Jim Stookey’s M70 short hurdles world record falls to a German

Jim Stookey, a 2002 inductee into the USATF Masters Hall of Fame, is a hurdling legend. So when one of his records goes down, it’s worth noting. The Koops in Germany report: “It was undoubtedly the highlight of the first evening sports festival in 2010 Limburgerhof: Arno Hamaekers (1940, LAG Upper Murg) improved on 17 June on 80m hurdles world record in age group M 70 to 12.96 s (W: +1.1 m). He was thus three-hundredths faster than 10 years ago, the previous record holder James Stookey (b. 1930, USA).” (Here’s a news clipping as well.) Annette and Robert Koop quote Arno as saying: “This is a great success, for the old record was set by James Stookey. . . . I am now 70 years old and it fills me with pride when I see that I still am able to put an exclamation point.”