Olympian Rod DeHaven smokes fastest mile of ’07
Results posted for the masters mile at yesterday’s Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa, are intriguing. Rod DeHaven, a 2000 Sydney Olympian in the marathon, took first in a wonderful 4:19.03. It’s the fastest M40 outdoor mile of the year. But the field of five was missing masters great John Hinton. Wassup? I hope Mark Cleary, organizer of this masters invitational event, checks in to explain John’s absence. Hope John is OK. Meanwhile, congrats to Rod (who turned 40 last September) for a remarkable effort. Welcome to masters. Here’s Rod’s old USATF biography. Oh, and BTW, 39-year-old Jeff Hartwig broke the meet record in the vault, clearing 19-0 3/4 Ho hum.
Here’s the masters mile at Drake:
Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa – 4/25/2007 to 4/28/2007
Event 39 Men 1 Mile Run Masters
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Drake Relays: D 4:12.34 2004 Tony Young, Redmond, Wash.
Stadium: S 4:12.34 2004 Tony Young, Redmond, Wash.
Name Year School Finals
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Finals
1 Rod DeHaven Unattached 4:19.03
2 Dan Held Unattached 4:28.84
3 David Bailey Competitive Edge 4:29.38
4 Michael Smith Unattached 4:31.66
5 David O’Meara Unattached 4:46.89
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Ken, John Hinton wanted to be there to defend his title, but an un expected work issue caused him to have to miss this years race.His assistant manager’s mother is in her last few days fighting her battle with cancer-this gentleman covers for John when he is out of town–since he was gone–John had to be at his job and could not attend the race. I was able in the last week to get Rod to join the field and Dan Held who by the way is a two time Olympic trials qualifier was a great addition to the field as well. Dan drove 5 1/2 hours from Wisconsin to be there–I am very thankful for that–the race was small but a great race none the less–the crowd was very loud with great support for the Masters–Boy Alan Webb’s 3:51 meet record for the mile was amazing to watch–the crowd was deffening during his last time down the back stretch.Fantastic meet and as always the Drake Relays people rolled out the red carpet.
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