Bob Lida sets second M80 sprint record; Karnell Vickers was a beast

Karnell Vickers swept the sprints, hurdles and relays in M50. Photo via Facebook

According to weather charts, LSU nationals dodged a bullet — rain — on Day 4, giving sprinters and middle distance runners good footing and field-eventers a chance to breathe outdoor air. Also a slew of relay records. (Results here.) Sunday’s highlights included Bob Lida nipping Payton Jordan’s 20-year-old American record in the M80 200, clocking 30.80 to Payton’s 30.89. He’s a good shot for USATF Athlete of the Week, since he also took down the AR for 400 Friday. USATF’s press release gave due attention to the M60 200, “where In the closest finish of the day, Damien Leake (Van Nuys, California) of SC Striders Track Club narrowly beat Potomac Valley Track Club’s Oscar Peyton (Accokeek, Maryland)…. While Leake established a solid lead from the gun, Peyton closed in and nearly caught him at the end, ultimately finishing within .01 of each other, 25.65-25.66.” Walter Dix didn’t run the M30 deuce. Too bad, he’s in shape for a sub-21. Local fave Mary Norckauer completed her 11th event in the M90 group. But I also was in awe of M50 Karnell Vickers, who won six golds — 100 (11.52), 200 (23.35), 100 hurdles (13.76), 400 hurdles (57.91), 4×100 shuttles and 4×100 relay. (He barely missed Walt Butler’s legendary 13.57 WR in the short hurdles.) Take some Ibuprofen and sleep in, Karnell!

If Karnell was a beast, Joy Upshaw was the beastess:

W55 100 Meter Dash
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USATF: # 13.30
Name Age Team Finals Wind Points
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1 # 816 Upshaw, Joy W56 Joy’s Jack R 13.70 -0.8 8

W55 200 Meter Dash
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USATF: # 27.78
Name Age Team Finals Wind Points
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1 # 816 Upshaw, Joy W56 Joy’s Jack R 27.93 1.6 8

W55 80 Short Hurdles 30″
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Name Age Team Finals Wind Points
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1 # 816 Upshaw, Joy W56 Joy’s Jack R 13.57 -2.6 8

W50 4×100 Meter Relay Non Club
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Team Finals
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1 Unattached ‘E’ 55.90
1) #44 Barney, Colleen 50 2) #437 Konrad, Evelyn 50
3) #408 Johnson, Gabrielle 54 4) #816 Upshaw, Joy 56

W50-59 Meter Shuttle Hurdle Non-Club
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50-59 USATF: # 1:08.75
K Glynn, L Lowery, J Phelps, K Shook
Team Finals
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1 Unattached ‘A’ 56.81#
1) #500 Maxwell, Karen 58 2) #656 Richardson, Regina 52
3) #287 Gibson, Dr Koura 53 4) #816 Upshaw, Joy 56

W55 Long Jump
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55 USATF: # 4.90m
Name Age Team Finals Wind Points
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1 # 816 Upshaw, Joy W56 Joy’s Jack R 4.32m NWI 8
4.16m(NWI) 3.99m(NWI) FOUL FOUL 3.99m(NWI) 4.32m(NWI)

W55 Triple Jump
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55 USATF: # 9.66m
Name Age Team Finals Wind Points
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1 # 816 Upshaw, Joy W56 Joy’s Jack R 9.29m 0.9 8
9.22m(1.1) 9.29m(0.9) 8.66m(-0.2) 9.02m(-1.0) 8.98m(-0.4) PASS(1.0)

And nice work, meet organizers, for giving everyone a bib number with their last name on it, as well as ribbons past the top three. See y’all next year in Spokane (August 2-5) for the 50th anniversary of the first masters nationals (San Diego).

And keep your eyes peeled for Dave Albo’s LSU photo gallery.

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July 16, 2017

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