Wife and I were thrilled to see masters sprints and 800s at Saturday’s Mt. SAC Relays — although I was late for taking pictures of the women’s 800. Chris and I took 1,500 pictures in all. Many were of Ashton Eaton (who turns M35 in 9 years) in his 400-meter hurdles debut (fourth in 50.01). So I focused on that project first for Times of San Diego, my weekday gig. W50 Joy Upshaw and M50 Willie Gault easily won the 100s — in 12.90 and 11.28, respectively. Willie told me it was his first race in two years. I have video interviews of both to post eventually, along with tons of photos. In the meantime, check out my story/video on Ashton’s virgin 400 hurdles.

Ashton took 10th barrier in his 400H debut at Mt. SAC Relays like a veteran.

Meantime, here are masters results from the 56th Mt. SAC Relays:

Event 502 Men 100 Meter Dash Masters
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Meet Record: $ 11.76 4/20/2013 Johnny Speed, Unattached
HS Meet Rec: # 11.76 4/20/2013 Johnny Speed, Unattached
Name Year Team Finals
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Section 1 Wind: 0.8
1 Willie Gault Hudson Smith Int 11.28#
2 Hiroaki Akabori Japan 11.59#
3 Ron Crockem Unattached 11.66#
4 Matt Walker Trojan Masters 11.96
5 J Smith Unattached 12.35
6 kenneth wright Unattached 12.83
Section 2 Wind: 0.7
1 Peter Grimes Unattached 12.29
2 Kevin Biggers USC Trojan m 12.62
3 Rod Plimmer New Zealand 12.69
4 Mauricio Martin Unattached 13.16
5 F. Eugene Driver III Trojan Maste 13.94

Event 519 Women 100 Meter Dash Masters
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Name Year Team Finals Wind
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Finals
1 Joy Upshaw Jackrabits TC 12.90 1.9
2 Debbie Hoffman Athena TC 14.07 1.9
3 Brenda Matthews So. Cal Striders 14.53 1.9
4 Lois Allen Boise River 17.55 1.9

Event 517 Women 800 Meter Run Masters
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Name Year Team Finals
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Finals
1 Sonja Friend-Uhl Atlanta Track Club 2:11.58
2 Aeron Arlin Genet Running Divas 2:19.04
3 Christine Gentile The Janes El 2:20.04
4 Kira Abercromby Running Divas 2:21.22
5 Tania Fischer Unattached 2:27.21
6 Claudette Groenendaal The Janes 2:28.23
7 Christine Olen Boise River 2:28.93
8 Goldie Daniels Trojans Masters 2:32.53
9 Jennifer Frere Running Divas 2:32.84
10 Kirsten Leetch Unattached 2:33.63
11 Lois Allen Boise River 3:09.41

Event 518 Men 800 Meter Run Masters
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Name Year Team Finals
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Finals
1 Art Siemers BoulderRC/adidas 2:00.34
2 Michael Smith Unattached 2:00.56
3 Brian Sax So Cal Track Club 2:01.86
4 Ray Knerr Cal Coast 2:03.33
5 Rafer Weaver Track West 2:04.24
6 David West Sac State Redshirt 2:58.04
— baokim coleman Trojans Master DNF

Event 514 Men Hammer Throw Open Masters
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Meet Record: $ 53.64m 4/20/2013 Larry Hart, Unattached
HS Meet Rec: # 53.64m 4/20/2013 Larry Hart, Unattached
Name Year Team Finals
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Finals
1 Joaquin Gomez Argentina 71.96m$ 236-01
68.51m 71.42m FOUL 71.96m FOUL 71.31m
2 Juan Cruz-Romero Argentina 61.91m$ 203-01
60.31m 61.53m FOUL 61.91m FOUL FOUL
3 Larry Hart Unattached 52.84m 173-04
52.13m FOUL FOUL 52.84m FOUL 50.97m
4 John Ryer AZ Desert Throwers 48.10m 157-10
48.10m FOUL 45.69m FOUL 47.60m FOUL
5 Michael Venning Unattached 47.04m 154-04
45.94m 47.04m 45.66m 46.08m 46.96m FOUL
6 David Bickel AZ Desert Throwers 45.32m 148-08
41.41m FOUL 44.08m FOUL 45.32m 44.73m
7 Richard Watson Arizona Dese 37.85m 124-02
FOUL 36.35m 37.37m 37.16m 37.85m 37.48m
8 Jerry Harwood Unattached 28.80m 94-06
26.93m 27.45m 25.75m 28.80m 28.70m FOUL