Archive for September 6, 2013

7 pacesetters help Emma Mazzenga set W80 WR at 400 meters

A month after turning 80, Emma Mazzenga ran 400 meters at an elite meet in Padua, Italy. (See results here.) In front of 6,000 people September 1 and with seven pacers, Emma clocked 1:31.21, crushing the listed W80 WR of 1:40.45 by American Polly Clarke in 1990 but also a pending mark of 1:35.76 by […]

September 6, 2013   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

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  Ken has followed track as an athlete, writer and web-master since the late 1960s, and saw most sessions of track and field at the 1984 Los Angeles and 1996 Atlanta Olympics. He also attended the 1988, 1992, 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012 Trials, the last three as a blogger and Patch correspondent. [More...]
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