Art Parry
In 1970,
Jan Johnson set an indoor vault WR at the outdoor NCAA meet in Des Moines. It happened again over the weekend — at the Mid-America Championships and Rocky Mountain Masters Games. Twice!
Kay Glynn, 58, upped her own W55 indoor WR to 2.98 and Arthur Parry, 65, set an indoor vault WR of 3.72 meters. Previous bests were 2.95 and 3.70 (by
John Altendorf at Kamloops).
Sue Norton of the Colorado Masters Track & Field Club
sent these results and writes that
Carol Frost, 66, (1964 Olympian), set an American record in the shot as well. Plus: “
Sharon Raham was an ironwoman. She won the Throws Pentathlon, and spent the day battling with Carol Frost in the throws events.
Bill Harvey, 65, from Nevada had very good marks in the shot and discus.
Matt Burns, 39, earned an excellent score in the high jump.
George Soule received the
Colorado Masters Track & Field Club Appreciation Award, presented by
Jim Weed, meet director, for his work on organizing the meet and throughout the year.”
Kay Glynn at Fort Collins after upping her own W55 world record in the vault.
5 Responses
Wow, Ft. Collins Aggie fieldhouse. It looked different 60 years ago. “Gee, Tex, that makes sense. Glynn WASN’T THERE.” In ’51 the track was about 160 yards and it was crushed black cinders. Old Collins was nice. It was small. Today, it’s huge. Old Collins is now new Collins. Fond memories. Smartty
Smartty, I’m not sure the new indoor track is any different than the old one, although my understanding is that the “new” field house was for horses and cattle back then. They put down an artificial surface quite a few years ago, but I don’t think it’s even 11 laps to the mile (can’t remember for sure).
Congrats to Kay!!
KAY! What are you doing? Don’t you know this is dangerous and scary?
Congrats on another world record! And thanks a bunch for making it even harder for me to catch you!
I loved Collins back in the day, even though I could hardly breathe. In ’51 I was right out of East Texas at close to sea level. Instead of track, I made the yell team and was known as the Texas Jack Rabbit. “Gee, Tex, I’ll bet you’ve been called worse.” Oh yeah. Smartty
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