Orville’s fans keep him going.

Rob Jerome, who took the storytelling photos on this entry, wrote Saturday: “Bruce McBarnette just won M55 HJ with 1.88 (6-2). Doesn’t that beat the 1.87 WR he set just a weeks ago? I ran into Bruce right before the competition, congratulated him on the WR he set a few weeks ago, and asked him if he had any more WRs left in him. Apparently he did. Here’s a photo of the winning jump at 1.88. He made three attempts at 1.90 (6-2 3/4), narrowly missing each time.” Also shown here is Orville Rogers of Texas, the oldest entrant at Landover nationals and whose legend is growing by the hour after setting four WRs in this meet. He had his own banner-carrying cheering section. He now owns the best M95 marks in the 60, 400, mile and 3000. Yowza! Also setting WRs Saturday were Oscar Peyton (M60) in the men’s 60 (7.52), beating Bill Collins’ 7.58 of last year, and Hugh Campbell (M88) in the men’s 3,000 (15:48.61), crushing the listed M85 WR of 17:24.85 by Portugal’s José Canelo. For jaw-dropping perspective, consider this about Orville’s 60 of 14.82. On the Age-Graded Tables, it is worth 6.23 seconds as an open time. (The real WR is Mo Greene’s 6.39.) His 400 is worth 46.03 and mile is worth 4:39.3. And Bruce’s 1.88 is the equivalent of an open (ages 20-30) height of 2.43 (7-11 1/2). Meet results are here.

Bruce clears the open equivalent of 7-11 1/2 in his WR 1.88 jump.

Here’s the USATF wrapup of Saturday’s events:

LANDOVER, MD. – Orville Rogers continued his assault on the record books in bringing his total of world records set up to four while Bruce McBarnette bettered his own world record in the men’s high jump as the USA Masters Indoor Track & Field Championships continued Saturday at the Prince George’s Sports & Learning Complex. The meet concludes Sunday.

With athletes ages ranging from 30-95+, a record 1,044 entrants from 47 states and 14 countries are a part of this year’s Masters Indoor Championships, which include 10 Olympians and 30 world champions.

Through afternoon competition on Saturday, Rogers (M95) and McBarnette (M55) helped grow the total number of individual world records set at the USA Masters Indoor Championships to eight.

Competing in the most senior division in Landover, the 95-year-old Rogers has established all-time world bests in the 60m (14.82), 400m (2:24.51), mile (14:39.91) and 3,000m (30:19.33).

For McBarnette, he set the world record in the men’s high jump with a clearance of 1.88m/6-2, which marked the 27th national masters championship of his career.

The list of those setting world records in Landover at the Masters Indoor Championships included: Oscar Peyton (M60) in the men’s 60m (7.52); Hugh Campbell (M88) in the men’s 3,000m (15:48.61) and Ed Burke (M73) in the super weight throw (11.57m/37-11.5).

Additionally, three women’s and two men’s relay teams set American records.

McBarnette betters Olympian Barrineau in setting world record?. They are a group of men that meet twice a year and seem to bring out the best in one another.

Their annual reunions happen at the masters indoor and outdoor championships.

“Competing in American masters championships is like competing in the world championships,” McBarnette said of the group. “We have so many good high jumpers.”

A 10-time world champion and 27-time national masters champion, in recent years McBarnette has seemed to set the literal and figurative bar for his group, which was the case again Saturday with his world record.

The group spans decades of success in the high jump and includes 1976 Olympian James Barrineau. Barrineau, who is a former world masters record holder in the event and competed in Landover battling injury, placed third Saturday clearing a height of 1.73m/5-8. Mark Williamson finished runner-up at 1.78m/5-10.

For McBarnette, the world record was a goal he had Saturday.

“It feels great to break another world record,” he said. “I have broken many world records, but this is very special becomes it comes at a USA masters championship. This is what I was shooting for.”

Ryan keeps busy at Masters Indoor Championships?Lisa Ryan (W43) struggles to find any spare time during masters indoor or outdoor championships. But that is simply the way she prefers it.

“I figure that I am paying to fly out here so I might as well make it worth it,” she said. “If I’m here I want to compete.”

On Saturday, Ryan won the women’s 40-44 age group of the mile in a time of 5:13.99. From that point it was over to the medical area for a quick massage before moving on to one of the nine other events she will be competing in throughout the weekend.

She began running at the age of 40 and excels at the distance events, also winning her age group in the 3,000m on Friday. But her day in far from over when the mile or 3,000m is done. She is also competing in the 800m, long jump, 60m hurdles, triple jump, shot put, weight throw and super weight throw in Landover.

“Someday I wouldn’t mind doing the pentathlon but I’m still learning the throwing events,” she said. “It’s fun and I do it to be a part of a team. I can compete at home in different college meets and then I will focus more on my own events. I think doing different events makes you a better athlete.”

Ryan competes as a part of the Southern California Track Club.?