Olympic throwers did battle at the Nevada Senior Games

As hinted earlier, throwers went wild at the Nevada Senior Games on October 2. At least two Olympians were in the hammer mix — Ed Burke and Tom Gage. And that was just the M65 group! (See results of the hammer and long jump.) Here are results for the rest of the meet, graciously provided by Tony Stephens and Al McDaniels, who also listed meet records set at UNLV. Ed is close to turning 70, BTW, as this neat article reminds me. He’ll join the M70 ranks in early March. Already the M65 WR man in the hammer, Ed can turn his attention soon to the M70 WR of 53.12 (174-3) by Bob Ward. What did Edward throw at Nevada? He went 51.15 (167-9). Not too shabby.

Here are some hignlights of the meet:

Meet Records

Women 50 Audry Lary (75) Frederick, MD (8.79 ) Old mark 10.00 by Traudel Tieleken, 98′

Women 200 Audry Lary (75) Frederick, MD (41.38) Old mark 44.31 by Johnnye Valien, Los Angeles, Ca 99′

Men 800 James Van Tatenhove(80) Las Vegas NV (3:51.05) Old mark 4:10.08 by Sam Hirabayashi, Las Vegas, Nv 08′

Men 1500 John Gustafson (70) Woods Cross, UT (5:52.78) Old mark 5:57.95 by James Van Tatanhove, Las Vegas, Nv 08′

Men 1500 James Van Tatanhove (80) Las Vegas, NV (8:02.72) Old mark 8:14.96 by Sam Hirahayashi, Las Vegas, NV 08′

Women 1500 Gloria Ako-Lubi (65) Christchurch, Barbado’s (7:10.28) Old mark 8:08.12 by Bonnie Sayre boulder City, Nv 06′

Women Shot Put Christel Donley (74) Colorado Springs, CO (7,33m/24′ 3/4) Old mark 7.26m by Johnnye Valien, Los Angeles, CA 98′

Men Javelin Michael Janusey (52) Pennsylvania (54.22m/177’11) Old mark 52.26m by David Hamel, Yorba Linda, CA. 05′

Men Javelin Peter LaBarge (70) Dallas Tx. (43.20m/141’9) Old mark 38.64m by Bob Bergfeldt, Chandler, AZ 06′

Men High Jump Doug Spainhower (75) Fruit Heights, UT. (1.32m/ 4’4) Old mark 1,25m by James Stookey, Dickerson, MD 05′

Women High Jump Christel Donley Colorado Springs, CO (1,02m/ 3’4) Old mark 1,01m by Barbara Brandt, Mesa, Az. 99′

Men Triple Jump Robert Richardson (56) Carson, CA (10.02m/32’10) Old mark 9.81m by Jim Dolezel Midwest City, OK 08′

Women Triple Jump Brenda Matthews (60) Anaheim, CA ( 7.78m/25’6 1/4) Old mark 4.59m by Dee Anne Janne, Las Vegas, NV 98′

Men Hammer Dave Douglass (78) Tucson, AZ (29.34m) Old mark 28.94m by Tom Allison, Eugene, OR 06′