John Hinton claims 1500 record in his M45 debut
Less than a week after turning 45, John Hinton of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, began his assault on the record books Sunday at the Duke Twilight Meet in Durham, North Carolina, reports Alan Sigmon. Alan writes: “John Hinton broke the M45 world record for 1500, clocking 3:56.39 in seventh place. Hinton turned 45 last Tuesday. Old record: 3:58.3, Peter Molloy, GB, 9 Aug 1995.” John’s 3:56 is roughly equivalent to a 4:16 mile. The listed M45 mile world record? It’s 4:16.75 by New Zealand’s David Sirl in 1987. Now it’s Tony Young’s turn. He runs the mile Saturday in Oregon.
Results from Sunday:
1 Matt Kerr Unattached 3:49.93
2 Tamas Kovacs High Point 3:50.11
3 Jamie McCarthy Coastal Carolina 3:50.94
4 Doug Currie Coastal Carolina 3:52.52
5 Travis Wray Lynchburg 3:53.30
6 Douglas Noreen Davidson 3:55.01
7 John Hinton Carrboro AC 3:56.39
8 Nick Vaccaro UNC Greensboro 3:57.92
9 Andrew Yarchin Appalachian St 3:59.24
10 Cabel Rosanelli William & Mary 4:01.18
Also, at Saturday’s Bob Boal meet (held on the same track), I clocked Jeanne Daprano at 6:21.8 at 1500 meters, better than the listed American Record, and #3 on the world all-time list. Unfortunately, there were no official timers taking her time.
Meanwhile, Bill Daprano reports splits from the W70 world mile record by his wife, who turned 70 last September:
Jeanne’s actual time I found out was 6:47.74 with splits of
1:38.69
1:45.06
1:43.10
1:40.89
The weather conditions were more near Roger Bannister’s famous mile; cool and damp. Temp in the 50s. The meet is usually held at Raleigh, but due to track repair it was at Duke University in Durham, N.C.
6 Responses
That’s absolutely fantastic! Great job, John!
That said … He can go faster!!
Way to go John–this is going to be a really fun season watching Americans break many World records.I think we have like the top 7 or 8 guys in the World in the 800m in the M-45 Division–It would be something to see an all U.S. final in Italy-but I know all our guys won’t be there–I was just dreaming for a minute.I would like to encourage all the top middle distance guys to come to Indy and run the Masters Invitational Mile there–If you can’t get in a Mile you can use a 1500m time and add 16 seconds to it for the conversion. 4:30 mile is the standard–it promises to be the best race of the year.
Happy Birthday indeed John! And welcome to the M45 gang. Wow!
Kevin Paulk
John,
Many congrats to you my friend. Your work on the track continues to improve. I know the 800 will be something when we all line-up at the start.
Sal
That was a great record by Pete Molloy and withstood many an attack by fellow Brit Dave Wilcock
You can see John’s run here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykbntEj5jp8
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Ojal?ɬ° veamos en Riccioni un duelo Hinton-Jesus Borrego, actual plusmarquista mundial de 1500 y 3000 Indoor.
Un saludo, desde Espa?ɬ±a
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