American records listed from Portland throws championships
Betty Jarvis, David Bickel and Harvey Lewellen broke individual event records, and Myrle Mensey, Harvey and Mark Landa raised or set American throws pentathlon records at last weekend’s meet, which got late but appreciated attention in USATF’s News & Notes. As well, George Mathews sends along a well-organized results PDF from the USA Masters Throws Championships. This wraps up the USATF masters track national championship season, but isn’t the end of record-setting attempts. My masters moles predict some great marks at this weekend’s Rocky Mountain Masters Games. It’s a two-day meet at Colorado State University in Fort Collins. Last year’s meet had scads of great marks. Go get ’em!
American records in M95 400 and M80 5K racewalk in SoCal
Competing at today’s Pasadena Senior Games — also called the California Senior Olympics — Bill Moremen, 81, mowed down the American record in the 5,000-meter racewalk. Bill’s time of 33:50.70 bettered the listed AR of 34:08.44 by Jack Starr at last year’s Spokane nationals (when Bill took second to Jack). Bill is Lahti-bound. (And yesterday was the final day for U.S. signups at worlds.) In the 400-meter dash, George Feinstein’s 3:39.64 beat the listed M95 American record of 3:53.10 by the late Everett Hosack in 2000. (The WR is 2:38.64 by Erwin Jaskulski of Austria.) George got the biggest cheers of the meet as he finished his lap.
It was a gorgeous day at Caltech in Pasadena, where a tree-encircled Mondo track and low-70s temps gave everyone a good shot at season PRs. Top three marks are listed here. I’m hoping to get complete results eventually. Wife Chris and I also took lots of photos, which we’ll post eventually. Meet director Christel Donley, who lives in Colorado but helps every year with this meet, did a wonderful job. She also took a spill in the javelin throw but will be OK.
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Ken Stone - June 9, 2009
Complete results (not just top three) are now posted for this meet:
http://www.masterstrack.com/news2009/caltech2009.html
Please note that many of the ages listed are a year off.
For example, I’m 54 (not 53), and Rita Hanscom is 55 (not 54).
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Just a note that Neni Lewis was the highest scoring women for both the Throws & Ultra Weight Pentathlons as well as Bob Ward for the men.
Mary Hartzler’s second place W60-64 Throws Penathon mark of 4458 (4 points behind Myrle’s 4462) also “shattered” (to use the phrase in the usatf press release) the existing American Record for that age group.
Mark Landa won the Men’s 35-39 Weight Pentathlon with the most impressive over all distances of the meet with open weight implements as well as setting a new American record by out throwing his competition instead of out living them ( Sorry Bob Ward groupies…) and what happened to Carol Finsrud…? Looks like she was home free entering the last throwing event and then no marked in the 35lb. weight. Was it an injury? …Choke? I think all she needed was 398 points to win it all. She could have throw a saftey throw and gotten that. Neni is a phenominal thrower and not to take anything away from her, but it gets boring to hear about since no one ever challenges her, but it’s not her fault…
I’m very brave.
Yes, I agree that Neni Lewis is a phenominal thrower. She unfortunately has no one to challenge her and I understand that she will be moving up to the 50-54 age group and will still have the same problem of not having anyone to challenge her. I do enjoy seeing her throw but it will be refreshing to see some new talented blood. All the more reason to try to get more former olympian & elite people out to join the masters competition.
Hey! I think the writer, “Anonymous prick” who wrote in two replies above is volunteering to be the mascot at the world games in Sacramento in 2011! You’d have to be brave if his name is synonymous to what he’d wear as a costume and mingle with the crowd. If it rained at the meet, would he wear a raincoat or a co…. Good Luck A.P.!!
Went through some weight throw videos on youtube.
Tom Gages indoor record throw is great but its a foul throw.The video clearly shows that from the power position on into the finish the throw is executed by just one arm (the left).In Lahti WC there was one guy who finished the competition after 2nd round,who threw with the same technique,after the judges started to pay attention to him and did not even complete the last event in the weight pentathlon
Mastersthrower, do you mean this video of Tom Gage?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGQXW9keCT4
If so, don’t be fooled by Tom’s left arm following through much more so than his right AFTER release. The release is done with both hands.
You have to work at it on the video to get it right at the point of release, but both hands come away from the handle at the same time.
Greg
The more I watch the video the more Im convinced that its a left arm throw.Concentrate on the left arm.Its not a left arm following through but a left arm release.If both hands came away from the handle at the same time the final body positions of feet(left foot in the middle of the ring),trunk and arms wouldnt be that we can see in the video.You dont get that kind of whip when releasing with both hands simultaneously.
It’s unfair to look at technical aspects of the full throw such as body position and follow through to judge whether a certain action has been made. When evaluating the release, an official should only be looking at the release itself, not at any potential fall away or other body movements.
Keep in mind, officials can’t use video either, like we’re doing. But….I’ve watched the video another 5-6 times right now, while pausing at different points in the release action. Each time, though it’s blurry, it looks like both hands come away at the same time. Pause it at 10 seconds and see if you can view what I’m trying to explain.
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