Jeff Laynes maintains his speed at Canada’s KofC
Northern California’s Jeff Laynes, 37 going on 17, ran 50 meters in 5.91 seconds Friday night at the Knights of Columbus meet in Saskatoon, Canada. Last year, he ran 5.86. Pretty consistent. In 2007, he ran the 60 meters on the meet’s second day in 6.74. I haven’t seen results from Saturday night yet. Jeff, who sat out a couple years with a drug suspension, has been consistently among the fastest M35s in recent years. He’s already qualified for the Olympic Trials, meeting the “B” qualifying standard of 10.28 last April. (He ran a legal 10.16). But he just needs to be in the top 32 on the U.S. list come June. He’ll likely be the oldest male sprinter at the Eugene Trials.
Here’s Jeff’s race from Friday:
2008 Knights of Columbus Games
Friday Night Results
Men’s 50 Metres
5.76 Nicolas Macrozonaris
5.81 Pierre Brown
5.83 Brian Barnett
5.89 Emanuel Parris
5.91 Seth Amoo
5.91 Jeff Laynes
5.96 Steve Slowly
6.01 Tim Walls
2 Responses
Jeff: You are right. We need to have dreams. I wish you the best and a place in Beijing.
Hi, thanks for the great blog, a truly great beginning for the new year, keep up the great work, Tracy.
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