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Fighting winds, heat and humidity -- and four long days -- veteran masters meet announcer Pete Taylor gave every race his best shot.
Date: 08/12/2005
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Taylor, whose knowledge of masters track is encyclopedic, gave the meet a professional ambiance from his infield tent.
Date: 08/12/2005
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Rick Easley and other M50 hurdlers compete in the only long-hurdle prelims of the meet -- with the result that only one athlete was eliminated.
Date: 08/12/2005
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James Stookey of Maryland nips a great M75 field in the 100. Second was Harry Brown of Illinois, followed by Don Cheek of California and Bill Melville of Wisconsin (in all red).
Date: 08/12/2005
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The M75 sprint field gathers for a National Masters News photo by editor Jerry Wojcik.
Date: 08/12/2005
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Bill Melville visits with a 100-meter friend after the M75 finals on Saturday.
Date: 08/12/2005
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Honolulu sportswriter Stan Lee interviews M45 high jump winner Bruce McBarnette, a former Hawaii resident now living in Virginia.
Date: 08/12/2005
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Oneithea "Neni" Lewis lets fly the hammer, where she would set a W45 world record (but not PR) in these championships.
Date: 08/12/2005
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Lewis -- of Bayside, New York -- unravels her wrap, supporting an injured Achilles' tendon.
Date: 08/13/2005
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Lewis has a long history of serious injuries, and would have been an Olympian had she been luckier, experts say.
Date: 08/13/2005
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Charles Allie of Pittsburgh downshifts after winning the M55 100 in 12.19, followed by Bill Tharpe, Donn Imrie and Ray Yeck.
Date: 08/12/2005
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Triple-jumping Leland McPhie of San Diego, a 91-year-old phenom, was a world-class sprinter in 1937, he told me during the meet.
Date: 08/12/2005
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From left, Alan Sims of Texas, Kettrell Berry of San Diego and Don Fields of Florida joke around after an M40 prelim in the 100.
Date: 08/12/2005
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Workers erect the hammer/discus cage a day before the meet begins.
Date: 08/12/2005
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Notes posted in the registration sought team members for various "ad hoc" relays, which all were contested on Sunday.
Date: 08/12/2005
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Aaron Thigpen, winner of the M40 100, chugs around the turn in a 200 prelim. He was second in the final.
Date: 08/12/2005
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Big Marty Krulee chases Bennie James in an M45 200 prelim. In the final, Krulee dropped out after avoiding a collision with an official standing close to the Lane 1 rail.
Date: 08/13/2005
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Bob Lida, a Kansas alumnus with a Jayhawk on his shirt, leads an M65 prelim in the 200. He'd win the final, too.
Date: 08/13/2005
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Jai Black of San Diego, a newcomer to masters track, runs the fastest 200 prelim in 28.06 but was third in the W40 final.
Date: 08/13/2005
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Kettrell Berry of San Diego powers around the turn in the M40 prelims at 200. He'd later win the final in 22.51.
Date: 08/12/2005
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