MTF Media Coverage Articles for 2016
- December 16, 2016 “Joan Benoit to turn 60–Photo: 2009 USA Masters Indoor Championship 3000 meters, Landover MD (see number on shirt)” in The Washington Post
Joan Benoit - December 8, 2016 “Stuart is a Master of running” in DelMar Times Encinitas Advocate
- December 7, 2017 “Rex Harvey elected chair of USA Masters Track & Field; Redfield, Iowa native, now from Prescott, Arizona; Drake Relays official for 25 years and current; former World Masters vice president” by USATF Masters Media Committee
- December 4, 2016 “Rex Harvey wins national masters T&F chair; Spokane nationals” in Masterstrack.com quotes Bob Weiner, Masters Media Chair
- November 10, 2016 Media Committee 2016 Annual Report to USATF Masters Track & Field meeting, Orlando FL by USATF Masters Media Committee
- December 2, 2016 Orlando USATF Presentation Best TV Clips 2016
- CBS Sunday Morning with Orville Rogers and Dixon Hemphill
- Albuquerque American Record & Roman, Cleary et al
- Albuquerque Indoors
- ABQ “fattest I mean fastest”
- November 9, 2016 “USA wins 70 golds at Perth World Masters track, 168 total medals, 2nd of 92 teams” press release by USATF Masters Media Committee
- November 9, 2016 Reprinted on PR Newswire by 205 outlets, 12.5 million readers
- November 6, 2016 Bill Collins feature by WMAC meet TV
- November 5, 2016 “Unstoppable” featuring American sprinter Bill Collins in The West Australian
- November 2, 2016 “Nothing stops rebel Bill” in The West Australian
- October 30, 2016 “USA Perth World Masters track team 2nd in golds, overall medals among 92 nations at WMA Meet midpoint” press release by USATF Masters Media Committee
- October 29, 2016 “Perth 2016 World Masters Athletics Championships Day 4”
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- October 29, 2016 “Senior sprinters not slowing down” on KHOU-TV, Houston TX features sprinters Robert Cozens and Bill Collins
- October 25 to November 6, 2016 Photos by Rob Jerome in Perth, Australia
- October 17, 2016 “244 Team USA athletes, age 35-90+, with 16 returning world champions and 20 national age group winners, headed to Perth to compete in World Masters Track October 26 to November 6; World meet has more than 4000 athletes from 90 countries” press release by USATF Masters Media Committee, October 18, 2016 Reprinted on Medianet, an Australian Associated Press business
- August 29, 2016 WMA Perth USA Entries 2016 | 244 Athletes and 594 planned events, including city and age compiled by USA Track & Field
- August 12, 2016 “Reaching for new heights” features masters high jumper Bruce McBarnette on WJLA-TV 7, Washington DC | Video on YouTube
- August 7, 2016 “Senior athletes: Going the distance” features masters athlete Dixon Hemphill on CBS News | Video on YouTube
- July 6, 2016 “Nation’s best to compete at USA Masters Track Championships in Grand Rapids MI July 14-17, Grand Valley State University — 1018 athletes in 2560 events includes 104 from Michigan in 187 events; many Grand Rapids area stars” press release by USATF Masters Media Committee
- July 17, 2016 Videos from USATF Masters Outdoor Track & Field Championships, Grand Rapids MI on USATF.org
- July 16, 2016 “Palacios, Montieth break American records on third day of USATF Masters Champs” on USATF.org
- July 15, 2016 “Woodard breaks 400m world record on second day of USATF Masters Outdoor Champs” on USATF.org
- July 14, 2016 “Long-standing American records fall on first day of USATF Masters Outdoor Championships” on USATF.org
- July 15, 2016 “National Masters Track and Field Championships underway at Grand Valley” on MLIVE Michigan
- July 15, 2016 “USATF Outdoor Masters Championships being held at GVSU” on WOOD TV8 Grand Rapids / Holland / Kalamazoo, Michigan Video on YouTube
- July 14, 2016 “Back in the game: Grand Valley record holder returns 13 years later for USATF Masters Championships” on MLIVE Michigan | Video on YouTube
- July 13, 2016 “GVSU record holder to compete in the Masters National Championships” on Fox 17 West Michigan
- July 14, 2016 “Track & Field Masters celebrates lifetime fitness at GVSU” in West Michigan Sports Commission
- July 3, 2016 “Masters history made at Olympic Trials” press release by Mark Cleary, Masters Invitation Director
- July 1, 2016 “Olympic Trials masters 1500 races feature men and women record holders ‘ Hayward Field, Eugene 5 PM, Sunday, July 3” on PR Newswire
- March 6, 2016 “Forty-four World and American records broken in three days at USATF Masters Indoor Championships” press release by USATF Masters Media CommitteeSelected Local TV Coverage
- March 7, 2016, 4:55 AM — KOB-ABQ (NBC) Eyewitness News Today
- March 6, 2016, 10:32 PM — KRQE-ABQ (CBS) KRQE News 13 at 10
- March 6, 2016, 5:14 PM — KOB-ABQ (NBC) Eyewitness News 4 @ 5
- March 6, 2016, 8:16 AM — KOAT-ABQ (ABC) Action 7 News More in the Morning
- March 6, 2016, 7:15 AM — KOAT-ABQ (ABC) Action 7 News More in the Morning
- March 6, 2016, 6:15 AM — KOAT-ABQ (ABC) Action 7 News More in the Morning
- March 5, 2016, 10:18 PM — KOAT-ABQ (ABC) Action 7 News Live at 10
- March 5, 2016, 1:33 AM — KRQE-ABQ (CBS) KRQE News 13 at 10
- March 4, 2016, 10:34 PM — KRQE-ABQ (CBS) KRQE News 13 at 10
- March 4, 2016, 10:30 PM — KRQE-ABQ (CBS) KRQE News 13 at 10
- March 4, 2016, 7:57 AM — KOAT-ABQ (ABC) Good Morning America
- March 4, 2016, 6:56 AM — KOAT-ABQ (ABC) Action 7 News More in the Morning
- March 4, 2016, 6:15 AM — KOAT-ABQ (ABC) Action 7 News More in the Morning
- March 4, 2016, 5:49 AM — KOAT-ABQ (ABC) Action 7 News More in the Morning
- March 4, 2016, 5:15 AM — KOAT-ABQ (ABC) Action 7 News More in the Morning
- March 4, 2016, 4:47 AM — KOAT-ABQ (ABC) Action 7 News More in the Morning
- March 2, 2016, 7:40 AM — KASA-ABQ (FOX) 2 KASA This Morning
- March 4, 2016, 6:00 PM Video on KOAT-ABC TV, Albuquerque-Santa Fe NM Lead: “Also going on tomorrow, the Convention Center is hosting the 2016 US Masters Track Championships. Hundreds of athletes will be competing, including some former Olympians. This is only the second time the meet has been held in Albuquerque.”
- March 4, 2016, 5:00 AM Video on KOAT-ABC TV, Albuquerque-Santa Fe NM Lead: “We are off to the races this weekend in Albuquerque. The convention center is hosting the 2016 US Masters Track Championships. Hundreds of athletes will be competing, including some former Olympians. Action 7 news reporter Mike Springer takes a look at how the event is a jolt for some local businesses.”
- March 4, 2016 “USA Masters Track and Field Masters day 1” on KRQE News 13 TV
- March 4-6, 2016 Selected photos by Rob Jerome
- March 6, 2016 “Runner has emotional homecoming at USA Track & Field” in Albuquerque Journal
- March 6, 2016 “80-year-old sets American record in event at ABQ Convention Center”
- March 6, 2016 “Orville Rogers captures 15th career world age group title” in Sportsday Dallas News
- March 6, 2016 “Even at age 70, Assink is still running” in Albuquerque Journal | Original in Albuquerque Journal
- March 5, 2016 “Jazz trumpeter Shaheed runs double time at U.S. Masters meet” in Albuquerque Journal
- March 5, 2016 “Burke sets world record at U.S. Masters T&F” in Albuquerque Journal
- March 4, 2016 “Indoor Track: Senior standout Mike Young joined by son Alex at Wisconsin meet” in The Telegraph (Alton IL)
- March 4, 2016 “Masters athletes in town for U.S. meet” in Albuquerque Journal
- March 2, 2016 “USA Masters Track Championship at Albuquerque Convention Center Friday-Sunday, March 4-6: Five Olympians including ’84 flagbearer, two entertainers, 30+ World Champions, many New Mexico star athletes; media and public are welcome” updated press release by USATF Masters Media Committee
- March 2, 2016 “The USA Track & Field National Masters Indoor Championships Comes to Albuquerque, 3/4-6” in Broadway World
- February 25, 2016 “The USA Track & Field National Masters Indoor Championships Comes to Albuquerque, 3/4-6” in Broadway World
- February 24, 2016 “USA Masters Track Championship at Albuquerque Convention Center Friday-Sunday, March 4-6: Four Olympians including ’84 flagbearer, two entertainers, 30+ World Champions, many New Mexico star athletes; media and public are welcome” on PR Newswire
- February 24, 2016 “800 headed to ABQ for indoor nationals, 44 from New Mexico” coverage of Media Committee release on Mastertrack.com
- January 15, 2016 “Weekend Warriors: How 55-year-old sprinter Daphne Sluys became a world champion in ESPN W