It was great to see everyone in Málaga over the last several days. Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and suggestions. Discussions with WMA, WMA Regional and Affiliate representatives were fantastic and will result in significant improvement listing athlete performances from certain nations over the coming months. Complete meet results should be inserted within a few days (if not hours) of meet closing. An article about the meet and progress made will be posted within a week. Look for it here!
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…
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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…
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…
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…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…
Spectators at the 2018 USATF Open Indoor Championships in Albuquerque were treated to a bonus event, the Masters Exhibition 200m, featuring men aged 75+ and women’s aged 65+. Both race winners, Bob Lida and Kathy Bergen stunned the packed house with their speed, illustrating what we at the masters level…
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Time is running out. Enter or Update Your Seed Times/Marks No Later Than The Close of Late Entries Thursday, February 22 at 11:59 pm Eastern Time! SEED MARKS CANNOT BE CHANGED AFTER THE CLOSE OF LATE ENTRIES. There are many competitors in several events so seed times are very important….
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I am very happy to announce the appointment of Sandy Triolo as Chair of the newly formed Communications Subcommittee within the USATF Masters Track & Field Committee (MTF). Sandy is an enthusiastic and accomplished masters sprinter from Maryland who has been competing in MTF since 2012. She has extensive experience…
Opportunities to compete are often rare for special masters events. Exceptional, world class events are even rarer. The 42 competitors at the USATF Indoor Masters Heptathlon Championships in Kenosha, WI (results here) this weekend were treated to another fantastic competition. Jeff Watry, 2017 David Pain award recipient, ran an extraordinary…