In track, conventional wisdom dictates that as you age, you go for longer distances. Milers move up to 5K, and 10K’ers try the marathon, for example. (Even Carl Lewis is infected. He’s training for a marathon in 2012, when he turns 50.) But Orville Rogers, a world recordman in the middle distances, is going in the opposite direction. At least he did over the weekend at the USATF Southwestern Association meet at Coppell, Texas, near Dallas. Orville did the 1-2-4 triple in 21.01, 47.64 and 1:50.90. Not bad at age 92. The M90 world records for those distances are 17.53, 38.57 and 1:35.04. But think of Orville’s kick in the 1500 at nationals! Orville also is featured in a five-part YouTube series of him sky-diving last year:

Meet results are courtesy of Wayne Bennett:

USATF Southwestern Association Meet

Coppell High School
5/29/2010
HT
W75 1 Provost, Phyllis 76 15.41m
9 HT
M1- 1 Riewerts, Ed Jr 18 37.41m
HT
M45 1 Solleder, John 48 19.82m
M50 1 Jansson, Kenneth 52 52.84m
2 Riewerts, Ed Sr 51 44.11m
3 Carlson, Tom 52 39.48m
4 Jain, Michael 54 28.29m
M55 1 Lantrip, Donald 58 34.76m
M60 1 Masters, Reed 63 35.60m
M65 1 Moore, David 66 22.08m
M70 1 LaBarge, Pete 71 36.62m
2 Crater, Harold 71 23.77m
M75 1 Ward, Bob 76 48.83m
M85 – Blassingame, Earl 88 FOUL
SP
W50 1 Ellis, Joann 52 6.75m
W70 1 Whitlock, Shelly 70 6.15m
W75 1 Provost, Phyllis 76 6.19m
9 SP
M1- 1 Smith, Jerome 20 14.11m
SP
M35 1 Byrd, Jerry 37 10.86m
M40 1 Hatcher, Randy 41 9.53m
M45 1 Cole, John 47 10.34m
2 Solleder, John 48 9.41m
M50 1 Riewerts, Ed Sr 51 14.50m
2 Jansson, Kenneth 52 13.15m
3 Carlson, Tom 52 12.31m
M55 1 Lantrip, Donald 58 10.95m
2 Dolan, John 57 8.80m
M60 1 Filipski, Steve 60 14.78m
2 Masters, Reed 63 9.50m
3 Schaffer, Terrell 61 9.31m
M65 1 Berry, Gayle 68 11.14m
2 Moore, David 66 7.98m
M70 1 Cantrell, John 74 11.28m
2 LaBarge, Pete 71 10.99m
3 Crater, Harold 71 8.14m
M75 1 Ward, Bob 76 10.99m
2 Hein, Richard 77 9.38m
M85 1 Blassingame, Earl 88 6.63m
DT
W50 1 Ellis, Joann 52 17.68m
W75 1 Provost, Phyllis 76 15.08m
9 DT
M1- 1 Riewerts, Ed Jr 18 38.27m
2 Smith, Jerome 20 30.81m
DT
M35 1 Byrd, Jerry 37 27.73m
M40 1 Hatcher, Randy 41 25.70m
M45 1 Cole, John 47 32.16m
2 Solleder, John 48 25.11m
M50 1 Riewerts, Ed Sr 51 54.75m
2 Jansson, Kenneth 52 45.01m
3 Carlson, Tom 52 43.34m
M55 1 Lantrip, Donald 58 35.26m
M60 1 Masters, Reed 63 34.82m
2 Schaffer, Terrell 61 30.56m
M65 1 Napier, Jim 65 37.67m
2 Berry, Gayle 68 29.18m
M70 1 LaBarge, Pete 71 36.94m
2 Cantrell, John 74 28.00m
3 Crater, Harold 71 23.67m
M75 1 Ward, Bob 76 38.10m
M85 1 Blassingame, Earl 88 17.09m
JT
W35 1 Johnson, Kelly 38 23.33m
W50 1 Ellis, Joann 52 16.08m
W65 1 Berry, Peggy 66 16.16m
9 JT
M1- 1 Riewerts, Ed Jr 18 36.94m
JT
M35 1 Byrd, Jerry 37 38.30m
M40 1 Dalke, Thomas 43 47.15m
M45 1 Cole, John 47 26.03m
2 Solleder, John 48 21.36m
M50 1 Ellis, Ken 52 45.09m
2 Carlson, Tom 52 43.49m
3 Jansson, Kenneth 52 32.26m
M55 1 Easley, Rick 56 44.91m
2 Lantrip, Donald 58 31.28m
M60 1 Masters, Reed 63 26.23m
M65 1 Berry, Gayle 68 24.31m
M70 1 LaBarge, Pete 71 37.72m
2 Cantrell, John 74 28.66m
3 Crater, Harold 71 16.71m
M75 1 Ward, Bob 76 31.40m
M85 1 Blassingame, Earl 88 13.50m
WT
M45 1 Solleder, John 48 5.97m
M50 1 Jansson, Kenneth 52 19.22m
2 Carlson, Tom 52 14.65m
M55 1 Lantrip, Donald 58 12.93m
M60 1 Masters, Reed 63 12.76m
M65 1 Berry, Gayle 68 11.88m
M70 1 LaBarge, Pete 71 14.87m
2 Cantrell, John 74 11.31m
3 Crater, Harold 71 8.65m
M75 1 Ward, Bob 76 15.97m
M85 1 Blassingame, Earl 88 6.29m
9 Longm Hurdles 400m
W1- 1 Gaffney, Kealey 18 1:24.37
Longm Hurdles 400m
M45 – Garzillo, Thomas 49 DNF
M55 1 Easley, Rick 56 1:08.84
9 100m
W1- 1 Clarke, Jessica 22 12.04
100m
W35 1 Rosborough, Lisa 37 13.19
2 Horne-Jefferson, St 36 13.73
W40 1 Wren-Fields, Brigit 41 13.85
W50 1 Davis, Stevelyn 51 16.25
2 Stuart, Debra 54 16.93
9 100m
M1- 1 McDaniel, Otis 23 10.64
2 Kearney, Christian 21 11.94
100m
M30 1 Williams, Ricardo 33 11.39
M40 1 Menzies, Wade 43 12.16
2 Chandler, Jerry 42 12.35
3 Menzies, Ward 43 12.57
4 Moore, Eddie 44 12.75
M45 1 Hagler, Trent 46 11.44
2 Granowski, Scott 49 13.08
M50 1 Ellis, Ken 52 13.10
2 Jain, Michael 54 13.41
3 Rowen, Tom 51 13.76
4 Kirk, Jeff 54 13.88
5 Gardner, Bradley 52 14.78
M55 1 Riddle, Richard 58 12.46
2 Siu, Max 57 13.14
– Chow, David 55 DQ
M65 1 Pratt, James 68 15.13
M75 1 Acord, Kent 76 15.32
M90 1 Rogers, Orville 92 21.01
1500m
W35 1 Haavikko, Hanna 35 5:11.68
M45 1 Granowski, Scott 49 5:44.23
M55 1 Pearson, Paul 59 5:00.82
M60 1 Taylor, Randy 62 5:20.77
M65 1 Crockett, Frank 67 5:51.14
9 Short Hurdles 100m
W1- 1 Gaffney, Kealey 18 16.52
Short Hurdles 100m
M50 1 Ellis, Ken 52 15.17
9 200m
W1- 1 Clarke, Jessica 22 24.33
2 Gaffney, Kealey 18 30.50
200m
W35 1 Rosborough, Lisa 37 27.16
2 Horne-Jefferson, St 36 28.98
W40 1 Wren-Fields, Brigit 41 29.21
W50 1 Stuart, Debra 54 35.48
9 200m
M1- 1 McDaniel, Otis 23 20.84
2 Kearney, Christian 21 23.62
200m
M30 1 Slowley, Steve 31 21.27
M35 1 Larsen, Adrian 38 25.98
M40 1 Menzies, Wade 43 25.34
2 Chandler, Jerry 42 25.78
3 Menzies, Ward 43 26.24
M45 1 Hagler, Trent 46 23.73
2 Kountze, Michael 49 24.26
3 Smith, David 49 26.11
4 Granowski, Scott 49 26.26
M50 1 Ellis, Ken 52 26.87
2 Jain, Michael 54 28.05
3 Rowen, Tom 51 28.40
4 Kirk, Jeff 54 29.11
M55 1 Dolan, John 57 27.84
2 Siu, Max 57 28.09
M60 1 Raggio, Ken 60 28.22
M65 1 Pratt, James 68 32.84
2 Campbell, Charles 68 38.15
M75 1 Acord, Kent 76 35.11
M90 1 Rogers, Orville 92 47.64
800m
W35 1 Haavikko, Hanna 35 2:19.45
W40 1 Dryden-McCann, Shel 44 3:11.02
M45 1 Granowski, Scott 49 2:25.72
M50 1 Martinez, Alex 51 2:21.93
2 Gardner, Bradley 52 2:43.77
M55 1 Moore, Dave 56 2:30.80
M60 1 Taylor, Randy 62 2:32.17
M65 1 Crockett, Frank 67 2:44.51
400m
M1- 1 Kearney, Christian 21 54.20
400m
M45 1 Ingram, Matt 46 57.53
2 Ledbetter, John 48 1:00.81
3 Granowski, Scott 49 1:00.82
M50 1 Raney, Lindy 51 58.16
2 Anderson, Scott 52 1:02.36
3 McCormick, Jeff 50 1:08.01
– Martinez, Alex 51 DNF
M55 1 Riddle, Richard 58 59.89
2 Chow, David 55 1:08.88
M60 1 Raggio, Ken 60 1:03.53
2 Lewis, Bill 63 1:05.00
M65 1 Crockett, Frank 67 1:16.71
2 Pratt, James 68 1:19.96
M90 1 Rogers, Orville 92 1:50.90
5000m
M30 1 Prior, Andy 31 18:37.39
M40 1 DeGado, Hector 41 18:48.08
3000m Walk
M65 1 Gordon, David 68 19:42.71
M75 1 Donaldson, Presley 76 23:59.24
PV
W70 1 Whitlock, Shelly 70 1.53m
M50 1 Strong, Jerry 52 4.14m
M55 1 Bing, Charlie 56 3.05m
M70 1 Islett, Don 71 3.05m
9 LJ
W1- 1 Gaffney, Kealey 18 4.68m
M1- 1 Kearney, Christian 21 6.33m
LJ
M55 1 Siu, Max 57 4.74m
M70 1 Islett, Don 71 4.08m
M75 1 Hein, Richard 77 3.17m
9 TJ
M1- 1 Kearney, Christian 21 10.75m
TJ
M55 1 Siu, Max 57 10.71m
HJ
W70 1 Whitlock, Shelly 70 0.97m
W75 1 Provost, Phyllis 76 0.89m
M50 1 Bryant, Kevin 51 1.73m
2 Ellis, Ken 52 1.58m
3 Kirk, Jeff 54 1.43m
M55 1 Dolan, John 57 1.43m
M60 1 Schaffer, Terrell 61 1.27m
M65 1 Berry, Gayle 68 1.07m
M70 1 Islett, Don 71 1.27m
M75 1 Hein, Richard 77 1.07m
Weight Pentathlon
M45 1 Solleder, John 48 1676
M50 1 Jansson, Kenneth 52 3994
2 Carlson, Tom 52 3513
M55 1 Lantrip, Donald 58 3160
M60 1 Masters, Reed 63 2977
M70 1 LaBarge, Pete 71 4250
2 Crater, Harold 71 2325
M75 1 Ward, Bob 76 5271
M85 1 Blassingame, Earl 88 2711