Toruń, Poland
March 28, 2023
Day Three of the 9th World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships saw Team USATF add 12 total medals to its growing collection that now stands at 44. The breakdown included 3 golds, 7 silvers, and 2 bronzes. Team USATF Masters continues to stand in third position on the medal table, with Italy, Ireland, and Great Britain and Northern Ireland in hot pursuit:
Team USATF Masters Gold Medalists today were:
Bob Cahners (Naples, FL) – W80 Hammer Throw
Gloria Krug (New Oxford, PA – W90 Weight Throw
Emma McGowan (Sugar Hill, GA) – W50 400m
Silver Medalists were:
Maryanne Daniel (Clinton, CT) – W60 3000m Race Walk
Karen Swisher (Shawnee, KS) – W70 3000m Race Walk
Kathy Frable (Ivins, UT) – W75 3000m Race Walk
Roxanne Brockner (Mount Sinai, NY) – W55 400m
Ken Hoffmann (Rogne, Norway) – M45 High Jump
Antonio Palacios (Bloomington, IN) – M55 Triple Jump
Brian Hankerson (Coral Springs, FL) – M60 Triple Jump
Bronze Medalists were:
Barbara Warren (Charleston, WV) – W75 Long Jump
Lee Adkins (Millbrae, CA) – M50 Triple Jump
In winning gold in the W50 400m, Emma McGowan,
who will turn 55 in June, broke her own American age group record set here in Toruń at these Championships four years ago. Birthday boy Rondrick Parker turned in a noteworthy performance in the semifinals of the M35 60m dash; Parker, who turned 40 today and must still compete in the 35-39 age group, was just one one-hundredth of a second off Aaron Thigpen’s M40 record. Bob Cahners and Gloria Krug added to their gold medal collections in the throws today with wins in the hammer throw and weight throw respectively.
And finally, Roxanne Brockner won her first World Championships individual medal with her hard-fought silver in the W55 400m race.
