Rod Jett rockets to M40 American record for 60 hurdles
Rod Jett, a national-class hurdler from Cal, has an all-time best in the 110 hurdles of 13.43. He competed in the 1996 Olympic Trials, and last appeared in the IAAF world lists in 2000, when he ran the highs in 13.88. Last year, when he turned 40, he ran the masters 110s in 14.10. Yesterday in Seattle, he ran against some high school boys in the 60-meter hurdles, clocking 8.19 — an American indoor record. He beat the listed AR of 8.22 by Glen Patterson in 2003. The listed WR is 7.85 by France’s Vincent Clarico in 2006. Results of the meet also show several masters stars, including M50 world champ Marty Krulee, who ran the 60 flat in 7.36 seconds (the world age-group record is 7.20 by Bill Collins). Nice run, Rod. Best of luck the rest of ’08.
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Excellent hurdling Rod! Looking forward to seeing more of it. Nice sprinting from Marty as well.
Congrats, rod keep doing what your doing ,keep striving to the next level performance, and god will bless you more once again,sincere congrats, your competitor, and brother in hurdles, dave ashford go rod p.s see you in modesto for the greatest hurdle race of all time””
To keep records in perspective i ran 60 meters in the hurdles 8.09 when i was 40, is this a record that was missed this mark is verifiable not taking away from rod i did run this time would that be an american record still since it is faster than time mr jett ran please check ken wisconsin 8.09 when i was 40 0f age
Thanks Dave, but if you didn’t want to take away from it you probably would not have mentioned it. If I run another indoor meet, I’ll make sure I run faster than 8.09 just so there is no doubt.
Congrats Rod! Records are there to be broken. Just make sure you guys place them out of contention, because I am aiming to put this in the 7.7 range for the 60HH. I wish you guys were joining me for the World Meet in France. We could have a sweep like we did in Italy.
Don Drummond
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