Raschker, Lida lead record barrage at Bloomington indoor nationals

After Day 1 of indoor nationals, my breath is already taken away: Six world records set, trumpets the posting on USATF.org I haven’t checked to see if earlier, unreported marks are superior, but these look current. Phil Raschker has more world records to my her name than I have hairs on my head, and M75 Bob Lida has been on fire all season. So no surprises there. Results are posted here. I can’t wait to see how the rest of 800 entrants fare. M90 Ralph Maxwell upped the pentathlon WR and Canada’s Christa Bortignon got the WR in the W75 pentathlon in Friday’s competition at Indiana University. Also, we learn: “Additional American records Friday included: Jeanne Daprano in the W70 400m in 1:21.28; Danelle Readinger in the W35 pentathlon with a score of 2,446; Max Green in the M80 3,000m race walk in a time of 20:02.76 and Nolan Shaheed in the M60 3,000m run in a time of 9:48.84.”