W50 Philly quartet claims American indoor record in 4×800

Chuck Shields reports an American record in the W50 indoor national 4×800 club relay Sunday. The quartet of Wendi Glassman, Mimi Newcomer, Cheryl Bellaire and Phyllis Yester ran 11:37.15 at the USATF Mid-Atlantic Open and Masters Indoor Championships at Ursinus College in Collegeville, Pennsylvania.They smashed the listed record of 12:49.94. (The nonclub 4×800 American — and world — record is 10:49.68 by an all-star team of  Kathy Martin, Eileen Troy, Coreen Steinbach and Carolyn Smith-Hanna at 2006 Boston nationals).  “Greater Philadelphia Track Club entered a W50-59 in hopes of surpassing the 2001 Indoor cialis American club mark set by Liberty AC in Boston,” Chuck writes.  “The time to beat was 12:49.94. Wendi Glassman led off in 2:54, Phyllis Yester ran second leg in 3:00 followed by Mimi Newcomer in 2:53.  The anchor leg was run by Cheryl Bellaire in 2:50.” Nice run, gals!   

From left are record-setters Wendi Glassman,
Mimi Newcomer, Cheryl Bellaire and Phyllis Yester.


Chuck also writes:

In the men’s 4×800, there was a great battle between Greater
Philadelphia TC and TnT Racing International.  TnT fielded an M30-39
team while GPTC was a mix of 30s and 40s.   The two teams went back and
forth trading leads but in the end , GPTC edged TnT 8:31 to 8:32.  GPTC
‘s relay was Scott Landis, Dave Brown, Delvin Dinkins and Nick Berra. 
TnT ran Phil Reilly, Tom Thomasson, Kareem Lanier and Kyle Lanier.

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March 12, 2009

8 Responses

  1. Renee H. - March 12, 2009

    Sorry Ken – but these are last years results.

  2. Renee H. - March 12, 2009

    To be clear, the attached results are from last years meet. Congratz are due to the new record setters.

  3. > - March 12, 2009

    Maybe that is why Bruce McBarnette tied his own year-old M50 American indoor record in the high jump, clearing 1.93 (6-4).

  4. > - March 12, 2009

    Maybe that is why Bruce McBarnette tied his own year-old M50 American indoor record in the high jump, clearing 1.93 (6-4).

  5. > - March 12, 2009

    Maybe that is why Bruce McBarnette tied his own year-old M50 American indoor record in the high jump, clearing 1.93 (6-4).

  6. Terry Ballou - March 12, 2009

    Congratulations, ladies!!Great running.

  7. Ken Stone - March 12, 2009

    GaccckkkkKKKK! Sorry. I’ve removed the bad link and AR reference to Bruce.
    Thanks for catching this!

  8. Liz Palmer - March 12, 2009

    Super job ladies! Nice running Wendi! Best wishes to you….Liz

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