Antwon Dussett has been running marvelous as a submaster for years, but his debut as an M35 in the World Masters Athletics Championships today in Sacramento was still a stunner: 47.34 seconds in the 400 final. (That’s a second off the listed American record of 46.38 by James King way back in 1984.) In the first of many videos I plan to upload, Antwon is shown winning gold. I got help from Linda Carty, who shared her video from the stands. Check my YouTube account for more videos.

In the M40 group, Eric Prince may have pulled off the sprint upset of the meet by beating Britain’s Darren Scott in the 400-meter final. Here’s video from two angles:

Meanwhile, here’s the latest press blast from Bob Burns of the Sacramento Sports Commission:

WMA Championships headed for a rousing finish

An early-morning marathon and a full schedule of relays will highlight Sunday’s close to the World Masters Athletics (WMA) Championships, a track and competition featuring 4,800 athletes from 93 countries competing in 937 events over a 12-day span.

Sunday’s marathon begins at 5 a.m. near the main library on the Sacramento State campus. The 26.2-mile race starts with a loop around campus and then takes five loops from the Guy West Bridge to Watt Avenue on the American River Parkway.

Local organizers scheduled the early start out of concern for the expected July heat. The 250 marathon entrants range in age from 35 to 82.

On the track at Sacramento State’s A.G. Spanos Sports Complex, competition begins at 8 a.m. with a series of steeplechase races. The climactic 4×100 and 4×400 relays get underway at 11:45 a.m. and continue until 3:35
The closing ceremony is set for approximately 4 p.m., when Sacramento organizers pass the torch, so to speak, to the next host city. Porto Alegre, Brazil, will be the site of the 2013 WMA Outdoor Championships.

In Saturday’s competition, four more world age-group records were set, bringing the total of world records broken during the July 6-17 event to 23.

John Altendorf, of Corvallis, Ore., set a world record in the men’s 65 to 69 pole vault, clearing 12 feet, 7¼ inches. Patricia Peterson, of Albany, N.Y., set a W85 record in the 400 meters of 2 minutes, 7.79 seconds. Andrew Jamieson of Australia set a M65 record in the 20-kilometer road race walk event at Land Park, clocking 1 hour, 42 minutes and 56.80 seconds, and another Australian, Anne Stobaus, set a record in the W70 400 meters with her 1:16.53 clocking.

Heading into the last day of competition, 57 countries had won at least one medal.

For the WMA schedule and full results, visit www.wma2011.com.

World Masters Athletics records set during
the 2011 WMA Championships, Sacramento

July 7
M90 80-meter hurdles – Ralph Maxwell, United States, 21.62 seconds
W50 heptathlon – Marie Kay, Australia, 6202 points
M90 decathlon – Ralph Maxwell, United States, 7069 points

July 8
W90 hammer throw – Olga Kotelko, Canada, 54 feet, 10 inches
W85 pole vault – Johnye Valien, United States, 4 feet, 1¼ inches
W95 100 meters – Man Kaur, Indonesia, 1:01.87

July 9
M80 10,000 meters – Ed Whitlock, Canada, 42:39.95
W65 300 hurdles – Marge Allison, Australia, 54.06

July 11
W75 200 hurdles – Barbara Jordan, United States, 41.71
M85 200 hurdles – Hugo Delgado, Peru, 45.13
W50 weight throw – Oneithea Lewis, United States, 61 feet, 6½ inches
M75 javelin – Vladimir Porokhin, Russia, 146 feet, 1 inch

July 12
M65 10-kilometer race walk – Andrew Jamieson, Australia, 50:11.38
M70 javelin – Gary Stenlund, United States, 171 feet, 4 inches

July 13
M95 hammer – Antonio Fonseca, Brazil, 72 feet, 2½ inches

July 15
M55 1,500 meters – Keith Bateman, Australia, 4:12.35
M70 1,500 meters – Ron Robertson, New Zealand, 4:52.95
M80 1,500 meters – Ed Whitlock, Canada, 5:48.93
W80 throws pentathlon – Rachel Hanssens, Belgium, 4788 points

July 16
M60 20-kilometer race walk – Andrew Jamieson, Australia, 1:42:56.80
W70 400 meters – Anne Stobaus, Australia, 1:16.63
W85 400 meters – Patricia Peterson, United States, 2:07.79
M65 pole vault – John Altendorf, United States, 12 feet, 7¼ inches