Rod Jett takes hurdles title at California Relays; Morning is back!

Kevin Morning

Rod Jett ran 14.99 in the 110s into a good wind yesterday at the California Invitational Relays at Sacramento City College. Then he came back and won the masters 100 as well — in 11.82 into a breeze. The meet used to be known as the Modesto Relays. (See complete results.) Notable in fourth was comebacking M50 Kevin Morning, who clocked 12.20. And in the open 100, M45 Aaron Thigpen ran 11.29 into a slight wind. Not too shabby. Finally, 37-year-old Olympian Derek Miles won the vault at 5.80 meters (19-00.25). The listed M35 WR is Jeff Hartwig’s 5.86 (19-2 3/4). Amazing. Congrats to all.

Rod Jett leads Richard Holmes in 110H. (Photo by Paul Kitagaki Jr.)

Here are the main races with masters:

Event 37 Men 110 Meter Hurdles Tom Moore Masters
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Name Year Team Finals Wind
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Finals
1 Rod Jett Unattached 14.99 -1.9
2 Richard Holmes Unattached 15.50 -1.9
3 Peter Grimes Unattached 16.19 -1.9
4 Brian Conley Unattached 17.17 -1.9


Event 38 Men 100 Meter Dash Masters

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Name Year Team Finals Wind
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Finals
1 Rod Jett Unattached 11.82 -1.3
2 Peter Grimes Unattached 12.12 -1.3
3 Marty Krulee Houston Elite 12.19 -1.3
4 Kevin Morning Unattached 12.20 -1.3
5 Stephen Neubauer LGAA 12.30 -1.3
6 J Smith Unattached 12.68 -1.3
7 Larry Lettieri Unattached 13.26 -1.3
8 Donn Imrie Golden West 13.92 -1.3


Event 2 Men 100 Meter Dash 10.30 Invitational

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Name Year Team Finals Wind H#
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Finals
1 Jared Connaughton Unattached 10.47 -2.5 2
2 Wallace Spearmon Saucony 10.48 -2.5 2 10.471
3 Rubin Williams Unattached 10.48 -2.5 2 10.475
4 Aaron Armstrong Trnidad 10.49 -2.5 2
5 Adam Harris Guyana 10.51 -2.5 2
6 Joshua Norman Doyle Track Club 10.55 -2.5 2
7 Donovan Wallace Unattached 10.62 -0.7 1
8 Jeff Laynes Brooks Running 10.70 -0.7 1
9 Carey LaCour Santa Monica 10.72 -2.5 2
10 Will Henry Sacramento City 10.77 -0.7 1
11 Rodney Martin HSInternational 10.79 -2.5 2
12 Westlund Childs Unattached 10.85 -0.7 1
13 David Carcamo Top Flight 11.12 -0.7 1
14 Aaron Thigpen Unattached 11.29 -0.7 1

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May 30, 2010

6 Responses

  1. Ken Stone - May 30, 2010

    In this article, Derek says he wants to go 19-4 before he retires:
    http://www.sacbee.com/2010/05/30/2786795/life-is-looking-up-for-miles.html

  2. Ken Stone - May 30, 2010

    Oh man! I overlooked 39-year-old Jeff Laynes!

    He ran 10.70 into a wind.

    He’s probably the fastest M35 in the USA.

    He turns 40 in October:
    http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/country=USA/athcode=50251/index.html

  3. Don Drummond - May 30, 2010

    Way to represent Rod! To all of the hurdles great job and tough headwind!

  4. al cestero - May 30, 2010

    nice going guys…

  5. peter taylor - May 30, 2010

    Ah, yes, the 100 dash and the 110/100/80 hurdles. No staggers, no confusion, just a straight shot to the finish. These are always very popular events. Would love to see Jeff Laynes at Sacramento, but I have heard nothing of his plans.

    I believe that sprinter-hurdler Rod Jett and sprinter Aaron Thigpen are definites for Sacramento, but I don’t know about anyone else who was mentioned in this article. Personally, my target in terms of numbers is Charlotte (2006 outdoors), the last masters nationals with an entry list of over 1250 (reported as 1367 by National Masters News).

    It’s easy to forget now because of what happened at Charlotte (meet was halted for two consecutive days because of weather-related problems), but that meet had huge fields in both the 100 and the straight hurdles.

    Oh, what were Charlotte’s numbers? The entry lists showed 307 competitors in the 100 dash and 108 in the straight hurdles. Sacramento is, of course, far behind those numbers, but regular entry (no penalty) does not close until June 25, or 3 weeks from this coming Friday.

    Again, would love to see Sacramento break Charlotte’s stats. Then I will be happy, and I will feel justified in having predicted long ago that Sacramento would break 1400.

  6. James Chinn - May 31, 2010

    Great to see Kevin is back!

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