Americans acquit themselves well at Canadian masters nationals

Dr. Tissenbaum used to run for Canada. Now he's a Yank.

Allan at Canadian masters nats.

Allan Tissenbaum won the M55 100 at the two-day Canadian masters nationals that wrapped up Saturday in St. Catharines, Ontario, one of six or seven Americans who took part. Allan, a USATF national champion, clocked 12.11 seconds into a 1.2 mps wind. Not bad, Doc. The meet saw a rare upset of world champ Karla del Grande, when new W60 rival Wendy Alexis won the 100, 14.22 to 14.95 (also into a wind). In W70 sprints, veteran champ Carol LaFayette-Boyd recorded sensational marks of 15.40 and 32.41. Doug “Shaggy” Smith, the steepler and big-time official, posted photos, as did Dan Slovitt. Meet results (with Canadian records noted) are posted here.

Not sure which age group this is, but Shaggy's shot of tight finish should give short runners hope.

Shaggy Smith’s shot of tight sprint finish should give all short runners hope.

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July 19, 2015

4 Responses

  1. EM - July 19, 2015

    Short runners? US National 400m champ D. Verberg is 5’6″

  2. Phil - July 20, 2015

    A job well done to our friends ‘up north’. Well organized, and we were very welcomed. Thanks to all of the meet officials and volunteers who worked through the rain on Friday then the heat and humidity on Saturday and Sunday (youth events). It was a short drive up of 3.5 hours and well worth it!

  3. allan tissenbaum - July 20, 2015

    Always a well run meet, The Canadian championships seem to manage location much better than we do, most of the time the location is as much as a draw as the meet, and only taking 2 days is always a bonus for those of us not yet retired.

  4. Mike Sullivan - July 21, 2015

    Doctor Allen Tissenbaum,
    Great to see you back running….

    Good luck to you and Marty in the Worlds….

    I took your advice regarding my arms in 100 meters…back in 2010….Hard to teach OLD DOGS new tricks hhahaha but… quicker, shorter arms, as you suggested….Will help my 200 and 400 also.
    Very hard to change old engrained habits. Still working on it ..Not quite to the subconscious competence level…
    THanks again,
    Sully

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