First American sub-7 miler over 80 won’t be eligible for U.S. record
James Eklund, 81, ran a mile at a Bay Area all-comers meet July 7. It wasn’t USATF-sanctioned, just a typical summer event. But his time was exceptional: 6:59.38, faster than the listed American M80 record of 7:09.60 by Joseph King in 2008. (The listed WR is 6:26.6 by Aussie David Carr.) The meet at Chabot (Shah-BOW) College in Hayward hadn’t posted results by Monday night, but it doesn’t matter for records. Lack of sanction doomed it. James isn’t entered at Grand Rapids, so who knows when he’ll enter a record-eligible race?
James tops a short list of milers in his age group, but what a time!
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It was fun to watch!
Pride meet in SF on the 23rd is sanctioned. They have a mile
http://pridemeet.org/meet-info/
I believe this Oct 16th meet i sanctioned and probably ClubWest on the 30th of October
http://us.srichinmoyraces.org/masters-la
I’m sure they’d allow a mile for record purposes as the list the 1500
Mixed 1 Mile Run
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Name Year Team Seed Finals Points
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1 Dulski, Ella W Una 5:35.41
2 Tavella, Sofia W Una 5:43.89
3 Rueb, Mia W Una 6:15.63
4 Sawchuk, Kevin M Una 6:57.93
5 Eklund, James M Una 6:59.37
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