James Thie, Clare Elms and Andrew Ridley amongst these in tremendous type on the September 4 assembly in London
There have been record-breaking performances at this occasion in reminiscence of one among Herne Hill’s most revered long-standing members as a coach, author, runner and official.
Paced completely, the 2004 world indoor fourth-placer and now prime coach, James Thie ran 4:23.57 to win the quickest males’s one mile race.
The official M45 UK file was beforehand 4:26.34 by Dave Cowlishaw however Anthony Whiteman, who holds the world M45 1500m file, did run a 4:10.0 mile in 2017, however that hand time was by no means ratified. Thie himself helped tempo Whiteman in that race.
Curiously, Cowlishaw, a a number of world masters medallist like Thie, is now again in eighth all-time as Alastair Watson (4:24.2 hand-timed in 2023). And earlier in 2024, Conor Curran (4:26.16), Kevin Quinn (4:25.48) and Grant Baillie (4:24.76) all went faster than the listed file however didn’t get their mark ratified.
Ratification had beforehand been an issue for Clare Elms, who bettered the world W60 mile file at Wimbledon in July with 5:26.13 however attributable to a post-race lap prime failure, the photograph end picture was unable to be printed.
A number of days after her W60 1500m world file of 4:57.14, she was again in motion at Tooting and regardless of being drained and never at her absolute best she did enhance the W60 world mile mark to five:25.19. The official file was USA’s 2023 world athlete of the yr Sue McDonald’s 5:28.02.
There’s additionally confusion over the world M60 males’s file.
Double world champion Andrew Ridley ran 4:41.81 in Guildford which although ratified as a British file and vastly superior to Hakan Eriksson’s 4:47.69 listed world mark, has not but been accepted as a world file.
Right here Ridley attacked the file once more and did beat the Swede’s time with 4:45.55 in Thie’s race after slowing on the final lap which at the least offers him a back-up mark for a world file.
Ridley had set what he thought was a W60 world file 800m of two:07.45 a couple of days earlier at Tooting however that too suffered a photo-finish drawback.
On Sunday September 8, Ridley did run a world file 2:08.07 at Stratford.
At Tooting, Ros Tabor, who holds the British W65 mile file, went third all-time within the W75 age group with 7:47.72.
Rob McHarg, who was additionally contained in the M60 world file within the 800m behind Ridley, was in a unique race right here and he set a Scottish file 4:53.95 to go third all-time within the UK whereas M60 European indoor 3000m champion Chris Upson went sixth all-time with 4:58.64.
Underneath-15 Isabella Harrison was the quickest lady on the night time with 5:00.25.
Combined occasions: Mile:
r1: 9 R Tabor (Dulw, W75) 7:47.72
r2: 7 P Iannella (S Lon, W65) 6:49.66
r4: 11 L Woolhouse (Vets, W60) 6:07.99
r6: 10 P Johnson (SoC, M60) 5:43.47
r7: 5 G Moyse (Herne H, M60) 5:23.69
r8: 3 J Foster (W) 5:06.13; 6 N Urquia (Herne H, M55) 5:13.57; 7 D Williams (G&G, M60) 5:15.21; 10 T Sales space (G&G, M55) 5:18.33; 13 C Elms (Kent, W60) 5:25.19 (W60 world file)
r9: 4 I Derian (HW, U13) 5:06.22; 9 M Harrison (HW, U13) 5:11.26
r10: 3 C West (M’head, M45) 4:50.07; 7 R McHarg (Datch, M60) 4:53.95; 9 C Upson (Cambus, M60) 4:58.64; 11 D Williams (S Lon, M50) 4:59.31; 12 B Millar (Herne H, M45) 4:59.48; 13 I Harrison (HW, U15W) 5:00.25
r11: 1 J Thie (P’pridd R, M45) 4:23.57 (UK M45 rec); 4 P Canavan (S Lon, M35) 4:38.19; 5 P Howard (B&H, M40) 4:39.01; 10 A Ridley (Vets, M60) 4:45.55
England Masters Inter Space Problem, Corby, September 7
World W65 800m and 1500m champion Karen Brooks set a European file of two:40.65 within the W65 800m to simply miss USA’s Sabrina Harvey’s world file of two:39.61 as she gained the W60 race in a solo effort.
One other double world champion, Sarah Roberts, simply gained an 800m and 1500m double in 3:00.97 and 5:56.08 to dominate the W70 occasions. She really turns 75 subsequent month and each instances can be large world information if she will be able to repeat in her new age group. Her 5:56.08 went second all-time within the UK within the W70 age group. She additionally gained the 400m in a time that may be a British greatest subsequent month.
Karen Brooks
Working in opposition to athletes as much as 25 years her junior, Clare Elms went inside 5 minutes for 1500m the second time in per week to fall two seconds wanting her week-old world file with 4:59.81 after which repeated her second place within the 3000m in a time that may have been a British file just some weeks earlier.
Although feeling unwell, Rob McHarg, who was formally the British record-holder for a M60 800m with 2:09.45 till Andrew Ridley went faster the next day, made a courageous try of his personal to set a world file however slowed within the straight to run 2:09.71. That garnered him 95.49 per-cent on age-grading second on the day solely to Elms’ 1500m of 96.51% however forward of Roberts’ 93.68% for her 1500m and Brooks 92.76% for her 800m.
Rob McHarg
A number of M65 world sprints champion John Wright gained the M60 400m in a managed 57.71 whereas one other champion from Sweden, Laurensa Britane gained the W35 javelin by over 15 metres with a 42.60m throw.
One other world sprints champion W75 Moira West gained the W70 100m but additionally set a British W75 file within the lengthy leap with a 3.33m leap as she additionally gained there.
Byron Robinson gained a quick M35 dash double. Within the 200m he beat World Masters M45 400m silver medallist Gavin Stephens who gained the M35 400m in a quick 51.83, which was faster than he ran in Sweden.
The M40 world weight pentathlon champion James Taylor gained the M35 shot, discus and hammer.
Taking advantage of dwelling benefit, Jap Masters simply gained the boys’s and girls’s matches in addition to general.
Sarah Roberts
OVERALL POINTS: 1 Jap Masters 680.5; 2 Northern Masters 569; 3 Midland Masters 562; 4 Veterans AC 509; 5 Welsh Masters 497; 6 Southern Counties Vets 439; 7 Scottish Vets 287; 8 North East Masters 231.50; 9 South West Vets 159
M35: 100 (0.2): 1 B Robinson SCV 11.30. 200 (-0.3): 1 Robinson 22.70; 2 G Stephens VAC M45 23.67. 400: 1 Stephens M45 51.83. 1500: 1 C Loudon SCO 4:10.11. SP/DT/HT: 1 J Taylor NM M40 13.17/45.67/48.60
M50: 100 (0.0): 1 T Hodgson NEM 11.79; 4 P Canning EM M55 12.39. 200 (0.0): 1 M Tarnawsky SCO 24.87; 2 Canning M55 25.17; 5 A Leigh MM M55 25.69. 800: 1 A Parmenter EM 2:08.27; 2 R Datnow VAC 2:08.39; 3 G Barrie SCO 2:08.69. 1500: 1 B Brodie SCO 4:24.09; 2 M Waller EM 4:25.38. 3000: 1 J Prest NM 9:16.98; 2 S Coombes EM 9:18.50. PV: 1 G Value WAL 3.50. SP: 1 J Twiddle NM M55 13.10. HT: 1 G Holder WAL 54.20
M60: 100 (-0.3): 1 R Huskisson EM 13.17; 2 A Hunter NM 13.25. 200: 1 S Lynn NEM 27.07. 400: 1 J Wright NM M65 57.71. 800: 1 R McHarg SCO 2:09.71; 2 R Andrew NEM 2:16.29; 3 S Corfield 2:19.95. 1500: 1 M Cursons VAC 4:45.69; 2 S Anderson SWV 4:47.60. 300H: 1 R White MM 47.12; 2 I Broadhurst WAL M70. HJ: 1 S Linsell NM 1.55. SP: 1 A Leiper SCV 13.11
M70: 100 (0.2): 1 J Browne EM 13.24. 800: 1 J Skelton EM 2:38.95; 2 D Jackson MM 2:40.67
W35 1500: 1 R Vickers EM 4:56.69; 2 C Elms Vets, W60 4:59.81; 3 H Bough NEM W45 5:01.90. 3000: 1 E Ciesielska WAL 10:43.71; 2 Elms W60 10:47.98. SP/JT: L Britane SCV 9.70/42.60. HT: 1 R Wilcockson MM 55.70
W50: 100 (-0.3)/200 (-1.0) 1 M Thomas WAL 13.56/28.14. 400: 1 S Loades VAC 63.55. 2000W: 1 M Peddle EM W55 10:25.83
W60: 800: 1 Okay Brooks EM, W65 2:40.65 (UK W65 rec); 2 J Fabes SCV, W65 2:59.32. 300H: 1 S Frisby MM 54.02. HJ: 1 M Garland WAL 1.27; 2 Frisby 1.24; 3 C Filer EM W65 1.24. 4×100: 1 NM 63.58
W70: 100 (0.5) 1 M West VAC W75 16.06. 400: 1 S Roberts SCV 81.52; 2 Y Gordon EM 87.13; 4 A Copson MM W75 88.28. 800: 1 S Roberts 3:00.97; 2 Gordon 3:13.72; 3 N Hitchmough MM 3:17.59; 4 A Dockery WAL W75 3:22.75. 1500: 1 Roberts 5:56.08; 2 Gordon 6:21.83; 3 Dockery W75 6:38.02; 4 Copson W75 6:41.52. LJ: 1 West W75 3.33 (UK W75 file)
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