Allen Johnson still stud as 36-year-old geezerhurdler

Allen Johnson, who turns 37 in March, won the 55-meter hurdles yesterday at the elite “Run for the Dream” meet at Fresno State. Results are here. Allen’s time of 7.14 is off his all-time best of 7.03. But that was back in 1994, two years before winning 110 gold at the Atlanta Olympics. His 7.14 is among the top 65 performances of all time. No bad for a geezer. WMA keeps records for 60-meter hurdles only (with an M35 best of 7.40 by Britain’s Colin Jackson). So we’ll see what Al does later this season. Also, over the weekend, 36-year-old Stacy Dragila opened her season with a modest jump of 3.96 (12-11 3/4) at Idaho State University, reportedly off a short run. She’s entered at Millrose in February. Watch out, world! She’s coming back!