So what has Lavinia Petrie done lately? Try W70 WR at 3000m

Lavinia is on a WR tear.

Lavinia is WR machine.

Only days before getting her WMA World Best Masters Athlete award in Monaco, Lavinia Petrie of Australia added to her record-setting legend. At a Bendigo meet Tuesday night, she ran 3000 meters (a half-lap short of 2 miles) in 12:52.03. That makes her the oldest woman to go sub-13 and beats her own listed W70 world record of 13:07.79. Yowza! By comparison, the American record is 14:41.60 by our friend Mary Harada. The local paper said: “The 71-year-old from Kilsyth achieved 102.73% in age gradings. Petrie was the only competitor to surpass 100 [percent] in the age gradings at this competition. There were 40 starters in the 3km event.” The WMA records page shows her as owning WRs in the 3000, 5000 and 10K. It’s a long time to Lyon worlds. If she enters, she’ll be running on fumes.

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November 20, 2014

6 Responses

  1. Mary Harada - November 20, 2014

    Lavinia Petrie has real speed, good for her – I hope she has great success breaking records while in the 70’s age group.

  2. Mark Cleary - November 20, 2014

    I think Marie Louise Michelsohn will have a shot at that record- only time will tell !

  3. Mary Harada - November 24, 2014

    have not seen any results by Marie Louise Michelson for awhile but then I have been away from track myself for the past couple of years. Records are made to be broken, my “time” was pretty soft – but so was the prior record,not all us who manage to break a record have great speed but I think Lavinia Petrie is one who does. Look for Jeanne Deprano to break a few records as well when she enters a new age group in a couple of years. Records are sort of a carrot dangling in front of us hopefully making us work harder than we might otherwise.
    My record breaking days are probably far behind me judging from my lack of anything resembling speed these days so I focus on keeping going and having a good time for as long as I can.

  4. Liz Palmer - November 24, 2014

    Mary, I’ve missed seeing you at meets, and hopefully we’ll meet up in 2015.

  5. Marcus battle - November 25, 2014

    Hey bob koontz won 6 national titles in 2014 in the sprints
    3indoor 3 outdoor plus the penn relays
    2015 m70 sprints will be hot
    And w50 with joy upshaw and the Renee the Jett moved
    Up

  6. Marcus battle - November 25, 2014

    Can the Jett get all 3 sprint records indoor
    The 60
    The 200
    The 400

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