Jeff Laynes scorches 50 and 60 meters up in Saskatoon

Over the weekend, Jeff Laynes made his annual pilgrimage from the San Francisco Bay Area to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He made the 50-meter final in a premier indoor meet, The Knights of Columbus affair. These results show him clocking 5.84 for 50 and 6.89 for the 60 against high-class open fields (on separate days). Jeff turned 38 in October. Last year, he ran the 60 in 6.67, so time is catching up with him. But Jeff’s 5.84 is the age-graded equivalent of an open (ages 20-30) time of 5.65, and the best on record is Donovan Bailey’s 5.56 in 1996. So Jeff is still smoking fast! He didn’t achieve his Beijing dream last year, but he still can show the kiddies how to run! My warmest thanks to M50 sprinter Dave Brown of Calgary, who sent me the results link.