Karl Smith smashes WR in 60 hurdles at Southeast Region meet

Karl back in the day as Longhorns timber-topper.

Some great marks emerge in results of last Sunday’s USATF Southeast Region Masters Indoor Championships at JDL FastTrack in Winston-Salem. At 44, Jeff Mack should be biding his time for M45. But no — he scorched a 60 in 7.12 and 200 in 23.34. M70 record-holder Ty Brown had a great double in the 60 hurdles (9.72) and 200 (28.79), and M55 Karl Smith — a Jamaican Olympian — clocked the hurdles in 8.60, edging Courtland Gray’s listed world record of 8.63 dating to 1999, and the 200 in 24.93 — actually beating his seed time of 25.00 (most entrants were behind their submitted marks). Perennial quarter-mile champ Ben James beat his age in the M60 400, going 58.25. In the M40 3000, Musa Gwanzura ran 9:33.12 — close to 10-minute 2-mile pace. Lemme know if I missed any records or stuff.



Here are some marks that stuck out:

Event 2 M40 60 Meter Dash
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Name Age Team Prelims Finals H#
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1 Mack, Jeffery M44 Carolina Track a 7.12 2

Event 2 M50 60 Meter Dash
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Name Age Team Prelims Finals H#
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1 Hooker, Laurence M54 Unattached 7.36 2

Event 2 M55 60 Meter Dash
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Name Age Team Prelims Finals H#
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1 McGee, Don M56 Unattached 7.73 1

Event 4 M35 200 Meter Dash
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Name Age Team Seed Finals
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1 Burnett, Sean M35 Unattached 21.94 22.58

Event 4 M40 200 Meter Dash
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Name Age Team Seed Finals H#
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1 Mack, Jeffery M44 Carolina Track a 23.50 23.34 2

Event 4 M45 200 Meter Dash
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Name Age Team Seed Finals H#
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1 Drummond, Don M47 Unattached 24.75 25.37 4

Event 4 M55 200 Meter Dash
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Name Age Team Seed Finals H#
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1 Smith, Karl M57 Unattached 25.00 24.93 7
2 McGee, Don M56 Unattached 24.46 25.55 7

Event 4 M70 200 Meter Dash
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Name Age Team Seed Finals H#
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1 Brown, Ty M71 Unattached 27.03 28.79 10


Event 6 M60 400 Meter Dash

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Name Age Team Seed Finals H#
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1 James, Ben M60 Unattached 57.50 58.25 4

Event 12 M40 3000 Meter Run
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Name Age Team Seed Finals
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1 Gwanzura, Musa M44 Unattached 9:04.00 9:33.12

Event 14 M45 60 Meter Hurdles
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Name Age Team Seed Finals H#
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1 Drummond, Don M47 Unattached 8.45 8.54 4

Event 14 M55 60 Meter Hurdles
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Name Age Team Seed Finals H#
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1 Smith, Karl M57 Unattached 8.30 8.60 3

Event 14 M70 60 Meter Hurdles
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Name Age Team Seed Finals
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1 Brown, Ty M71 Unattached 9.44 9.72

Event 32 M80 Shot Put
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Name Age Team Seed Finals
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1 Vaughn, Gerald M81 Unattached 10.58m 10.48m

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January 26, 2017

6 Responses

  1. Peter L. Taylor - January 26, 2017

    Those are some great 200-meter times on a flat track. Wish I could have announced this fine meet. Well, maybe next year I will have a chance.

  2. John Smith - January 27, 2017

    Isn’t 8.60 faster than 8.63?

  3. Ken Stone - January 27, 2017

    Headline and story fixed, John! Can’t explain my brain cramp.

  4. david ashford - January 27, 2017

    Congratulations…king Karl …your awesome liontamer….I’m inspired by your great performance ,and so proud of you sir.

  5. Jeff Davison - January 27, 2017

    Congrads to all the winners and their
    great marks

  6. Wanda E - January 28, 2017

    Congrats to my team mates mentioned in the article:
    Karl
    Lonnie
    Don
    Rip
    We all run for a great team ITS

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