Richard Lowery, Gerald Vaughn snag M80, M75 records in HJ, shot

Catching up on great marks from a week ago: M80 flopper Richard Lowery cleared 1.35 meters (4-5 1/4) at Clermont, Florida, to equal the age-group world record and M75 thrower Gerald Vaughn raised his own American record in the shot at UNC Charlotte (site of the 2006 masters nationals) by putting the iron ball 13.30 meters (43-7 1/2). Video below by Patrick Toland shows Gerald nonchalantly signaling satisfaction with his throw, and USATF officials using a cloth tape to measure it. Hope they came back with a steel tape. The previous M75 best with the 4-kilo shot was 13.19 (43-3Вј) by James Oglesby in 2010, but Gerald threw 13.25 at an April meet in Charlotte. Richard tied the listed HJ WR by a Finnish jumper and smashed the listed AR of 1.24 (4-0Вѕ) by Bill Wambach in 2007. See Florida results here. Nice work, gents!

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May 29, 2011

2 Responses

  1. leigh - May 29, 2011

    That was way too easy!!!

  2. John - May 30, 2011

    Lots of practice makes it look easier than it is.

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