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W65 Kathy Martin puts 3K WR outtasight with 11:35.98 at Daegu

W65 Kathy Martin puts 3K WR outtasight with 11:35.98 at Daegu

Kathy dashes to WR. Photo by Rob Jerome

Kathy Martin established herself Wednesday as a front-runner for WMA Female Athlete of the Year by lowering her W65 PR in the indoor 3000. Of course, that means another world record. This time, she clocked an incredible 11:35.98. That beats her previous W65 best of 11:37.19 at the Armory and the listed WR of 11:49.53 by Britain’s Angela Copson.) (The listed outdoor 3K WR is Angela’s 11:48.2.) WMA requires you compete in one of their international meets to be considered for “best athlete,” and she’ll likely be nominated. She also set 800 and mile records earlier. In winning her race, Kathy beat Britain’s great Rosalind “Ros” Tabor by 52 seconds — lapping her. Peter Taylor wrote in a Daegu preview: “Martin, a member of the USATF Masters Hall of Fame, will compete on the track in the 800, 1500, and 3000. Perhaps to ensure that she gets sufficient aerobic training on her trip, she will also run the 8000 cross-country race and the half-marathon.” So stay tuned for more fireworks!

Results are thus:

Event 66 W65 3000 m
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WMA: R 11:49.53
Name Age Team Finals
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Finals
1 Martin, Kathryn W65 United States 11:35.98R
2 Tabor, Rosalind W67 Great Britain 12:27.24
3 Steinbach, Coreen W65 United States 12:40.06
4 Vaquero Sanchez, Emilia W68 Spain 13:07.73
5 Amano, Harumi W68 Japan 13:42.89
6 Hudnall, Norma W67 United States 14:44.22
7 Lau, Fung Ling W68 Hong Kong, China 15:14.56
8 Cupalova, Eva W69 Czech Republic 19:31.73
9 Zaccaria, Jacqueline W67 France 24:59.26

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9 Responses

  1. Weia Reinboud - March 22, 2017

    Unbelievable…

  2. Matt B. - March 22, 2017

    Can’t wait to see the records for the outdoor season!

  3. Jeff Davison - March 22, 2017

    Would there be more than one link to the results?

    https://results.simplyregister.net/Daegu2017/

  4. Mary Harada - March 22, 2017

    Kathy also was first in her age group in the 8k x-c – simply stunning. Look for her to win gold in the 800 and 1500m too.

  5. tb - March 23, 2017

    ‘Twas not to be in the 800.

    https://results.simplyregister.net/Daegu2017/r/F042.html

  6. Peter L. Taylor - March 23, 2017

    Speaking of the 800, Lorraine Jasper won the W55 version of that event, winning by a huge margin in 2:32.73. In all, just five runners broke 3:06 in that race. Oh, well.

  7. tb - March 24, 2017

    Hey, that Roland Gröger set a record. SHould be no questions about this one:

    https://results.simplyregister.net/Daegu2017/r/F239.html

  8. Deborah Drennan - April 4, 2017

    I think it only fair to consider the ages of all runners in a run.Someone who is 69 has a much harder job than someone who is 65 so maybe age graded results should be used when comparing runners.

  9. Deborah Drennan - April 6, 2017

    It would be a great achievement if masters athletics could be more honest.Winning a medal with a poor ranking/performance(world) is very different to winning one with a good ranking.That doesn’t happen at Olympic level very often due to qualifying standards etc.So maybe some thought needs to be given to how this could be done so that masters athletics is taken more seriously generally. Maybe medals are awarded with world rankings and position and published.Any thoughts?

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