W50 Alisa Harvey adds 800 indoor WR to her W35, W40 and W45

Alisa at Mt. SAC Relays about five years ago.

Alisa Harvey turned 50 in September, and it was only a matter of time that she added to her 800-meter legend. Saturday at the Potomac Valley Association Masters and Open Indoor Championships, she ran the 8 in an amazing 2:18.14 (results aren’t yet posted, but I learned the official time). That crushed the listed W50 WR of 2:21.09 by Britain’s Clare Elms in 2014 and the American record of 2:25.95 by Lorraine Jasper at 2014 Budapest worlds. So now Alisa owns every AR in the indoor 800 from W35 to W50. Her indoor time is even superior to the outdoor AR of 2:21.98 by DeeDee Grafius in 1999. (The listed W50 outdoor WR is 2:16.05 by Aussie Jeanette Flynn.) On the Age-Graded Tables, Alisa’s mark is worth an open time of 2:03.19. So in a year where the W55s will be showcased at IAAF worlds, watch out for the newbie W50 from Virginia.

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February 21, 2016

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  1. Ken Stone - February 22, 2016

    Results are here:

    http://qwtiming.com/pvacom2016/

    QW Timing – Contractor License 2/21/2016 – 11:31 AM
    PVA Complex Masters & Open indoor Championship – 2/20/2016
    PG Sports and Learning Center

    Event 8 W19-29 800 Meter Run
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    Name Age Team Finals Points
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    Finals
    1 Hicks, Myah W23 Summer & GeorgiaRee 2:08.96
    Event 8 M19-29 800 Meter Run
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    Name Age Team Finals Points
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    1 Robinson, Onaja M19 Young Gunz 2:30.74
    Event 8 W30 800 Meter Run
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    Name Age Team Finals Points
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    1 Julien, Deborah W33 Deborah Julien 2:54.97
    Event 8 M35 800 Meter Run
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    Name Age Team Finals Points
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    1 Walchinsky, Mark M37 Unattached 2:16.40
    Event 8 M45 800 Meter Run
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    Name Age Team Finals Points
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    1 Cooper, James M47 Unattached 2:31.29
    2 proctor, james M45 Unattached 2:46.69
    Event 8 W50 800 Meter Run
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    Name Age Team Finals Points
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    1 Harvey, Alisa W51 Unattached 2:18.14
    Event 8 M50 800 Meter Run
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    Name Age Team Finals Points
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    1 Dachos, Jonathan M52 Unattached 2:48.74
    Event 8 M55 800 Meter Run
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    Name Age Team Finals Points
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    1 Nearman, Steve M56 Unattached 2:19.49
    2 McLaughlin, Terence M56 Unattached 3:43.84
    Event 8 W80 800 Meter Run
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    Name Age Team Finals Points
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    1 Graf, Tami W80 Unattached 4:39.53
    Event 8 M80 800 Meter Run
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    Name Age Team Finals Points
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    1 Price, Dr William M82 Unattached 4:41.46

  2. Brad Barton - February 22, 2016

    Simply incredible! Wonderful addition to your other extremely impressive world records Alisa.

  3. Julie Hayden - February 22, 2016

    Congratulations Alisa! Looking forward to more records in the future too.:)

  4. .tOnY yOuNg - February 22, 2016

    Keep on rolling Alisa!!

  5. Terry Ballou - February 23, 2016

    What a great time! Big congrats, Alisa, on your newest addition to the record book.

  6. Robin Grove - February 24, 2016

    CONGRATULATIONS! Admire your talent & dedication to this great sport рџ™‚

  7. Diane Pierce - February 24, 2016

    Amazing performance Alisa.

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