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Wolfgang Ritte begins potential record rampage with WR vault

So it begins. Germany’s Wolfgang “Wolfie” Ritte has been a world champ and world record holder in the vault for years. Now he’s added to his legend with an M60 WR in the vault of 4.11 meters (13-5 3/4) in his first outdoor meet of the year, according to World Masters Athletics. He turned 60 [...]

May 11, 2013 Posted in: Uncategorized 3 Comments

McBarnette, Rogers explode for more world records at Landover

Rob Jerome, who took the storytelling photos on this entry, wrote Saturday: “Bruce McBarnette just won M55 HJ with 1.88 (6-2). Doesn’t that beat the 1.87 WR he set just a weeks ago? I ran into Bruce right before the competition, congratulated him on the WR he set a few weeks ago, and asked him [...]

March 24, 2013 Posted in: Uncategorized 3 Comments

Hugh Campbell crushes M85 indoor WR in 3000 by 100 seconds!

Competing in the Middle Atlantic USATF Open/Masters Indoor Championships at the University of Delaware last Sunday, 88-year-old Hugh Campbell ran 3000 meters in 15:46.41 — incredibly under the listed M85 indoor WR of 17:24.85 by Portugal’s José Canelo in 2011. Results are here. M60 Gary Grobman (who ran a nifty 11:38.39) graciously writes: “Hard to [...]

March 8, 2013 Posted in: Uncategorized 6 Comments

Charles Allie annihilates two long-sprint world records in M65

Charles Allie of Pittsburgh has been a superstar for decades, but quietly and with classy understatement. But his latest statement, a couple weeks after turning 65, deserves some pretty loud cheers. At a Potomac Valley Track Club meet early this month, he shattered world records in the 200 and 400, with astonishing times of 24.85 [...]

September 12, 2012 Posted in: Uncategorized 37 Comments

Bernard (not Bernand) Lagat goes sub-13 in 5000 at age 37

Since it takes me 13 minutes to run 5 laps, I have trouble fathoming Bernard Lagat’s latest otherworldly 5K mark. Thursday in Zurich, he ran 5,000 meters in 12:59.92 on a wet track, becoming the oldest man to go sub-13. He already holds the M35 world record (12:53.60 last year), but everyone knows you lose [...]

September 1, 2012 Posted in: Uncategorized One Comment

Lorraine Jasper of Athena TC takes top prize at Philly pentathlon

Throwers have pentathlons, so why not runners? That’s the theory behind the third annual Greater Philadelphia Runners Pentathlon held August 12 at Germantown Academy in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania. The club reports: “Lorraine Jasper of Athena Track Club led from the first event, 3000, and was never seriously challenged after placing close second in the two [...]

August 16, 2012 Posted in: Uncategorized 10 Comments

Nadine O’Connor puts on WR show for kids at Friday Night Vault

Nadine O’Connor elevated her own W70 world record in the vault Friday to 2.95 meters (9-8) at the latest in a series of USATF-sanctioned Friday Night Vaults. Previously held at San Diego State, the popular event is now at Patrick Henry High School in the San Carlos section of north San Diego. “There were mostly [...]

July 16, 2012 Posted in: Uncategorized 7 Comments

Tony Whiteman is the masters Bannister: goes sub-4 outdoors!

Fifty-eight years after Roger Bannister ran the first sub-4 mile, fellow Briton Tony Whiteman became the first over-40 runner to run four laps under 4 minutes outdoors, according to early reports from Saturday’s Music City Distance Carnival in Nashville, Tennessee. He’s reported to have run 3:58.79. Results are expected to be posted on this meet [...]

June 2, 2012 Posted in: Uncategorized 15 Comments

Dragutin Topic ups M40 WR to Valery Brumel in Russian’s prime!

This can’t be happening. A 41-year-old man has jumped as high as the 1960s world record of Valery Brumel — 2.28 meters or 7-5 3/4. But Dragutin Topic has been smashing barriers for years. Why should he stop? His latest jaw-dropper came May 20 at a meet in Beograd, Serbia, according to the IAAF season [...]

May 27, 2012 Posted in: Uncategorized 9 Comments

Nolan Shaheed joins the 5K record party: M60 AR in 16:56.96

Don’t Google “Nolan Shaheed” and records. You’ll crash the Internet. His latest came today at the Pomona-Pitzer Invitational, where he motored 5000 meters in 16:56.96. (See results here.) He came in 55th, according to aggregated results. Did anyone ahead of him have a clue that he is 62? Or that his time on the Age-Graded [...]

April 14, 2012 Posted in: Uncategorized 10 Comments