Baton Rouge’s Julia Hawkins, 104, will be the oldest person ever to compete in a USATF Masters Championship. She will join 27 reigning world masters champions, 19 Masters Hall of Famers and 37 athletes from Louisiana, 14 from the Baton Rouge area. Events are contested
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Centenarian sprinter Man Kaur will be conferred the prestigious Nari Shakti Puraskar for 2019 on March 8 for her exceptional contribution towards women empowerment. The country’s highest civilian honour for women will be presented by President Ram Nath Kovind on International Women’s
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Over the past two years, Jeannie Rice and Gene Dykes, who were born within a few days of each other in April 1948, have attacked the running record books in their age group. Rice kicked off the record spree in October 2018 at the Chicago Marathon,
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The European Masters Athletics Indoor championships which were to be hosted in the Portuguese town of Braga from the 15th March have been cancelled, this was following a series of consultation meetings in light of the recent global epidemic of the Coronavirus,
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Six Stratford Athletic Club senior athletes helped the Midlands team to glory in the annual England Masters Inter-Area match held at the Lee Valley Indoor Track and Field Centre. The Midlands competed against five other teams – Welsh Masters, Southern Counties, Eastern
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As countries across the world scramble to get to grips with the coronavirus outbreak, sporting events across the board have been compromised. Now Masters Athletes are also the same questions about the Championships due late this year Toronto, Canada. The Championships which kick
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The Dexter Rotary Club welcomed athlete Howard Booth to speak at their weekly breakfast. At age 76, Howard competes worldwide in track and field events and he shared his thoughts on carrying physical fitness into your senior years. “It is the condition
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There are many unique stories tied to U.S. agriculture—and then there is Cook Holliday, 77, a pole vaulting farmer and an American treasure hiding in plain sight. ( Photo by Sandra Holliday ) On a rural road in northern Georgia, a 77-year-old
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Philippa Millage went into the British Indoor Championships in Glasgow at the weekend with a point to prove. And she left the |Emirates Arena last night having proved it in emphatic style. The Glasgow runner is 39-years-old which, according to some people,
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It was the first time that the awards ceremony had been held at this venue and there was an impressive turnout of 135 for the occasion, consisting of senior members of the club, junior members and their parents. The awards were all
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