Archive for June 12, 2016
Kris Paaso pulverizes W45 American record in 3000 at Portland
Competing Saturday at the Portland Track Festival, W45 Kris Paaso won the women’s 3000 by 45 seconds and beat the listed American record by 12 seconds. Kris clocked 9:45.66. The old record was 9:57.27 by Monica Joyce in 2004. (The WR is 9:17.27 by Russian outlier Yekatarina Podkopayeva.) Joshua Gordon won the men’s masters mile […]
June 12, 2016
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Mike Powell vows to make Rio Olympics in long jump at age 52
When I checked in yesterday for the 100 at the San Diego USATF Open Championships, I asked the clerk: Is Mike Powell entered? She looked through her sheets and said: “I don’t see him.” Drat. I was hoping to watch the world record holder, at age 52, try to get a qualifying mark for the […]
June 12, 2016
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