See video of Kathy Bergen’s latest high jump world record: 4-0
In March, Kathy Bergen became the oldest woman to jump 4 feet (1.22 meters) when she did the feat at an indoor meet. So it was only a matter of time when she duplicated the 4-footer outdoors. That came Saturday at the Pasadena Senior Games, when she cleared cleanly on her first try — and had a great effort at 1.25 (4-1 1/4). I was fortunate to record the jumps at Caltech, and the resulting video shows how Kathy, 75, is just like any kid setting a season PR. But trust me, meet managers including Andy Hecker (seen helping measure the 1.22 bar) did all they could to get record forms filled out. Meet officials don’t grow on trees, and neither do masters records. Kathy also was interviewed several weeks earlier at the Striders meet. See that video here.
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Here’s another angle on same 1.22 record jump:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZAvo41X4G0
I saw this jump. Kathy makes it look so effortless!
Nice vid! Thanks, Ken. Way to go, Kathy!
Congrats Kathy!
Keep on soaring!
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