The 2018 WMA Championships are ended!!
Congratulations to the entire US Team and to all the participants from 101 countries!
The US finished in fourth place with a total of 161 medals. Germany won first place with 216 medals, Spain 2nd with 204, and the United Kingdom with 203. The most decorated Americans were Charles Allie M70 and Rose Green W80 who each wound up with five golds (three individual 100M, 200M, 400M and the two relays) and Carol Finsrud won four golds in the women’s 60-64 division at the WMA Championships in Malaga, taking top honors in the throws pentathlon, discus, hammer and weight. 2017 USATF Master of the Year, Sabra Harvey picked up five medals at the WMA Championships, including golds in the 65-69 5,000m and cross country event. She won the cross country gold by almost two minutes.
The relays were as usual particularly exciting, with two World and four American records!
Last Day’s Results:
- Christine Kennedy – W60 – Half Marathon
- Lesley Hinz – W60 – 1,500m
- Carol Finsrud – W60 – Throws Pentathlon
- W80 – 4x100m Relay (Christel Donley; Carolyn Langenwalter; Rose Green; Jeanne Daprano)
- M65 – 4x100m Relay (David Ortman; Thaddeus Wilson; George Haywood; Charles Allie)
- M60 – 4x100m Relay (Stephen Gould; Thomas Jones; Anthony Searles; Val Barnwell)
- W55 – 4x100m Relay (Sandy Triolo; Adriene Allen; Kathleen Shook; Joy Upshaw) World Record
- M55 – 4x100m Relay (Robert Foster; Damon Blakemore; William Yelverton; Don McGee)
- M50 – 4x100m Relay (John Cormier; Clinton Aurelien; Lee Bridges; Karnell Vickers)
- W40 – 4x100m Relay (Cynthia Monteleone; Rachel Guest; Lisa Edwards; Cynthia McNamee) American Record
- W80 – 4x400m Relay (Rose Green; Jeanne Daprano; Carolyn Langenwalter; Lynne Hurrell) World Record
- M65 – 4x400m Relay (David Ortman; Charles Allie; Howard Clark; George Haywood) American Record
- W40 – 4x400m Relay (Rachel Guest; Cynthia McNamee; Angela Myers; Cynthia Monteleone) American Record
- Beverley Wills – W75 – 1,500m
- Jeanne Daprano – W80 – 1,500m
- Sabra Harvey – W65 – 1,500m
- M75 – 4x100m Relay (Howard Booth; Mack Stewart; Curtis Morgan; Robert Lida)
- W50 – 4x100m Relay (Venus Jewett; Andrea Collier; LaDonna Gooden; Roxanne Brockner)
- M45 – 4x100m Relay (Don Drummond; Andre Millar; Lyndell Pittman; Edward Rhyne)
- W35 – 4x100m Relay (Ahndraea Allen; Easter Grant; Latesha Short; Angela Myers)
- W60 – 4x400m Relay (Leandra Funk; Tracey Bernett; Coreen Steinbach; Lesley Hinz)
- W55 – 4x400m Relay (Shemayne Williams; Lorraine Jasper; Adriene Allen; Kathleen Shook) American Record
- M55 – 4x400m Relay (Don McGee; William Yelverton; Robert Foster; Marcus Shute)
- M50 – 4x400m Relay (John Cormier; John Curtis; Charles Novak; Lee Bridges)
- Lloyd Hansen – M70 – Half Marathon
- Robert Hendrick – M75 – Half Marathon
- Makie Ohler – W55 – Half Marathon
- Tom LeGan – M50 – 1,500m
- W60 – Half Marathon Team (Christine Kennedy; Mary Faria; Faith Morris)
- W45 – 4x100m Relay (Darmesha Watkins; LaTrica Dendy; Ruthlyn Greenfield-Webster; Lisa Daley)
- M60 – 4x400m Relay (Val Barnwell; Stephen Gould; Kenneth Thomas; Ben James)
