i NATIONAL MASTERS NEWS16 ^ ^ The only national publication devoted exclusively to track &field and long distance running for men and women over age 30 62nd Issue October, 1983 $1.50 350 Compete Wyatt, Bigelow Set World Marks in :. Western Regfonals by JERRY WOJCIK LOS GATOS, California, August •- "i'-- 20-21. Three hundred and fifty en trants, some of whom had traveled through harsh weather (thunderstorms, fog, heat) found perfect conditions for record perfor mances this weekend at the 9th Annual TAG Western Regional Masters Track & Field Championships. Competition was held in 5-year age groups for men and women from age 30-and-above on the fast Los Gatos High School all-weather track, site of the 1981 National Masters T&F Cham pionships. Herm Wyatt, 51, jumping from the surface he seems to perform best on, upped his world age 50-54 high-jump mark to 6'2", rising to the atmosphere created by probably the best field of high jumpers ever assembled at a masters meet. John DobrotYt, 42, went 6'4"; Otis Burrell, 39, also did 6'4"; Reynaido Brown, 32, jumped 6'10; and Dennis DeLoach, 30, went over the 6'8" bar. Meanwhile, on the track, Vickie The Flying Masters • •allairborne! (I.to r) Ozzie Dawkins, Bob Jordan, Bob Watanabe, Bob Roemer in M55 100m,Western Regionals, Los Gatos, CA., Aug-20-21. Bigelow, 48, broke the 10000-meter (Continued on page lb) Green Gets Half- 120 COMPETE IN ROCKY Qver-The-Hill TC Marathon Record MOUNTAIN GAMES Wins in Cleveland In San Diego A quality field of 120 age-30-and-over athletes took part in the annual Rocky Cleveland's Over The Hill Track The San Diego "America's Finest Mountain Games Labor Day weekend in the Denver suburb of Aurora. Club won both the men's and women's City" Half-marathon includes a hill at Competitors flew in from Louisiana, Florida, California, North Carolina, New team titles in the second annual 11 Vi miles, which the women's open Mexico, Texas, South Africa, Minnesota and Australia. Heights Summer Classic on August 6th winner, Nancy Ditz, half-kiddingly In the 3-way team scoring, the Rocky Mountain team (Colorado, Wyoming, New at Cleveland Heights High School. suggested should be outlawed by TAG. Mexico and Montana) |'out-depthed" the East and Westteams bya narrowmargin. The masters men's team scored 844 But, Norm Green, 50, Wayne, Penn., Over 150 people attended the social, following the events on Sunday. Videotapes points, with runner-up Fitness Track undaunted by the hill, broke the half- of the races were shown. Nike shoes and prizes were awarded. Club of Detroit finishing with 64 marathon age 50-54 record on the Outstanding performances were commonplace. Among them: points. In the women's meet. Over The course by 38 seconds with a 72:09 on + Brendon Wilson, 40, the Australian fireman, continued his mastery of the best Hill amassed 246 points to win over se ..f August 21. Hal Higdon held the old U.S. masters sprinters, blasting to wins in the M40 100 (10.8), 200 (22.0) and 400 cond place Hermes TC and third place mark, set in November, 1982. (53.4). His 100 and 200 times were each only 0.1 seconds off the world veterans i- . Ann Arbor. .•0. Fastest 40+ marathoner (2:22:48) in records. Over The Hill's 70-79 relay teams set. 1982, Jim Bowers, 43, Santa Rosa, + Kansan Jack Greenwood, 57, once again in top shape, blazed to five strong two landing U.S. records. The team of Calif., won the 40-49 race in 70:23, M55 wins in the 100(11.9), 200 (24.6), 400 (57.7), llOH (15.8) and 400H (63.4). HermanMlotek 70, Everett Hosack 81, + California's BruceSpringbett, 50, captured the 50-54 100(11.4) and 200(23.6), Wayne Zook, 64, San Diego, placed Jack Siringer 70, and Byron Fike 75, n V. first in the 60+ division, 90:50. both near-U.S. record times. ran the 400 meter relay in 1:09.30 and Gabrielle Anderson, 35-39, ran + Danny Thiel of New Orleans garnered the 30-34 100 (11.0) and 200 (22.6). the sprint medley (100, 100, 200, 400) 76:07 to defeat Heather Thomson, Thiel was honeymooning, and stopped by to show off a bit for his new bride, and in 2:32.20. Fike also wonthe 800 ,.:y managed to impress everyone else, as well. 76:45. Thomson, 37, of Keri Keri, New (3:34.5), 400 (1.19.2), 200 (33.64), and • f; Zealand, was the open winner of the Polly Clarke, world W70 record holder, held her own in the women's 100 with 100 (15.53). Over The ffiU's Wah •T Asbury Park, NJ, lOK, recently and Shelly Ammons, 53, and Linda Sinclair, 39, clocking a good 16.5. Henderson, 32, won the 100m in a ran a sizzling 16:03 in the Run LA 5K, + Herb Anderson, 81, the only entrant in the M80 category, turned in an incredi blazing 10.30 even though he pulled a July 16. ble, two-day, 15-event performance with quality marks in the 100, 200, 400, LJ, TJ, hamstring 10 meters from the fmi^. 'X. The AFC Half-marathon, the largest HJ, 400Hr-Shot, Discus, Javelin and Pentathlon. Earlier, Henderson ran a 20.8 relay in American running history — In recognition of Anderson's outstanding track & field achievements over the split (200) in the sprint medley. Ed Sut- 6549—was won by Rick Musgrave, years, the pentathlon was named the Herb Anderson Pentathlon. The competitor ton, 51, of the West Penn Track Club 64:08. • Continued on Page 7 Conbnuedon Page 7* page 2 National Masters News October, 1983 CONTENTS / Write On! DEPARTMENTS Letters to Editor 2 It Gun Lap 6 Address letters to: National Masters News, P.O. Box 2372, Van Nuys, CA 91404. Open Mouth 8 Book Review 9 NRDC ....9 and Christmas Day, on one of the and postponed our 5th World Veterans Speaker'sComer .10 YOM KIPPUR holiest Christian holidays? Championships until such time as they Profile 11 May I suggest that all people who are Running with Marco Polo, M.D. 12 I filled out my application and check could be staged prqperly. for the TAG National Masters Cham planning a sports event look closely at Harold Chapson Masters Scene 13 the date to make sure that it doesn't Honolulu Schedule 16 pionships to be held in Houston, conflict with anybody's religious 1982 HalfMarathon Rankings .....18 Texas, on September 16 and 17. I 19831SKRaiildBgs 20 started to make a note of it on the holidays. Ruth Leff Track and Field Results 21 calendar. Then I tore up the applica Milwaukee, Wisconsin The Masters Olympics should have Long Distance Results 31 tion form and check. Two words, "Yom Kippur" were been postponed and moved elsewhere. printed by the calendar manufacturer SOUTH AFRICAN BAN WAVA screwed themselves. Their FEATURES under the number 17. How could you credibility is now zilch. Those jerks British T&F Championships 3 plan a national sports event on Yom A great article in the September issue who said (in your letters page ) that Canadian T&F Championships .. .3 Kippur Day, the holiest day of the re the ban on South African participa the South Africans should voluntary Northwest Regionals 3 Jewish calendar? Would you also tion in the World Veterans Games in stay away are self-righteous, self- Southeast Masters 4 schedule an event on Christmas Eve Puerto Rico. Good for you. Well done. centered bastards. That's the same 2 IVfleRelay Record 4 Since I am a mature human being, kind of thinking that let 6 million of WVaon Stars in San Diego with a great (and growing) distrust of my people get murdered by the Nazis. Grissom Sets U.S. Marks 7 politicians generally, and since the Richard Lee Slotkin Report from Britain 7 National Masters rules have been changed again to hurt Culver City, California Knocke Wins Handicap ••••••••••••••••a* ' Officers athletes for political ends, I have withdrawn from participation in the ••••••••••a.IS Athletics Congress upcoming Games, to show my support San Diego Meet ••aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaailaaaaaa15 for the South Africans, as well as my I read your editorial in the TRACK & FIELDCHAIRMAN: non-support for Puerto Rico's leaders. September NMN and would like to Jim Weed, 11672 E. 2nd Ave. John MacLachlan congratulate you on your magnifuxmt Aurora, CO 80010 Marble Falls, Texas choice of words and the plain common (303)341-2980 sense it makes. Well done! It gives one NATIONAL MASTERS NEWS LONG DISTANCE CHAIRMAN: who believes in logic, int^rity and 62nd Issue Bob Boal, 121W. Sycamore Ave., common sense some Yvope Wake Forest, NC 27587 October, 1983 Because I feel very strongly that we future. should abide strictly by our constitu I would also like to thank those who Editor: A1 Sheahen TRACK & FIELD RECORDS: i 1 tion, I have decided, very reluctantly, have expressed similar sentiments in 2 Associate Editors: Jerry Wojcik Pete Mundle, 4017 Via Marina #C-301 not to take part in the Fifth World their letters to NMN; Edward and \\ Beatrice Palmer Venice, CA 90291, (213) 823-8804 Production Veterans Games. It will be the rirst Dorothy Stotsehberg, Ruth Anderson \I LONG DISTANCE RECX)RDS: V. ( World Championships I have missed. and David Pain. Don Farquharson, •** . American Publishing Co. National Running Data Center, I have lived all of my adult life in the < \ John Dokulil- P.O. Box 42888, Tucson, AZ 85733, Hal Higdon and particularly Bob Fine • ^ 4 Kathleen M.