Archive for March, 2013
Christian Cushing-Murray joins 1500 fun: M45 AR of 3:55.09 at Oxy
Christian Cushing-Murray is a SoCal distance legend but lacks name recognition on a national scale. No more. Friday night at the Occidental Distance Carnival in Los Angeles, CCM burned a 1500 in 3:55.09, taking down John Hinton’s listed M45 outdoor record of 3:56.39. (See results here.) Several people shared the hot news, including 5K deity […]
March 16, 2013
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Hugh Campbell crushes M85 indoor WR in 3000 by 100 seconds!
Competing in the Middle Atlantic USATF Open/Masters Indoor Championships at the University of Delaware last Sunday, 88-year-old Hugh Campbell ran 3000 meters in 15:46.41 — incredibly under the listed M85 indoor WR of 17:24.85 by Portugal’s José Canelo in 2011. Results are here. M60 Gary Grobman (who ran a nifty 11:38.39) graciously writes: “Hard to […]
March 8, 2013
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Paul Babits raises own M50 world indoor vault record to 15-7
Paul Babits raised his own M50 world indoor vault record last month, I’ve just learned. He cleared 4.75 meters (15-7) at the Brenda Lee Open at Fort Wayne, Indiana, according to his website. The listed indoor WR is Paul’s 4.73 (15-6 1/4) from 2011. At the same meet, Olympic champ Jenn Suhr jumped a then-world-leading […]
March 8, 2013
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Little-noticed until now: Isett sets M70 WR in shadow of Jenn Suhr
Unbeknownst to the world (and me), Jenn Suhr wasn’t the only world-record setter at USA indoor nationals last weekend. So was 73-year-old Don Isett. He writes: “I competed in the 2013 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships in a Masters Pole Vault Exhibition event. I broke the world indoor mark with a jump of 10 […]
March 8, 2013
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Brad Barton crushes John Hinton’s M45 world indoor mile record
Brad Barton used a 62-second final quarter Saturday night to claim the M45 world record in the indoor mile, clocking 4:16.84 at the Armory track in New York, reports the Armory website. That mark falls short of Tony Young’s never-ratified 4:13.25 run four years ago on the dang oversized track at the University of Washington. […]
March 4, 2013
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World champions Valle, Prince wins masters exhibitions at USA nats
M40 Eric Prince, whose last exhibition race on the USATF open stage was first in the 200 at the U.S. Olympic Trials, won again Sunday at the USA National Indoor Championships in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He clocked 51.59 to win a three-man 400-meter race, with possible challenger Khalid Mulazim listed as not starting. Fellow world […]
March 3, 2013
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Horace Grant claims M60 world indoor record at 800 meters at LSU
Bill Collins writes Saturday from Baton Rouge: “Wanted to update you that Horace Grant broke the world record in the indoor 800 meters today. The meet was the Southwest regional championship at LSU. (See results here.) He ran 2:14.23, which breaks the American record of 2:14.75 by Sid Howard. The old world record of 2:14.42 […]
March 2, 2013
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