Abingdon runner, 60, returned to track after a doctor’s warning; his relay team came within 1.3 seconds of a record
John Curtis, a school safety liaison at Harford County Public Schools and gold medalist, just returned from Korea after competing in the World Masters Athletics Championships. (Karl Merton Ferron/Staff)
His relay team missed the world record by 1.3 seconds. John Curtis, who returned to running at 47 to avoid lifelong medication, has now won four world masters medals.