"with a clearance of 4.51m/14-9.50." I don't know the first thing about the PV but that looks a smidgen high. Regards, Martin
USATF Communications wrote: > Contact: Tom Surber > Media Information Manager > USA Track & Field > (317) 261-0500 x317 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.usatf.org > > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > Thursday, August 8, 2002 > > USA Masters Championships begin in Orono > > ORONO, Maine – The 2002 USA Masters Outdoor Track & Field Championships > began Thursday under mostly sunny skies with temperatures in the > mid-seventies. The four-day event is being held at the University of Maine’s > Clarence Beckett Family Track & Field Center in Orono. > Nearly 1,100 athletes are on hand to compete in five-year age groups from > 30-34 to 95 and over. This marks the second time that the USA Masters > Outdoor Championships have been held here. The event was also held in Orono > in 1998, where eight world records and 27 national age-group records were > set. > In Thursday’s field event competition, masters legend Phil Raschker, who > has set more than 100 masters world records in her career, won the women’s > 55 age-group pole vault with a new world record clearance of 3.00 meters/9 > feet, 10 inches. > Despite a sore Achilles tendon, Raschker won the W50 pole vault at last > year’s Championships in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, with a clearance of > 4.51m/14-9.50. The Achilles injury worsened following last year’s > Championships, causing Raschker to miss training for the next six months. > Although she’s pleased to begin competition in the W55 age-group this year, > Raschker said she’s really planning on placing her stamp on the division > next year. “The injury last year cost me a great deal of training time, so I > ’m not at my best for this event,” Raschker said. “I’m pleased to have won > the pole vault today, but it should’ve been higher. The wind shifted from a > headwind to a tailwind and that threw me off.” > Raschker also set a new world record in winning the W50 pentathlon this > afternoon with a total of 4,809 points. Caryl Senn of Long Island Track & > Field also set a world record in winning the W40 class with 3,668 points. > Other women’s pentathlon national champions include Liz Pitser (W35-2,120 > points), Carla Hoppie (W45-2,740 points), Anna Wlodarczyk (W50-4,809 > points), Becky Sisley (W60-2,772 points) and Barbara Jordan (W65-3,556 > points). > Men’s pentathlon champions included Jim Russ in the M45 division winning > the event with 3,376 points. Fernando Roman won the M50 class with 2,801 > points, with Roger Kroodsma winning the M55 group with 1,770 points. Emil > Pawlik won the M60 division with 3,775 points, and Edward Oleata captured > the M65 group with 3,734 points. Michael Janusey won the M40 class with > 3,463 points. > In other women’s results, Susan Nesbihal of Bohemia TC won the W50 pole > vault with a clearance of 1.25m/4-1.25 and Barbara Cleveland won the W60 > division with a best of 2.45m/8-0.50. Flo Meiler cleared 1.96m/6-5 in > winning the W65 division unopposed. > Men’s pole vault winners today included Terry Cannon (M60-3.50m/11-5.75), > Deke Conklin of Greater Boston TC (M65-2.95m/9-8) and Jerry Donley > (M70-2.75m/9-0.25). > In women’s shot put action, winners included Bernice Holland > (W75-6.73m/22-1), Olga Kotelko (W83-5.88m/19-3.50), Evaun Williams > (W60-11.55m/37-10.75), Christel Donley (W65-7.88m/25-10.25), Mary Towey > (W50-11.13m/36-6.25), Lorraine Tucker (W55-9.82m/32-2.75) and Jane Decker > (W35-10.74m/35-03). > Competitors winning national championships in the men’s shot put included > Glenn Thompson, who successfully defended his M35 national championship with > a best of 16.99m/55-9. Other winners included Tim Fua (M30-16.10m/52-10), > Phillip Brusca (M75-11.10m/36-5), Robert Horsley (M80-26-2.25), LeLand > McPhie (M85-7.37m/24-2.25), Wendell Palmer (M70-13.27m/43-6.50), Gerald > Vaughn (M65-13.58m/44-6.75), Gary Baskett (M60-14.69/48-2.50) and Tom Gage > (M55-14.36m/47-1.50). In the M50 class, Craig Shumaker of Long & Strong > Throwers Club won the event with a best of 15.36m/50-4.75, and Ron Summers > won the M45 division with a throw of 14.12m/46-4. Warren Taylor of the Long > & Strong Throwers Club won the M40 group with a best of 15.34m/50-4). > In this morning’s 5,000 meter competitions, women’s winners included > Kathryn Martin in the W50 division (17:49.83), Joan Christensen > (W60-25:33.50), Lois Calhoun of the Boulder Road Runners (W65-25:15.67) and > Nancy Smalley, also of the Boulder Road Runners (W75-30:20.60). > Additional women’s winners included Monica Rossi-Montero (W30-19:34.83), > Patty Murray of Ric Rojas Running (W35-17:11.52), Patty Blanchard > (W40-17:14.24) and Angie Miyashiro (W45-19:16.07). > In the men’s 5,000-meter competition, James Sutton won the M70 title in > 22:07.04. Other national champions included Jim O’Neill (M77-26:19.00), Dan > Geer of the Southern Vermont Road Runners (M-80-35:21.35) and Dudley Healey > ran unopposed in the M85 division, finishing in 40:32.46. > Bill Borla of Torrington, Conn., successfully defended his M60 5,000m title > in 18:14.19. Other winners included Lloyd Slocum of the Maine Track Club > (M65-19:12.91), Rob McCusker of the Hartford Track Club (M50-16:41.22), > William Dixon (M55-17:12.00) and Aldo Virano of Split Timing Inc. > (M30-16:11.33). > The 2002 USA Masters Outdoor Championships resume tomorrow morning with > race walk competition. The Championships will continue through Sunday. For > more information on the 2002 USA Masters Outdoor Championships, including > the complete results, visit www.usatf.org > # # #
