W75 Christel Donley sets world record for 60m hurdles in Kamloops
Competing in the pentathlon today at Kamloops worlds, Christel Donley of Colorado broke the listed W75 world record for the 60 hurdles, clocking 14.22. The old record was 14.68 by Sweden’s Asta Larsson in 2008. Aaron Thigpen didn’t cruise his prelims at Kamloops. The American record holder for 100 at M40 is now 45, and his 7.05 for 60 meters is close to the listed American record of 7.02 by Stan Whitley in 1991. Aaron also is in striking distance of Mario Longo’s world record of 6.97, set earlier this season. Complete results from Kamloops are being posted here. Phil Raschker won the W60 pentathlon with 4532 points, but fell short of her WR of 4844. Rita Hanscom is running away with the W55 pentathlon. Aussie legend Marie Kay set a W50 world record in the pentathlon, scoring 4906 points in her age-group debut at worlds to smash the listed WR of 4616 by Switzerland’s Christine Mueller in 2009.
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Aaron Thigpen is back. Wow. I live in Virginia, and so I looked up the all-time indoor record for the 60 for the University of Virginia men: it’s 6.71 seconds by Shay Clark. Aaron is 45 years old and he ran 7.05 today, just 0.34 sec slower than Clark. What?
My only concern is that ALL 15 sprinters who competed in the M45 preliminaries apparently made the semifinals for the M45 dash later today. Hmmm……
Aaron great time, go get the world mark.
Congrats to Christel:
She continues to amaze me how she sets WR while injured
good luck to aaron thigpen,good freind of mine,and a good person,please make shore you post all the hurdle results, sences i cant run I can chear for my team mates,I LOVE THIS SPORT
Sensational again Marie, and well done to the other Australian champions, good luck to all.
To smash a record pf Christine Muller you have to be extremely good. And Mary Kay is that good. See her W50 pentathlon:
60 hurdles 9.55 1130 points
high jump 1.51 1967 points
shot 3k 12.30 999 points
long jump 5.16 1001 points
800m 2:46.78 709 points
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