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Masters athletics is a class of the sport of athletics for athletes of over 35 years of age. The events include track and field, road running and cross country running.These are the current world records in various five-year-groups, maintained by WMA, the World Association of Masters Athletes, which is designated by the World Athletics (formerly IAAF) to conduct the worldwide sport of Masters ...
Portland Track Festival 60-64 4:53.01 Nolan Shaheed: 1949-Jul-18 60 Portland, Oregon: 2012-Jun-09 Portland Track Festival 65-69 5:11.74 Tom Bernhard 1951-Jul-09 65 Cox Stadium, San Francisco 2016-Jul-23 Pride Meet 70-74 5:35.03 Gary Patton 1945-Dec-12 70 Cerritos College, Norwalk, California: 2016-Jun-18 USATF West Region Championships 75-79 5:57.2
Athletes participating at these Championships consistently outnumber those at Olympic track and field events, making these "the world's largest track meet". [ 8 ] [ 9 ] For example, The 4,951 participants at the 1989 Outdoor Championships dwarfed the 1,617 athletics competitors at the 1988 Olympics ; the 1993 Outdoor Championships drew over ...
And on the track, Briton Don Finlay recorded a 14.4-second mark in the 120-yard high hurdles in 1949 at age 40, according to the biennial handbook published by World Masters Athletics. In 1966, San Diego civil lawyer David Pain [4] began organizing what he called "masters miles" at indoor and outdoor track meets, and set the minimum age at 40 ...
As a senior track & field star in 1993-94 Harris won four NCAA gold medals, placing first in the 400 meters at the indoor and outdoor national championships and anchoring the Pirates’ 4x400 ...
The most recent outdoor world meet was in Málaga, Spain, from September 4–16, 2018. The most recent Indoor Championships were held in ToruĊ , Poland , from March 24–30, 2019. [ 6 ] The 2020 championship was scheduled to take place in Toronto , but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic .
The meet has continued annually since, with the exception of 2020 which was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [5] The 1968 meet, and for several years after, included programs providing time schedules, and athletes names and ages. [6] 1968 represented the first time a major masters track and field competition was held. The meet was ...
Cal Senior Games. San Diego, CA [29] [30] Former M 100 Outdoor Discus (1 kg) 8.91 Everett Hosack 100 1 June 2002 [23] Former M 100 Outdoor Discus (1 kg) 7.36 John Whittemore: 100 11 February 2000 Santa Barbara, CA [24] [25] Not Ratified M 100 Outdoor Discus 8.38 Tom Lane 100 10 Sept 1994 Cal Senior Games. San Diego, CA [29] [30] Former M 100 ...