Allen Johnson wins one for the geezers in Berlin meet
The best masters hurdler in the world wasn’t in Riccione. He was off doing his own thing. Yesterday, Allen Johnson, age 36, won a race against a bunch of Osaka finalists. His time was 13.33 — over 42-inch hurdles, not 39-inch masters barriers. But that’s not even his best time of the season. Allen ran 13.23 in Zurich. His best time in 2006, when he entered M35, was a mere 12.96 at Athens. Yet the listed M35 American record remains 13.26 by Greg Foster in 1994. That’s because Greg ran 39-inch hurdles. Sorry, AJ. You’re not quite good enough for us.
