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14 American Records, 1 World Record Broken, 1 Tied in first day of USA Masters Champs - USATFPublished by
14 American Records, 1 World Record Broken, 1 Tied in first day of USA Masters Champs3/4/2011
ALBUQUERQUE – The spotlight shone brightly on Christopher Bates in the USA Masters Indoor Track & Field Championships as he set an American and World Record in the M45 pentathlon in Albuquerque, N.M. Christopher Bates of Portland, Ore. broke his own World and American Records in the M45 pentathlon where he lead the point tallies from the first event of the 60m Hurldes and built a sizable led on his way to victory with 4036 points total. On his way to his record breaking victory, he set the following marks: 60m Hurdles – 8.94; Long Jump – 5.97m/19-07.00; Shot Put – 12.09m/39-08.00; High Jump 1.81m/5.11.25. Kay Glynn tied her own pending World and American Record in the W55 pole vault with a leap of 2.95m/9-08.00 to claim the National Championship Title. Albuquerque local and decorated middle distance runner, Lisa Valle ran away from the field in the W45 3,000m to record a win in 10:53.76. Other titlists in the 3,000m included Latashia Key of Indianapolis, Ind. Winning the W35 race in 12:15.64 and Sheryl Miller of Houston, Texas winning the W45 competition in 10:53.76. Todd Taylor of Molalla, Ore. had a record-breaking series of throws in the M60 Weight Throw. He had four throws better than the previous American Record, with a winning mark of 20.02/65-08.00. The women’s pentathlon was one for the record books. For the W35 division, all three competitors broke the previous American Record established by Teri Lowe in 2006. Dawn Kent of Wilmington, Del. racked up 2,242 points to claim the national title and American Record. Runner-up Danelle Readinger of Terre Haute, Ind. also bettered the previous record with 2,212 points, and Melissa Anderson took the bronze with her record-breaking performance of 1,145 points. In the W75 competition, two women broke the current national record in the shot put. Florence Meiler of Shelburne, Vt. threw 7.18m/23-06.75 and Christel Donley of Colorado Springs, Colo. recorded an even further mark of 7.84m/25-08.75. Meiler went on to amass 3,939 points to win the national championship. Nadine O’Connor of San Diego, Calif. started her busy weekend of seven events off on a good note, by breaking the W65 American Record with 4,139 points. More news |