David Pain – 1922 to 2019 Several people were instrumental in starting Masters Athletics but David Pain was the pioneer for our international sport. “As a then 44 year old not very fit lawyer, I thought competing against 20 year olds just didn’t seem right. I had been exposed to…
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Petra Bajeat’s, W50 from France, season started with a disappointment – she missed the European Pentathlon record by only ONE point. The events that followed, however, were impressive. Just before Christmas, she broke European records in Pentathlon (4596 pts) and Long Jump with 5m41. She surpassed her Long Jump record two…
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The USATF Annual Meeting was held in Columbus, Ohio from November 29 – December 2. The Masters Track and Field Committee (MTF) met on November 30 and December 1, with the Executive Committee also meeting on November 29 and December 1. Because this is an even numbered year, this is…
Amazing can be good or bad but you should know by now that MastersRankings always strives to find the positive in everything related to our sport. Did not need to look hard to find many. The 2018 World Masters Athletics (WMA) Championships was held in Málaga, Spain from 4 September…
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It won’t take much to have up-to-date Rankings lists including everyone; have complete All-Time lists; expand news site and have 1-3 articles per day; have complete Upcoming Competition lists; everything else you have requested plus fund MastersRankings.com. With your help, all of this will happen and your rankings site will…
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Thank you to everyone reaching out over the past several months. Sorry there haven’t been many posts or newsletters (click to subscribe). You may know that, since taking on compiling World Rankings in 2014, I have been working on many things at once like developing relationships, increasing awareness for the…
Charles Allie dramatically demonstrated the capabilities of masters track athletes by racing to a new World Record M70 of 25.75 during the 200m Masters Exhibition Event (MEE) at the USATF Outdoor Championships in Des Moines, Iowa on June 21. The crowd’s reaction clearly demonstrated it was another major another PR…
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Register now to participate in the Masters Exhibition Event at the US Open Track and Field Championships Promote Masters T&F by competing in the same meet as Olympians and Elite T&F Athletes Date Thursday, June 21 in Des Moines, IA Drake Stadium Events M70+ 200m (Qualifying: 33.00 or better) W60+…
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The USATF Masters Indoor Championships in Landover, Maryland contested between March 16th and 18th was arguably the smoothest run meet in USATF Masters history. The process used to organize and run this meet will be used going forward so athletes participating will have exceptional competition experience. A huge thank you…
…and World Masters Athletics (WMA) recognized them (Kathy Martin, Bob Lida and 25 other athletes) as their 2017 Best Masters Athletes. WMA saw their annual Athlete of the Year honors were not sufficient considering there are so many athletes who deserve recognition for their outstanding efforts. The new Best Masters…