Janvrin wins 17th Drake title — this time in masters 800

Kip Janvrin is a Drake Relays legend as a decathlete. But now that he’s 41, he gets to run for FUN! Today he won the masters 800 in Des Moines in a sensational 1:53.89. He broke the masters meet record by nearly two seconds. Must have been forced to run fast: 18 in the race. “These fans, this facility deserve top-notch performances,” he said. “Did I think I could run that fast? Yeah. We have a beautiful day and the track is fast.” His time age-grades out to 1:47.28. Not too shabby. Tomorrow morning, Drake runs a masters mile. Maybe Kip will come back and surprise us there, too.


Just kidding.
Actually, the lineup for the mile — part of Mark Cleary’s masters invitational program — is quite impressive:
Event 39 Men 1 Mile Run Masters
Section 1 Timed Finals
1 Michael Smith Unattached
2 John Hinton Carrboro Athleti
3 Conor O’Driscoll Unattached
4 Nolan Shaheed Southern Cal TC
5 Tom Smith Unattached
6 Robert Van Cleve FIBO TC
Official results of the 800:

Drake Stadium – Site License
2007 Drake Relays
America’s Athletic Classic
Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa – 4/25/2007 to 4/28/2007
Event 19 Men 800 Meter Run Masters
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Drake Relays: D 1:55.65 1998 Dan Futrell, Black Jack, MO
Stadium: S 1:55.65 1998 Dan Futrell, Black Jack, Mo
Name Year School Finals
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Finals
1 Kip Janvrin Unattached 1:53.89S
2 Jeff Burris Unattached 2:02.74
3 Kevin Allen Unattached 2:07.25
4 John Armon Unattached 2:09.25
5 Scott

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Smith Unattached 2:10.40
6 James Watry Unattached 2:11.00
7 Pete Palumbo Unattached 2:11.38
8 Tim Dempsey Unattached 2:11.58
9 Dennis Lang Unattached 2:13.18
10 Paul Gorden Unattached 2:13.48
11 Thomas Novak Unattached 2:13.94
12 Rick Peterson Unattached 2:14.02
13 Bernie Wilder Unattached 2:15.38
14 Jim Sheehan Unattached 2:19.21
15 Larry Longmore Unattached 2:21.22
16 Jeff Mullen Unattached 2:24.00
17 Mike Furrow Unattached 2:27.32
18 Benjamin Eskin Unattached 2:27.40
— Brad Joens Unattached DNS
— Murray Nelson Unattached DNS

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April 27, 2007

2 Responses

  1. Mark Alexander - April 27, 2007

    Janvrin’s 1:53.89 is less than 1.5 seconds off the M40 800m record.

  2. Mark Cleary - April 30, 2007

    I witnessed Kip’s race first hand and he took it out from the gun and by the beginning of the back stretch he was all alone. I think he can get Gray’s record if he get’s in a race soon with some competition–he had none in that race–he won that same race last year in a very conservative 2:03–he just stayed at the front of the pack for 550 meters and then kicked.

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