Archive for June 14, 2010
Tony Young’s quadfecta: 400, 800, mile, mile at Wash. all-comers
Becca Gillespy Peter shares results from the third all-comers meet this summer at Shoreline, Washington, where conditions were “cool, breezy, heavy rain shower mid-meet.” Notable among the masters highlights was the workout by M45 world record holder Tony Young, 48, of Club Northwest, the meet sponsor. Tony ran a hand-timed mile in 4:32.6 , and […]
June 14, 2010
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Harvey, Troncoso claim American records in Portland 3,000
Sabra Harvey’s 11:11.49 Saturday night in the 3,000-meter run at the Portland Track Festival took about 40 seconds off the listed W60 American record. And it wasn’t a soft one. The listed mark is 11:52.22 by Marie Michelsohn in 2005. The listed world record isn’t far away: 11:06.6 by Britain’s Angela Copson (at age 64!) […]
June 14, 2010
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Don Pellman a 4-foot high jumper — try that when you’re 94!
This took a while to nail down. But even now, it takes my breath away. Almost a week ago, Weia Reinboud of the Netherlands sent me a link to the results of the Bay Area Senior Games — an April 10-11 track meet held at Stanford. Buried therein was this line for the M90 high […]
June 14, 2010
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