M45 freak-of-nature Willie Gault, who turns 50 in September, ran with the kiddies over the weekend at the Steve Scott Invitational at UC Irvine. He clocked legal times of 10.90 and 22.16 in the 100/200. Results are here. A few miles away, masters were running at the Southern California Striders Meet of Champions, a well-attended event at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa. (Nolan Shaheed ran the 1500 at Striders in 4:31.93, another potential M60 American record but slower than his 4:31.33 six weeks ago.) A year ago, Willie ran at Striders. This year, apparently wanting to avoid the slow OCC track and prevailing headwinds, he opted for Scott. A handful of masters joined Willie in Irvine, including 41-year-old Aeron Arlin Genet, who ran the 8 in 2:13.00.

Willie’s 10.90 — just off his 10.86 possible season best at Mt. SAC — would top the M45 lists on mastersrankings.com if it were logged, beating an 11.13 by Aaron Thigpen in mid-April.

Willie’s 22.16 likewise would be No. 1 on the M45 rankings for 200, if someone bothered to log it. The current leader is Lonnie Hooker’s 22.77.

Same for Aeron. Her 2:13 is way ahead of the current W40 leader’s 2:21.74.

Results for Willie and Aeron:

Men 100 Meter Dash
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Stadium: M 10.21 2000 Chris Williams, Stars & Stripes Int
Name Year School Finals
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Section 1 Wind: -0.2
1 Leroy Dixon HSI 10.21M
2 Rion Pierre Unattached 10.38
3 Jeffrey Lawal-Balogun Team England 10.43
4 Deun White AAG Elite TC 10.58
5 Marquis Horn DoublePillar 10.62
6 Jayson Jones Spira Footwear 10.76
7 Willie Gault Unattached 10.90

Men 200 Meter Dash
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Stadium: M 20.56 1996 Roger Black, Great Britain
Name Year School Finals
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Section 3 Wind: 0.3
1 Bryan Adams UC Riverside 21.71
2 Julian Reddy GuamBomb TC 21.72
3 Kawaskii Bacon AAG Elite TC 21.72
4 Jayson Jones Spira Footwear 21.84
5 Richard Crawford Long Beach St 21.89
6 Willie Gault Unattached 22.16
7 Othroy Marsh Team England 22.84
8 Eric Russell Speed Unlimited 24.12

Women 800 Meter Run
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Stadium: M 2:00.20 1996 Ruth Wysocki, Nike
Name Year School Finals
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Section 1
1 Josefine Koskinen San Diego St 2:08.47
2 Melanie Hardy Evo Track Cl 2:09.02
3 Jasmine Cox CS Northridge 2:09.58
4 Holly Hobson Cal Coast 2:12.18
5 Brett Zorich UNLV 2:12.52
6 Aeron Arlin Genet Running Diva 2:13.00
7 Sakia Sailinuu UC Irvine 2:14.44
8 Amy Brown San Diego St 2:15.06
9 Maggie Newton-Neal UC Irvine 2:16.39
10 Emerald Raney San Diego 2:17.38
11 Brittany Reimer UC Riverside 2:18.04
12 Vanessa Juarez Unattached 2:18.21