Archive for August, 2012
Christa Bortignon makes it 10 — age-group WRs in W75 season
Christa Bortignon reports from the WMA regional meet now under way in St. John, New Brunswick: “I finally got my number 10 world record — in the outdoor pentathlon with 4,743 points in the NCCWMA meet … Current W75 record is 4531 by Leila Kaas.” Results are posted here. Her series of marks: 19.71 in […]
August 11, 2012
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Tale of two jumpers: the bodacious Jim Barrineau and Kay Glynn
Jim Barrineau and Kay Glynn won their respective high jumps at Lisle nationals — Jim with an M55 American record 1.80 (5-10 3/4), topping the event’s oldest record (the legendary 1.79 or 5-10 by Herm Wyatt in 1987). Kay didn’t set a record, but her W55 gold-medal performance was equally stupendous. She cleared 1.34 (4-4 […]
August 9, 2012
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Meanwhile back at the kiddie meet, geezers holding their own
Masters-age athletes are sprinkled around London, including 39-year-old Bulgarian gymnasts. (Catch that guy on the rings!?) But track has its share. Two-time gold medalist Virgilijus Alekna of Lithuania took fourth in the discus yesterday, throwing 67.38 (221-1) — at age 40. M35 Jamie Nieto, whose 2.31 (7-7) in June equals the listed WR by Dragutin […]
August 8, 2012
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How many records at Lisle nationals overlook better marks of 2012?
M75 sprint phenom Bob Lida had a boffo final day at Lisle nationals, but USATF overlooked a better day from last month. On July 14 in Topeka, Bob ran 200 meters in 27.70 at the Sunflower State Games. That demolished the listed WMA world record of 27.97 by Germany’s Wolfgang Reuter in 2005. But Jared […]
August 6, 2012
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David Pain at 90 nominated for San Diego Sports Hall of Fame
Gordie Shields, an M90 cycling legend, made the announcement Saturday at David Pain’s 90th birthday party up the street from his home near San Diego State University: His longtime friend has been nominated for the prestigious Breitbard Hall of Fame at the San Diego Hall of Champions sports museum. Slam dunk it’s not. But it […]
August 5, 2012
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Bob Lida crashes 13.5 barrier for M75 WR in 100 at Lisle nationals
Jared Slinde reports for USATF from Lise masters nationals: “Robert Lida became the first man over the age of 75 to ever run under 13.50 seconds in the 100-meters in winning the event in 13.49 as fans on the campus of Benedictine University witnessed another world record on day three of the USA Masters Outdoor […]
August 5, 2012
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Michelsohn, Daprano add world records in Day 2 at Lisle nationals
On the first day of that London kiddie meet, world records fell to not-too-old reliables Marie-Louise Michelsohn and Jeanne Daprano in the W70 steeple and W75 400 at Lisle nationals. Jared Slinde reports for USATF: “Michelsohn shattered the existing world mark in the women’s (2K) steeplechase by nearly 29 seconds en route to her winning […]
August 3, 2012
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