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USATF Masters Indoor Championships features Olympians, World Record holders, local & national stars from 30 to 102 yrs. old, record 1219 entrants - USATFPublished by
USATF Masters Indoor Championships features Olympians, World Record holders, local & national stars from 30 to 102 yrs. old, record 1219 entrants3/8/2018
44th annual USATF Masters Indoor Championships March, 16-18 at Prince George’s Sports and Learning Complex, Landover, Maryland. Entrants from across the US, including: 6 Olympians, 114 returning champions, 40 international athletes, and 43 American and World Indoor Record Holders
LANDOVER, Maryland - The USATF Masters Track & Field Indoor Championship returns to the Prince George's Sports and Learning Complex in Landover, Maryland, March 16 to 18th. This year’s 1,219 participants, an all-time record for any Masters Indoor Championship, are competing in 2,887 individual events. USATF Masters
World Class competitors include Kathy Martin and Bob Lida, the Overall World Masters Athletics and USATF Masters 2017 Outstanding Athletes of the year! Kathy Martin, 66, Northport, NY the greatest female middle-distance runner in masters history who has already set SIX world records in her new age group, and Bob Lida, 81, Wichita Kansas, who holds the indoor world M80 marks in the 60m and 200m.
Washington Metro Area Stars will be competing in many events! They include the beloved Masters Hall of Famer Larry Colbert, 81 from Bowie, MD, who is the namesake of the PG Sportsplex arena track, he will run the 60m and 200m sprints, he is a world/national sprint superstar and coach who helped conceive the first Landover USATF masters championship in 2009. Hall of Famer, Bruce McBarnette, Sterling, VA, 60, has won 12 world masters titles in the High Jump; Ken Moss,70, of Leesburg, VA, currently holds the world’s best throws this season in his age group in the weight throw and super weight; Alisa Harvey, 53, Manassas, VA, 1991 Pan-AM Games winner, is entered in the 800m and 400m; Oscar Peyton, Accokeek MD, now 65, is the M60 world and American 200m indoor record holder; Ty “Rip” Brown, 73, Washington, DC, is the indoor world M65 & M70 record holder in 60m hurdles; Don McGee, Clinton MD, 52, returning 60m & 200m national champ and 2016 100/200m world champ; and Rose Green, Upper Marlboro, MD, a 78 year-old sprinting great grandmother!
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Spectators admitted free. The meet is at Prince George's Sports & Learning Complex 8001 Sheriff Road, Landover, Maryland 20785 The meet runs early morning (8am) through all day Friday, Saturday and ends by 4pm http://www.pgsportsandlearn.com/Visit_Us.htm
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Stars in Landover: http://usatfmasters.org/content/2018/indoors/stars.pdf Award Winning Athletes at 2018 Indoor Champ: http://usatfmasters.org/content/2018/indoors/winningathletes.pdf Athletes, events, home towns of competitors: https://tinyurl.com/y9hwdygv 2017 Indoor Championship Photos by Dave Albo: https://tinyurl.com/y6wr4rz5 Event schedule, event logistics see https://tinyurl.com/yc7ard28 Masters Track & Field website: https://usatfmasters.org
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Press Contact: For onsite athlete interviews, credentials or information for Landover, Contact Bob Weiner [email protected] or at 202-306-1200 and Ashley Mitchell [email protected]. For overall masters More news |