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USATF Masters Outdoor Championships
The USATF Masters Outdoor Championships is an annual track and field competition which serves as the national championship for the United States for athletes in masters age groups. Organized by USA Track & Field, the national governing body for the sport, the competition was first held in 1968. Athletes compete in 5-year age groups, beginning from 25 and up to 105 (where sufficient entries are made). Traditionally limited to athletes over 35, a "pre-masters" group was introduced in 2020 to encourage post-collegiate athletes over 25 to continue competing. The 1968 meet was the first ever national championship for masters track and field. David Pain organized a masters mile run competition in 1966 at Balboa Stadium in San Diego, which grew into a wider track and field championship two years later. Masterstrack profile David Pain History Through the efforts of David Pain, masters track and field and its first Outdoor Track and Field Championship began in 1968. The first compet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USATF Masters Indoor Championships
The USATF Masters Indoor Championships is an annual track and field competition which serves as the national indoor championship for the United States for athletes in masters age groups. Organized by USA Track & Field, the national governing body for the sport, the competition was first held in 1975. Athletes compete in 5-year age groups, beginning from 25 and up to 105 (where sufficient entries are made). Traditionally limited to athletes over 35, a "pre-masters" group was introduced from 2020 onwards to encourage post-collegiate athletes over 25 to continue competing. History David Pain organized a masters mile run competition in 1966 at Balboa Stadium in San Diego, which grew into a wider track and field championship two years later in 1968. Masterstrack profile David Pain Seven years after, the first National Masters Indoor Track and Field Championship was held March 2, 1975 in Hightstown, NJ. The meet was for men and women athletes age 40 and older. Contact for the meet was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masters Track And Field
Masters athletics is a class of the sport of athletics for athletes of over 35 years of age. The events include track and field, road running and cross country running. Competitors are bracketed into five-year age groups (which promotes fair competition). For international events the first age group is 35 to 39. Men as old as 105 and women in their 100s have competed in running, jumping and throwing events. Masters athletes are sometimes known as "veterans" and the European Masters Championships, for instance, is known as "Eurovets." This and other high level events including biennial World Championships cater largely to elite-level athletes, but many masters athletes are novices to athletics and enjoy the camaraderie offered by masters competition at the local, National and International level. Most National governing bodies for track and field hold annual Masters championships. Prestigious National meets such as the Penn Relays and the United States Olympic Trials (track and fie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bud Held
Franklin Wesley "Bud" Held (born October 25, 1927) is an American athlete primarily notable for his performance throwing the javelin. He was born in Los Angeles, California. College career Held started as a pole vaulter at Grossmont High School near San Diego, where he finished in a 3-way tie for 4th place at the 1946 CIF California State Meet. He switched to the javelin while a student at Stanford University, where he won the NCAA javelin championship in 1948, 1949, and 1950. Held won the AAU USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships six times, 1949, 1951, 1953 to 55 and 1958. Held set six American records in the javelin, and in 1953 became the first American to hold the world javelin record with an effort of ; in so doing, Held became the first athlete ever to throw the javelin over . He set a second world record of in 1955, and his career best throw was in 1956. International competition Held was a member of the United States' 1952 Olympic team where he placed ninth afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boston Marathon
The Boston Marathon is an annual marathon race hosted by several cities and towns in greater Boston in eastern Massachusetts, United States. It is traditionally held on Patriots' Day, the third Monday of April. Begun in 1897, the event was inspired by the success of the first marathon competition in the 1896 Summer Olympics. The Boston Marathon is the world's oldest annual marathon and ranks as one of the world's best-known road racing events. It is one of six World Marathon Majors. Its course runs from Hopkinton in southern Middlesex County to Copley Square in Boston. The Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) has organized this event annually since 1897, except for 2020 when it was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, it was held later, in October. The race has been managed by DMSE Sports, Inc., since 1988. Amateur and professional runners from all over the world compete in the Boston Marathon each year, braving the hilly Massachusetts terrain and varying weat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Kelley
John Adelbert Kelley (September 6, 1907 – October 6, 2004) was an American long-distance runner who twice represented his native country at the Summer Olympics, in 1936 and 1948, and competed in the Boston Marathon over 50 times, winning in 1935 and 1945. He was often dubbed "Kelley the Elder" to avoid confusion with John J. Kelley (1930–2011; "Kelley the Younger"), winner of the 1957 Boston Marathon; the two men were not related. Biography Born in West Medford, Massachusetts, as one of ten children, Kelley ran track and cross-country at Arlington High School in Massachusetts. He did not finish his first Boston Marathon in 1928, but eventually competed in a record 61 Boston Marathons. Regarded as a legend of the marathon, Kelley won the 1935 and 1945 runnings of the Boston Marathon. He finished in second place at Boston a record seven times. Between 1934 and 1950, he finished in the top five 15 times at Boston, consistently running in the 2:30s. Kelley also ran the Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce MacDonald (athlete)
Bruce Duncan MacDonald (October 22, 1927 – March 30, 2020) was an American racewalker. He competed at the 1956, 1960 and the 1964 Summer Olympics. He competed in his first Olympics at the age of 29. He worked four additional Olympics, two in the capacity of team manager and two more as an official. Before his success as a race walker, he finished sixth in the 60 yard hurdles at the 1946 indoor national championships while competing for Bayside High School. Following his first Olympic appearance, he started coaching, establishing the track Track or Tracks may refer to: Routes or imprints * Ancient trackway, any track or trail whose origin is lost in antiquity * Animal track, imprints left on surfaces that an animal walks across * Desire path, a line worn by people taking the shorte ... and cross country program at Schreiber High School. He stayed there for 45 years. In 2015, at the age of 87, his uninsured house burned down. His former athletes gathered together ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Boyle (sprinter)
Charles Boyle may refer to: * Charles Boyle, 3rd Viscount Dungarvan (1639–1694), British politician * Charles Boyle, 2nd Earl of Burlington (died 1704), British politician * Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery (1674–1731), author, soldier and statesman; namesake of the orrery * Charles Boyle, 2nd Viscount Blesington (died 1732), Irish peer and member of the House of Lords * Charles Boyle, 10th Earl of Cork (1861–1925), Irish soldier and peer * Charles Boyle (poet) (born 1951), British poet * Charles A. Boyle (1907–1959), U.S. Representative from Illinois * Charles Cavendish Boyle (1849–1916), British colonial administrator * Charles Edmund Boyle (1836–1888), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania * Charles J. Boyle (1877–1947), American football player and coach * Charles P. Boyle (1892–1968), American cinematographer * Charles Boyle (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), fictional character from American police television sitcom ''Brooklyn Nine-Nine'' * Charles Boyle (horse train ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Ross (sprinter)
Charles Ross may refer to: Military and politics * Charles Ross (British Army officer, born 1667) (1667–1732), Scottish general and MP * Charles Ross (Ross-shire MP, born 1721) (1721–1745), Scottish soldier and MP * Charles Ross (Royal Navy officer) (1776–1849) * Charles Ross (MP for Northampton) (1799–1860), British Member of Parliament for Orford, St Germans and Northampton * Charles N. Ross (c. 1842–?), New York State Treasurer * Charles Campbell Ross (1849–1920), British politician and banker * Charles Ross (British Army officer, born 1864) (1864–1930), First World War divisional commander * Sir Charles Lockhart-Ross, 7th Baronet (c. 1763–1814), Scottish landowner, politician, and British Army officer * Sir Charles Lockhart-Ross, 8th Baronet, son of Sir Charles Lockhart-Ross, 7th Baronet and father of Sir Charles Ross, 9th Baronet * Sir Charles Ross, 9th Baronet (1872–1942), inventor of the Ross rifle, used by the Canadian army during World War I * C. B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Englert
Roy is a masculine given name and a family surname with varied origin. In Anglo-Norman England, the name derived from the Norman ''roy'', meaning "king", while its Old French cognate, ''rey'' or ''roy'' (modern ''roi''), likewise gave rise to Roy as a variant in the Francophone world. In India, Roy is a variant of the surname ''Rai'',. likewise meaning "king".. It also arose independently in Scotland, an anglicisation from the Scottish Gaelic nickname ''ruadh'', meaning "red". Given name * Roy Acuff (1903–1992), American country music singer and fiddler * Roy Andersen (born 1955), runner * Roy Andersen (South Africa) (born 1948), South African businessman and military officer * Roy Anderson (American football) (born 1980), American football coach * Sir Roy M. Anderson (born 1947), British scientific adviser * Roy Andersson (born 1943), Swedish film director * Roy Andersson (footballer) (born 1949), footballer from Sweden * Roy Chapman Andrews (1884–1960), American natu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orville Rogers
Orville Curtis Rogers (November 28, 1917 – November 14, 2019) was an American pilot, military veteran, and competitive runner. Early life Rogers was born to Stephen Alfred Rogers and Lillie Leona Johnston at home in Hubbard, Texas. The family moved to Okemah, Oklahoma soon after. Orville's sister, Veva Jean, was born in 1922. After short stays in Oklahoma City and Edmond, Oklahoma, Stephen left, and Lillie moved her family back to Okemah to live with her parents, Rueben Jefferson Daniel Johnston and Mary Elizabeth Gilbreath. When Orville was 10, Rueben moved the family to Sulphur, Oklahoma. Lillie had five brothers, including William (Bill) Green Johnston and Ralph A. Johnston. Both found success in the oil industry. Orville graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma in 1940, where he met his future wife, Esther Beth Shannon (class of 1941). Rogers was a veteran of WWII and the Korean War as a member of the U.S. Army Air Corps and U.S. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Champion Goldy
A champion (from the late Latin ''campio'') is the victor in a challenge, contest or competition. There can be a territorial pyramid of championships, e.g. local, regional / provincial, state, national, continental and world championships, and even further (artificial) divisions at one or more of these levels, as in association football. Their champions can be accordingly styled, e.g. national champion, world champion. Meaning In certain disciplines, there are specific titles for champions, either descriptive, as the baspehlivan in Turkish oil wrestling, yokozuna in Japanese sumo wrestling; or copied from social hierarchies, such as the ''koning'' and ''keizer'' ('king' and 'emperor') in traditional archery competitions (not just national, also at lower levels) in the Low Countries. * In a broader sense, nearly any sort of competition can be considered a championship, and the winner of it a champion. Thus, there are championships for many non-sporting competitions such as s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Maxwell (athlete)
Ralph "Buzzy" Bernard Borden Maxwell (November 26, 1919 – September 28, 2014) was a jurist and athlete. Education and legal career Born in Devils Lake, North Dakota, Maxwell went to Rolla High School. He then received his bachelor's degree from University of North Dakota and his law degree from the University of North Dakota School of Law. Maxwell served as state's attorney for Rolette County, North Dakota and as United States attorney for the United States District Court for North Dakota. From 1958 until 1967, Maxwell practiced law in West Fargo, North Dakota. On August 1, 1967, Maxwell was appointed North Dakota state district court judge for the first district by the Governor of North Dakota, William L. Guy and served until his retirement from the position in 1978. Maxwell died at his summer residence in Richville, Minnesota on September 29, 2014. Athletic career After retiring, Maxwell applied some of his efforts to the sport of Masters athletics where, as a 90-year- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
