Darren Scott dazzles another deuce: M40 indoor WR of 21.71

Darren Scott

British authorities have posted news of yet another 200-meter world record for Darren Scott. Under the headline “Great Scott!” we are told: “Darren Scott, Northern Veterans AC, whizzed to a new World M40 200m record in a sizzling 21.71sec at the Birmingham Indoor Games on Saturday 6 February. Darren, the current European M35 Champion, erased the 21.94 mark set by Enrico Saraceni of Italy in Genoa, in 2005.” Of course, that BMAF report overlooks the 21.81 Darren ran a few weeks ago (and reported here). So another tenth comes off. The Age-Graded Tables consider 21.71 equivalent to an open time of 20.13. His local paper also details the deuce:

Dave Bettley, writing in the Runcorn and Widnes Weekly News, says:

RUNCORN’S very own Flying Scotsman has steamed in to overtake his world indoor record.

Scottish international 200m star Darren Scott took a tenth of a second off the mark he had set in winning the silver medal at last month’s North of England Championships at Sheffield.

His latest run of 21.71 – a new global best for a 40-45 year old Masters runner – also earned the veteran Weston Point athlete another overall second place.

He was runner-up on the boards to Craig

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Fleming in a senior open-age race at the Birmingham Games.

The only down side for Scott was losing his No1 Scottish ranking to the winner, who clocked 21.50.

“At least he had to do a personal best to do it,” said Scott.

The 40-year-old Fitness First personal trainer continues to defy logic by getting the better of athletes half his age.

“It was a fantastic performance as I had already done a heat and semi-final,” he said.

“They announced it over the public address system that I had broken the world record and everybody was delighted for me.

“Everyone’s wondering what’s going on? But they forget I did run a 21.62 when I was 39 before having almost a year out injured.

“I had a little idea I had got the record when I saw the clock had stopped at 21.50 for Craig.”

Scott’s indoor record time puts him fifth on the all-time list, including outdoor runs, at his age group.

He has now been invited to compete in this weekend’s televised Aviva World Trials and Indoor Championships at Sheffield.

Complete results for the Birmingham indoor meet are in this Excel file.

But here’s the race that matters:

Pos Perf Name AG Age DOB Club SB PB
1 21.50 i Craig Fleming SB SEN M 22 25.03.87 Belgrave 21.50 21.30
2 21.71 i Darren Scott SB V40 M 40 07.03.69 Trafford/Southern Counties Vets 21.71 21.0
3 22.21 i Andrew Owens SEN M 24 05.11.85 Liverpool H 22.20 21.91
4 22.23 i Ollie King SB U23 M 21 20.12.88 Woking/Birmingham Uni 22.23 21.9
5 23.23 i Aaron Teall SB SEN M 22 10.05.87 Cardiff/UWIC 22.97 22.3