Crowd-source me! How do you rate National Senior Games meet?
National Masters News has been updating subscribers via email on news from Humble, Texas, and the National Senior Olympics. See note below. But the key change in these games compared with previous years is that USATF Masters T&F has a relationship with the National Senior Games Association. In other words, we’re helping them run the meet, providing expertise like Games Committee honcho Jim Flanik and member Carroll DeWeese (who provided the report below). So my question is: Is meet better run this year, compared with previous editions?
Here’s the email blast from NMN:
Here is a report from Carroll DeWeese on some record bettering performances at the National Senior Games:
Several performances at the 2011 National Senior Games broke the existing USATF Masters American Records, including these:
M100 Hammer at 11.32 meters by 101 year old Trent Lane from Louisiana (also a new World record)
W80 Hammer at 16.95 meters by 80 year old Gloria Krug from Pennsylvania
W55 Pole Vault at 3.08 meters by 58 year old Kay Glynn from Hasting, Iowa
M75 100 Meter (Prelim) at 13.69 by Bob Lida from Kansas (wind -3.5 m/s)
M75 100 Meter (Final) at 13.57 by Bob Lida from Kansas (wind +0.0 m/s)
M75 400 Meter at 1:07.81 by Bob Lida from KansasTimes were fast in the prelims since the advancement was based upon time and not place in 200m and up. The 100m men followed the USATF advancement procedures from prelim to semi to final. We tried to use the USATF advancement procedure on the larger women fields but the schedule did not have a time slot for semi-finals so in those cases we had two heat timed finals with the slowest qualifying times in the first heat and the best times in the second heat. The top times in the finals determined the winners and places.
Until today the heat has been near 100 degrees and the winds were steady into the face of finishers but the humidity was relative low due to the drought. This morning we had multiple delays for several hours due to lighting. We had lots of rain but in the afternoon the rain cleared and temps are in the 70s with light wind.
Thanks Carroll
Speaking of records Gloria Krug, W80, got a another big one in the shot put. Krug smashed the listed American record in the shot put with a 7.21 (23′ 8″) throw. That betters the 6.86 of Bary Bowermaster set in 1998. Winning the W75 shot was Mary Roman at 8.18 (26′ 10″). In the M65 discus Thomas Henley was the winner at 40.31 (132′ 3″), with John Bourn next at 39.58 (129′ 10″) and William Harvey next at 39.23 (128′ 8″). Harvey took the shot put with a 12.72 (41′ 8″) toss and in M70 Tom Fulton went 13.46 (44′ 2″). Gerald Vaughn set a meet record for M75 with his 12.56 (41′ 2 1/2″) put.
In the M65 1500 two dipped under the meet record of 5:04.80 with Gary Patton winning in 5:00.77 and Stanley Mathes next in 5:03.73. Bill Spencer, M75, won his 1500, just missing the meet record by just over one second running 6:02.66. Harry Brown blazed 1:18.37 to win the M80 400. M70 was a very competitive race with six under 69 seconds and three under 67. Winning the race was Maurice McDonald in 1:06.56, next in 1:06.61 was Dean Lundell and third in 1:06.99 was 1500 winner Sherwood Sagedahl in 1:06.99.
In the M75 high jump Doug Spainhower went 1.35 (4′ 5″) and won the long jump with a 3.91 (12′ 10″). In the W75 high jump three women battled to the wire. Flo Meiler, Christel Donley and Loretta Watson all cleared 1.02 (3′ 4″). Meiler cleared the height on her first attempt for the win, Donley on her second and Watson on her third. Bruce Covey won M65 with a long jump of 5.19 (17′ 1/2″). Audry Lary won the W75 long jump leaping 3.05 (10′ 1/4″) as she also got a 3.04 in her series.
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The night before the SR Games; Jim Flanik stated unequivically; they would RUN with the wind in the 100M. We saw how well that worked out !
We’re still waiting on Jim Flanik to finalize the results from Masters Indoor Nationals.
Perhaps some folks missed this:
60m Timing Issues
The timing company finally delivered a number of files to the Games Committee about two weeks ago which were analyzed to determine if valid 60m times can be produced. The Masters T&F executive committee has decided that because of major irreconcilable inconsistencies in the 60’s timing in Albuquerque nationals due to timer malfunctions; no records will count in that event. All places will stand, however, and all times in all other events are accurate and will count toward records. We regret that this happened and we are changing the process of hiring and managing the timing company. Once again we apologize to all the 60m runners for this timing error.
Gary Snyder
National Chair
USATF T&F
Yes, I did miss that, Gary, but thank you very much. I am focusing now on the words “…and all times in all other events are accurate and will count toward records.”
Regarding the 200, this looks like very good news for Joy Upshaw (26.24 in W50), Barbara Jordan (36.80 in W75), and Antwon Dussett (21.67 in M35). All three did not get recognition for these Albuquerque performances, even though Bill Collins (24.32 in M60 at Albuq) received world record recognition way back in March.
I will look forward to seeing the names of Joy, Barbara, and Antwon listed as the actual record holders in their age groups.
In the 400, Latrica Dendy (56.46 in W35) and Jeanne Daprano (1:20.57 in W70) will be very happy indeed. Both missed out on record recognition for their Albuq performances even though Michael Sullivan (M50), Bill Collins (M60), and John Means (M90) were recognized. Glad to see that Latrica and Jeanne will join them.
Don’t have enough time to go through all the events, but I will throw in a plug right now for Stacey Nieder (W40) of Alaska. Stacey has journeyed from Alaska two years in a row to compete in just one event, the high jump. Last year in Boston she broke Trish Porter’s record by jumping 1.67 meters (5′ 5 3/4″).
This year in Albuquerque, Stacey jumped 1.68 meters (5′ 6.14″). To date she has absolutely nothing to show for it; Trish Porter is still the official record holder. Maybe something can be done.
Back to the 60 dash; over 200 athletes entered that event in Albuquerque. Not a single one got a time. I think a nice gesture would be to “comp” any of those Albuquerque athletes who decide to enter the 60 in Bloomington (2012 indoors). Those who enter the 60 and 200, for example, could be charged for only one event.
Hey Pedro:Nice to bring to “light” about Stacey and a BRILLANTOSO idea for the 2012 indoor comp.I say they will do it.Ken: do a VOTE THING on the COMP. FOR ONE EVENT at 2012 indoor.
Back to the Humble meet: I chatted with several sprinters today at the Chuck McMahon Memorial masters meet at Cal State San Marcos about their experience in Week 1 of the National Senior Olympics.
One wrinkle that hasn’t been reported: Track runners had to put up with something beyond the 117-degree heat index and the stiff headwinds. They had to deal with a melted track!
I’m told that a melted layer of track adhered to everyone’s spikes, and if they walked on the infield grass, the goop on their shoes mixed with the grass so much that it covered up their spikes!
It was so bad, I’m told, that it sometimes took a half-hour to scrape the goop off the bottoms of their shoes. People accidentally stabbed themselves with knives in the process of cleaning their spikes.
The track apparently had been laid wrong. A mixture of ingredients either lacked something or the track wasn’t allowed enough time to set. What a shame!
Thank you, Ken, for bringing us back to the subject. I know we are not supposed to go off the course, but our boss, Gary Snyder, posted something as no. 3 in response to post no. 2, and I took off from there.
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Back to your story, Ken. Wow, that is something. Yikes, a melted track. Here is what AccuWeather reported as the actual highs (not the heat index) for Humble for the June 14-21 period:
June 14 100
June 15 101
June 16 101
June 17 100
June 18 100
June 19 100
June 20 99
June 21 98
I guarantee that you won’t be able to find a public health/medical paper saying that people aged 50+ should exercise intensely under those conditions.
Had it been Charlotte the fire department would have called off the meet !!! Again, Ken, a most interesting story.
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Senor Panama, gracias. And thanks for bringing up Stacey. As you know, she is a physician in Alaska, and I see her name only for nationals. I hope that we can do a lot better for her than what we have done for Boston (2010) and Albuquerque (2011): Giving her a gold medal each time, writing up her new American record in the USATF media release, then declining to accept her record.
Can only comment on the field events (did 3)
the officials were great, and they were “certified”.
The weather on Wednesday “ran” the meet, the officials did the best they could do and somehow,
it worked. If one needed a rest, it came, guaranteed with every lightning bolt, another 30 min delay. Poor peeple who came at 6am!! for a 7 am start of events, they were there for a looong time.
Thursday, we came to the track at 7 am for an 8 am HJ, it poured so heavily, that we thought, it’s over before it begins…. SURPRISE, by 8am, it was perfect, well almost.
And yes, we got home a few hours ago, long drive from Humble to Colorado Springs – stayed overnight
in Vernon/TX (now I know where it is!) First thing I did, taking a screwdriver and trying to clean the track surface of my spikes.Wonder, if the track is still “runnable” after everybody took some home!
A Thank You to the officials and volunteers, who endured the heat/humidity and downpour like we did.
Off to Sacramento.
The officials and volunteers did a great job as usual. The admininstration was the problem. The scheduling was inadequate.
More volunteers and a better system was needed at the awards table. Athletes should not have to wait 1 to 2 hours or more for the awards. Lack of shade was another problem. Heat, humidity and wind was difficult to deal with. Javelin was held on soccer field and we wound up throwing uphill.
The overall facility was great but Houston in June was a mistake.
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