Nadine O’Connor’s long jump beats old AR by a foot!

Results are now posted from Saturday’s Southern California Striders Meet of Champions. Nadine O’Connor’s legal long jump was 4.26 meters — just a tad under 14 feet. It surpassed the listed W65 American record of 3.94 (12-11¼) by Leonore McDaniels in 1994. The WR is 4.64 (15-2 3/4) by a German in 2002. Nadine’s wind-aided 200 was 29.87 (not 29.83 as I reported earlier). The meet was primarily for masters, but kids as young as 15 competed. Oldest entrant was 86-year-old Gerry Davidson, proud wife of sprinter Bob Davidson, 84. Willie Banks’ triple jump was 12.74 (41-9 3/4). But Willie wasn’t the only Olympian in Saturday’s triple jump, I later learned. Derek Boosey, 64, also jumped. His mark was 9.84 (32-3 1/2). Derek’s all-time best 16.22 (53-2 3/4) in 1968, when he competed for Britain in the 1968 Mexico Olympics. (He missed the final by 3 1/2 inches.)

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May 24, 2007

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  1. Phyllis Provost - May 24, 2007

    Ken,
    I don’t know how to reach you.I just read that Anne
    Cirulnick died.I met her
    once at the Dallas wt.pentalon.Most of us are
    just average athletes but I
    am wondering about her/do
    you have any information on
    her death?Thanks.

  2. peter van aken - May 24, 2007

    I remember Anne Cirulnick from Phil Partridge’s weight pentathlons in NYC in the 1970s/1980s- I was an “open” division athlete then and now I’m in M50, and it was wonderful that she was still competing in 2007. She was a real pioneer in the 1970s.
    Phyllis– you mentioned “reading” about this news, where???
    Would Dr. Ivan Black, the masters chair of Metropolitan Association USATF, know more details? Or Roz Katz, a NYC masters thrower?

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