Bradstock qualifies for IAAF worlds trials at age 45
Roald Bradstock didn’t mope about losing his M45 world record in the javelin. He went out yesterday in Atlanta and upped his own American record to 72.02 (236-3) –just achieving the “A” standard for the USATF open nationals later this month in Indianapolis! (The “A” standard is 72.00.) The meet is the USA trials for the IAAF World Championships in Osaka. Roald reports: “At the Quicksilver track, I broke my record again . . . This throw now qualifies me for the 2007 USA Track & Field National Championships, where I will become the oldest javelin thrower ever to compete at nationals!”
Roald says his series yesterday was 69.17 (226-11), 68.82 (225-9), 68.67 (225-3), 71.38 (234-2), 72.02 and 68.57 (224-11). And the record throw was posted here on YouTube. He says: “It ain’t pretty — but it’s effective.” Congrats to RB. Go get ’em in Indy!
As of this afternoon, these were the men’s javelin entries at Indy:
Anthony Bonura 75.21
Alan Pettner 73.09
Shae Murray 72.42
Sean Furey 72.34
Cody Fillinich 72.28
Arne Bradstock 72.02
Ryan Weidman 71.28
Matthew Maloney 70.89
Roald’s 72.02 apparently was made at the USATF Georgia Association Championships.
