Meet Has Set 4 World, 24 American Age Records So Far
Ames, Iowa — With a kick at the end, three-time Olympian Michelle Rohl (Greater Philadelphia Track Club/Mansfield, Pa.), 55, set an American record in the women’s 800 to highlight the third day of action in the USATF Masters Outdoor Championships Saturday on the campus of Iowa State University.
Six American records were set along with one tied Saturday, pushing the three-day meet total to (24) including four world records.
Rohl, who represented Team USA in the race walk at 1992, 1996 and 2000 Olympics, defended her 2019 title in 2:23.26, while breaking her own previous American mark of 2:25.71 in Landover, Md., June 6.
Rohl was pushed hard by Alisa Harvey (unattached, Manassas, Va.), 55, taking the lead with 250 meters to go. Harvey, a Masters Hall of Famer who competed in three World Indoor Championships and was an Olympic Trials qualifier, was second in 2:28.25.
Rick Becker(Club Northwest/Selah, Wash.), 66, set an American record in the men’s 65-69 10,000 in 37:16.46.
Lisa Veneziano(unattached/Fenton, Mich.),56, set an American record in the women’s 55-59 10,000 in 38:42.16.
Robert Whilden Jr.(unattached/Houston, Texas), 86, broke the American record in the men’s 85-89 100 in 16.18.
Masters Hall of Fame Gloria Krug(Philadelphia Masters/ New Oxford, Pa.), 90, established an American record in the women’s 75-94 javelin with a throw of 37-5/11.40m.
Masters Hall of FamerFlorence Meiler(Sprinticity/Shelbourne, Vt.),87, won two more individual titles in the women’s 85-89 age division Saturday, while tying for first in the high jump to push her three-day total to nine victories. She captured the triple jump at 16-2.50 (4.94m) and won the 100 in 23.75.
Meiler and Christel Donley(Colorado Masters Track & Field/Colorado Springs, Colo.), 86, tied the American record in the high jump at 3-0.50/0.93m.
Tami Graf(Potomac Valley Track Club/Lusby, Md.),85, won two individual events Saturday in the women’s 85-89 age group, starting off the morning by setting her second American record of the meet, in the 10,000 run in 1:36.39.48. She came back to win the 800 in 7:33.34.
Masters Hall of FamerNolan Shaheed(So Cal Track Club/Pasadena, Calif.)72, the famed jazz musician who has played the lead trumpet for Stevie Wonder and the late Marvin Gaye and Aretha Franklin, won the men’s 70-74 800 in 2:48.58.
Dixon Hemphill(Potomac Valley Track Club/Fairfax Station, Va.),the oldest competitor in the meet at 96 years old, won the men’s 95-99 100 (1:17.12).
With 165 of 249 events scored, the So Cal Track Club leads the combined club scoring with 426 points followed by the Potomac Valley Track Club at 307. A record 174 clubs are competing in the meet.
So Cal Track Club leads the men’s division team scoring with 275 points, while the Potomac Valley Track Club owns a nine-point lead in the women’s division over the Philadelphia Masters and So Cal Track Clubs, 160-151.
Full results can be found here live.finishtiming.com
The meet concludes Sunday and is open to the public, while also available live on USATF.TV+
Sunday’s competition starts at 6:30 a.m. with the men and women’s 10,000-meter race walk.
AMERICAN RECORDS SET SATURDAY
Women’s 55-59 10,000 Run — Lisa Veneziano, unattached 38:42.16
Women’s 85-89 10,000 Run — Tami Graf, Potomac Valley Track Club, 1:36:39.48
Women’s 55-59 800 — Michelle Rohl, Greater Philadelphia TC, 2:23.26
Women’s 90-94 Javelin — Gloria Krug, Philadelphia Masters, 37-5/11.40m
Men’s 65-69 10,000 Run — Rick Becker, Club Northwest, 37:16.46
Men’s 85-89 100 — Robert Whilden Jr., unattached, 16.18
#(Tied) Women’s 85-89 high Jump — Florence Meiler, Sprinticity and Christel Donley, Colorado Masters Track & Field, 3-0.50/0.93m
