Thursday, February 20, 2025

Masters in world record-breaking type at Lee Valley

World information from W60 Clare Elms, W75 Sarah Roberts and M60 Rob McHarg on the British Masters Inter Space Match in Lee Valley

In an astonishing week for world information, British masters added to the record-breaking with three marks at Lee Valley on Sunday (Feb 16) after three earlier ones on Wednesday on the Ayo Falola mile, Steve Smythe experiences.

This time it was W60 Clare Elms, W75 Sarah Roberts and M60 Rob McHarg who added world information to these set by McHarg and Andrew Ridley on the mile and Kojo Kyereme at 800m on the identical venue a number of days earlier.

Elms was first to run with the W60 dropping down age teams to signify Veterans AC W35 group at 1500m. After a gradual begin she adopted the leaders by way of 800m in 2:40 and regarded effectively on track for breaking her personal indoor world report of 5:05.44 set a 12 months earlier however was cautious having been balked in her two earlier indoor races late on whereas on report schedule.

On the closing lap, the leaders, led by Roanna Vickers, pulled away with Vickers timing 4:54.3 with Elms recording 5:03.1 for a two second enchancment. The digital timing had failed throughout the race however there was sufficiently certified timekeepers to get the mark ratified.

Not lengthy after it was Roberts’ flip within the W70 race. Her goal was 6:47.04 by Austrian Melitta Czerwenka-Nagel from 2006.

Roberts had run 5:56.08 within the out of doors Inter Space match in September and he or she regarded on track for a sub-six right here however working totally solo needed to accept 6:05.90 and a mere 41-second enchancment on the world report.

Sarah Roberts (Cliff Cover)

Following her house have been Olympian Yuko Gordon (a W70) and former British record-holder and all time nice Angela Copson who simply missed her earlier UK  greatest with 6:56.71.

Roberts additionally gained the 800m in 3:05.22.

The third world mark fell to Scot McHarg. On Wednesday he had damaged the M60 mile world mark for it to be crushed within the very subsequent race by his buddy and rival Andrew Ridley.

Ridley was absent right here however McHarg knew that the two:11.20 by American Anselm LeBourne in 2020 was inside his vary as he had run European and UK information of two:11.52 and a pair of:11.46 this winter.

With nobody to push him he knew it was going to be a solo effort and he pushed by way of midway in just below 64 seconds although as he hit the bell in 97 it regarded like the shortage of opposition was going to price him however he kicked effectively on the final lap to run 2:09.11 to take over two seconds off of the American’s mark.

He gained by over 13 seconds.

There was additionally a British W65 report within the W60 1500m for Karen Brooks with 5:33.55 which improved on Copson’s 5:36.88 from 2013.

Within the discipline, Paula Williams improved her W50 shot report to 13.98m and he or she additionally gained the 60m in 8.52. It was an outright shot PB for Williams who had thrown 13.96m in profitable the world masters title in Gothenburg final summer time.

John Browne went second all-time within the M70 60m with a giant win in 8.29.

Numerous world or European masters champions have been in good type. Helen Godsell gained a W70 dash triple in 9.40/32.12/85.56 whereas M65 John Wright gained the M60 200m and 400m in 25.72 and 58.11.

M45 Mensah Elliott gained the M35 hurdles in 8.17 forward of former senior star and World Championships fourth-placer Will Sharman who ran 8.41 and is now within the M40 class.

Jane Horder gained the W60 60m hurdles in 10.26 which was considerably faster than her profitable time in final 12 months’s Europeans.

Di Norman gained a W50 hurdles (9.96) and lengthy bounce double (4.73m).

Within the youthful age teams there have been spectacular wins for M35 sprinter Byron Robinson in 7.34 at 60m and 22.77 at 200m and M35 Chris Loudon ran a solo 4:05.05 at 1500m.

Males: 1 Mid 297; 2 East 282.50; 3 SCVAC 274; 4 Vets 260; 5 Wales  176; 6 Scot 154.5; 7 North 142; 8 South West 138; 9 Northern Ire 90:
M35: 60: 1 B Robinson (SCVAC) 7.34; 2 A Meikle (Vets, M40) 7.52
200: 1 Robinson 22.77; 2 A Spour (East, M40) 23.83
400: 1 S Wilcockson (Mid) 53.73; 2 A Bellis (SCVAC, M45) 53.96
800: 1 D Acheson (SCVAC, M40) 2:03.80, 2 S Brown (Sco, M40) 2:11.77
1500: 1 C Loudon (Sco) 4:05.05; 2 O Williams (Wal) 4:16.56
60H: 1 M Elliott (SCVAC, M45) 8.17; 2 W Sharman (Mid, M40) 8.41
HJ: 1 D Lui (East) 1.83; 2 M Beer (Nth, M40) 1.70
PV: 1 B Ahmet (Vets, M40) 3.80; 2 G Stirling (SCVAC, M45) 3.30; 3 D Hateley (Mid, M55) 3.00
LJ: 1 N Barton (SCVAC, M40) 6.11; 2 J Poxon
(Mid, M40) 5.74
TJ: 1 Stirling (M45) 12.01; 2 Poxon (M40) 11.56
SP: 1 S Brown (Mid) 11.35; 2 M Corridor (East) 10.99
2kmW: 1 J Dumelow (Mid, M40) 12:05.27; 2 S Uttley (SCVAC, M65) 12:07.43
4×200: 1 SCVAC 1:37.69; 2 Mid 1:39.42

M50:
60: 1 J Wooden (SCVAC) 7.53; 2 G Minetti (Vets, M55) 7.69; 3 R Whiting (Wal, M55) 7.69
200: 1 Minetti (M55) 24.86; 2 M Tarnawsky (Sco) 25.04
400: 1 A Cameron (Sco) 56.55; 2 G Asbury (Mid) 56.75
800: 1 A Parmenter (East) 2:08.98; 2 G Barrie (Sco) 2:09.27
1500: 1 B Brodie (Sco) 4:24.41; 2 S Coombs (East) 4:25.00
60H: 1 G Smith (East) 8.98; 2 A Lombard (Vets) 9.96
HJ: 1 A Lombaard (Vets) 1.65; 2 J McGregor (Sco, M55) 1.50; 3 A Younger Johnson (Mid, M55) 1.50
PV: 1 R Kingman (East) 3.80; 2 D Pearson (SW, M55) 3.50
LJ: 1 C Beecham (SCVAC) 5.68; 2 Y Opaleye (East) 5.31
TJ: 1 V Ramsay (Vets) 10.39; 2 G Asbury (Mid) 9.62
SP:  1 S McCauley (SW) 14.44; 2 S Achurch (East) 12.80; 3 J Twiddle (Nth, M55) 12.66
2000W: 1 T Jones (Vets, M65) 11:53.61; 2 M Culshaw (SCVAC, M55) 12:12.26
4×200: 1 Mid 1:47.48; 2 Vets 1:49.19

M60:
60: 1 B Steene (Vets) 8.17; 2 R Huskisson (East, M65) 8.22
200: 1 J Wright (Nth, M65) 25.72; 2 S Beak (SCVAC) 27.48; 3 T James (East, M65) 27.51
400: 1 Wright (M65) 58.11; 2 W Odele (SCVAC) 59.19; 3 R White (Mid, M65) 59.86
800: 1 R McHarg (Sco) 2:09.11 (world rec), 2 S Corfield (Vets) 2:22.14; 3 D Clarke (NI, M65) 2:25.35
1500: 1 Clarke (M65) 4:54.51; 2 J Burrell (SCVAC) 4:54.78
60H: 1 D Wilkinson (East) 9.84; 2 A Pringle (Sco) 10.68
HJ: 1 A Pringle (Sco) 1.40; 2 J Boxall (Mid) 1.38
LJ: 1 Pringle 4.49; 2 R Emptage (SCVAC) 4.43
SP: 1 M Fox (Mid) 14.59; 2 A Leiper (SCVAC) 13.78
2000W: 1 R Singh (Mid, M70) 12:03.34; 2 C Harle (East, M65) 12:09.40
4×200: 1 Wal 1:54.37; 2 Vets 1:55.01

M70:
60: 1 J Browne (East) 8.29; 2 I Broadhurst (Wal) 8.65; 3 C Monk (Mid) 8.78; 6 V Novell (SCVAC, M80) 9.62
200: 1 Broadhurst 27.59; 2 Browne 30.00; 6 Novell (M80) 34.71
400: 1 T Carter (Vets) 74.30; 2 D Oxland (Mid) 74.47
800: 1 Okay Archer (SW) 2:45.24; 2 J Skelton (East) 2:47.88
1500: 1 Skelton 5:33.41; 2 Archer 5:35.19; 3 D Jackson (Mid) 5:42.11
HJ: 1 D Talbot (SCVAC) 1.29; 2 D Cowley (Mid, M75) 1.20
LJ: 1 Carter 3.87; 2 R Singh (Mid) 3.77
SP: 1 G Tyler (East, M75) 10.68; 2 P Hawney (Wal, M75) 9.02

Ladies: 1 Mid 281; 2 East 260; 3 SCVAC 260; 4 Wales 258; 5 Vets 232; 6 North 204; 7 NI 94; 8 South West 63; 9 Scot 11
W35:
60: 1 L Boland (SCVAC, W40) 7.87; 2 N Adusei (Nth, W46) 8.38
200: 1 R Williams (Wal) 25.40; 2 Boland (W40) 25.50
400: 1 S Coote (Wal, W40) 60.85; 2 L Amos (Vets, W45) 62.00
800: 1 G Dobbs (Wal, W40) 2:28.16; 2 Okay Spencer (Mid, W40) 2:29.94
1500: 1 R Vickers (East) 4:54.3; 2 H Slade (SW) 4:54.9; 3 E Raven (Nth, W40) 4:56.6; 4 M Shaw (Mid, W45) 5:01.3; 5 C Elms (Vets, W60) 5:01.3 (world W60 rec)
60H: 1 C Williams (East) 9.00; 2 C Palfreyman (Vets) 10.50
HJ: 1 N Le Beau (East) 1.40; 2 Okay Morgan (Wal, W40) 1.40
PV: 1 S Yeomans (SCVAC, W70) 2.11; 2 R Hartshone (Mid) 1.91
LJ: 1 E Fry (SCVAC, W40) 4.69; 2 Le Beau 4.46
TJ: 1 Le Beau 9.49; 2 C Bryant (Wal, W45) 8.54
SP: 1 C Burrows (NI, W40) 8.24; 2 N Mann (Vets, W40) 7.96
2000W: 1 C Derbyshire (Mid, W45) 10:57.03; 2 H Middleton (East, W60) 12:48.59
4×200: 1 Wal 1:50.84; 2 East 1:54.03

W50:
60: 1 P Williams (Mid) 8.52; 2 J Sidney (Wal, W55) 8.80
200: 1 S Loades (Vets) 28.40; 2 J Quinn (Mid) 29.14; 3 Sidney (W55) 29.52
400: 1 Loades 64.03; 2 S Wilkinson (Nth) 64.33
800: 1 S Davies (SCVAC) 2:34.52; 2 S Lamb (Vets) 2:35.79
1500: 1 Davies 5:14.21; 2 Okay Ramsey (Mid, W55) 5:18.47
60H: 1 D Norman (SCVAC) 9.96; 2 Loades 10.10, 3 P Williams 10.23
HJ: 1 J Quinn (Mid) 1.35; 2 M Garland (Wal, W60) 1.30
PV: 1 R Zeffertt (Vets, W60) 2.41; 2 T Carter (SW) 2.21
LJ: 1 Norman 4.73; 2 Quinn 4.10; 3 Garland (W60) 4.03
TJ: 1 Quinn 9.08; 2 N Ridge (Vets) 9.05; 3 Garland (W60) 8.62
SP: 1 P Williams 13.98 (UK rec); 2 S McGrath (East) 10.18
2000W: 1 G Manzotti (SCVAC, W55) 10:50.03;  2 Okay Wilton (NI) 13:31.83
4×200: 1 SCVAC 2:04.74; 2 Vets 2:08.63

W60:
60: 1 J Willoughby (Mid) 9.11; 2 J Hicken (Nth) 9.18
200: 1 Hicken 30.54; 2 S Frisby (Mid) 31.44
400: 1 C Anthony (East) 72.08; 2 J Brown (SCVAC, W65) 76.59
800: 1 V Mitchell (Vets) 2:33.65; 2 Anthony 2:54.79
1500: 2 Okay Brooks (East, W65) 5:33.55 (UK W65 rec); 2 J Fabes (SCVAC, W65) 6:13.91
60H: 1 J Horder (Mid, W65) 10.26; 2 N Buckwell (Wal,W65) 12.90
HJ: 1 S Richardson (Nth) 1.17; 2 T Eades (SCVAC, W65) 1.14
LJ: 1 Willoughby 4.09; 2 Richardson 3.49
SP: 1 Brown (W65) 9.00; 2 J Roginski (Mid, W65) 8.57
2000W: 1 M Noel (Vets) 12:42.65; 2 D Brian (Mid, W70) 12:45.24
4×200: 1 East 2:20.18; 2 SCVAC 2:24.16

W70:
60: 1 H Godsell (SCVAC) 9.40; 2 G Smith (Mid) 10.02
200: 1 Godsell 32.12; 2 R Townsend-Hope (Wal) 36.95; 3 S Hine (Mid, W75) 37.10
400: 1 Godsell 85.57; 2 A Garnier (Vets) 86.86; 4 A Copson (Mid, W75) 95.01
800: 1 S Roberts (SCVAC, W75) 3:05.22; 2 Y Gordon (East) 3:18.17; 3 Copson (W75) 3:32.41
1500: 1 Roberts (W75) 6:05.90 (World W75 rec); 2 Gordon 6:30.94; 3 Copson (W75) 6:56.71
HJ: 1 Hine (W75) 0.99; 2 Townsend-Hope 0.90
LJ: 1 E McMahon (East) 2.96; 2 Hine (W75) 2.60; 3 Roberts (W75) 2.27

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