File this under: M40 indoor records you won’t see on the books
Mike Godbout, one of the surprise newcomers at Lahti worlds, didn’t know any better when he ran the 42-inch hurdles a year ago at Iowa State University. It was just an innocent collegiate indoor meet, an NCAA qualifier for the kids. But Mike, who at 40 was racing cats half his age, clocked 8.18 seconds in the 60-meter hurdles. Uh oh. That beat the listed M40 American record of 8.22 — for the 39-inch hurdles. (See results here.) In an email exchange, I told Mike that even if he could somehow gather all the requisite signatures and phototimer shots, he still might not qualify for the AR. Dang hurdles were too high! On the other hand, Darren Scott of the UK will never see his latest mark on the record books. That’s because nobody keeps age-group records for the 300-meter dash.
Mike won the M40 short hurdles in Lahti with a time of 14.32. Second place was a full six-tenths back! (Photo by Ken Stone)
On March 7, Darren ran the 3 in 34.95 indoors.
After I learned about this from the Track & Field News message board, I wrote him for details. He replied:
My plan was to run a 300m at Sports City Manchester as my last indoor run. In December I ran a 300m at Sports City in 36.03, which was a British best performance. . . . I had only been training once a week for 5 weeks, and I knew I could run a lot quicker when fully fit and running fast again.
So I said to my coach (Morris Condon) I will have another go on my last run at Manchester on my birthday. So I ran 7.06 for 60m as a warmup, then did the 300m in 34.95 — which is also my all-time indoor PB. It was 34.98 in 2004, as not run very often.
So all in all I have done six British records and two world records this indoor season. So been a fantastic indoor: 60m 6.98, 200m 21.71, 300m 34.95 and 400m 49.35. Back into training, and so much look forward to the outdoors. At present I am ranked number one in UK and maybe in the world for all my indoor performances as a M40.
Also just FYI. Here are results from Mike’s race of March 2009:
2009 Iowa State NCAA Qualifier – 3/7/2009
Event 2 Men 60 Meter Hurdles
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Track Record: @ 7.59 2/12/2000 DOMINIQUE ARNOLD (UNATT)
NCAA AUTO: % 6.63
NCAA PROVO: & 7.91
Name Year School Prelims H#
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Preliminaries
1 Ash, Ronnie Bethune-Cook & 7.86q 1
2 Thornton, Kirkland Nebraska 7.92q 3
3 Vese, William University o 7.92q 3
4 Williams, Robert Washington S 7.93q 4
5 Hayes, Keith U of kansas 7.95q 2
6 Ross, Tyrell Nebraska 7.96q 2
7 Parker, Eric Iowa State 7.98q 1
8 Payne, Roscoe Middle Tennessee 8.01q 2
9 Porter, Keyen U of kansas 8.08 3
10 Mason, Jamele Texas Tech U 8.08 1
11 Coley, Dorran Thiel College 8.16 2
12 Godbout, Mike Unattached 8.18 4
Mike posed with exhausted, defeated rivals after 110 hurdles at Lahti worlds last summer. (Photo by Ken Stone)
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Great pictures, Ken. The Frenchman has it right wearing “my” bandanna to keep the sweat out of his eyes. Another reason why I wear a bandanna is because of the girls. I tell folks who ask, “By the time chicks find out my age, they’ve already fallen for me.”
Jerry Dreamer
Up in the M55 age group, Rich Burns has set a fabulous American outdoor record in the 1500 — 4:17.8. And the season is young!
Details at Pete Magill’s surpassing excellent blog:
http://petemagill.blogspot.com/2010/03/rich-burns-sets-new-m55-american-1500.html
it’s always a real treat to read of a fellow hurdler excelling in his field, especially against the kids…get that lead leg back on the ground and snap your trail leg through ! ( just pause in mid air for a nano-second for the great photos ) congratulations on your outstanding performance !
hip hop horay finaly a story about hurdlers,we never get any write ups thanks ken,nice to hear about hurdlers I SENT YOU SOME NICE PHOTO FINISH HURDLE PICTURES OF ME,JEFF BROWER,AND LEE X IT WAS A NICE PICTURE YOU NEVER USED IT,LOVE TO SEE HURDLES GET A LITTE REP,THANKS KEN
hey keith !… good to see you ..i’d love to see the photos you sent to ken…if you want , send it to my e mail at spiffvw@aol.com i can’t wait to get my knees fixed to get back in the mix… i tried hurdling at the nj indoor champs, but hit the deck…my long jump wasn’t bad…keep up the positive thoughts…you’ve always put a smile on my face…best wishes…albert
AL WILL DO
WILL DO THAT AL
This needs to be updated in the books. I hope the records affiliate will document this American Record.
Good Job Mike!
I am sure they are just waiting for the required paperwork.
We have another great hurdler added to the masters ranks personal bests 13.8 in 110HH. Will be running in 2010 indoor nationals(M40)
http://www.longbeachstate.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/lbst/sports/c-track/auto_pdf/OutdoorAll-TimeList
Long Beach senior Derek Pye won the 400 hurdles (51.99) and the 110 hurdles (14.25) and won conference male athlete of the year honors, and Fresno State’s …
Derek Pye unattached 8.42 accepted
great news..the u.s.a. has always been the power to beat with our great tradition of hurdlers, and i see that it continues. i just checked the status of entries for the nationals and the lists are stacked..there will be some fast times, and fantastic heights and distances…i’m wishing all entered the best…and safest….god bless you all …!
http://www.usatf.org/events/2010/USAMastersIndoorTFChampionships/results/saturday.asp
M40 60 Meter Hurdles
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Name Age Team Finals
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1 Pye, Derek M42 Long Beach, CA 8.09
2 Drummond, Don M40 Lawrenceville, GA 8.18
3 Faulkner, Lee M41 Marion, AR 9.67
4 McKenzie, John M44 Silver Spring, MD 11.95
— Golden, Derrick M44 Plainfield, IL DNF
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