Charlie celebrates his best jump in three years.
is 69. He once held the M45 American record in the high jump, doing the straddle. On Saturday at the
USA Masters Games at UC San Diego, he delighted himself by clearing 1.60 meters (5-3) — his
best mark since 2014. More important: He’s on a roll toward challenging the listed M70 world record of 1.59 (5-2 1/2) set 10 years ago by Sweden’s
Carl-Erik Särndal. (The indoor record is the same, also by Carl.) The mark brings back memories. Charlie was a graduate assistant from Cal State Fullerton when I was a 5-4 sophomore high jumper at nearby Valencia High School in north Orange County. (He jumped about 6-11 in college.) Now he’s only a foot below his 1993 season best of 1.92 (6-3 1/2). So come April 2018, if he keeps his form and fitness, he could be No. 1 in the world. Also competing on Day 1 of the games was
Quenton “Doug” Torbert in the shot, whose best heave was 15.93 (52-3 1/4). That’s off
his season best, in Eugene, of 16.66 (54-8), now the listed WR. Doug says he’s training through this meet, pointing for LSU nationals. Photos of him and many others are in
this Google Drive folder. Feel free to download any, but please give me a photo credit.
One of the best straddle technicians in masters, Charlie has starred for decades.
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Congratulations to Charlie, a good guy and a fine stylist. It’s nice to see him jumping so well.
With reference to the other part of the story, the LISTED world record for M65 in the shot put is 16.66 meters, set on April 30, 2017, by Quenton Torbert. This mark is also the PENDING American record for M65, which one assumes will be accepted at the annual meeting in December. If it’s rejected at the meeting, too bad.
Nice jump! What is his birthday?
A tremendous jumper and a great person. Congratulations!
Good catch, Peter. The WRs are updated right beneath my eyes sometimes.
Congrats, Charlie! A fine jump indeed. A privilege to have witnessed your world #1 leading mark.
Huge congrats Charlie. So proud of my old college roomie at CS Fullerton. And thanks Charlie for encouraging me get back on the track (now as a racewalker). It has been a fun journey from a career where I was running as fast as I could those many years ago, to now walking as fast as I can! Magic…
Congatulation to Charlie, but can he take the heat 😉
Congrats with a great performance…hope to meet you soon for a though competition… Guess Carl is following your great progress closely as you are approaching m70 age soon…
Congratulations Charlie. Very impressive.
Way to go Charlie, thats an awesome jump!! Sorry I missed it, I saw you jumping well. Good luck with rest of your season.
Steve
Congratulations, Charlie! Sorry I missed your great achievement! You inspire us all! -Karen Vaughn
Great photos. I’m curious if any more exist of myself from USA Masters Games? Thanks.
Results are posted:
http://www.usamastersgames.com/_uploads/res/2256_9388.PDF
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