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Another June meet, another American record for Sue McDonald
Sue is insatiable. Her second W50 American record in the high jump this month came at Sunday’s USATF Western Regional Masters Championships at Caltech in Pasadena. Peter Hlavin, the M55 American record holder in the event, shared the video below, which I slowed down. You’ll note Sue’s runup wasn’t perfect. She appears to slow near [...]
June 16, 2013
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New record-holder Sue McDonald mulls her first masters nationals
Sue McDonald turned 50 on March 29, so she was tanned, rested and ready for her HJ record quest less than three months later. In a quickie Q&A, she graciously shared details of her day at the Olympic Training Center southeast of San Diego: “I opened at 1.51, made that first attempt. Â Went straight to [...]
June 16, 2013
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Sue McDonald gets first goal: W50 American record in high jump
In February, Sue McDonald told her local newspaper that she was dedicating her training this year to breaking the W50 American and world records in the high jump. Mission accomplished on the AR. On June 8, competing in the San Diego-Imperial USATF Open Championships, Sue cleared 1.56 meters (5-1 1/4). That topped the listed AR [...]
June 15, 2013
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Wooohooo! I’m in Olathe finals of 100, 200, 400 hurdles and HJ
Or maybe not. With two days until the “on-time” deadline for Olathe masters nationals, the Status of Entries says I’m among only six or seven M55 entrants in the 1, 2 and 4H (I just coined that). I’m also set for a ribbon in the high jump, if fourth-place awards are given. Of course, others [...]
June 11, 2013
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Mary Cain still not as fast as our best masters milers at Portland
Yeah, yeah. Mary Cain is the second coming of Mary Decker. No doubt Mary 2.0 will be a player at the world level, especially with Alberto Salazar as her coach. But on the same day (and track) that she added the 5K high school record to her portfolio, the masters mile winner cranked out a [...]
June 9, 2013
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Sonja Friend Uhl is favored in masters 3K at Portland Track Fest
Joanna Harper writes: “This year’s Portland Track Festival [this weekend] will feature another outstanding field in the master’s women’s 3000 meter race. Sonja Friend Uhl is the unquestioned star, but other outstanding runners like Grace Padilla, Carmen Troncoso, Tania Fischer, Kirsten Leetch, Cassandra Henkiel and Jeannie Groesz will make for quite a race. For those [...]
June 5, 2013
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Christa Bortignon crashes 6,000-point barrier in W75 heptathlon
For her latest world record, Canada’s Christa Bortignon traveled to Stendal, Germany, for the first masters multi-eventer at the Stendaler-Hanse-Cup meet, reports World Masters Athletics. She broke the W75 heptathlon world record by nearly 1,000 points, raising Christel Donley’s 5416 to 6406 and lowering her own pending WR in the 200 to 33.86 seconds. (See [...]
June 3, 2013
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Peter Hlavin ties Willie Banks’ USA record in M55 high jump
A 7-foot jumper at the University of Iowa, Peter Hlavin has made history at 6 feet — joining Willie Banks as the M55 American age-group record holder. He cleared 1.83 meters Saturday at the Pasadena Senior Games at Caltech. Even more amazing — it was his first 6-foot jump since 2008! But Willie remains the [...]
June 2, 2013
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Charlie Ross gets big M90 PR — another world steeple record
Not content to be the oldest human steeplechaser, Charlie Ross broke his own 2,000-meter record over the weekend, clocking 18:27.44 at the USATF Georgia Association Open and Masters Meet. (See results here.) He lowered his previous age-group WR in the 2K steeple of 18:54.10. And here’s a great series of photos from the May 18 [...]
June 2, 2013
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American Record falls twice in the M50-59 shuttle hurdle relays
A friend graciously filed a report on a masters shuttle-hurdle relay record broken outside USATF masters nationals. He writes: “The M50-59 American Record was broken (twice) in the Shuttle Hurdle Relay on May 19 at the 7th Annual Gateway Games. (See results here.) There were two shuttle hurdle relay races—each race with two teams. The [...]
June 2, 2013
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