Masters Hall of Famer Jeanne Daprano of Georgia turned 80 last September, and she’s making good use of her new age group. Last Saturday, she added the American W80 mile record to her W70 and W75 collection, clocking 8:35.04 at the USATF-sanctioned South Carolina Open and Masters Track Classic at Furman University. (See results here.) That shatters the listed AR of 9:00.52 by the late Gerry Davidson back in 2001. (I covered it.) She just missed the listed WR of 8:33.76 by Canada’s Helly Visser in 2014. Jeanne also is staying busy at the National Senior Games in Alabama, winning the 400 and 800 and also making the finals in the 50, 100 and 200. Whew!

Michelle Allen took this pic of Jeanne (third from the inside in red) at the start of her AR mile. The track had a rail, thank goodness (for record vetting)!

Here’s how Jeanne has done so far at National Senior Games:

Event 79 W80 400 Meter Dash
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Heat Winner Plus Next Fastest Times Advance
NSGA Record: M 1:36.00 1991 Polly Clarke, CO
World Sr Rec: W 1:31.21 9/1/2013 Emma Mazzenga, ITA
Name Age Team Prelims Finals
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Finals
1 Daprano, Jeanne W81 GA 1:56.95 1:37.84
2 Graf, Tami W81 MD 2:12.00 2:05.01
3 Carrin, Beth W83 NC 2:16.00 2:05.14
4 Barger, Frances W83 AR 2:25.34 2:17.18
5 Hodges-Hite, Joyce W80 GA 2:27.00 2:22.77
6 Jones, Valera W82 TN 2:15.99 2:49.76
7 Yeck, Dolores W80 TN 3:43.59 3:06.50
8 Works, Della W82 WY 3:16.40 3:29.18
9 Pendergraft, Eleanor W82 TN 4:12.36 3:32.19

Event 7 W80 50 Meter Dash 80-84
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Heat Winner Plus Next Fastest Times Advance
NSGA Record: M 9.84 7/9/2015 Barbara Jordan, VT
Name Age Team Prelims Finals Wind
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Finals
1 Cazel, Madelaine W80 FL 10.24 9.59 2.2
2 Meiler, Flo W83 VT 10.42 10.06 2.2
3 Daprano, Jeanne W81 GA 11.49 10.08 2.2
4 Southall, Sarah W82 TN 11.89 11.60 2.2
5 Howell, Elizabeth W81 AL 11.00 13.99 2.2
6 Remillard, Ruth W81 NM 15.26 14.61 2.2
7 Yeck, Dolores W80 TN 17.30 14.91 2.2
8 Allison, Fran W84 NC 17.20 15.00 2.2
9 Pendergraft, Eleanor W82 TN 19.10 15.18 2.2

Event 31 W80 100 Meter Dash 80-84
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Heat Winner Plus Next Fastest Times Advance
NSGA Record: M 18.60 1991 Polly Clarke, CO
World Sr Rec: W 16.81 7/19/2014 Irene Obera, USA
Name Age Team Prelims Finals Wind
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Finals
1 Cazel, Madelaine W80 FL 19.16 18.96 -0.6
2 Daprano, Jeanne W81 GA 20.87 19.61 -0.6
3 Meiler, Flo W83 VT 20.79 19.82 -0.6
4 Bradford, Mary Lou W81 TX 21.49 22.49 -0.6
5 Southall, Sarah W82 TN 25.39 26.08 -0.6
6 Hodges-Hite, Joyce W80 GA 29.95 28.87 -0.6
7 Kelly, Patricia W82 FL 28.50 29.15 -0.6
Preliminaries
8 Howell, Elizabeth W81 AL 31.17
9 Remillard, Ruth W81 NM 31.62
10 Pendergraft, Eleanor W82 TN 36.06
— Yeck, Dolores W80 TN DQ

Event 103 W80 800 Meter Run 80-84
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80 NSGA Reco: M 4:22.20 2011 Nessie Hollicky, AB
80 World Sr: W 3:38.15 9/17/2016 Yoko Nakano, JPN
Name Age Team Finals
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Finals
1 Daprano, Jeanne W81 GA 3:59.91M
2 Lund, Nancy W80 NC 4:28.39
3 Graf, Tami W81 MD 4:50.91
4 Perry, Genevieve W80 IN 5:35.90
5 Jones, Valera W82 TN 6:10.85
6 Yeck, Dolores W80 TN 7:06.37
7 Pendergraft, Eleanor W82 TN 7:34.19

Event 55 W80 200 Meter Dash 80-84 (10)
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Sunday 6/11/2017 – 9:03 AM
NSGA Record: 41.39 1991 Polly Clarke, CO
World Sr Rec: 36.80 7/20/2014 Irene Obera, USA
Name Age Team
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Section 1 Timed Finals
1 Pendergraft, Eleanor W82 TN
2 Works, Della W82 WY
3 Southall, Sarah W82 TN
4 Carrin, Beth W83 NC
5 Meiler, Flo W83 VT
6 Daprano, Jeanne W81 GA
7 Jones, Valera W82 TN
8 Bradford, Mary Lou W81 TX
9 Yeck, Dolores W80 TN
10 Hughes, Janet W80 VA