Archive for June, 2013
Sonja Friend Uhl is favored in masters 3K at Portland Track Fest
Joanna Harper writes: “This year’s Portland Track Festival [this weekend] will feature another outstanding field in the master’s women’s 3000 meter race. Sonja Friend Uhl is the unquestioned star, but other outstanding runners like Grace Padilla, Carmen Troncoso, Tania Fischer, Kirsten Leetch, Cassandra Henkiel and Jeannie Groesz will make for quite a race. For those […]
June 5, 2013
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Christa Bortignon crashes 6,000-point barrier in W75 heptathlon
For her latest world record, Canada’s Christa Bortignon traveled to Stendal, Germany, for the first masters multi-eventer at the Stendaler-Hanse-Cup meet, reports World Masters Athletics. She broke the W75 heptathlon world record by nearly 1,000 points, raising Christel Donley’s 5416 to 6406 and lowering her own pending WR in the 200 to 33.86 seconds. (See […]
June 3, 2013
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Peter Hlavin ties Willie Banks’ USA record in M55 high jump
A 7-foot jumper at the University of Iowa, Peter Hlavin has made history at 6 feet — joining Willie Banks as the M55 American age-group record holder. He cleared 1.83 meters Saturday at the Pasadena Senior Games at Caltech. Even more amazing — it was his first 6-foot jump since 2008! But Willie remains the […]
June 2, 2013
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Charlie Ross gets big M90 PR — another world steeple record
Not content to be the oldest human steeplechaser, Charlie Ross broke his own 2,000-meter record over the weekend, clocking 18:27.44 at the USATF Georgia Association Open and Masters Meet. (See results here.) He lowered his previous age-group WR in the 2K steeple of 18:54.10. And here’s a great series of photos from the May 18 […]
June 2, 2013
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American Record falls twice in the M50-59 shuttle hurdle relays
A friend graciously filed a report on a masters shuttle-hurdle relay record broken outside USATF masters nationals. He writes: “The M50-59 American Record was broken (twice) in the Shuttle Hurdle Relay on May 19 at the 7th Annual Gateway Games. (See results here.) There were two shuttle hurdle relay races—each race with two teams. The […]
June 2, 2013
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