Waller, Collins and Allie win at Sydney; but where’s Peters?
Results of the 100-meter finals are posted Down Under, but a big mystery remains: What happened to Britain’s Steve Peters after the M55 100 prelims (where he ran 11.98)?  Peters, the M55 world champ from Lahti, had signed up for the Sydney World Masters Games to challenge Bill Collins of Texas. But the semis and finals show no Peters in the field. Here are results of today’s M55 final. So sorry if injury intervened. Bill won the final in 11.76 — off his own WR of 11.44 set last year at Penn. (Peters won the M55 final at Lahti in 11.57, but it had an illegal aiding wind of 2.9 mps.) Michael Waller, meanwhile, won Sydney’s M50 race in 11.59. And fellow American Charles Allie won the M60 race in 12.37. On Sunday, Phil Raschker won the W60 race by nearly a second, clocking 14.44 at age 62. (She also won the vault at 2.10 / 6-10 3/4.) Also, check out this FABULOUS report (including an amazing video on Ruth Frith).
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Roll on, Charles, Bill, Michael, and Phil. You are truly remarkable, all of you. Wish I could have been there, but Australia is too far from Virginia, at least in my book.
Hope to see all of you in Boston this March for indoors.
Way to go guys I wish I could be there.See you guys in Canada.
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