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Mathews ups weight record; masters men shine at Reebok

Mathews ups weight record; masters men shine at Reebok

On Friday, George Mathews drove a couple hours down from his home in Hayden Lake to Moscow, Idaho, and threw his 20-pound weight with the collegians at the Vandal Invitational. The result: his second world record in two weeks. George pushed his M65 WR of 19.33 (63-5) out to a jaw-dropping 19.93 (65-4 3/4). Results are here and below. That’s within spittin’ distance of the listed M65 outdoor world record of 20.53 (67-4 1/4) by Norway’s Arne Lothe in 2003.  Yesterday, across the country, the male milers and sprinters had some fun at the elite Reebok Games in Boston, where M45 Lonnie Hooker edged M50 legend Everad Samuels in the 200 — 23.41 to 23.59. The listed M50 world indoor record is Bill Collins’ 22.99. And M40 Joshua Brown won a tight-finish masters mile in 4:34.30. Great efforts, guys!

In the open women’s pole vault, 37-year-old Stacy Dragila took second to Jenn Stuczynski’s American record 4.82 (15-9 3/4) with a jump of 4.42 (14-6) — short of her recent age-group WR of 4.61 meters (15-1 1/2) at Millrose. And 36-year-old Derek Miles took second in the men’s event with a clearance of 5.72 (18-9 1/4), short of the listed indoor world record of 5.88 (19-3 1/2) by Jeff Hartwig in 2004.
Here’s how George did against the kiddies (who threw 35-pound weights):

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   NCAA Auto: @ 21.50m                                                         
   NCAA Prov: # 19.50m                                                         
    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals           
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  1 Wauters, Matthew             Idaho                 21.50m     20.07m#  65-10.25 
  2 Mathews, George  Hammer Idaho          19.01m     19.93m#  65-04.75 
  3 MacArthur, Phil              Washington St.        19.05m     19.55m#  64-01.75 
  4 Wood, Ben                    Idaho                 18.76m     18.72m   61-05.00 
  5 Rogan, James                 Idaho                 18.04m     18.36m   60-03.00 
  6 Ruud, Evan                   Idaho                 19.05m     18.27m   59-11.25 
  7 Schultz, Greg                Concordia (Ore.)      18.13m     17.68m   58-00.25 
  8 Fischer, Tyler               Central Washingt      17.68m     17.37m   57-00.00 
  9 Whitney, Beau                Idaho                 17.45m     17.14m   56-03.00 
 — Boling, Jacob                Idaho                 17.71m       FOUL            

Masters results from Boston (here is USATF writeup):

Flash Results, Inc. 
             Reebok Boston Indoor Games – 2/7/2009             
            Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center             
                          Boston, MA                           
 
Event 5  Men 200 Meter Dash Masters
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    Name                    Year Team                    Finals
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Finals                                                         
  1 Lonnie Hooker                Unattached               23.41
  2 Everad Samuels               Unattached               23.59
  3 Brian Crossman               Unattached               23.93
  4 Val Barnwell                 Nike CPTC                24.80
  5 Jim Watts                    Greater Boston TC        26.12

Event 1  Men 1 Mile Run Masters
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 8 & 5                                                                 
    Name                    Year Team                    Finals  Points
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Finals                                                                 
  1 Joshua Brown                 Green Mountain AA      4:34.30        
  2 Jason Cakouros               HFC Striders           4:34.70        
  3 Kris Hartner                 Naperville RC          4:34.86        
  4 Joe O’Leary                  Somerville RR          4:38.19        
  5 Chris Simpson                Black and Tan TC       4:38.21        
  6 Jamie Aubuchon               Sisu Project           4:39.77        
  7 Bruce Davis                  Greater Boston TC      4:41.19        
  8 Craig Fram                   Whirlaway Ra           4:42.36        
  9 Chris Kealey                 Winners Circle RC      4:42.51        
 10 Bob Collins                  BAA                    4:43.19        
 11 Paul Kelly                   HFC Striders           4:46.43        

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