CBS News dude follows Dottie WR at Snow Canyon HS.
Last month, a producer with “CBS Sunday Morning” asked my help in finding some near-100 athlete they could feature on their show — in the wake of M100
Don Pellmann’s records in San Diego. They wanted to film someone setting a record. I gave her some names, and advised them to contact the National Senior Games Association. Apparently, she did. About 10 days ago, they set up cameras at the
Huntsman World Senior Games and got
Dottie Gray becoming the first 90-plus lady to run 3000 meters. She
finished in 31:13.23 — instant WR. Before Dottie, the oldest 3K lady apparently was blind Canadian
Ivy Granstrom, who ran 24:08.62 at age 86. Here’s what NSGA said in its latest newsletter: “We were fortunate to assist CBS when they called NSGA seeking to feature an athlete, over the age of 90, attempting a world record for their Sunday Morning program. After all, those things don’t happen every day, and most of our state games were done for the year. However, we found that 90-year-old Dottie Gray of Shrewsbury, Missouri, was entering five running events at Utah’s Huntsman World Senior Games.” Results say she’s from Kirkwood, but who’s checking? In any case, nice run, Dottie! Get some rest!
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Congratulations Dottie. I’ve known Dottie for about 15 years. I remember seeing her run at The St.Louis Senior Olympics in 1999 and was amazed at how well she ran then at her age. I also saw her run a 5k this summer. It’s amazing to see that she was still competing and running good. Way to represent your home town!!!
I met Dottie this year as we participated in the parade of athletes at the Opening Ceremonies for the Huntsman Games. A very nice and very interesting lady! She’s been running for a long time. It’s nice to see her accomplish a world record and get noticed doing it. Way to go, Dottie!
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