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| 7/12/09 | Complete results for the 2009 USATF National Masters Championships in Oshkosh, WI.... |  |
| 7/12/09 | Five more records broken
on the final day of competition at the USATF
National Masters Championships in Oshkosh, WI.... |
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| 7/11/09 | At the USATF National Masters
Championships today, Sabra Harvey dominated
the 800 meters for women age 60-64, running 2:34.66 to shatter
the world record of 2:36.95.... |
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| 7/10/09 | Three World records
were set today at USA Masters Track & Field Championships
in Oshkosh, WI: W75 Audry Lary ran the 400m
meters in 1:27.41, W45 Karen Steen ran the 2000m
steeplechase in 7:07.49, and M95 Leland McPhie long
jumped 1.93m. Several American masters records were also
broken.... |
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| 7/9/09 | Two M95-99 American records
were set today at USA Masters Track & Field Championships in
Oshkosh, WI: Frank Levine of Norristown, PA ran the 5,000 meters
in 50:10.56 and Leland McPhie of San Diego, CA threw the shot
6.87m.... |
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| 7/6/09 | Five Olympians, 45 world
champions, three 95-year-olds among entrants for 2009
USA Masters Championships ... |
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| 7/4/09 | New
world records in the pole vault for M60 John
Altendorf (4.02m)
and W70 Becky Sisley (2.2m) in Gresham, OR ... |
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| 7/1/09 | Two American age-group
records were set at the USATF East Region Masters Championships,
by Frank
Levine and Neni
Lewis. Frank ran the M95 400m in
3:19.56. Neni improved her own W45 superweight record, reaching
10.34 meters (33-11 1/4)... |
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| 6/27/09 | Ken
Stone receives TAVWA
national award as for top track and field blog... |
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| 6/15/09 | Carmen
Troncoso sets W50
3K American record at the Portland Track Festival in 10.10.01... |
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| 6/09/09 | Leland
McPhie sets two
M95 world records at S. California Association Championships: high
jump .91m and triple jump 3.94m... |
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| 6/08/09 | New pole vault World Records:
at San Diego State University, Nadine
O'Connor W65 3.17m and
at Clermont, Florida, Joe Johnston M65 3.77m... |
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| 6/06/09 | American Record breaking performances
at the Pasadena Senior Games:
Bill Moremen M80 5K RW (33:50.70) and George
Feinstein M95 400m
(3:39.64)... |
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| 5/31/09 | New pole vault ecords:
Nadine O'Connor (W65 WR 3.15m), Becky
Sisley (W70 AR 2.20m), and Don
Islet (M70 AR 3.21m)... |
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| 5/29/09 | Myrle Mensey breaks
two W60 American throws records at the Steel Throwers Open ... |
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| 5/27/09 | Nadine O'Connor named
USATF Athlete of the Week ... |
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| 5/25/09 | Marie-Louise Michelsohn breaks
the W65 American 10K Record in 44:47.58 at the USATF Pacific Association
Championships meet... |
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| 5/24/09 | Nadine O'Connor breaks
the W65 World Record with 3.13m pole vault at Southern California
Stiders meet... |
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| 5/14/09 | Dudley Healy Masters
Hall of Fame distance runner dies at age 95... |
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| 5/10/09 | Roald Bradstock breaks
M45 javeling American Records with 72.49 throw at the Georgia Invitatioinal... |
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| 5/8/09 | Harvey
Lewellen sets four M80
throwing American Records at the Seattle Spring Fling... |
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| 5/2/09 | Entry deadline
for 2009 WMA World Masters Track & Field Championships is
May 15, just two weeks away.... |
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| 4/25/09 | Houston Elite TC breaks
M55 4x400m ET with 3:41.07 at Penn Relays... |
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| 4/25/09 | Central Park TC breaks
M50 4x100m with 44.47 at Penn Relays... |
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| 4/18/09 | Monica Joyce breaks W50
5000m 1500 with 16:19.51 at Mt. SAC relays... |
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| 4/5/09 | Suzi MacLeod sets a W75
mile American Record with 8:54.80 at the Pepsi Inivitational
in Eugene, OR... |
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| 4/5/09 | M40 Jeff Hongo wins masters
mile at Johnny Mathis Invitational with 4:47.99... |
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| 3/25/09 | Sumi Onodera-Leonard has
been named USA Track & Field's Athlete of the Week after
setting two world records in the W80 age-division in winning
four events at the 2009 USA Masters Indoor Track and Field Championships
at Prince George's Sports and Learning Center in Landover,
Md..... |
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| 3/23/09 | Official result of
the 2009 USA Masters Indoor Track and Field Championships at
Prince George's Sports and Learning Center in Landover, Md
are now posted on-line ..... |
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| 3/16/09 | Bill Collins, Kay Glynn & Kathryn
Martin have been named 2008 Male & Female Masters
T&F Athletes of the Year; rankings webmasters John
Seto wins
Distinguished Service Award, 22 other age group winners named.... |
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| 3/12/09 | M70 Emil Pawlik (5956),
M75 Bob Hewitt (6273), M55
Bill Murray (6122) and W60 Phil
Raschker (7003) set new world bests at USATF Indoor Heptathlon Championships
in Kenosha, Wisconson.... |
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| 3/04/09 | Entries for the 2009
Indoor Masters T&F Championships coming up Mar 20-22 have reached an all time
high of 850.... |
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| 3/04/09 | All athletes invited to the
Athletes Meeting at the Masters Indoor T&F Championships,
6:30pm Saturday, March 21 at the Holiday Inn in Landover, MD... |
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| 3/03/09 | Competition schedule for the 2009
Masters Outdoor T&F Championships in Oshkosh, WI are now posted... |
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| 3/03/09 | Jeff Brower selected
to oversee Masters T&F All-American Standards... |
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| 3/02/09 | Tony Young breaks M45
indoor 1500m WR with 3:57.91
at USATF Indoor Nationals... |
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| 3/02/09 | Entry deadline for 2009 USATF
Indoor Masters Championships is March
5... |
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| 2/17/09 | At age 57, former distance star
Henry Rono enters 800m and mile at USATF Masters Indoor Championships... |
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| 2/16/09 | 2009 Masters Track & Field Indoor
Championships to be held March 20-22 in Landover,
MD, entry info and other news... |
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| 2/15/09 | Masters sprinter Tony Deatherage dies
at age 72.... |
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| 2/15/09 | M45 Tony Young runs 1:55.7
800m indoors at the University of Washington Husky Invitational... |
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| 2/8/09 | M65 weight thrower George Mathews tops own indoor world record with 19.93m (65 ft 4 3/4 in)... | Read More |
| 2/6/09 | Hall of Famer Payton Jordan, one of the most prolific masters record-setters in history and certainly our greatest age-group sprinter, died of cancer yesterday at his new home in Laguna Hills... | Read More |
| 1/31/09 | M45 Tony Young runs 4:13.25 mile indoors at the University
of Washington... |
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| 1/30/09 | W35 Stacy Dragila breaks world indoor age pole vault record with 4.61m ( 15-1 1/2 ft) at Milrose Games... | Read More |
| 1/29/09 | Alisa Harvey and Nolan Shaheed top age graded runners at 2009 Hartshorne Mile... | Read More |
| 1/28/09 | Mary Roman breaks W70 indoor American Record with 8.15m (26-9 ft) shot put throw at Dartmouth Relays... | Read More |
| 1/24/09 | George Mathews breaks the M65 indoor world record with a weight throw of 19.33m (63-5 ft) at Washington State University... | Read More |
| 1/22/09 | USATF Masters Track and Field Chair Gary Snyder launches his new blog "View From The Chair"... | Read More |
| 1/22/09 | 2009 Masters Track & Field National Indoor Championships schedule posted on-line... | Read More |
| 1/02/09 | M45 Paul Sinatra tops masters at 2009 Pole Vault Summit in Sparks, Nevada... | Read More |