec. 8, 2000, edition of Running USA Wire (from the USATF Road Running Information Center in Santa Barbara, Calif.) shares some odd news: USATF SIGNS SoBe AS OFFICIAL SPORTS BEVERAGE ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - SoBe Sports System will be the official performance beverage of USA Track & F

t-and-f: Anselm Lebourne not U.S. citizen?

Greetings, all: Among the many interesting nuggets found in Suzy Hess' minutes of the USATF Masters T&F meetings in Albuquerque: Suzy writes: "(Records czar) Pete Mundle advised that the records in the annual report were amended to include new marks, misspellings, changes in dates. Mundle r

t-and-f: Need info on new masters world records

Y ask Y: In updating my Web site's records section, I queried Peter Matthews in Britain, the legendary trackstat nut. In addition to confirming world veterans records for Regina Javobs, Merlene Ottey and Heike Drechsler -- well-known and publicized performances -- Peter sent me first word of t

t-and-f: Sala shatters legendary hurdles record

Greetings, all: Of all the masters world records on the books, the oldest seemed the most otherworldly -- the 14.4 hand-timed mark for 120-yard high hurdles by Don Finlay of Britain set back in 1949. The mark was set over Olympic-style 42-inch barriers. And since over-40 athletes rarely com

t-and-f: Monique Henderson going to UCLA

Y ask Y: Monique Henderson of Morse High School in San Diego will follow in Gail Devers' footspikes, reports The San Diego Union-Tribune. Monique, who spent the first month of her senior year watching Sydney Olympic track, announced an oral commitment to attend UCLA. The 2000 national girls hi

t-and-f: Masters track loses friend: Alan Cranston

Greetings, all: Former U.S. Sen. Alan Cranston, a dear friend of track and field, died earlier today (Sunday) at his home in Los Altos Hills of as-yet-unknown causes. I met him only once -- as a member of the TAFNOT tour to the Atlanta Games. But I saw him run in several masters sprints. He

t-and-f: Another obit in masters track: Alphonse Juilland

Greetings, all: In the course of researching Alan Cranston as senior sprinter, I learned that another esteemed masters star died this year -- Stanford Professor Alphonse Juilland. Juilland's greatest fame in masters track may have been the fact he was pictured on the cover of one of the ori

t-and-f: Lincoln's kidney bean track

Y ask Y: Phil W's description of the high-tech indoor track at Nebraska prompts a memory of a slightly less modern Cornhusker facility. I ran a 600-yard race at Nebraska's indoor track around 1973 as part of a dual or triangular meet involving my Kansas Jayhawks (where I was a walk-on hurdle

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