Brad nears bell lap of solo 1500 at nationals.
almost went sub-4 in the 1500 and
Nolan Shaheed missed setting a world record on his 65th birthday by only 1.5 seconds. So it went Friday on another lucky weather day at North Carolina nationals. At 48, Brad won the M45 15 by 11 seconds (beating middle-distance star
Nick Berra) and clocked 4:00.32 in a solo effort. He was shooting for
John Hinton’s American record of 3:56.39, set at age 45 in Durham, North Carolina. For more details on his race (and a video) see my
Times of San Diego report. Nolan crushed the listed M65 steeple record, however, going 7:19.62. The previous AR was
Ross Bolding’s 8:03.15 at Sacramento worlds. The listed WR is 7:18.10 by New Zealand’s
Ron Robertson. Nolan was serenaded at the starting line with “Happy birthday” by other entrants. And
Jim Wass sang the same tune from the announcer’s booth in the first 200 of the race. Other record-setters included M90
Roy Englert in the 5K, W60
Kathy Martin in the 2K steeple, W80
Irene Obera in the 400 (but not the 80 hurdles, where she has a better time this season) and W65
Sabra Harvey in the 5K. See the
USATF report here. My Day 2
photo gallery is here.
On his 65th birthday, Nolan crosses finish line in 2K steeple just off WR.
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As you may have discovered, USATF.tv isn’t showing the meet live. I was told it was because the Internet speed was too slow. But many races are still being archived here:
http://www.usatf.tv/gprofile.php?do=videos&mgroup_id=45365&folder_id=recent&mgroup_event_id=6668
My 100 heat is here:
http://www.usatf.tv/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=45365&mgroup_event_id=6668&year=2014&do=videos&video_id=121880
I came from behind to beat my Texas friend Bob Hahn, but I ran out of room to overtake WR man Oscar Peyton.
BTW, Pete Mundle no longer publishes a single-age records book, but his latest list is here:
http://www.masterstrack.com/photos/news2007/smar1.pdf
If Noland’s 65 birthday was Friday, why did he compete in M60 on Saturday and Sunday?
NOT SURE, I THINK RULE IS, YOU COMPETE UNDER THE AGE GROUP THE DAY THE MEET STARTS.IT THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE,IN ITALY AND IN PUERTO RICO .
Rule is this: Your age group hinges on your age as of the first day of the meet. But records depend on your actual age on the day you set a record.
Thanks for the terrific coverage Ken. It was a real thrill to see Nolan run so fast in the steeple, but heartbreaking when he stumbled at the last water barrier and missed the WR by two strides. Way to go Nolan Shaheed. “The” World Record holder!
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