Going into Saturday’s mile at the Portland Track Festival in Oregon, Nolan Shaheed at 62 had twice bettered the listed American M60 mile record of 4:58.2. But they didn’t count. Portland will, however. Nolan took last in a field of 16, but clocked 4:53.01 to add the outdoor record to his indoor one. (The listed WR is 4:51.85 by Tony McManus of New Zealand, a recent result.) Six days after winning the downhill State Street Mile in Santa Barbara in 4:12, Tim Gore, 42, added the masters mile title at Portland in 4:19.81. The masters women’s 3000 race went to W40 Kris Paaso in a meet record 9:42.60. The listed American record remains 9:27.45 by Carmen Troncoso. Tony Young didn’t run the men’s mile, however, missing a chance at lowering the M50 record. All the great photos here are by Diana Hernandez.

Joanna Harper shares this race summary of the 3000 she organized:

The master’s women’s 3000 meters started with rabbit Eva Vail towing the leaders through the mile in approximately 5:18. After she stepped off the track, Grace Padilla took over the lead and picked up the pace. Her two consecutive 400s in 76 seconds shook off everyone but Kris Paaso. With 500 meters to run, Kris put the hammer down, and the race was over very quickly. Kris finished very strongly and recorded a huge PR, and meet record, running 9:42.6. Grace faded in the last lap, and was nearly caught by a hard charging Lyudmila Vasiliyeva, but did hold her off. Grace clocked 9:51 to Lyudmila’s 9:52, as the first three all cracked the 10 minute barrier. Notable performances were also put up by Kate Mactavish, whose 10:40 at age 49 was good for a 90.6% AG and by Tania Fischer who notched 10:29 at age 46.

Here is the race age-graded:

Kris Paaso 41 9 42.6 90.9% 0.947
Kate MacTavish 49 10 40.75 90.6% 0.8636
Lyudmila Vasilyeva 42 9 52.41 90.2% 0.938
Grace Padilla 41 9 51.71 89.5% 0.947
Tania Fischer 46 10 29.53 88.9% 0.8962
Betsy Seth 54 12 26.7 83.0% 0.8092
Joanna Harper 55 12 37.61 82.9% 0.7984
Wanda Toro 49 11 55.5 81.1% 0.8636

Here are results from Portand, which included some masters sprints.

Event 89 3000 Meter Run Masters Women
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Event Sponsor: Team Red Lizard
Meet: R 9:49.48 6/12/2010 Trina Painter, McMillan Elite
Name Year Team Seed Finals
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Finals
1 Kris Paaso New Balance 9:50.00 9:42.60R
2 Grace Padilla Nike Run LA 9:48.13 9:51.71
3 Lyudmila Vasilyeva Club NW 10:20.00 9:52.41
4 Tania Fischer Janes Elite Racing 9:59.00 10:29.53
5 Kate MacTavish Team Red Lizard 10:57.00 10:40.75
6 Betsy Seth Team Red Lizard 12:30.00 12:26.70
7 Joanna Harper Team Red Lizard 12:30.00 12:37.61
— Jennifer Teppo Unattached 11:20.00 DNS
— wanda toro Unattached 11:51.00 DNS
— Lynne O’Donnell Bowerman Ath 11:08.00 DNS
— Candy Puterbaugh Unattached 12:30.64 DNS

Event 287 1 Mile Run Masters Men
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Event Sponsor: Steve Strode, Broker
Meet: R 4:14.47 6/13/2009 Jim Sorenson, Unattached
Name Year Team Seed Finals
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Finals
1 Tim Gore Team Bsk 4:15.00 4:19.81
2 Jonathan Swanson Unattached 4:24.00 4:21.18
3 Charlie Kern Greater Phil 4:22.09 4:21.70
4 John Boosinger Unattached 4:20.00 4:21.94
5 Randy Wasinger Kansas City 4:20.60 4:22.09
6 Ian gillespie Unattached 3:57.60 4:24.28
7 Rikki Hacker Kansas City 4:22.80 4:25.40
8 David Weiler Unattached 4:15.00 4:27.02
9 Mike Blackmore Bowerman Ath 4:26.00 4:27.67
10 Kristian Blaich Unattached 4:32.00 4:32.91
11 Ron Kochanowicz Kansas City 4:35.70 4:33.24
12 Peter Magill Cal Coast Tr 4:30.00 4:34.50
13 Ray Knerr Cal Coast/Compex 4:31.00 4:34.75
14 Thomas Kreuzpeintner Oregon Track Club 4:37.98 4:45.55
15 Matthew Thomas Club Northwest 4:42.00 4:50.54
16 Nolan Shaheed SoCal 4:24.00 4:53.01
— Kevin Paulk Bowerman AC DNF