Congratulations to the many successful Potomac Valley Track Club members who competed at the recent USATF Indoor Track and Field Champions in Boston, including another world record for Larry Colbert, this one in the 4x400 meters coming just weeks after world record in the 4x200 meters.

Don Riggs
PVTC Membership Secretary

Results - Potomac Valley Track Club members and local athletes
USATF Masters Track and Field Championships
Reggie Lewis Center, Boston
March 23-25, 2007

At an earlier meet Bob Lida, Larry Colbert [of Potomac Valley Track Club, Rich Rizzo and Dick Camp already own the 4x200 indoor world 70- 74 record. They knocked the daylights out of that standard at the New York City Armory, chopping more than four and a half seconds off the record to finish in 1:54.05. The four runners averaged 28.5 seconds per 200 meters. Lida said he anchored that effort with an incredible 26.8 split.

At the USATF Masters Indoor Track & Field Championships in Boston, PVTC's Larry Colbert took second behind relay teammate Bob Lida's American record in the indoor 400 meters. Colbert says of his swifter teammate: "To run behind a guy like Bob Lida is a pleasure because I know he'll make me better. He's the nation's best." Lida said he thought the record was 63.4 seconds, but it doesn't matter anymore because he clocked a 61.35. He missed the world record by four- hundredths of a second, less than a blink.

Final event of the Masters Indoor Track & Field Championships was well worth the wait as Colbert, Richard Rizzo, Robert Cozens, and Lida set a world record in the men's 4x400 meter relay for 70-74-year-olds, winning in 4 minutes 37.28 seconds. Says Larry Colbert: I still have a long ways to go. So I’m thankful and blessed that I still can do it at 70. I believe the time was 5:35 for the world record – a full minute under the old record.

PVTC members

Name/gender/age
Position/event/performance 
Jim Barr	M39
 	2	Pentathlon	3031 points
		Individual Pentathlon events [pentathlon event/position/performance/points]
						1000M	3     3:24.61   456 points
						60M H	3        9.76   2  644
						HJ	2          1.78m   687
						LJ	2          5.73m   591
						SP	
	1         12.77m   653
	2	SP			12.80m
	3	Wgt	10.26m
	5	LJ			  5.46m

Jim Barrineau	M50
	1	HJ			1.75m

Marcus Battle	M45
	3	TJ		   11.75m 

Peter Blank	M50
	3	3000m Race Walk   22:34.84

Jerry Bookin-Weiner	M60
	5	Weight Throw	14.75m
	6	Super Wgt			  6.77m
	8	SP	  11.38m

Charles Boyle	M80
	1	3000m Race Walk	21:54.76

James Carmines	M60
	DQ	3000m Race Walk

Larry Colbert	M70
	1	4x400M relay	4 minutes 37.28 seconds		WORLD RECORD
	2	200m			28.18
	2	400m		1:03.87
	3	60m			 8.81

Roger Crockett	M55
	4	LJ	   4.76m
	6	TJ		  9.49m

Roy Englert		M80
	1	1 mile		  9:19.36
	1	3000m	18:31.67
	3	400m		  1:55.00

Audrey Lary		W70
	1	Weight throw	9.40m
	1	LJ		3.34m
	1	TJ		7.70m
	2	60m	10.44
	2	200m	36.95

Bruce McBarnette	M45
	1	HJ			1.90m

John McKenzie	M40
	4	Pentathlon	1995 points
		Individual Pentathlon events [pentathlon event/position/performance/points]
						1000M	2        
3:04.90   717 points
						60M H	3          
11.02    491
						HJ		--
          NH		----
						LJ		
	4          4.59m   402
						SP	
	4          8.11m   385
	3	TJ			10.55m
	8	800m	 2:22.01
	8	LJ			  4.87m

Muraji Nakazawa		M50
	2	Pentathlon	2374 points
		Individual Pentathlon events [pentathlon event/position/performance/points]
						1000M	2        
3:37.26   594 points
						60M H	3          
11.78    502
						HJ	
	3          1.33m   480
						LJ		
	2          4.09m   407
						SP	
	3          7.35m   391
	3	LJ			4.38m

Robert Paulen		M70
	1	Pentathlon	3651 points
		Individual Pentathlon events [pentathlon event/position/performance/points]
						1000M	2        
4:11.80   635 points
						60M H	1          
11.07    937
						HJ	
	2          1.24m   740
						LJ		
	2          4.09m   795
						SP	
	4          8.43m   544
	2	60m H	11.02
	2	LJ				4.09m
	2	TJ				8.60m

Ted Poulos		M45
	3	3000m		9:46.74
	9	1 mile			4:58.20

Jim Stookey		M75
	1	60m H	10.94
	1	HJ			1.25m
	1	LJ			4.22m
	1	TJ			8.25m

Jim Wass		M50
	2	3K RW   18:13.81

Robert Weiner		M55
	11	800M    2:55.38

Albert Williams		M65
	1	200M		  27.15 [won by 1.5 seconds!]
	2	400M    1:04.28


Other athletes from the area or familiar entrants at PVTC meets

Adam Alderton		M30
	2	400M	   50.97
	4	200M     23.53

Donna Barrett		W50
	2	Wgt      9.61m
	3	SP		      8.91m

Joseph Burno		M50
	4	1 mile	    4:51.67

Theresa Dudley		W40
	2	SP		    9.08m

Jeff Gold		M40
	4	60M       7.26

Kareem Lanier		M30
	1	3000m	  9:17.34

Julie Hayden		W45
	4	1 Mile	    5:46.42
	4	800M	    2:30.94

Steve Nearman	M45
	5	800M	    2:09.28

Terri Rath			W40
	5	400M    1:04.89

Tomlinson Rauscher		M60
	3	PV		     	3.33m
	6	60M H      12.01

Charmaine Roberts		W35
	2	800M	   2:25.97


4 x 400m Relay		W30-39
	2	Athena Track Club		  4:27.24
	AMERICAN CLUB RECORD [race winner was an unattached team]

4 x 400m Relay		W40-49
	1	Athena Track Club		  4:19.21	WORLD RECORD

4 x 800m Relay		W30-39
	1	Athena Track Club		  10:09.15	AMERICAN RECORD