March 31, 2023
Toruń, Poland
On Day Six of the 9th World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships Team USATF added 33 medals to its growing count, the most yet in a single day. Included were 10 gold, 13 silver, and 10 bronze. The overall total now stands at 111. Team USATF Masters continues to hold third place on the medal table, with Great Britain and Northern 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 Hammer Throw
Spencer Parrish (Waterbury, CT) – M85 10k Road Race Walk
Antoine Echols (Huntsville, AL) – M40 200m
Jeffrey Mack (Largo, FL) – M50 200m
Michael Kish (Nutley, NJ) – M70 200m
Charles Allie (Pittsburgh, PA) – M75 200m
Thad Wilson (Oxnard, CA) – M70 60m Hurdles
Scott Eriksson (Plano, TX) – M60 Discus Throw
Samuel Okantey (Westerville, OH) – M45 Triple Jump
10k Race Walk Team – W70
Silver Medalists were:
Maryanne Daniel (Clinton, CT) – WS60 – 10k Road Race Walk
Emma McGowan (Sugar Hill, GA) – W50 200m
Roxanne Brockner (Mt. Sinai, NY) – W55 200m
Amanda Watson (Keller, TX) – W40 Discus Throw
Angela Herzner (Tempe, AZ) – W45 Discus Throw
Carol Finsrud (Lockhart, TX) – W65 Discus Throw
Joel Dubow (Tucker, GA) – M80 10k Road Race Walk
Thomas Jones (Glendale, MD) – M65 200m
Reggie Garner (Arlington, TX) – M60 60m Hurdles
Robert Paulen (Dewey Beach, DE) – M85 60m Hurdles
Rachel Guest (Surprise, AZ) – W45 Pentathlon
Barbara Warren (Charleston, WV) – W75 Pentathlon
10k Road Race Walk Team – M70
Bronze medalists were:
Kathy Frable (Ivins, UT) – W75 – 10k Road Race Walk
India Bridgette (Marietta, GA) – W60 – 200m
Norman Frable (Ivins, UT) – M75 10k Road Race Walk
David Gibbon (Cottonwood Heights, UT) – M55 200m
Robert Cozens (Houston, TX) – M85 200m
Don Drummond (Dallas, TX) – M50 60m Hurdles
Eugene Anton (Naperville, IL) – M65 60m Hurdles
Tamba Kortequee (Cumming, GA) – M45 Triple Jump
Jennifer Hedges (Magnolia, TX) – W55 Pentathlon
10k Road Race Walk Team – M75
One of the main highlights of the day came in the preliminary round of the 60m hurdles when Derek Pye (Lakewood, CA) broke the M55 world record with a time of 8.41 seconds (the old record was 8.63); unfortunately, he fell after the last hurdle while in the lead in the final and finished in 6th position.
Other highlights of the day were the four gold medals in the 200m by Antoine Echols (M40), Jeffrey Mack (M50), Michael Kish (M70), and Charles Allie (M75); all of them becoming double gold medalists in the process after winning the 60m two days ago. In addition, Team USATF athletes won six other 200m medals. In the M45 triple jump, Team USATF Masters went 1-3, with Samuel Okantey capturing the gold and Tamba Kortequee the bronze. And Spencer Parrish (M85) won his second gold medal, taking first place in the 10k Road Race Walk.
Gloria Krug continues as Team USATF’s leading gold medal winner, collecting her sixth today in the W90 hammer throw. Emma McGowan narrowly missed out on the sprint trifecta, finishing second in the W50 200m after claiming gold in the 400m and 60m earlier in the meet.
Competition concludes tomorrow with finals in the 1500m, women’s pole vault and hurdles, and the 4x200m relays.
