Damien Leake, Thad Wilson starred at the Club West meet
Nine days later, we finally have these results from the Club West meet at UC Santa Barbara. They confirm Nadine O’Connor’s 56.11 time in the W65 300 hurdles — a potential American record. But we also see some great late-season marks from M55s Damien Leake and Thad Wilson. Damien, a professional actor who runs for the Southern California Striders, put on these performances: 50 in 7.30, 100 in 12.10, 200 in 25.29 and 5.32 (17-5 1.2) in the long jump. The 50 and 100 were probably hand-timed (since the FAT system had problems). Thad, the Lahti world champ in the short hurdles, ran the 100 in 12.7, 100 hurdles in 15.7 and 180-yard hurdles (not meters as shown) in 22.7. Bob Powers, 60, had a javelin throw of 56.31 (184-9) and chin-up champion Matt Bogdanowicz, 40, ran the 2,000-meter steeplechase in a nifty 6:40.10.
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Pic of BJ Duhon in route to his 14.4 hurdle
victory at Club West, also in the pic is Thad
Wilson and Andy Hecker. Hidden is Chip Crowl.
Pic can be found at:
http://www.mastershistory.org/Hurdles/Duhon-Wilson-Hecker-2009.jpg
-Jeff Davison
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