Americans win 5 golds (and 10 medals) in 100 finals at Lyon

Reggie pipped Britain's Jason Carty in M45. Rob Jerome photo

Reggie pipped Britain’s Jason Carty in M45. Rob Jerome photo

Rob Jerome shot me some quick 100-meter results from Lyon, and amid Friday’s frying heat (124 on the track) were sizzling times. Gold medalists included these Yanks: M45 Reggie Pendland (11.24 into a 2.1 mps wind), W45 Emmanuelle McGowan (12.85 into a 1.9 wind), M55 Allan Tissenbaum (12.05), W75 Kathy Bergen (16.31 into a 3.1 wind) and W80 Irene Obera (17.57). Americans winning silver were M35 Babatunde Ridley (10.87), M70 Kenton Brown (13.20) and M80 Dick Richards (15.02). Bronzes went to W35 Brandi Bernert (12.66) and W65 Brenda Matthews (15.29).
Official results are here. Dick Richards wrote about his heartbreaking .04 loss to Hans Bloechlinger: “I ran my best race of this season. I should have dived at the finish. Winner was a very pleasant Swiss man who appreciated my Swiss heritage. Looking forward to the 200 Meter Monday and Long Jump on the 12th.” That’s the spirit, Dick! Keep looking ahead.

Irene won her gazillionth world title, this time by 1.82 seconds. Ron Jerome photo

Irene won her gazillionth world title — by 1.82 seconds! Rob Jerome photo

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August 7, 2015

9 Responses

  1. Ken Stone - August 7, 2015

    Rita Hanscom beats the heat (and the wind) to win W60 high jump:
    http://rhone-alpes.athle.com/upload/ssites/000047/wma/result/07aout/parilly.0708.w60.high.jump.txt

  2. Alan Kolling - August 7, 2015

    Too bad the negative wind readings contributed to the slower times some may have wanted.

  3. Reggie Pendland - August 7, 2015

    Thanks Mr. Ken Stone for posting and all you do for masters track and field! I had an amazing time here in Lyon! Thanks again! I really appreciate you!

    Reggie Pendland

  4. Marty Krulee - August 7, 2015

    Congratulations to all. Allan called me after the final, most people would have called it a year after back and knee surgery, but not Allan. In only about 4 weeks of training he put together 3 Championships
    Gold medal performances. What an amazing Athlete and a Great Man.

  5. Jerry Bookin-Weiner - August 7, 2015

    How about a little love for the throwers and jumpers (other than the mention above about Rita Hanscom’s gold in the W60 high jump)? After all, the sport is track AND field!

    Here are the highlights:

    M60 John Goldhammer has won gold in both the weight throw and hammer throw. John was last year’s Tom Gage Award winner as Thrower of the Year in the US.

    In the W80 high jump, Christel Donley and Flo Meiler went gold, silver!

    Other golds:

    W40 Weight Throw – Elizabeth Teague
    W55 Weight Throw – Carol Finsrud
    W60 Javelin Throw – Linda Cohn
    W70 Javelin Throw – Carol Frost

    In addition, Kathy Bergen won silver in the W75 high jump, George Mathews bronze in the M70 weight throw,and Christel Donley also won bronze in the W80 javelin throw.

    That’s a total of 12 medals in the field by the Yanks – eight golds, two silvers, and two bronzes in two days of competition. Well done throwers and jumpers!

  6. Courtland Gray - August 7, 2015

    Goldhammer won the gold in the hammer? No brainer!! 🙂 Congrats!!

  7. Rob Jerome - August 7, 2015

    Hi Jerry,

    I would have loved to have photographed some field events yesterday and have supplied the photos to Ken, but it’s very time-consuming to move among 4 stadia to shoot. There were no field events at the Balmont Stadium yesterday where I shot the 100. I hope to shoot more field events next week. It’s a non-competition day today (Saturday).

  8. Tom Phillips - August 8, 2015

    I agree with Rob. It is just as difficult to drive between venues. I hope to spend at least a day next week shooting field events at a venue where, ahem, they are putting on almost no track events that day. The whole Lyon schedule is eccentric, to say the least. I’ve been hearing how local politicians have had a big input to what happens where.

  9. Mary Harada - August 9, 2015

    Probably a few bronze medals as well, gold maybe king and silver is queen, and bronze – who cares? I know the results are hard to find unless one is at the stadium where the event takes place, difficult for those of us here but maybe some one can find the race walk results. XC is over and USA got a handful of medals there too.

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