Strong 100 men’s field set for Indy open nationals

USATF Masters Invitational Chairman Mark Cleary reports the bulk of the field for the men’s masters field in the 100-meter dash at the Indianapolis USATF open nationals in late June: “The exhibition 100m race for Indy is shaping up nicely — Willie Gault, Ken Travis 11.17, David Ashford 11.21, Don Fields 11.23, Rawle Crichlow 11.27 and Courtney Muhammad 11.30. Aaron Thigpen is trying to figure out how he can possibly make it — he has a wedding to attend that weekend–but he’s working on it.” In this group, only Thigpen has a good chance of beating M45 Gault, who has run about 10.80 twice in the past month.


This race is shaping up as better than last year’s M40 finals at the USATF masters nationals in Hawaii:
1 Thigpen, Aaron M40 Unattached 10.73 2.4
2 Berry, Kettrell M42 Speedwest Tr 11.04 2.4
3 Fields, Don M40 Unattached 11.26 2.4
4 Strong, Frank M43 Unattached 11.46 2.4
5 Marshall, William M41 Synergy Trac 11.57 2.4
6 Shute, Dr. Marcus M42 Atlanta Trac 11.95 2.4
7 Merriweather, Eric M41 Unattached 12.09 2.4
8 Sims, Alan M41 Houston Elit 12.17 2.4
Kettrell Berry, BTW, won’t be able to make the Indy exhibition race, since he’s the masters chairman of San Diego-Imperial USATF and that association is putting on its masters championships the same day — June 24. Here’s info on the San Diego USATF masters meet, also called the Chuck McMahon Memorial.
At Indy, masters women will run the 4 — and Mark is still looking for some sub-65 sprinters. Official info on these exhibition races is posted here. Here’s my original post on the potential men’s and women’s fields.

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May 25, 2006

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  1. Reggie - May 26, 2006

    Seems to me, two or three people have a chance at beating Gault, They my not have to worry about him, seeing as though he only shows up at California meets, and this meet is in Indiana.

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