March 30, 2023
Toruń, Poland
On Day Five of the 9th World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships Team USATF added 15 more medals to its growing count – 4 gold, 6 silver, and 5 bronze. The overall total now stands at 78. Team USATF Masters continues to hold third place on the medal table, with Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and Ireland close behind. Host Poland and neighboring Germany are currently in first and second place:
Team USATF Masters Gold Medalists today were:
Gloria Krug (New Oxford, PA) – W90 Triple Jump
Angela Herzner (Tempe, AZ) – W45 Hammer Throw
Scott Eriksson (Plano, TX) – M60 Discus Throw
Dolf Berle (TX) – M60 Pole Vault
Silver Medalists were:
Michelle Rohl (Mansfield, PA) – W55 800m
Mark Husted (Golden, CO) – M35 800m
Charles Novak (Cuyhoga Falls, OH) – M55 800m
Nolan Shaheed (Pasadena, CA) – M70 800m
Gary Patton (Rock Rapids, IA) – M75 800m
Barbara Warren (Charleston, WV) – W75 Triple Jump
Bronze Medalists were:
Christina Elder (Plattsmouth, NE) – W35 800m
Sue McDonald (Santa Barbara, CA) – W55 800m
Lorraine Jasper (Burchrunville, PA) – W60 800m
Mark Williams (Columbia, NJ) – M50 800m
David Bickel (Scottsdale, AZ) – M55 Weight Throw
Highlight of the day was the World W60 record set by Sue McDonald in the W55 800m. McDonald, who is one of several athletes celebrating birthdays that move them into new age groups during the Championships, ran 2:25.72 to break a record set minutes earlier by Virginia Mitchell from Great Britain and Northern Ireland in the W60 race – an unusual occurrence that can only occur at a multi-day Masters event like this meet. Her time eclipsed Mitchell’s mark by more than four seconds!
Gloria Krug continues as Team USATF’s leading gold medal winner, collecting her fifth today in the W90 triple jump. She concludes her competition tomorrow with the hammer throw, one of her specialties. Angela Herzner won the W45 hammer competition today, her second gold medal of the Championships; she also won silver in the shot put.
Continuing with the throwing events, Scott Eriksson far outdistanced the competition in the M60 discus, winning by nearly six meters over his closest competitor.
USATF Board member Dolf Berle captured the gold medal in the M60 pole vault for his third world title overall. Here in Toruń he also competed in the pentathlon yesterday, finishing fifth, and the discus today, where he was ninth.
Competition tomorrow includes the 10k road race walk, 200m finals, the men’s 60m hurdles, several age groups in the women’s pentathlon, and a variety of throwing and jumping events. The Championships runs all week, wrapping up on Saturday, April 1, 2023.
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