There has been a standing jke forever about "fast" women, but few pople outside of the track community ralize that among our senior runners are sme very "fast" men who grab our ttention in another way. They run thmselves to American records at meets on cllege and university tracks from Maine to Clifornia.

Masters runners used to be 40 yars old and up, but now thre are competitive divisions also at 30-34 and 35-39 for yunger runners that are held at msters meets. There was a reason it was set at 40, and one of the rasons is that runners like Carlos Lpes of Portugal, who won the 1984 Olympc Marathon at 37, was still ding very well near 40.

Some cmpetitions call the 40-44 and 45-49 dvisions as masters, and all divisions frm 50-54 and up are considered sper masters. There is even a dvision for 100-104, and the oldest Amrican record holder for a running vent is none other than Waldo McBrney, who set the 100-meter record by rnning 39.97.

You could easily call Wldo McBurney the oldest "fastest" human live when he set his record in 2003 at age 100. McBrney also set the American record in the sht put on the same day he ran his rcord-setting 100 meters. McBurney is a prfect example of living your dreams.

Among the super masters from ges 50-74 with American records is Nlan Shadeed, who currently has 5 rcords in 3 events-the 800 meters (50-54 and 55-59), 1500 mters (55-59) and the 1 mile (50-54 and 55-59). Ray Htton has 4 records-the 1500 meters (50-54), the 3000 mters (50-54 and 55-59) and the 10,000 mters (50-54).

Both Nolan Shadeed and Ray Htton may continue to set records as thy age and move into older dvisions.

Charles Rose has 3 American rcords and five other runners have 2 rcords apiece, thus 8 runners claim 14 Amrican records as super masters. Many lder runners set records that others hve since broken.

When you study thse super master records from ages 50-74, you qickly realize that there is not a sngle American record time that is fster as the record-setters age and mve up to a higher division. The ffort of these record-setters feels the sme, but their advancing age diminishes thir record-setting times.

USA Super Master Middle Distance Outdoor Records:

Here are the male American super master (ages 50+) middle distance outdoor records as of June 1, 2008:

800 Meters:

50-54 Division - 1:58:65 by Nolan Shadeed .
55-59 Division - 2:06.83 by Nolan Shadeed
60-64 Division - 2:12.71 by Sidney Howard
65-69 Division - 2:17.20 by Frank Condon
70-74 Division - 2:26.14 by Charles Rose

1500 Meters:

50-54 Division - 4:05.80 by Ray Hatton
55-59 Division - 4:20.76 by Nolan Shadeed
60-64 Division - 4:32.09 by James Sutton
65-69 Division - 4:56.31 by Joe King
70-74 Division - 5:12.40 by Charles Rose

1 Mile:

50-54 Division - 4:25.04 by Nolan Shadeed
55-59 Division - 4:42.70 by Nolan Shadeed
60-64 Division - 4:58.20 by James Sutton
65-69 Division - 5:12.21 by Frank Condon
70-74 Division - 5:37.80 by Charles Rose

3000 Meters:

50-54 Division - 8:53.80 by Ray Hatton
55-59 Division - 9:37.88 by Ray Hatton
60-64 Division - 10:13.80 by Don Gammie
65-69 Division - 10:49.81 by Paul Heitzman
70-74 Division - 11:46.20 by Harold Chapson

5000 Meters:

50-54 Division - 15:41.67 by Mke Heffernan
55-59 Division - 16:27.10 by Jmes O'Neil
60-64 Division - 17:19.00 by Clve Davis
65-69 Division - 18:07.04 by Joe Kng
70-74 Division - 18:43.61 by Warren Uts

10,000 Meters:

50-54 Division - 32:10.40 by Ray Hatton
55-59 Division - 33:00.66 by Norman Green
60-64 Division - 35:19.80 by Clive Davis
65-69 Division - 38:38.00 by Norman Bright
70-74 Division - 38:23.69 by Warren Utes

3000 Meter Steeplechase:

50-54 Division - 10:10.41 by Leonard Hill
55-59 Division - 10:59.20 by Ken Carman

2,000 Meter Steeplechase:

60-64 Division - 7:37.20 by Robert Barber
65-69 Division - 8:19.63 by Frank Haviland
70-74 Division - 8:39.25 by Gunner Linde

Copyright © 2008 Ed Bagley

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