More than 200 expected at Western States masters invitational
This morning I competed at the California State Games masters meet at Balboa Stadium (scene of some Jim Ryun mile records) in San Diego. New track. Low turnout. Maybe 40 people showed. Lots of leftover PowerAde bottles. But it was a gorgeous cool day, and overcast. By contrast, the 3rd annual Western States Masters International Invitational — a three-day event starting today at UC Davis (not far from Sacramento) — will have a much bigger turnout. Some 171 athletes are entered, including Olympian Cherrie Sherrard (W70 throws) and Masters Hall of Famer Irene Obera (W75 sprints). See this entrant roster. But Mary Woo, one of the meet directors, says about 30 may register over the weekend, bringing the potential field to 200-plus. So folks should have some great competition. (But drink lots of fluids!) Best of luck to all.
From left: Elmer Haynes, Mary Woo, Liz Palmer and Parker White helped at last year's Western States meet at UC Davis, where several American records were set.
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Wow, I would of liked to run this meet where was it posted?
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Let’s be fair … there are two very good reasons why the California State Games in San Diego had low Masters participation: (1) the USATF West Region Masters Championships (Costa Mesa, CA) was scheduled on the same weekend, and (2) this is the first year that the California State Games included (reintroduced?) Masters track & field.
The real issue here lies is scheduling. A novel idea – avoid scheduling both meets on the same weekend. This would increase Masters participation rather dilute participation by forcing Masters athletes to make a choice between the two meets. Did anyone notice that both meets were run by USATF?
Ed Burke crushed simply CRUSHED the Mens’ 70 WMA record in the hammer (listed 53.12, though I think there was another mark pending) and his WMA record from his previous age group (55.74) with a HUGE throw of 58.60m!!!! I can’t wait to see what he does in the weight and super weight tomorrow! We had some stellar marks over the last couple of days- http://www.redcaptiming.com
Also, we hit 200 entries exactly today- and I expect a few more meet-day registrations tomorrow. Stay tuned…
Regarding my previous post- Ed’s WR throw occured at the Western States Meet. Sorry I didn’t make that clear initially.
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