Masters 3000 at Trials could produce a raft of records

Today is the deadline for entering the final major masters exhibition races of the season — at the U.S. Olympic Trials. On second thought, forget it. The fields in the men’s 3000 and women’s 200 are already stacked. You don’t stand a chance. The headliners in the 3K are the current M45 American record holder, Pete Magill, and a guy who just broke the M45 world record in the mile, Tony Young. The Holy Grail is the listed M45 WR of 8:27.7 held by Nigel Gates of Britain.


Pete’s pending American record in the 3000 is 8:36.86 from this past March. But wouldn’t you know it — a week ago at the 40th Annual Club Northwest Summer All Comers Series Meet 2 at in Shoreline, Washington, Tony ran a hand-timed 8:36.0!
Tony nonchalantly posted this on the letsrun.com message board: “Felt relaxed and smooth throughout. Nice even splits. Want to try one more 3k to get ready for Oly Trials race to get the bugs out.”
These results were sent to me:

Men’s 3000-meter Run
1. Cameron Quackenbush (un/M19) 8:35.7h;
2. Tony Young (CNW/M46) 8:36.0h;
3. Uli Steidl (SRC/M36) 8:49.9h;
4. Pat M’Aulffe (un/M24) 8:50.3h;
5. Sean Messiter (un/M42) 8:55.1h;
6. Danny Lindstrom (un/M18) 9:04.9h;
7. Michael Lynes (un/M42) 9:12.8h;
8. Keefer Whan (un/M43) 9:25.5h;
9. Chip Jackson (un/M17) 9:31.8h;
10. Spencer Boyes (un/M18) 9:35.2h;
11. Matt Koenigs (un/M27) 9:35.5h;
12. Eric Bone (un/M34) 9:44.9h;
13. Grant Storey (D.R. Industries/M19) 9:58.2h;
14. Paul Swenson (un/M42) 10:11.2h;
15. Alex Brock (un/M16) 10:15.1h;
16. Drew Holloway (un/M31) 10:39.1h;
17. Peter Simmons (un/M31) 10:46.6h;
18. Jack Prestrud (un/M50) 10:47.7h;
19. Kevin Farrell (un/M33) 11:01.8h;
20. Frank Dauncey (un/M50) 11:37.7h;
21. Simon Barbe (SRC/M13) 11:44.8h;
22. Mike Lapointe (un/M53) 13:02.7h;
23. Dallas Kloko (un/M68) 13:31.5h;
24. Tim Joslin SR (un/M67) 13:35.2h;
25. Gary Wright (un/M70) 16:53.8h.

Here are the entries in the men’s 3000 masters exhibition at the Eugene Olympic Trials:

Men’s Masters 3000m Qual. Mark Entry
Tony Young Club Northwest 8:32.52 qualified
Peter Magill Fluffy Bunny Track Club 8:36.86 qualified
Brian Pope So Cal Track – Fleet Feet 8:40.59 qualified
Dan Franek Dirigo R.C. 8:52.20 qualified
Joe Carnegie unattached 8:59.04 qualified
Andrew Duncan Las Vegas Track Club 8:59.76 qualified
Jason Cakouros HFC Striders 9:01.96 updated
Kent Lemme Greater Springfield Harriers, Inc. 8:47.81 open
Armando Oliveira Nike Central Park Track Club 8:53.32 open
Chris Mattingly Genesee Valley Harriers 8:59.16 open
Damian Baldovino unattached 9:00.83 open
Michael Strickland Atlanta Track Club 9:00.86 open
Brian Crowley The Running Company 9:01.73 open
Peter Hegelbach Fleet Feet Racing – Boulder 9:03.71 open
Francis Burdett Greater Springfield Harriers, Inc. 9:06.74 open
Daniel Gonzalez unattached 9:09.49 open
Nolan Shaheed So Cal Track – Fleet Feet 9:10.24 open
Neil Fitzgerald Nike Central Park Track Club 9:10.27 open
Keefer Whan unattached 9:11.40 open
Michael Lynes Club Northwest 9:12.80 open
Kristian Blaich unattached 9:15.24 open
David Cannon Club Northwest 9:21.19 open
Christopher Yorges FIBO Track Club 9:26.42 open
Stephen Chantry Colonial Road Runners 9:28.12 open
Robert VanCleve FIBO Track Club 9:29.41 open

Here are the entries in the women’s 200 masters exhibition at the Trials:

Women’s Masters 200m Qual. Mark Entry
Renee Henderson unattached 25.34 qualified
Jai Black unattached 26.20 qualified
Charmaine Roberts Athena Track 26.23 qualified
Donna Lawrence Waterloo Track & Field Club 26.27 qualified
Joy Upshaw-Margerum unattached 26.34 qualified
Marjorie Milligan Jackson unattached 27.44 open
Shemayne Williams unattached 27.44 open
Janice Reid unattached 27.61 open
Terry Ballou Millrose AA 27.69 open
Sarah Lawson Greater Boston Track Club 28.03 open
Alecia Williams Arizona Flames Track Club 28.39 open
Janie Philpott So Cal Track – Fleet Feet 28.40 open
Jane Brooker unattached 28.53 open
Phil Raschker Florida Athletic Club, Inc. 28.54 open
Rebecca Connolly Merrimack Valley Striders 28.80 open
Martha Mendenhall unattached 28.91 open

Of course, not all the women will race. But we’re pretty much assured a full (and packed) field.
The men’s 3K is scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday, July 3. The women’s 200 is set for 12:35 p.m. Saturday, July 5 — immediately after the men’s open 200 quarterfinals!
(And my race is set for Wednesday, July 2, at the adult all-comers meet on the Trials’ second rest day. I’ll be lucky to run my sprints faster than the men in the 3000.)

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June 11, 2008

4 Responses

  1. matt - June 11, 2008

    HEY where is Sorenson?
    8:03.69 I don’t recall hearing about the Masters record being broken last year by Toni Bernardo on May 26th.
    Nigel’s record is approaching 10 years. Time for it to fall, so who is the rabbit? This record will need even pacing and a bit of a kick. 8:27 is about a 9:02-3 2 mile
    Will this be televised?
    Good luck

  2. Liz Palmer - June 11, 2008

    I have so many friends in the ladies 200 meters that I don’t know who to root for; which means I’ll be pulling for everyone. Go ladies, GO!!

  3. Pete Magill - June 11, 2008

    For the record, I won’t be running in this race. While it would be a great honor to represent American masters track, I’m afraid my legs need a rest. I’ve been racing hard since late January, after only a brief respite following hard racing in the fall. And the time has come to heal. But I’ll be rooting on the others from my perch on the couch. And I’ll especially be rooting for Tony to take down the M45 WR – hey, it’ll give me something to shoot for next year! 😉

  4. Sandy - June 12, 2008

    New to this blog. Very interesting information. Do you know if the U.S. Olympic Trials masters events will be televised?

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