Allen Woodard anchors M45 4×4 relay WR in astonishing 47.5

Newest M45 world record holders.

Newest M45 world record holders: 4×4 in 3:22.31.

M45 supersprinter Allen Woodard warmed up with a 49.38 in the 400 Sunday at Langston Hughes High School near Atlanta. Then he and three others destroyed the listed M45 world record in the 4×400 relay set by an all-star team at 2011 Sacramento worlds. Allen anchored with a running start 47.5, he says, providing a detailed analysis (line to line). Karnell Vickers led off, handing to Mark Gomes, followed by Andrew Junas and Allen, who overtook a kid for a final time of 3:22.31, nearly 2.5 seconds faster than the listed WR of 3:24.84 by Khalid Muzalim, Duane Gosa, James Lawson and Marcus Shute. The average was a jaw-dropping 50.58. Results are here. Allen said splits were 50.19, 50.33, 53.8 and 47.50. Awaiting info on other runners.

Men 19-99 400 Meter Dash
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Name Year Team Finals H#
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Finals
1 miller, brunson 91 Unattached 45.88 4
2 George, Winston 87 Central Park 46.04 4
3 Mitchell, Manteo 87 Under Armour 46.44 4
4 Poole, Quintaveon 96 Unattached 46.90 4
5 Dickens, David 85 Unattached 46.91 4
6 Bartholomew, Rondell 90 Unattached 46.95 4
7 Howell, James 86 Unattached 47.24 3
8 yaw, jason 97 Unattached 47.90 3
9 Fortson, Danzell 90 Unattached 48.19 3
10 James, Stephan 93 Unattached 48.60 4
11 Miles, Leon 97 Mississippi 49.33 3
12 Woodard, Allen 69 Usa Masters 49.38 2
13 Johnson, Christopher 92 Unattached 50.49 2
14 Cameron, Corey 79 Team Ebunike 50.61 3
15 Williams, Josiah 97 Sonic Boom TC 51.44 2
16 Rolle, Oral 95 Club Monica 53.09 2
17 Greene, Silas 96 On Your Mark 54.28 2

Event 176 Men 19-99 4×400 Meter Relay
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Team Finals
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Finals
1 Usa Masters ‘A’ 3:22.31
1) Woodard, Allen 69 2) Junas, Andrew 68
3) Vickers, Karnell 67 4) Gomes, Mark 70

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May 31, 2016

3 Responses

  1. Peter L. Taylor - June 1, 2016

    Certainly an amazing achievement. Why? Well, it was always very easy for me to remember the listed M45 record of 3:24.84, as that computed to exactly 51.21 per man, a stunning average for men 45+. In addition, I could augment my announcing of stars James Lawson, Khalid Mulazim, and Marcus Shute by saying they were members of that amazing team.

    Now we have a new standard, 3:22.31, a 50.58 average and not all that far off the 40s standard of 3:20.83, a record so good that it has stood up for 15 years.

  2. Matt B. - June 1, 2016

    !!! I got 47.50 on my watch.
    Super human performance!

  3. Ken Stone - May 1, 2017

    Allen says: The record was rejected because they said the track didn’t have rails or cones on the curve.

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