Joy Upshaw finally nails W55 American record for 100 in 13.27
Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence Masters Track and Field meet at Glendale High School near Los Angeles. (See results here.) Joy also ran a wind-hampered 50 in 7.28 and 200 in 27.69. She clocked 13.61 (again into a wind) in the 80-meter hurdles and also won the long jump at 4.51 (14-9 3/4). Joy lost her dad, Monte, in July. I’m sure he was cheering from Heaven’s Bleachers along with fellow prep record-setter Jesse Owens.
Since turning 55 in February 2016, Joy Upshaw has run the 100-meter dash at least 20 times, according to mastersrankings.com. On Sunday, she finally achieved her goal — beating Phil Raschker’s listed American record of 13.30 set at 2002 Orono nationals — a world record at the time. (It’s now held by France’s Nicole Alexis at 12.80.) Joy clocked 13.27 at the USATF-sanctioned
6 Responses
Matt McCubbins - October 2, 2017
Woo Hoo! Congrats Joy! It was very nice meeting you and chatting a bit up in Toronto – hope to see you at future meets :-).
Jeff Davison - October 2, 2017
Great job Joy
Chip Upshaw - October 2, 2017
Way to go Joyjoy!!
Carol Upshaw - October 2, 2017
Fab fun, honey❣️Stay tenacious!⚡️
Ken Stone - October 3, 2017
Turns out Joy ran a legal 13.22 in 2016, but that Mt SAC Relays mark wasn’t ratified.
http://masterstrack.com/joy-upshaw-claims-w55-ar-in-100-wins-mt-sac-for-encore/
Mike Sullivan - October 4, 2017
Great performance…….
Sully…
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