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Absolutely essential source of up-to-date news, opinion, results, meet information, training advice and insider views on the masters movement in America and worldwide. Originally based at Egroups, list merged with Yahoo groups in January 2001. To subscribe, go to Yahoo here.

Masters E-Mail Directory

E-mail addresses of just about every important masters official internationally and in the United States, plus some club contacts and athlete addresses.

New WMA home page

Official online home of World Masters Athletics starting in February 2002, webmastered by Nick Russi of Switzerland.

Old WMA home page

Official online home of World Masters Athletics (formerly the World Association of Veteran Athletes) from 1998 to early 2002, webmastered by WMA VP-Stadia and world record-holder Rex Harvey of Ohio.

International Masters Games Association

Home page of Denmark-based group that puts on the multisport World Masters Games every four years. (The next one is Melbourne in 2002.) Site includes its constitution. 

WMA world meet 2003

Carolina, Puerto Rico, was chosen to host the World Veterans Athletic Championships after WMA pulled the plug on Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Puerto Rico meet is July 2-13, 2003.

WAVA world meet 2001

Brisbane, Australia, site of the recent World Veterans Athletic Championships in July 2001. Meet results still glitchy.

“How to be a Champion”

Best book ever published on track training for masters athletes. Book Review notes the six-year effort by author Earl Fee, a Canadian hurdling and middle-distance legend.

Age-Grading Calculator

Best online version yet of the WAVA Age-Graded Tables by British mathematician Howard Grubb with data supplied by Canadian hurdler/physicist Jess Brewer.

Jess Brewer's calculator

Beefed-up WMA Age-Graded Tables online by Canadian physics professor allows you to plug in your all-time open best and see what it's worth in your new age group.

Runner's World Online

Gives serious attention to masters news, athletes and events as it profiles elites over 40 and posts daily news links to newspapers around the world.

European veterans

Growing site lists all European veterans associations, many contacts, records and even some photos from Gateshead WAVA.

Annette's Seite

World champion runner Annette Koop provides wunderbar home page of German news, views, results and records.

German masters site

Growing site features meet information, forums, links to masters athletes and other German fun stuff.

Dr. Ulrich Becker's site

Another German-language site, where masters is a serious sideline.

British veterans

Comprehensive official site of the British Veterans Athletic Federation, which includes links to English vets clubs.

Isle of Man Veteran Athletes

UK club site devoted mainly to distance road runs but touts itself as "a bona fide first claim athletic club affiliated to the IOMAAA, the North of England Athletic Association, British Veteran Athletic Federation and the Veteran Athletic Association of England."

South West (UK) Veterans

Another UK veterans group, whose site is well-organized and features info on officers and "fixtures."

Northern (UK) Veterans

Another UK veterans group. Offers calendars, meet and race results.

Swedish veterans

Slick, professional and packed with information, Veteran Friidrott is worthy of a country that produced Torsten Carlius, president of WMA. Best part of site is work by stat man and writer Ivar Söderlind.

Danish veterans

Very detailed national athletics site in Denmark that does justice to masters. 

Australian veterans

Doug Fry's pioneering gateway to Australian veterans links, results and news. May have been the world's first Web site with a focus on masters track.

Queensland Masters Athletics

Literally colorful site has everything you need to know about veterans track in this region of Australia -- founded in 1973. Lots of downloadable results files.

Josian Philippe's Site

Aussie sprint fan covers veterans and posted this cool quote: "Veterans athletics has reached such a level in many cases, that a lot of young guns might get a shock or two if they were to run alongside some of the best of the old brigade."

West Australian Veterans

Simple but effective design opens way to info on 400-member club and offers records, meet information and photos.

ACT Veterans AA of Australia

Sophisticated club site for Australian Capital Territory has many departments and currently is featuring a member survey, whose results also are posted.

Victoria Australia Veterans

This Australian club site covers a lot of territory, also its own set of records and includes oodles of photos (one shows a man doing the "Fosberry flop.") Results are posted at Around the Grounds.

South Australian Veterans

Aussie club founded in 1971 caters to all levels of masters, which the site considers age 30 and up.  Known for its Wednesday night meets.

New Zealand veterans

Bare-bones site does a fine job of fleshing out who runs New Zealand veterans track and where meets and regional centers are.

Czech Republic veterans

Petr Gyba's page, called Veteranska Atletika, provides local veterans news, results and even a dictionary of track terms in different languages. Link has been dead for a while, but I'm looking for new URL to this valuable site.

Hong Kong veterans

Amusingly written page of news from the Athletic Veterans of Hong Kong, a club that also caters to masters swimming.

Finnish veterans

Wide assortment of news on Finnish veterans athletics, with Scandinavian records and meet information -- professionally produced by Georg Dunkel (with English version).

Russian veterans

English-language site of the Russian Veterans Sports Council, which includes track and other sports. Lots of results and records, but much is in Russian.

Kwazulu Natal veterans

South African regional track club devoted to veterans athletics.

Central Gauteng Veterans 

Another South African regional track club, which sent 25 athletes to the World WMA Championships in Brisbane (with much success).

Dutch veterans

Netherlands club site Atletiekvereniging NEA-Volharding Purmerend includes set of veterans records.

Finnish 400 page

Finnish athlete Georg Dunkel's specialty is the 400-meter dash, and this site (which began listing Finland vets 400 marks) has it all.

Yamagata Masters

Japanese site with music on every page can best be viewed via Alta Vista translation site. Just paste the URL into the appropriate Babel Fish window. Site reports that a Tokyo Masters Athletic Association site is being built.

Canadian Masters AA

Official site of the Canadian Masters Athletic Association, with results, records, meet calendars and other valuable info.

Kajaks Masters Club

Club based in Richmond, British, Columbia, is a model for masters track club home pages.

Alberta Masters Athletics

Canadian province is focus of this comprehensive site, which includes lots of results. Features Canadian native masters records.

Argentine Masters Athletics

Not much here, but a start.

Istanbul Masters AC

Apparently the first-ever Turkish masters track club to go online. Modest site lists recent results, upcoming meets and shares news of Turkish runners.

Alberta Masters Athletics

Canadian province is focus of this comprehensive site. Includes Canadian native masters records.

Masters Athlete Physiology and Performance

American scientist who relocated to Norway offers informational and inspirational tidbits on a range of masters sports.

Masters Women Study

Online questionnaire helps doctoral student Cathy Utzschneider conduct research on national-class female masters runners for her dissertation.

Merlene Ottey

Elite Jamaican W40 sprinter hasn't competed in masters meets (that we know of), but seems proud of her record-breaking masters marks. (She lists her vets records.)

Track and Field Index

T-and-F Mailing Index

Best site in the world for talking track. And more and more, the more astute observers are talking masters track, debating the Age-Graded Tables and whatnot.

Remko's T&F Index

Best site in the world for looking up track stats, technique information or links to athletes' Web sites. Dutch webmaster also includes national clubs, open-track resources. Features a wonderful list of track magazines online.

Other masters sports

Masters track can only aspire to have official Web sites as nice as some of these:

USA Masters Swimming

USA Masters Synchronized Swimming

Worldwide Masters Swimming

USA Masters Diving

Masters boxing

Masters judo

International Master Athlete Federation

Masters Rowing Association

Age-Group Sports (triathlon)

USA Masters Weightlifting

San Diego Cyclo-Vets

Over-50 Baseball

World Masters Cross-Country Skiing

USA Masters Cross-Country Skiing

Masters Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined

National Masters News

Monthly masters newspaper full of features, training tips, columns, meet information and results. USATF members can get a subscription at a discount ($5 off regular $15 rate for six months). Web site includes charts, masters bylaws and American indoor and outdoor records.

USATF Masters

Official information on USATF masters track and field, with chairman's report and official minutes and and reports.

National Senior Games Association

Organizers of the National Senior Olympics, held every two years in odd-numbered years, with the last one in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in July 2001. The next one is May 27-June 9, 2003, in the region of Hampton Roads, Virginia. Also lists related state events.

U.S. Corporate Athletics Association

Companies nationwide send their best athletes for age-group competition in a national championships. The 2001 meet was held July 21-22 in Renton, Washington.

Fifty-Plus Fitness Association

One of several senior organizations on the Web devoted to the range of masters sports.

Racing with Gerry Krainik

Marvelous site dedicated to the long sprints. Krainik is a national-class dashman and meet organizer based in Illinois who offers oodles of training tips.

David Ortman's False Starts

Seattle-based masters star (currently injured) posts his wild and wacky columns that have appeared in National Masters News.

Running with Hal Higdon

Prolific author, columnist and runner has been a part of the masters track scene from the beginning. But most of his site is devoted to distance running and road events.

Cyberthrows competition

Florida throwers Reed and Lorraine Quinn created this ongoing monthly weight competition, which invites throwers worldwide to submit their best recent performances. A throwback to the old Postal Meets of the 1950s, this Net-based event continues to grow.

Long and Strong Club

Masters thrower Glenn Thompson provides a Grand Central Station on the weight events, including his Ten Commandments (one of which is: "Never turn your back on the ring/runway! You run the risk of death or decapitation if you do!") Highly recommended.

Ross Dunton's Training Site

Tennessee-based masters runner and coach offers sophisticated information on masters training and injury prevention. He'll coach you via e-mail, too. His training and technique newsletters are classics of the genre.

Absolute Age Records

Tony Dziepak lists some age-based throwing records based on the premise "nobody older had thrown farther." He doesn't go as old as he could. But it's a fascinating list and concept.

The Mary Libal Story

New W50 world-class sprinter Libal has overcome chronic fatigue syndrome to set world records and win world titles. Doug Binder tells the Oregon legend's story.

Dallas Masters Track Club

Online home of the 150-member Texas-based masters track club founded in 1981. The club features many national and world champion age-group athletes, and puts on major meets every year.

Sprint Force America

Small but high-powered masters track club based in New York features world-record holders and WMA and national-class sprinters. Gateway photo montage includes a shot by moi.

Adams Unified Racing Association

New York-based club features some of the world's fastest masters sprinters.

Oregon Track Club

Open to all ages, this club is very friendly to masters athletes and features some of the most savvy veterans meet organizers around.

Midwest Masters Track Club

Jeff Watry, a masters multi-event star, is president of this track club, whose site lists scores of members (many of them world-class). Lots of meet info.

Over the Hill Track Club

Ohio-based track club with about 60 members, including WMA's Rex Harvey and soon-to-be centenarian Everett Hosack, a masters legend.

Texas Track

Big site orchestrated by Phil Murray covers all aspects of track in the Lone Star State, including masters.

USA Long Distance Running

Covers masters distance running as fairly as open and youth categories. Includes an extensive records section by individual age.

Distance Age-Graded Calculators

Courtesy of Oklahoma Runner, these WMA-based calculators help you learn how your distance marks compare.

Old MT&F Links Page

Links page of the original Masters Track & Field Home Page includes most of the sites on this page plus some other open track and training/technique sites.

Graf Speed Enhancement

Masters sprinter Tim Graf sells speed -- the fast-twitch muscle kind -- on this commercial site.

Masters Track and Field: A History

First and only book of its kind. Written by a masters thrower who has witnessed much of the movement's evolution.

Want to add a site?

Let me know if you've spotted any international or American-based masters or veterans Web site not listed here. Just write to me (and include the URL). Many thanks!