ORONO – Lost among the handful of former Olympians and the whirlwind of competition Sunday on the final day of the USA Track & Field Masters national championships at the University of Maine’s Beckett Family Track Complex was a 93-year-old man from Knoxville, Tenn., who overcame some long… Read More
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ORONO – Marie-Louise Michelsohn walked off the Beckett Family Track on Friday morning, absorbed a few compliments from friends, and traded good-natured barbs with those who hadn’t cheered her on during her recently completed race. One of her friends explained his apathy succinctly: Michelsohn, he… Read More
ORONO – Up until he ran in the 5,000 meters on day one of the National Masters Track and Field Championships at the University of Maine, Doug Allen hadn’t raced on an eight-lane oval since his senior year at Yale University. “This is the first… Read More
ORONO – A power outage Thursday afternoon at the University of Maine forced some masters track and field athletes and their families to relocate to a different dorm, UM spokesman Joe Carr said Thursday. The outage at about 2:15 p.m. affected eight buildings on campus,… Read More
It takes passion, heart and desire to compete in a sport year after year, decade after decade. For William Donnell of Sedgwick, throwing the hammer has been a huge part of his life for more than 50 years. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
USA TRACK & FIELD NATIONAL MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS ORONO – Final weekend results of the USA Track & Field National Masters Championships, at Clarence Beckett Family Track Complex at the University of Maine. (age groups are in five-year increments unless otherwise noted, with the low age… Read More
ORONO – Kathy Martin remembers the first time she decided to accompany her husband on his customary five-mile run … the one he always took right after a gobbling down a hearty pasta dinner. “One night I said, ‘I can do that,'” Martin said. “And… Read More
USA TRACK & FIELD NATIONAL MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS ORONO – Partial weekend results of the USA Track & Field National Masters Championships, at Clarence Beckett Family Track Complex at the University of Maine. Remaining event results will run Tuesday morning. (age groups are in five-year increments… Read More
Kathy Jager may well be the most-talked-about woman at this weekend’s USA Track & Field National Masters Championship meet. Many people don’t know her name. Many don’t know what events she does. But the 59-year-old track star stands out. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
ORONO – The steeplechase is a testy event that turns distance runners into hurdlers, and, once a lap, into water-jumpers. Or – as was the case several times during Friday’s second day of the USA Track & Field National Masters Championships – swimmers. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
USA TRACK & FIELD NATIONAL MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS ORONO – Results Friday from finals contested during the second day of the USA Track & Field National Masters Championships, at Clarence Beckett Family Track Complex at the University of Maine. (age groups are in five-year increments, with… Read More
ORONO – Four years ago, the nation’s best “seasoned” track athletes converged on Orono – just like they are this weekend – for the USA Track & Field National Masters Championships. Plenty of those athletes are back, making return visits to a venue that national… Read More
ORONO – With competition still a day away, there was plenty of activity Wednesday at the University of Maine’s Clarence Beckett Family Track & Field Complex. This morning, some of the nation’s top athletes over the age of 30 will gather for the four-day USA… Read More