Y ask Y:
Once upon a time, around 1965, a middle-aged San Diego lawyer named David
Pain thought it would be cool if folks his age could have track meets of
their own. He tested the waters by nagging meet directors to include a
"masters mile" for men over 40. By 1969, he'd organized the first USA
national masters championships, and after a milestone tour of Europe (with
his wife, Helen, as tour director), the movement took hold in Europe and
sparked the creation of the World Association of Veteran Athletes.
On Sunday, October 29, the movement comes full circle with perhaps the
strongest mile field in masters history getting ready to run for prize money
at the
I think it's safe to say that this upcoming masters
invitational mile at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco on October 29 will be the
most competitive masters mile race in history. Here are the
competitors, vying for $1000, $500 & $300 in prize money in each
race:
Men's Masters:
Paul Fragua
Steve Scott
Kevin Ostenberg
Dave Reed
Jamin Aasum
Johnny Gray
Steve Haase
Dave Clingan
Anselm LeBourne
Nolan Shaheed
Brian Davis
Women's Masters:
Rose Monday
Nancy Tinari
Diane Hiel
Debbie Barazza
Sabrina Peters-Robinson
Mary Trujillo
Vicky Bigelow
Champions Run For Children
Elite Open & Masters Mile
(track mile $ prizes)
Kezar Stadium
San Francisco, CA
