Mensey, LeBourne, Hewitt, Butler named to Masters Hall of Fame
Thrower Myrle Mensey, middle-distancer Anselm LeBourne, multi-eventer Bob Hewitt and old-timer (legendary hurdler) Walt Butler are the Masters T&F inductees to the USATF Masters Hall of Fame, committee chair Mary Trotto announced Tuesday at the Anaheim USATF meeting. But the Hall of Fame Committee will change next year. National masters T&F chair Gary Snyder told the Executive Committee that the HOF will have two wings — one for masters track and one for LDR. “Politically, it will be one,” Gary said. But in practice, the sometimes rival panels will choose their own members. Gary says he hopes Phil Byrne will take over from Mary as T&F chair. This year’s class is golden, with record-setters Myrle, Anselm, Bob and Walt being great picks. Walt’s M50 WR in the 100-meter hurdles of 13.57 dates to 1991. Congrats to all.
Walt ran a then WR in M50 short hurdles of 14.11 at a Santa Barbara meet.
No physical Hall of Fame exists for masters, of course. But Gary says USATF masters webmaster Jeff Brower has suggested that all inductees be videotaped about their careers, with those clips posted to the Hall of Fame area of usatfmasters.org.
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Congrats to my good friend Walt Butler who got me interested in the Masters program over 30 years ago.
Congratulations to Bob. An all time athlete and a gentleman.
Congrats, Walt. This recognition is well deserved. Pasadena, CA repping again.
Congrads to all.
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