Masters 100m exhibitions at U.S. open nationals: SOSDD
Google that acronym. That’s what the 100-meter men’s and women’s masters exhibitions at Des Moines nationals amount to. Details of these races, just announced, are now posted here. Men have to be under 11.4 and women under 13.6. But why always the younger age groups (M40, W40, etc.)? We’re seeing the same sprinters every other year (sorry, Willie Gault), and it’s time to give the older age groups a chance on the biggest USATF stage. At the Penn Relays, the oldest race (M75-plus) gets the biggest cheers. Why not invite the best M60-plus and W60-plus sprinters to Iowa in late June? Why not get the likes of Nadine O’Connor, Phil Raschker, Kathy Bergen and Irene Obera on the same track? All superstar Hall of Famers. Same for the men. How about Charles Allie, Stan Whitley, Steve Robbins? It’s not too late to right this injustice.
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Ouch! Just seeing that 11.4 standard hurt my hamstring…:-)
And how about inviting a Canadian or two – like Carol Lafayette-Boyd, who just broke the WR for W65 indoors in the long jump, and tied Nadine’s record for 60m. Remember those two racing each other in the last WMA meet? I think it was one each, as I recall
Had I not vowed to not run outside of Texas this year this would have been a great event to compete in…oh well….
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