Myrle Mensey’s monster throws pentathlon: 4754 points = W65 WR

Myrle with her 12-pound weight.

Myrle with her 12-pound weight.

The listed W65 world record in the throws pentathlon is 4411 by Inge Faldager of Denmark, but Margaret Tomanek of Belgium scored 4599 at Lyon worlds. Yet Inge has a pending mark of 4634 from a May meet. Forget all that. As of Sept. 12, the best score on record (using the newly required 500g javelin) belongs to America’s Myrle Mensey. At the Norm Bower Memorial meet at Kent State University — a USATF-sanctioned event put on by the Over The Hill TC — Myrle threw a stunning 4754. (See women’s results here.) “I’ve had my eye on this record for a while,” she reports. “The weather conditions were not the best (cold, damp, windy and raining off and on), but I managed to put some consistent numbers together. I really trained hard for this one. It’s tough doing 5 throwing events in 5 hours. I also competed in the individual hammer and weight, and took four throws in the shot. … I remember when I used to be a little scared to throw in a wet ring, but not this time. I had mind set on throwing well and getting that record to finish off my outdoor season.” MM’s marks? Try 36.57 (120-0) hammer, 9.28 (30-5 1/2) shot, 27.87 (91-5) discus, 20.40 (66-11) javelin and 16.06 (52-8 1/4) 12-pound weight throw. How would those marks have stacked up at Lyon? Try 5th, 5th, 3rd, 8th and 1st. A finalist in all events and medalist in two! In the rain! Nice job, Myrle.

Mary Hartzler and Cindy Wyatt with Myryle and others at Norm Bower throws pentathlon.

Mary Hartzler and Cindy Wyatt with Myrle and youngsters at pentathlon.

Myrle graciously continues:

Mary Hartzler was there and as always she really makes me work hard. She [has] great technique and can pull one out at any time. Finished at 3:15 then had to hightail it to the airport 45 minutes away and turn in a rental to catch a 6:30 flight back home. It was close. 

This is the first competition that I was not sore the next day or anytime after. Hooray. Guess I trained the right way. Now for some well-needed rest and start planning my Throwing and Growing Foundation 6th Annual Winter Throws Camp and Shot Put/weight competition December 28-29. Youth-Open-Masters females only and all female coaching staff.  Last year we had 35 girls from as far away as Chicago.

These are the current throws pent WRs from WMA site:

Women Outdoor Throws Pentathlon
(Last update: 01 June 2015)
Age group Mark Name Country Age Meet Date Meet Location Remark
W 100 5180 Ruth Frith AUS 101 02.04.11 Brisbane, AUS
W 35 4047 Marie-Josee Le Jour CAN 35 17.05.14 Toronto, CAN
W 40 4841 Oneithea Lewis USA 43 23.08.03 Fort Collins, USA
W 45 4752 Oneithea Lewis USA 45 13.08.05 Arlington, USA
W 50 4800 Oneithea Lewis USA 50 07.08.10 Lisle, USA
W 55 4581 Margaretta Tomanek BEL 56 08.10.05 Bogen, GER
W 60 4789* Helen Searle AUS 60 24.04.00 Hobart, AUS 400g
W 60 4401 Anne Jensen DEN 60 29.08.14 Izmir, TUR 500g
W 65 5313* Evaun B. Williams GBR 68 29.07.06 Poznan, GER 400g
W 65 4411 Inge Faldager DEN 66 29.08.14 Izmir, TUR 500g
W 70 5683* Evaun B. Williams GBR 70 02.08.08 L?ubl?ana, SLO 400g
W 70 4418 Maria Luisa Fancello ITA 71 29.08.14 Izmir, TUR 500g
W 75 5528 Evaun B. Williams GBR 75 25.10.13 Porto Alegre, BRA
W 80 4845 Susanne Wissinger GER 80 28.09.14 Bauntal, GER
W 85 4846 Rachel Hanssens BEL 85 27.08.14 Izmir, TUR
W 90 4090 Olga Kotelko CAN 90 06.08.09 Lahti, FIN
W 95 5016 Olga Kotelko CAN 95 16.05.14 Kamloops, CAN

(The asterisk next to W65 Evaun B. Williams indicates her record was thrown with the 400g javelin. The W65 women now use a 500g stick, so the old records are listed for sake of posterity.)

 

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September 25, 2015

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  1. Ken Stone - September 26, 2015

    Also notable: Myrle raised her own AR in the 20-pound superweight throw on Aug. 16 at a meet in Troy, Missouri:

    https://www.mastersrankings.com/meetresults.php?season=Outdoor&year=2015&meetno=O15004264

    Her mark was 11.95 meters (39-2 1/2), which beat her listed W65 record of 11.69 (38-4) from a year earlier.

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