Allen Woodard takes huge chunk out of own M45 WR for 400
A year ago, when Allen Woodard became the oldest man to run sub-50 in the 400 with his 49.69 at age 46, he talked about going sub-49. Over the weekend, he nearly did. At the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Allen (now 47) clocked 49.12 against the kiddies. (See results here.) A couple weeks ago, he tied his M45 WR with a 49.69 at a Rice meet in his hometown of Houston. Stay tuned for more details.
Allen kneels beside results sign of his 49.12 WR. M45 sprinters bow to him.
Results from UIW meet:
Event 19 Men 400 Meter Dash
Name School Finals
1 McDonnough, Cody Unattached 48.39
2 Snyder, Richard Sul Ross St. 48.85
3 Woodard, Allen Unattached 49.12
4 Smith, Dominic New Realm 49.72
5 Velasquez, Zach Texas Luther 50.10
6 Cooper, Sebastian Unattached 50.24
7 Sandoval, Austin Incarnate Wo 50.56
8 Davis, James Sul Ross St. 50.78
9 Waters, Austen Incarnate Wo 51.18
10 Thomas, Patrick Unattached 51.19
11 Scofield, Hank Concordia (T 51.34
12 McDade, Greg Southwestern 51.57
13 Littlejohn, Rodney Incarnate Wo 51.69
14 Cook, William Texas Luther 52.14
15 Garza, Alexander Incarnate Wo 52.41
16 kirby, dj Unattached 52.52
17 Villalpando, Raul Concordia (T 53.02
12 Responses
Incredible, congratulations!!!! I am jealous!! Good luck going even faster!!!!
Regards,
Tony
Outstanding time Allen!
Congrats!
Congratulations Allen. It would be great to see him compete in Grand Rapids for Outdoor Nationals.
Well done. Keep pushing for a sub 49.
Well done! Incredible time.
Congrats Allen. It has always been my goal at 40 to run a sub-50 400 which to me means 49.99 seconds. He already ran 49.69 last year for the M45 World Record and now this year at age 47 tied the WR. Then he not only breaks his own record but is pushing 48! Wow. Truly phenomenal. What will he do for an encore?
Tremendous performance! Look forward to sub 49.
Very few break records in respective age groups past the first year. Ralph Romain was the oldest record setter in a 5 year age group at 63; one of the greatest master’s 400 meter performances ever, with a 53.88 !
I don’t necessarily agree with most performance % after age 75, they seem a bit skewed, those should be closer to 98% at best, but then the age 36 record by Chris Brown as remarkable as it is, probably is a 98-99% performance as well. Good chance he improves that mark at age 37 this year.
Men’s 400m WR
36 44.54 100.65%
40 47.81 96.59%
47 49.12 98.76% 100% = 48.51
50 51.39 96.38%
55 52.24 98.02%
63 53.88 99.98%
65 56.09 97.25%
70 59.34 99.42%
75 62.40 100%+
81 70.01 100%+
85 77.12 100%+
Great Performance Mr. Woodard !!!
Sully
Soooo Fast!! Impressive & yes the 63 yr old mark of 53.88 is up there in human performance levels too.
WHAT A GREAT START to your 2016 season.
What an outstanding performance! Beast Mode for sure!!!
Congratulations Allen! What an amazing feat – breaking your own record! It’s incredible that you’re getting BETTER as you get older, a true inspiration to young runners.
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