Wally Dashiell dances away with two American records in Maryland
Wally Dashiell
Furthermore, says Jerry, our niche’s national throws coordinator:
The weight throw records were set yesterday (Saturday); the TJ today (Sunday). It was a 2-day meet and was sanctioned by USATF and run by USATF officials. . . . They were very good about getting yesterday’s results up on line by yesterday evening.
No reason to think today’s won’t be up later today or tomorrow. There’s also info about the meet, including listings of meet records set at the MSO home page.
Other performances of note that may not be listing in the story (which will be updated by tomorrow some time) include Oscar Peyton at 11.89 in the 100 yesterday into a stiff breeze (I don’t know the wind reading, but it was definitely more than 2mps in his face). Today he ran in the high 24s in the 200 again into a headwind after an hour long rain delay for a passing monsoon.
Yesterday Ken Moss (M60) threw the 20# weight 18.39 (a PR for the 2009 Indoor WT champion) and the hammer 46.45. Today’s top marks other than the records and Oscar were by Larry Rosen in the M50 discus at 47.54 and by Alby Williams in the M70 200. Alby ran the 100 yesterday in 13.84 into the same headwind that Oscar Peyton was facing and clocked 66.04 in the 400 as well. He looked good today in the 200 as well, but I didn’t catch his time. He won the 100 and 200 in M70 in Sacramento, but in better times with no headwind.
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One correction Ken. Wally and Audrey were both throwing the 4kg weight that became official for W75+ on May 1.
Interesting that marks set at the Sr Olympics of a single state (Maryland) may well be ratified when the marks set at the national championships (Sr Games in Palo Alto) last year were not.
One meets all the requirements for ratification; the other was deemed not to meet them not just by one person but by a nearly unanimous vote of the Masters Committee at the USATF Convention last December after considerable discussion where many views were expressed.
We have moved beyond this as a sport I hope. In the future it won’t be an issue at the National Senior Games as they have now contracted with USATF Masters Committee for our Games Committee to conduct the track and field portion of the National Senior Games.
As we were reminded by Rex Harvey at last week’s USA Masters Throws Championships, records set at our championship events are automatically accepted as well (save situations like Landover in 2009 when the timing system failed for some of the races and no official time could be determined — not the fault of the Records Committee).
Let’s move on.
Why move on, Jerry, if athletes have not been treated fairly? You mean the many athletes who have set legitimate records over the years and saw them rejected (or at least not accepted, which amounts to the same thing) should just give up?
As for “records set at our championship events are automatically accepted as well,” why was that not the case for Boston 2010? And what about Charlie Kern at Landover in 2009, where an official time of 8:37.94 in the 3000 was determined and the record was not accepted? That’s the fault of the Records Committee, is it not?
What about the W40 1500 outdoor record of 4:32.73, which ranks somewhere around 15th on the all-time list? What about the first 14 marks; should they be consigned to the dustbin of history? Let’s not move on, Jerry, until we get at least a few of these many injustices corrected.
We in Maryland are very fortunate to have Jerry help us put this meet together. With Jerry’s oversight the meet was run in a professional manner.
The volunteers were great and the venue excellent in spite of the rain for day two. Thanks Jerry!!!
Keith Mathis
I had the great pleasure of being among the women throwers at the Maryland Senior meet. Wally and Audrey were fabulous to watch.
To those in charge -kudos to Meet Director, Jerry B-W; Howard Community College T&F Coach Stan Musseleman; and Maryland Senior Olympics Executive Director Ted Wroth. I so appreciated that this was a sanctioned meet. And it gave me comfort as an athlete to know that if a mark might be a record – that those in charge knew how to record and document the accomplishment and not let the athlete down.
A fantasitic facility and considerate officials who kept athletes advised if they perceived any backup in events. Only the rain on Day 2 temporarily halted competition. The announcer repeatedly kept the athletes informed about the situation.
And speaking of the announcer – the layout of the track, jumps and throw areas allowed for all to hear the announcer. Many of throwers are often assisgned to a field to throw. So it was nice to hear the announcers report on the throwers accomplishments. Something rarely experienced in meets.
The Maryland meet was open to athletes from any state. If was a wonderful experience that helped athletes – especially a number of first-timers – prepare for national competition.
It’s easy to say “lets move on” if you aren’t one of the athletes who didn’t get their record verified.
As an athletic that has had three American Records that were set at National Meets not recognized I can assure you that saying “lets move on” is not easy but simply a reality of life.
What is easy is to post anoymously so you don’t have to take the heat for your posts.
Tim Edwards
(the older one from Colorado)
Then Tim you are a generous forgiving person when it comes to these snafus. Some of us are not lucky or skilled as you when it comes to setting multiple records as father time is not kind. If most of us were to set one and then have it discarded due to administrative messups. It would be a very Bitter pill to swallow. Anonymous posts can be necessary on this subject;it’s not easy, only prudent.
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