In a postal meet of my own concoction, W45 Alisa Harvey nipped M60 Nolan Shaheed in the 800 Saturday — Alisa clocking 2:13.67 in Fairfax, Virginia, to Nolan’s 2:13.94 in Claremont, California. But that’s not the fun part. Running against the kiddies at collegiate invitationals, Alisa and Nolan both notched their latest American age-group records. Alisa smashed the listed 800 AR of 2:18.72 by DeeDee Grafius dating back to 1997, and Nolan ran a 1500 at the same meet in 4:30.39, lowering his own AR of 4:31.93 from May 2010. Yowza! Further coincidence: Both were USATF Masters Athletes of the Year in 2007. Each shared details of their latest records.

Alisa and Nolan are middle-distance marvels. Who will be the top record-setter?

Nolan writes:

The weather was perfect on Saturday and there were around 25 young men in my race, so all I had to do was stay in the pack. My first lap was 70 seconds and I was at 2:25 at 800 meters and 3:38 at three laps. (See results here.)

The most interesting thing … was after the race I was debating with David Parke and Rich Burns if I should go through the hassle of trying to get the papers signed from officials who don’t care too much about masters runners. (Sometimes it has taken hours before they decide they have time to sign) and if it will be ratified anyway.  

David went right up to the meet announcer and told him I set an American record and the elderly announcer was so impressed that he made a wonderful announcement about masters runners and my record, which made it very easy when Rich introduced me to the meet directer and gave me a records form. (Rich set a 3000M NR at the same meet last year.)

The meet directer took the time to walk with me personally to the starter and timing guy who both smiled and congratulated me and made me feel as if I had done something good.

Alisa wrote me about her 800 AR at George Mason University and the Mason Spring Invitational. (See results here.)

The distance segment of the race was run in the evening. The weather was a touch cool: 50-degrees and cloudy. Thank goodness there was no wind. I am pleased with the outdoor season opener. I have not had a chance to train for speed yet this season. It has been mostly cool, wet and windy this spring.

I simply had no change of gears after a modest first lap of 65 seconds; the leaders were 64 seconds. I tried to make a move on the back stretch but I had no speed in my legs. I am pleased with my recovery and energy after the race.

Now don’t hate on me for this, but I can’t resist asking:

Here are the results for Nolan and Alisa’s races:

Men 800 Meter Run
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StrehleTrack: * 1:47.10 4/16/2004 Michael Stember, Nike
PP Inv Meet: ! 1:47.10 4/16/2004 Michael Stember, Nike
Name Year School Finals
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1 Cameron Levins Southern Utah 1:51.48
2 David Holm Calgary Int’l TC 1:52.13
3 Alex Amankwah Running Roma 1:53.14
4 Chase Williams Cal Baptist 1:53.15
5 Cesar Daniel Belmán Ortí Zeit Schnell 1:53.31
6 Montrail Brooks Azusa Pacific 1:53.67
7 Spencer Remick USC 1:54.83
8 Thomas Marshall Redlands 1:54.84
9 Jacob Goodin Westmont 1:55.33
10 Colin Flynn Pomona-Pitzer 1:55.34
10 Eric Sandall Southern Utah 1:55.34
12 Kevin Sandall Southern Utah 1:55.35
13 Miles Brewington USC 1:55.59
14 Anthony Heredia UC San Diego 1:55.99
14 Jeff Vignos Claremont-M-S 1:55.99
16 Trevor Smith Unattached 1:56.11
17 Chris Cline Cal Baptist 1:56.19
18 Barry Wilkins USC 1:56.39
19 Rico Greenhowe TrackWest 1:56.75
20 Wade Meddles Azusa Pacific 1:56.81
21 Andrew Snyder Unattached 1:56.83
22 Tommy Newton-Neal Unattached 1:57.18
23 Eric Williams Westmont 1:57.19
24 Matt Shiney Westmont 1:57.26
25 Dallas Eborn Southern Utah 1:57.49
26 Devan Antzcak Southern Utah 1:57.79
27 Billy Mitchell Vanguard 1:58.09
28 Shane Kunselman Claremont-M-S 1:58.35
29 Amir Shirif Unattached 1:58.38
30 Juan Arjona Unattached 1:58.58
31 Dominick Reinhold Pomona-Pitzer 1:58.75
32 Eddy Lee Unattached 1:58.92
33 Riley McKee Azusa Pacific 1:59.06
34 Benjamin Condrea U. of San Diego 1:59.08
35 rafael dominguez Unattached 1:59.43
36 David Donner Westmont 1:59.47
37 Nelson Lopez Unattached 1:59.87
38 Matt Huntington USC 1:59.91
39 Sam Neal Calgary Int’l TC 2:00.04
40 Kevin Robison Southern Utah 2:00.23
41 Seth Allison Pepperdine 2:00.37
42 Dan Olmsted Claremont-M-S 2:00.38
43 Stephen Avila Westmont 2:00.44
44 Larry Carr TrackWest 2:00.56
44 Kai Gamble Unattached 2:00.56
46 Christopher Pleitez UC San Diego 2:00.76
47 Eric Baum Unattached 2:00.83
48 andrew rivera Unattached 2:01.04
49 Rudy Mendoza U. of San Diego 2:01.23
50 Ari Davis Claremont-M-S 2:01.47
51 Paul Castro Azusa Pacific 2:01.60
52 Ismael Samano Unattached 2:01.74
53 Esteban Carranza Unattached 2:01.87
54 Dan Smith Loyola Marymount 2:02.67
55 Duncan Ashby Redlands 2:02.72
56 Keith Chambers TrackWest 2:02.76
57 Elijah Rono Southern Utah 2:03.48
58 Chris Whitaker Point Loma 2:03.72
59 Derik Harrison Redlands 2:04.07
60 Christian Saylor Azusa Pacific 2:04.20
61 Joey Anderson Claremont-M-S 2:04.37
62 Crispin Collins USC 2:04.59
63 Gerardo Soria Westmont 2:04.79
64 Nigel Sharp Southern Utah 2:05.07
65 Jon Gomez Unattached 2:05.27
66 Thomas Cahuzac Occidental 2:05.30
67 Kai Orans Pomona-Pitzer 2:05.35
68 Robert Kearney Unattached 2:05.39
69 Garrison Gourdeau Westmont 2:05.46
70 Sei Masuoka Caltech 2:06.76
71 Michael Herrera Loyola Marymount 2:07.01
72 Chris Quintero CSU San Marcos 2:07.25
73 Artem Pyryev Fresno Pacific 2:08.26
74 Al Haslerig III Unattached 2:09.17
75 Caleb Meister Vanguard 2:10.48
76 Andrew Imthurn Occidental 2:12.02
77 Miguel Gonzales CSU Bakersfield 2:12.35
78 Kyle Metcalfe Pomona-Pitzer 2:12.47
79 Nolan Shaheed SoCal 2:13.94
80 Hunter Taylor Cal Baptist 2:16.76
81 Travis Van Leeuwen Unattached 2:17.42
82 Alexander Zou Pomona-Pitzer 2:21.46

Men 1500 Meter Run
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StrehleTrack: * 3:38.83 4/16/2004 Jason Lunn, Nike
PP Inv Meet: ! 3:38.83 4/16/2004 Jason Lunn, Nike
Name Year School Finals
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1 Cameron Levins Southern Utah 3:45.38
2 Matt Lambert New Zealand 3:48.17
3 Brett Campfield CSU San Marcos 3:51.97
4 Eric Sandall Southern Utah 3:55.15
5 Sergio Gonzalez Team BSK 3:55.89
6 Devan Antzcak Southern Utah 3:55.94
7 Lenny Santana CSU San Marcos 3:56.32
8 Christian de Glymes Vanguard 3:56.62
9 Zach Doran Claremont-M-S 3:57.01
10 Kevin Sandall Southern Utah 3:57.28
11 Jorge Jabaz Concordia (CA) 3:57.76
12 Chris Flaherty U. of San Diego 3:58.25
13 Anthony Pizzo The Master’s 3:58.74
14 Ishmael Rodriguez CSU San Marcos 3:58.90
15 Ryan Carrell Cal Poly Pomona 3:59.22
16 Georgi Dinolov Claremont-M-S 3:59.34
17 James Leckie USC 4:00.32
18 Dallas Eborn Southern Utah 4:00.50
19 Clinton Rhoton Southern Utah 4:02.30
20 Javier Madrid Cal Baptist 4:02.32
21 Mariano Baez Cal Poly Pomona 4:03.17
22 Ismael Samano Unattached 4:03.52
23 Billy Mitchell Vanguard 4:03.96
24 Shane Carlos Unattached 4:03.97
25 Nigel Sharp Southern Utah 4:04.69
26 Danny Ledesma Biola 4:06.41
27 Jose Lopez CSU Bakersfield 4:06.44
28 Jonathan Alpizar CSU San Marcos 4:06.48
29 Jordan Wozniak Pepperdine 4:06.58
30 Shinano Miyazawa Southern Utah 4:06.91
31 Kevin Robison Southern Utah 4:07.13
32 Scott McMichael Cal Poly Pomona 4:07.15
33 Michael Hansen CSU San Marcos 4:07.28
34 Elijah Rono Southern Utah 4:07.58
35 Esteban Carranza Unattached 4:07.68
36 Frank Drevdahl Unattached 4:08.00
37 Jon Gomez Unattached 4:08.35
38 Cameron Erhardt U. of San Diego 4:08.74
39 andrew rivera Unattached 4:08.83
40 Eric Baum Unattached 4:08.85
41 Alex Tebbe Unattached 4:09.04
42 Western Nelson CSU San Marcos 4:09.49
43 Gustavo Cruz Cal Poly Pomona 4:09.94
44 Stephen Avila Westmont 4:10.45
45 Eddy Lee Unattached 4:10.64
46 Russell Mott Pepperdine 4:11.80
47 Brandon Croft Fresno Pacific 4:11.95
48 Marvin Ortiz Fresno Pacific 4:13.26
49 William MacNeil Point Loma 4:13.28
50 Seth Allison Pepperdine 4:13.70
51 Marvin Gonzales CSU Northridge 4:14.02
52 Michael Carlone Loyola Marymount 4:14.42
53 Joshua Bolliger CSU San Marcos 4:14.86
54 Tawei Ma CSU Northridge 4:15.86
55 Javier Hernandez Unattached 4:16.01
56 Clark Selters Cal Poly Pomona 4:16.03
57 Kevin Mancilla Whittier 4:16.44
58 Juan Ramirez Unattached 4:16.55
59 Mark Eichenlaub North Field 4:16.59
60 William West Unattached 4:16.62
61 Ryan Rosmarin Pomona-Pitzer 4:16.64
62 Kyle Russell Point Loma 4:17.41
63 Chris Gallagher CSU Hayward 4:17.56
64 Calvin Tan Unattached 4:17.67
65 Tyler Schieldge CSU San Marcos 4:18.26
66 Rudy Ramirez Unattached 4:18.95
67 Valente Villalobos CSU San Marcos 4:19.50
68 Michael Herrera Loyola Marymount 4:19.64
69 Jordan Vega Whittier 4:20.36
70 Gerardo Soria Westmont 4:20.57
71 Marco Leone Whittier 4:21.08
72 Jaime Bravo CSU Bakersfield 4:22.18
73 Alan Menezes Caltech 4:22.21
74 Alexander Johann Pomona-Pitzer 4:22.68
75 Caleb Meister Vanguard 4:22.96
76 Jacob Arango Whittier 4:23.25
77 Jesse Beason Unattached 4:23.57
78 Miguel Gonzales CSU Bakersfield 4:25.03
79 Spencer Hall UC San Diego 4:25.40
80 Dustin Blankenship CSU San Marcos 4:26.01
81 Miguel Galvez CSU Northridge 4:26.55
82 Chad Smith Vanguard 4:27.44
83 Derek Pesta Pepperdine 4:28.17
84 Max Coyle Pomona-Pitzer 4:28.34
85 Brandon Rista Whittier 4:29.86
86 Jasper Chang Team 1UP 4:30.14
87 Nolan Shaheed SoCal 4:30.39
88 Matt Hoekstra Azusa Pacific 4:30.62
89 Will Livingston Caltech 4:31.37
90 Grant Stafford Pomona-Pitzer 4:32.51
91 ricky dorado Unattached 4:35.34
92 Dylan Poorboy Point Loma 4:35.72
93 Miguel Gonzalez Cal Baptist 4:36.21
94 Travis Van Leeuwen Unattached 4:36.70
95 Ciano Ordinola Unattached 4:38.84
96 richard burns compex racing 4:45.07
97 Alex Zou Unattached 4:48.98
98 Samuel Mata CSU Bakersfield 4:57.87

Women 800 Meter Run
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Name Year School Seed Finals
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Section 1
1 Tomlin, Renee Georgetown 2:05.00 2:06.72
2 Cox, Chelsea Georgetown 2:06.00 2:07.63
3 Ryan, Maura Penn State 2:08.75 2:08.52
4 Dasilva, Shanique Georgetown 2:11.20 2:10.85
5 Menges, Emily Georgetown 2:09.00 2:10.87
6 Deloache, Becca Georgetown 2:09.00 2:12.42
7 Harvey, Alisa Unattached 2:10.00 2:13.67