Good, bad news: Daprano’s 6:58 OK, Lewis-Smallwood’s discus not
Gia may not care, but she deserves the credit.
Three USATF conventions after the fact, Jeanne Daprano’s historic sub-7 mile is expected to be ratified as the W75 American record.
She ran 6:58.44 at the USATF Western regional masters championships in Pasadena, but thanks to an iPetition demanding action from the Committee of One and Andy Hecker uncovering the lost paperwork, Jeanne’s mark will go into the record books.
Strangely, Jeanne’s 6:58 is now listed as the W75 world record. October 20 was the latest update, and maybe WMA’s records czar (same as America’s) jumped the gun. Whatever.
Check the list and let us know of any other omissions.
Jeanne in 2007 held record-setting form, and her 2012 mile mark was momentous.
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And congrats to age 13/14 jumper Sean Lee (son of former masters flopper Ron Lee) on his pending 6-5 record: http://www.usatf.org/usatf/files/40/400a8f77-1dae-4d04-980d-999ebfaf4b8b.pdf
Very nice photo of the illustrious Jeanne Daprano. Breaking the 7-minute barrier at age 75 a couple of years ago was an historic achievement, and I’m glad it is being recommended for acceptance as an American mark.
Congratulations also to Gwen Wentland, as it looks like she will get her W40 high jump record almost a year and a half after setting it at a little meet in Kansas called the USATF Masters Outdoor Championships.
In terms of world records, they are updated periodically throughout the year. For example, Irene Obera’s 16.81 in the 100 for W80 that she set at Winston-Salem nationals became an official world record several weeks later.
Thus, in masters records we often have the irony of seeing a mark become an official world record several months before it is considered for ratification as an American record (in December at the national convention).
Speaking of Winston-Salem, one of the joys of announcing that meet on the final day was seeing Lorraine Jasper anchor her squad to a world record of 10:24.21 in the 4 x 800 (50-59).
The other runners on Lorraine’s team were Beth Shisler, Sarah Allers, and the legendary Claudette Groenendaal. It is very unlikely, however, that this mark will be ratified in Anaheim, as it is not on the list shown above even though it was achieved at nationals, there is a video proving that the squad broke the record, etc.
I will e-mail Lorraine in a few minutes to tell her that her team’s record was not recommended for acceptance.
Oh, I missed that 4×800. I’ve included it her https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_world_records_in_masters_athletics
But not enough details: birthdates, running order and exact date.
Found everythig except three birth dates (always difficult with US athletes).
Just highly doubting that Ms Smalllwood considers herself a masters competitor at this point….she doesn’t compete at Masters events or at Masters Nationals, so really agree with the decision about her record. OH and I get it to those who say she should get it because 35 is 35…but you know what Im saying. Its just a totally different category/world that she competes in…
In fact, Leigh, I’ve been told that the USATF Masters T&F Committee once decided not to allow marks set in Open competition be allowed as masters age-group records. I’ve asked for documentation of this policy.
But the reality is USATF lists many M35/W35 records (by Bernard Lagat, Stacy Dragila and the like) set in Open meets. So unless we want to be deemed fools, we’d better list any age-group record set by elites.
http://www.usatf.org/statistics/records/view.asp?division=american&location=outdoor%20track%20%26%20field&age=masters&ageGroup=35-39&sport=TF
I note that several of Irene Obera’s 2014 marks are missing from the list, even though the paperwork was apparently submitted by the officials concerned. These include an 80m hurdles and 200m outdoor world record and a 400m outdoor national record that is 6 seconds faster than what she did at Wake Forest. I don’t think Irene really cares herself, but if there is a policy of not accepting marks established outside of the championship meets, I would appreciate knowing that and we’ll simply adapt her competition schedule in 2015 accordingly.
Lewis Smallwood’s record I am quite sure was just overlooked because it was set at an open meet. People that are worried about those records should bring them to Sandy’s attention instead of making judgments about someone being snubbed. That is a little un fair. I’m sure she doesn’t pour through open results looking for age 35+ records. Let’s get real
Just a Limey’s view. All over-35 records should be published, elite or not. BUT in the end it is always the athlete’s job to ensure that an eventual record is drawn to the attention of the records official.
I of course agree with Mark here. I would add that it is also unfair (completely unrealistic) to expect organisers of Open meetings to sift through all those masters records to catch and then notify any result that may a masters record.
Um, no need to pore through Open results for potential masters records, Mark. I heard there’s a blog somewhere that flags exceptional over-35 marks.
Ken, it’s not their job to do that. The responsibility has always been with the athlete to notify. In this case she probably could care less about a Masters record. Most people who are still competing open have no interest in being recognized by the Masters community. If she is still competing after 40 then I think we know she cares about masters recognition. I’m sure at this point we are not even be on her radar.
Technically, the meet director is responsible for reporting records: http://www.usatf.org/groups/EventDirectors/eventAdmin/mastersTF/USATFMastersTFMeetMgmtManual.pdf
See page 36.
But if record is set outside USATF circuit, stuff falls through the cracks. In any case, what harm is there in reading a silly blog?
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