Anselm took selfie after Monday race.
Competing against collegians,
Anselm LeBourne on Monday crushed the American record in the M55 1500 meters in his first outdoor race this season, clocking 4:12.54 — and just missing Aussie
Keith Bateman’s listed world record of 4:12.35. The race
was at a Swarthmore College “last chance” meet in Pennsylvania, and video has been
posted on runnerspace. The listed M55 AR is 4:17.80 by
Richard Burns in 2010. Fellow
masters miler (and M50 blogger) Kevin Forde finished in 4:30.64, beating a kid from Harverford College. In March, Hall of Famer Anselm told me he was shooting for outdoor world age-group records in the 800, 1500, mile and possibly 3000. He’ll have more shots at the 1500, no doubt. (The other listed WRs stand at 2:03.7, 4:35.04 and 8:56.80.)
Anselm mixes it up with the kidlets at a rare Monday meet. Photo via Facebook
Here are results of Anselm’s race:
1 Bradley Kilheeney DeSales 4:08.67
2 Michael Cassidy St. Joseph’s (Pa.) 4:10.28
3 Mark Williams Garmin Runners 4:10.29
4 Alexander Saffadi Unattached 4:11.38
5 Daniel Read Christopher Newport 4:11.49
6 Trey Crump Terp Runners 4:11.82
7 Anselm LeBourne adidas Garden State Track Club 4:12.54
8 James Stadler Haverford 4:12.59
9 Matt Lefer Lions Track Club 4:12.69
10 Michael O’Donnell Unattached 4:14.62
11 Chris O’Brien Unattached 4:18.60
12 Erik Myers Swarthmore 4:19.33
13 Ryan DeGregorio adidas Garden State Track Club 4:25.52
14 Kevin Forde Unattached 4:30.64
15 Kyle Priver Haverford 4:34.54
6 Responses
Peter L. Taylor - May 12, 2015
Now that was a beautiful race, and it certainly brought back a lot of memories. Anselm was very, very patient for most of the race, and the result was what you would expect: another record.
Mark Williams (with his traditional yellow shirt and blue shorts) greatly impressed me by leading the race for a long time, falling back, and then coming on to miss second by only 0.01 sec (and to a runner from St. Joseph’s University, no less).
Ah, the memories. Swarthmore College (the site of this great event) was our archrival (I went to Haverford College) and I ran the 440 against them on more than one occasion. I was young and quick then, not old and slow.
Ken Stone - May 12, 2015
Thanks for noting Mark, Peter! He’s 42:
http://mastersrankings.com/indresults.php?season=indoor&year=2015&nameno=USA32478021MARKWILLIAMS&citizen=
Matt B. - May 12, 2015
2:03.79 M 55 Ray Knerr
Oxy invite
Rich burns - May 13, 2015
Anselm- It’s an honor to have been able to hand off a record to you! Congrats for a nice fast run!
.tOnY yOuNg - May 13, 2015
..keep ’em coming old man..
yves - May 13, 2015
4.12 it was my time when I was 45.
Bravo Anselm
Proof age is just a number
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