22 masters entered Friday in 800 meters at Drake Relays
Nearly two dozen men between the ages of 40 and 59 make up the field tomorrow in the masters 800 at the 100th Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa. Notable is the Midwestern makeup of the entrants. All except mile race coordinator Mark Cleary are from neighboring states. This is good. Why should the Left and Right Coasts hog all the attention? Thanks go to Jim Schoffman for sharing this info. I just hope we don’t have a NASCAR pileup with a field this large. They might consider splitting into two or three sections. Also: The size of this field contradicts the assumption, made a few days ago, that you can’t get runners out to a meet on a workday. On Saturday, the masters mile — part of the USATF masters invitational program — has an all-star field of 14 that includes M40s Sean Messiter and Olympian Rod DeHaven, M45 John Hinton and nearly 60-year-old Nolan Shaheed.
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2009 Masters 800 Entries |
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David |
Bailey |
Davenport |
45 |
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Jeff |
Burris |
Cedar Falls |
42 |
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Mark |
Cleary |
Rancho Santa Margarita , CA |
50 |
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Dan |
Dall |
Solon |
47 |
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Mike |
Davis |
Minneapolis |
48 |
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Lorn |
Dilley |
Appleton, WI |
53 |
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Benjamin |
Eskin |
St. Paul, MN |
42 |
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Mike |
Furrow |
Urbandale |
46 |
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Brad |
Joens |
Kersey, CO |
47 |
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Mark |
Lofgren |
Muscatine |
47 |
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Brad |
Mason |
Beloit, KS |
43 |
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David |
Nash |
Sioux City |
41 |
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Tom |
Novak |
Iowa City |
50 |
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Eric |
Parker |
Waterford, WI |
48 |
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Rick |
Peterson |
Maple Grove, MN |
50 |
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Jim |
Schoffman |
Fridley, MN |
55 |
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Jim |
Sheehan |
Ham Lake, MN |
59 |
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Scott |
Smith |
Appleton, WI |
47 |
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Scot |
Squires |
Kansas City, MO |
41 |
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James |
Watry |
Bonduel, WI |
46 |
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Marek |
Wensel |
Cedar Rapids |
40 |
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Bernie |
Wilder |
Davenport |
53 |
One Response
David Nash and Marek Wensel are two Iowans who will be extremely tough in this race; I hope to see both of them in Oshkosh.
In the mile, John Hinton of North Carolina bears watching. In 2008, I saw him run 4:20.18 FAT in the leading masters mile in North America, the Hartshorne Mile. He was easily under the record at that point of 4:21.90. Oh, that’s right, I almost forgot — John’s record was never accepted even though there was both FAT and a videotape of his race (and a curb all the way around).
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