Source: http://www.youthrunner.com/content/view/770/54

We have World Champions! 
-- Don Riggs
-- PVTC Membership Secretary

PVTC's Jim Barrineau won the 2007 men's 50-54 World High Jump 
Competition in Italy, topping 15 jumpers in the age group, with a jump 
of 1.75M.

Susie Barnes joined three other 75-79 USA athletes to win the 4x100M 
and 4x400M relays.

Jim and Susie led a group of 6 PVTC members at the Worlds to a total 
of 7 medals. Larry Colbert garnered silver in the M70 400 meters, 
Bruce McBarnette was silver medalist in the M45 high jump and Bob 
Paulen, competing in men's 70-74 age group, brought home two medals - 
silver in the 300 meter hurdles and bronze in the 80 meter hurdles.

Congratulations to all who competed in Italy.  All the results we 
identified for PVTC members (plus Hillen von Maltzahn, a former member 
who still competes locally) are below.

Susie Barnes 75-79
	1	4x100M [with Johnnye Valien, Louise Adams, Patricia Peterson]  1:46.04
	1	4x400M [with Johnnye Valien, Louise Adams, Patricia Peterson]  10:37.36
Jim Barrineau 55-59
	1	High jump	1.75M
James Carmines 60-64
	21	5K	RW	29:20.20
	23	10K	RW	59:34
Lawrence Colbert 70-74
	8	100M	13.98
	4	200M	28.52
	3	400M	1:03.28
Bruce McBarnette  45-49
	3 HJ	45-49	1.87M
Robert Paulen 70-74
	3	80m Hurdles 	14.28
	2	300m Hurdles 	50.97
	7	Long jump	4.27M
Hillen Von Maltzahn W55
	1	Pole vault	2.75M
	5	Heptathlon	5072 points

Corrections to the National Masters Championships
These corrections reflect that Canadians also competed, 
affecting overall position but not American standings.  
Medals were awarded only to Americans.
Lana Kane	W65		
	6 [4th American]	100M	18.59
	4 [2nd American]	200M	39.70
	5 [4th American]	Javelin  16.70m  54' 09"
Julie Hayden  W47
	4   [3rd American]   800M       2:28.16
	4   [3rd American]   1500M       5:14.97
James Stookey M77
	2 [1st American]     Long hurdles    1:05.98

Virginia Senior Games

Peter Blank	M50-54
1 - 1500M run		5:41.10
2 - 200M		  35.63
1 - 400M		1:17.82
1 - 800M		2:54.98
1 - 1500M RW		9:22.98
5 - Discus		78' 3.00"

Doug Hastings	M55-59
3 - High Jump		4' 2.00"
3 - Long Jump	       13' 1.00"
2 - Javelin	       92' 5.00"

Victor Litwinski  M60-64
2 - 1500M RW		9:03.53
2 - Discus		114' 10.00"
6 - Javelin		 84' 11.00"
3 - Pole Vault		  4' 0.00"
3 - Shot Put		 32' 7.00"

Keith Mathis	M55-59
1 - High Jump		 4' 10.00"
1 - Long Jump		15' 7.00"
1 - Javelin	       118' 4.00"

William Smith		M70-74
1 - Discus		129' 4.00"
1 - Shot Put		 35' 8.00"

Averett Tombes  M75-79
2 - 100M		16.79
2 - 200M		38.24
2 - 50M		11.28

Jeff Young	M55-59
2 - High Jump		4' 4.00"
4 - Long Jump	       12' 9.00" 

Virginia Commonwealth Games, Roanoke, VA, July 2007 
Cindy Arbelbide	W 50-59
	1 - Discus 73-02
	1 - Shot Put 25-11.50

Roger Crockett	50-59
	3 - Long Jump	14 ft 11.5 in
William Smith  70-75  
	1 - Discus     124 ft 4 in

State Games of America, Colorado Springs, August 2007
Cindy Arbelbide	W 55-59
	1 - Discus 75-07.50
	1 - Shot Put 26-05.50

Mid Atlantic Championships at Chester, PA, sponsored by the 
Philadelphia Masters Track and Field Association  July 2007

All are first place unless noted.  Most were unopposed within age group.
W70	Audrey Lary	17.07	*100m
		        35.06	*200M
M50	Maurice Pointer	17:25.41 *5k (1st of 4 in age group)
M50	Neil Fairclough	13:07.07 *3k steeplechase (1st of 3 in age group)
M50	Neil Fairclough	19.03	100m hurdles (1st of 2 in age group)
M50	Neil Fairclough	1.75m 	T 1st	HJ
	Neil Fairclough		1.95m  	3rd PV
M75	James Stookey	3.88m	*LJ
W70	Audrey Lary	3.39m	*LJ
M75	James Stookey	7.51m	*TJ
W70	Audrey Lary	7.72m	*TJ
M75	Bill Bergen	24.88m	Javelin
			7.50m	Shot
W55	Cindy Arbelbide	21.72m	*Discus
	                 8.60m	*Shot

* Indicates an All-American performance
Note that most athletes were un-opposed within age group.

Please send any additions/corrections to donriggs@juno.com.

Don Riggs, PVTC Membership Secretary
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USA MASTERS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
August 2-5, 2007
Orono, Maine

It was another outstanding meet for Potomac Valley Track Club masters athletes at the USA Masters Outdoor Championships in Orono, Maine in early August. By our accounting, 13 of our athletes competed, garnering 11 wins out of dozens of medal-winning performances.

Major contributors to the Team's 5th place team score were Jim Barr who won the shot put and collected 6 silver medals, Jim Stookey who was his usual prolific self, winning 4 events with silver in two additional events, while Keith Mathis contributed 5 medals.

Jim Barr had a major effort, competing in 12 events for the meet including the 5 pentathlon events where he collected the pentathlon silver.

Results for the club team and other athletes from the area or familiar at our meets are below.

To see the full results go to USATF home page, click on Events/Calendar then on National Championships, then on August 2-5 Masters Outdoor Track and Field Championships then on Schedule and Results. Click on event name [in blue] or Full Results at top to get events in numerical plus team results. = Full results can be searched by an athlete's name. To do so [may have to click on a blank area on the screen before each search] click on "edit/find on this page" on the toolbar, enter the search information and click search.

PVTC members

Jim Barr  M35-39
1	12.82m            SP
2	31.88m     104-07	Hammer
2	 1.70m    5-07.00	HJ
2	36.37m	      2k Discus
2	 5.51m   18-01.00	LJ
2	45.09m     147-11	Javelin
2	Pentathlon		2581 points
	1    48.16m       592  Javelin
	1    38.10m       626  Discus
	2     5.38m  -1.0 512  LJ
	3    26.80        537  200M
	3    45.09m    147-11  Javelin

1 Barrineau, James   M52 Burke, VA           1.75m    HJ
	Jim still owns the 35-39 high jump record at 2.15m

Jerry Bookin-Weiner  M60-64
1    14.70m   48-02.75 Weight throw [exhibition]
2    38.32m     125-09	Hammer
5    10.98m		SP
5    36.90m	        Discus

Craig Chasse	M35-39
1     18:13.79  5k run
4     4:46.64	1500M

Roger Crockett     M55-59
2     9.87m 32-04.75	     TJ
5     4.55m	14-11.25     LJ

Keith Mathis		M55-59
2	1.55m			HJ
2 	4x100 relay  53.51
3	23.62m      77-06	Hammer
3	4.73m  15-06.25	        LJ
4     9.74m   31-11.50	TJ

Bruce McBarnette         M44-49
1	1.75m    5-08.75	HJ

Ted Poulos               M45-49
3  17:13.54     5k
3   35:07.93	10K
5  11:48.43	3k Steeplechase

Jim Stookey		M75-79
1 	4.01m  13 -02.00       LJ
1 	16.07                  Short Hurdles
1 	15.32	               100M
1       8.25m   27-01.00       TJ
	Jim still holds the 70-74 age group record
2 	1.25m    4 -01.25      HJ
2       1:05.98	               Long Hurdles

9 James Verdier            M65 Alexandria, VA         3:07.94	800M

4 Weiner, Robert    M60 Accokeek, MD    9:58.10    2k  Steeplechase

2 Russ White               M60-64         46.76m     153-05	Javelin

Albert Williams          M65-69
1   13.40  	100M
1   27.26	200M

Team Scores - top 10

Place Team Points
1 Florida Athletic Club	            493
2 So Cal Track - Fleet Feet 	      387
3 Mass Velocity Track Club 	      251
4 Golden West Athletics Club	      249.50
5 Potomac Valley Track Club 	      210
6 Atlanta Track Club 	            169
7 Shore Athletic Club of New Jersey 152
8 Southwest Sprinters Track Club 	145
9 Philadelphia Masters 	            142
10 Houston Elite 	                  133
121 Annapolis Striders Inc	        5
123 Howard County Striders, Inc.	  4



Non PVTC

Nicholas Agoris          M45-49 Reisterstown, MD
5      24.64m      80-10	Hammer
6    12.39m		SP

Donna Barrett   W51 Cheltenham, MD
3		10.00m   32-09.75 Weight throw [exhibition]
7         19.83m		1k Discus
8    	18.68m      61-03	3k Hammer Throw
11         13.37m      43-10	Javelin
4         9.25m   30-04.25	SP

1 Marcus Battle            M48 Silver Spring, MD       12.42m	 40-09.00	TJ

10 Mark Baugh               M47 Glen Dale, MD           35.58m     116-09 	Javelin
7 Baugh, Mark              M47 Glen Dale, MD         14:12.33		3k  Steeplechase

2 Boyle, Charles           M83 Annapolis, MD         38:42.05	5k  RW

2 Ty Brown                 M62 Washington, DC    13.10  	100M
1 Brown, Ty                M62 Washington, DC           4.84m   LJ
3 Brown, Ty                M62 Washington, DC           17.96  Short Hurdles

2 Joseph Burno             M53 Mitchellville, MD    2:06.55		800M
4 Joseph Burno             M53 Mitchellville, MD      4:25.83	1500M

8 Kyle Caudle              M42 Annapolis, MD          4:20.14		1500M

3 Stephen Chantry          M52 Williamsburg, VA       2:08.06	800M
3 Stephen Chantry          M52 Williamsburg, VA       4:23.91	1500M
1 Stephen Chantry          M52 Williamsburg, VA      17:06.31	5k

Ashley Childs      W55-59	 Royal Oak, MD
1	10:54.12 	2k  Steeplechase
2	Pentathlon			1923 points
	2   	 	20.22     297 		short hurdles
	2  		 6.15m     486		SP
	2   		2.64m    212  		LJ
	2  		 3:25.35     447	800M

1 Jacqueline Concaugh      W32 Burke, VA              4:47.62		1500M
1 Concaugh, Jacqueline     W32 Burke, VA              7:21.30#	2k  Steeplechase

5 Lakin Ducker             M39 Annapolis, MD            26.98   200M
4 Lakin Ducker             M39 Annapolis, MD            13.32	100M
1 Non Club Male                                       4:18.93
     1) Joseph Peebles 47               2) John DiStefano 48
     3) Eric Dixon 47                   4) Lakin Ducker 39

8 Edwards, Kennie          M41 Baltimore, MD      55.45	400M
6 Kennie Edwards           M41 Baltimore, MD          2:10.72	800M

3 Ray Feick                M75 Gilbertsville, PA        9.08m   29-09.50	3k SP
5 Ray Feick                M75 Gilbertsville, PA       26.54m      87-01   1k Discus

5 Karen Frazier            W47 Hyattsville, MD    		31.24   200M
5 Frazier, Karen           W47 Hyattsville, MD         1:09.87    400M
6 Karen Frazier            W47 Hyattsville, MD          15.12		100M
1 Rebecca Garson           W43 Afton, VA           1:00:09.82	10k RW
1 Garson, Rebecca          W43 Afton, VA             29:31.49		5k  RW

7 Grobman, Gary            M54 Harrisburg, PA        18:36.17	5k run

6 Michael Harrington       M66 Vienna, VA              33.43m     109-08		1k Discus

1 Alisa Harvey             W41 Manassas, VA           2:08.81	800M
1 Alisa Harvey             W41 Manassas, VA           4:36.21#	1500M

3 Hayden, Julie            W47 Ashburn, VA             1:06.81    400M
4 Julie Hayden             W47 Ashburn, VA            2:28.16	800M
4 Julie Hayden             W47 Ashburn, VA            5:14.97	1500M
1 Athena Track     4x400 relay                                   4:28.27

6 Haywood, George          M54 Washington, DC    58.46    400M

3 Joan Hunter              W43 Purcellville, VA       2:21.93	800M

-- Kane, Carl               M67 Conestoga, PA               DQ		5k RW

4 Kenney, James            M66 White Plains, MD        10.55m		5k SP
3 Kenney, James            M66 White Plains, MD         1.35m    HJ
1 James Kenney             M66 White Plains, MD        43.17m*    141-08	Javelin

Gloria Krug              W76 New Oxford, PA
1		 7.51m#  24-07.75			3k SP
1  		  8.16m   26-09.25 			Weight throw [exhibition]
1         16.46m	1.0k  				Discus
1      	   2.38m 							LJ
1         18.84m      61-10				Javelin
1        17.86m      58-07				Hammer Throw
1          4.91m   16-01.50	TJ

Kareem Lanier            M34-39 Lincoln University, PA
1  		17:21.72		5k
1		34:18.39		10K

Kyle Lanier              M34-39 Lincoln University, PA
1	   	2:01.03		800M
2 		4:19.65		1500M

1 Non Club 4x800 relay     8:35.65	Kareem and Kyle Lanier

2 Matt Markowski           M32 Sterling, VA           2:03.72	800M

John McKenzie	M40-44
7	   5.51m  18-01.00	LJ
4		Pentathlon       2551 [just 17 points out of third]
		2        5.61m    637		LJ
		3      26.66     629		200M
		6     17.68m     229	Discus
		7     24.59m     268		Javelin

3 Louis Merricks           M42 Hampton, VA        23.15   200M
1 Louis Merricks           M42 Hampton, VA    11.37  	100M

7 Mitchell, Collin         M54 Silver Spring, MD     58.90	  400M
5 Collin Mitchell          M54 Silver Spring, MD     26.02	  200M

9 Moyer, Steve             M49 Reston, VA            20:43.67   5k run

6 Nearman, Steven          M47 Alexandria, VA        55.49    400M
7 Steven Nearman           M47 Alexandria, VA      2:08.49	  800M

Robert Paulen              M70 Silver Spring, MD
1           4.21m   		LJ
1          14.28  		Hurdles
1	     52.16			Long Hurdles
1           8.91m  29-02.75   TJ

3 Greg Petrosian           M48 Reston, VA               6.16m	 20-02.50	LJ

1 Oscar Peyton             M54 Accokeek, MD             11.88  	100M
1 Oscar Peyton             M54 Accokeek, MD        23.76   200M

5 Stuart Pineo             M46 Columbia, MD           4:29.93	1500M
5 Pineo, Stuart            M46 Columbia, MD          17:50.25    5k run

3 Tomlinson Rauscher       M61 Ellicott City, MD       21.37m      70-01	5k Hammer
4 Tomlinson Rauscher       M61 Ellicott City, MD        51.06	Long Hurdles
3 Rauscher, Tomlinson      M61 Ellicott City, MD        3.40m	PV

8 Charmaine Roberts        W40 Beltsville, MD         27.69[prelims]      40.49[final]   200M
	must have been an injury
1 Roberts, Charmaine       W40 Beltsville, MD      59.13    400M

1 Athena Track                                        4:28.27
     1) Julie Hayden 47                 2) Lorraine Jasper 45
     3) Joan Hunter 43                  4) Charmaine Roberts 40

6 James Samiec             M40 Trappe, MD              10.29m  33-09.25		TJ
9 James Samiec             M40 Trappe, MD               4.91m		16-01.50	LJ

5 Leo Sanders              M56 Virginia Beach, VA      25.86   	200M
7 Leo Sanders              M56 Virginia Beach, VA     12.68  	100M

5 James Seefeldt           M41 Alexandria, VA         4:13.84		1500M

3 Tracey Singleton         W40 Upper Marlboro, MD      13.54   	100M
1 Tracey Singleton         W40 Upper Marlboro, MD       9.53m	31-03.25	TJ
1 Singleton, Tracey        W40 Upper Marlboro, MD       5.11m	16-09.25	LJ

6 Darnell Smith            M45 Baltimore, MD            5.38m  17-08.00	LJ

6 Philip Stafford          M60 Charlottesville, VA    2:35.31		800M

1 Mark Stickley            M45 Winchester, VA        33:11.65		10K

1 Thompson, Glenn          M44 Harrisburg, PA          16.47m	7.26 	SP
1 Thompson, Glenn          M44 Harrisburg, PA          15.38m   50-05.50 Weight throw  [exhibition]
1 Thompson, Glenn          M44 Harrisburg, PA          50.50m	2k Discus

Glen Whiteley            M45-49	 Ridgely, MD
3		10.25m  33-07.50	TJ
4           1.60m    5-03.00	HJ
6		24.99   					200M
8 		23.97m					Discus
11		31.61m     103-08 	Javelin
Pentathlon
	1	  24.52     892			200m
	4     5:15.86     664		1500M
	5     34.74m     481		Javelin
	6       4.92m    542		LJ
	7     23.80m     367		Discus

Congratulations to the Potomac Valley Track Club members who competed in the National Senior Games held this May in Kentucky. Seven of our athletes brought home an impressive total of 15 medals.

Results for PVTC members and other athletes familiar at club events or located in the Washington area are below. Please send any additions/corrections to donriggs@juno.com.

For complete National Senior Games Results, see www.2007seniorgames.org

* The weather was fine, and the course dry. It was in a park, out and back twice, with a mass start - everyone at once. It was hilly, not excessively so, but probably steeper than a racewalk course should be. No complaints about the course. -- Don Gerson

PVTC ROAD RACE
5K race walk

7 Blank, Peter 50-54 33:25.96
6 Gersh, John 55- 59 33:04.65
7 Ward, James 55- 59 35:03.85
Contract, Sheldon 65-69 DQ
17 Gerson, Donald 70-74 46:04.43

5K run
5 Englert, Roy 80-84 34:22.69
[11 runners in the 80-84 age group - never say die!]

10K run
No PVTC members entered

NON - PVTC ROAD RACE
5K race walk
2 Shapiro, Steven 50-54 27:22.56&
12 Durrant, Steve 65-69 34:22.65
7 Windish, Rita 70-74 41:58.30
2 Simpson, Mary 75-79 41:29.65
8 Diamond, Tony 75-79 37:07.60
2 Boska, Mary 80-84 42:46.27
7 Ward, James 55-59 35:03.85
11 Hui, Peter 75-79 39:59.23
7 Hamilton, Terry 75-79 44:44.60

5K run
6 Ward, Alison 50-54 34:59.93
9 Fitzgerald, R Michael 50-54 18:33.00
20 Gildark, Gregory 55-59 31:49.83
9 Senseney, William 55-59 20:06.00
20 Gildark, Gregory 55-59 31:49.83
14 Uitto, Gary 60-64 25:45.00 
15 Myslinski, Norbert 60-64 26:56.00
18 Adachi, Yoshiko 65-69 32:48.62
19 Hill, Roland 65-69 25:23.00
27 Ross, Alexander 65-69 28:13.00
3 Graf, Tami 70-74 28:33.00
6 Glassco, Elizabeth 75-79 40:50.15

10K run
13 Bane, Dennis 55-59 44:54.00
8 Berger, Nancy 60-64 58:27.80
3 Graf, Tami 70-74 59:34.90
1 Glassco, Elizabeth 75-79 1:23:38.50
20 Ross, Alexander 65-69 1:00:39.00

Potomac Valley Track Club's masters athletes had another highly successful competition at the USA Masters Outdoor T&F Championships in Hawaii.

Congratulations to all our athletes!

Ten of our athletes competed, bringing home 30 medals from University of Hawaii's "Rainbow" track with multicolored lanes. Notable achievements were by Roy Englert and Jim Stookey, who won everything they entered, and by Marcus Battle, Roger Crockett, Audrey Lary, Helen Schley and Alby Williams who medaled in every event entered. Ted Poulos added a third silver to his collection and one more to the club's collection in the 8k run held in conjunction with the T&F Championships, making a total of 27500m of competition for the venture.

In team competition, PVTC was 4th best out of 91 teams.

PVTC and other local athlete results are below. Several athletes who have been familiar competitors at PVTC events are included. Hillen van Maltzahn [formerly Stubendorff] who won 6 gold and 2 silver medals, running for Team Tendonitis, which seems an appropriate team name for masters age athletes.

Potomac Valley Track Club members at 2005 USA Masters T&F Championships:

Marcus Battle (M45)
	Gold	TJ	12.86m
	Silver	LJ	5.58m

Larry Colbert (M65)
	4	400m	1:04.23

Roger Crockett (M55)
	Gold	LJ	4.86m
	Silver	TJ	9.94m

Roy Englert (M80)
	Gold	400m	1:40.40
		800m	3:45.40
		1500m	8:33.26

Audrey Lary (W70)
	Gold	LJ	3.64m
		TJ	7.99m
		Hammer	18.93m
	Silver	100m	17.36s
		200m	37.65s
		SP	7.43m
		Discus	19.40m

Ted Poulos (M40)
	Silver	10000m	36:36.52
		3k steeplechase	11:39.17
		8k run	30.33.1  (Masters 8k championships, held at the same time as the T&F championships)
	4	5000m	17:24.06
	5	1500m	5:42.48

Helen Schley (W75)
	Gold	800m	4:36.63
		1500m	10:01.71
	Bronze	400m	1:57.77

Jim Stookey (M75)
	Gold	100m	14.21s
		80m hurdles	14.37
		300m hurdles	53.15
		LJ	4.24m
		TJ	8.90m
		HJ	1.29m
		4x100 relay	56.39	[as part of an Ad Hoc team in 70-79 age group]

Bob Weiner (M55)
	Bronze	3k steeplechase	14:33.45
	6	1500m	6:31.57
	DNF	800m

Alby Williams (M65)
	Silver	100m	12.87s
		200m	27.45s
		400M	1:01.44

Other athletes

Melvin Fields (M60)
	Silver	100m	12.92s
		400m	1:00.08
	4	200m	27.19		

Kareem Lanier (M32)
	Gold	5000m	16:33.38
		10000m	34:02.21

Kyle Lanier (M32)
	Gold	800m	2:03.44
		1500m	4:14.47
	5	400m	53.92s

Hillen von Maltzahn (W56)
	Gold	200m	31.01s
		400m	1:14.67
		2k steeplechase	8:59.60
		LJ	4.08m
		TJ	8.29m
		PV	2.70m
	Silver	HJ	1.20m
		4x100 relay	1:06.19

Bruce McBarnette (M47)
	Gold	HJ	1.96m

Apparently, these Games are the biggest competition on the planet with 22,000+ athletes competing. Not as big as the Melbourne games in '02 with 28k athletes but a much better Games. A tremendous effort from coordinators and volunteers to put on a spectacular event. Very well coordinated and publicized. My only issue was the early closing of the beer vendors at the closing ceremonies.

See below for PVTC results. Some quick thoughts below.

Dr. Jim Stookey had two World Records in both the hurdle races. He crushed the previous record in the 300m hurdles by 2 seconds. I believe he broke a record that he just set 3 weeks ago. Incredible performance. He also won the HJ and TJ but took a second in the LJ to a German who nearly broke the World Record with a 4.75 jump in the M75 division. I believe he's heading to Hawaii and on to San Sebastian.

I had a 6-year personal best in the HJ, clearing 1.80m and had two great attempts at 1.85. I credit it to the nice springy surface in Edmonton and being ticked off about my Javelin and Shot performances the previous days. In the Discus, I competed against former Olympic Decathlon Champion Robert Zmelik, who won of course, actually throwing .17m further than his Olympic Disc throw. He's a little bigger in the mid-section after a knee injury sidelined him last year so maybe the extra weight helped. I got a happy 4th and some memorable pictures.

Good Pentathlon competition and story with it - the Gold Medalist, Roman Kamas (Slovakia) from 2002 in Melbourne, and my main competition pulled up in the LJ but stayed to watch the competition and give me the Gold at the ceremony - a symbolic passing of the torch in a sense. Roman is visiting me at our house for a few days. After getting the bronze in Melbourne, it's been my goal for 3 years to win this one.

Also, did my first Weight Pentathlon. Good thing that no one I know saw me throw the hammer - very funny stuff.

Audrey Lary looked great in the 100m blowing by the field. She won everything as usual, 200m, LJ, TJ and weight throw. She is quite remarkable. She opted to save herself for Hawaii and not throw the shot or discus.

Marcus Battle had a tough go of it by getting into Edmonton the morning of his TJ competition. He just felt flat and didn't quite have it for this one. He'll bounce back and be ready for the PV games. I'm sure of it.

I put my hat in the ring for a 4x100 but no takers on this one. Most probably saw that I was in the Weight Pentathlon and said "I don't want some slow thrower on my relay team". Oh, well...next time.

I recruited Rob Thomas M35 (100,200,400 champ, 800 (2), 4x100 (1), 4x400 (2) to come to the Potomac Valley Games and put on a show for us. Also, looking forward to having Greg Foster M40 World champ in the LJ, TJ. He's a phenomenal jumper who also excels in the Pentathlon. Also, hope to see Kimiko Nakatake, a PVTC regular from NY, who took Silver in the HJ and Bronze in the TJ, and a 4th in LJ.

Results are at http://www3.telus.net/vschmid/2005WMGA/index.htm .

Here is the games web site: http://www.2005worldmasters.com

2005 WORLD MASTER GAMES RESULTS BY PVTC ATHLETES

Jim Barr (M37)
·Gold - Pentathlon (2817pts – LJ 5.87m, JV 50.69m, 200m – 25.31s, DS 37.08s, 1500m – 5:55)
·Silver - Javelin (45.69m)
·Silver - High Jump (1.80m)
·Bronze - Weight Pentathlon – (2554pts - HT 24.14m, SP 12.60m, DS 36.02m, JV 49.32m, WT 9.91m)
·4th - Shot Put (12.73m)
·4th - Discus (37.08m)

Marcus Battle (M46)
·7th - Long Jump (5.59m)
·7th - Triple Jump (11.80m)

Audrey Lary (W71)
·Gold - 100M (16.87s)
·Gold - 200M (36.10s)
·Gold - Triple Jump (7.93m)
·Gold - Long Jump (3.52m)
·Gold - Weight throw (10.87m)

Jim Stookey (M75)-
·Gold - High Jump (1.25m) (tough competition, Jim tied with two others at the winning height but made it on his first attempt)
·Gold - Triple Jump (9.0m)
·Gold - 300m hurdles (54.98s) *World Record by almost 2 seconds (old record - M75 WMA World: W 56.95 2003-07-05 Heinz Krenzer, GER)
·Gold - 80mH (13.62s) *World Record (old record - M75 WMA World: W13.68 1999-08-29 Melvin Larsen, USA)
·Silver - Long Jump (4.31m)

Several of our masters are in Hawaii for the masters championships there, we'll have a full report after the meet.

Ashlyn Sinclair, 16 (Silver Spring) won the 2000m steeplechase for the 15-16 age group in 7:33.53 just missing the meet record.(7:29)

Andrea Oaxaca, 14, (Arlington) finished 8th in both the 800m run and the 1500m run. On Thursday, she won her qualifying heat of the 800m run. Then on Friday she ran 73 second last lap to pass 4 runners an earn the last qualifying spot for the final on Sunday.
On Saturday, she ran the 800m final and earn an 8th place medal for her effort On Sunday, she ran a smart race for the 1500m final. She was in last place after the first lap 400m in despite running at a fast pace. She moved up through the rest of the race to run her best time of the season 4:45.61, finish 8th and earn another JO medal.

Members of the Potomac Valley Track Club brought home plenty a of hardware from the Virginia Commonwealth Games held July 15-17 in Roanoke.

Evelyn Wright dominated in the weight throws and jumping events bringing home at least three gold medals in her age class. Audrey Lary also dominated in every event she contested. Chuck Williams finished second in the men's 50-55 100m, first in the 200m dash, and just out of the top 10 in USCF Cycling Time Trial, including a four percent grade (steep) hill climb up Star Mountain, ending about 1,000 feet above Roanoke. Williams won the 1997 Commonwealth Games Silver medal in the cycling road race.

Sarah Bowman from Northern Virginia also came close to setting a record for the Games, running 2:01 in the women's 800 meter run.

For complete Commonwealth Games results, log onto www.commonwealthgames.org

Congratulations to PVTC's large and outstanding masters contingent!

Potomac Valley Track Club had another outstanding meet at the recent National Senior Games in Pittsburgh. 5 of our 16 entrants brought home a total of 15 medals, led by Audrey Lary with 4 gold medals and a silver medal and Jim Stookey with 3 golds and a silver. Audrey and Jim both set 3 new Senior Olympic records.

Lois Dicker won a pair of race walk bronze medals in the 5K and 1500M, and Roy Englert continues unabated, with a silver in the M80 800M run, while Evelyn Wright had a gold and two silver medal winning performances while competing in no less than 7 events. Michael Graham garnered a fourth in the M50 high jump with a 5 ft 2 in/1.57M jump.

In other news, Audrey Lary is featured in the Summer 2005 issue of USATF's Fast Forward, for her World and American record setting performances at the USATF Masters National Indoor Championships in Boise, ID. Audrey set five records at the meet [60M, LJ, TJ, Weight throw, Super weight throw] plus an additional Gold medal in the 200M.

PVTC was third best club at those Masters National Indoor Championships, behind a large and dominating Southern California Track Club and just 5 points behind the Oregon Track Club Masters.

2005 National Senior Games Results

Potomac Valley Track Club

Sue Barnes  W75	7	100M	21.66
		4	200M	46.22

Peter Blank M50	20	5K road race	23:05
		14	1500M	5:40.02

Kathy Collins W55 5	5K race walk	39:02

Jim Condell M70	6	HJ	4ft 2in/1.27M
		19	Shot put 28ft 1.75in/8.57M
		4	PV	8ft/2.43M

Lois Dicker W65	Bronze	5K race walk	34:07
		Bronze	1500M race walk	9:26.27

Deborah Van Dover W50	5  5K race walk	35:26

Roy Englert M80	Silver	800M	3:49.95
		10	400M	1:43.99
		5	1500M	8:22.18

Ward Jones M70	9	Shot put 35 ft 1 in
		8	Discus	 98 ft 2 in

Victor Litwinski M60
        	7	1500M race walk	8:40.00
		20	Shot put	31ft 6in/9.60M

Audrey Lary W70	Gold	100M	  16.89
		Gold	Long jump 11ft 10.5in/3.61M
                                  [new Sr. Olympic record]
		Gold	Shot put  24ft 7.5in/7.50M
		Gold	Discus	  67ft 1in/20.44M
                                  [new Sr Olympic record]
		Silver	200M	  36.45

Anthony Markley	M50
              	5	1500M race walk	10:19.19
		6	200M	        26.64
		7	400M	        1:10.54
		14	HJ	        4ft 8in/1.42M

Keith Mathis M50 9	LJ		15ft 0in/4.57M
		 7	HJ		4ft 10in/1.47M

Jim Noone M60	 8	5K road race	6:25

Jim Stookey M75	Gold	200M  29.66 [new Sr Olympic record]
		Gold	LJ    14ft 1.5in/4.30M
                              [new Sr Olympic record]
		Gold	HJ    4ft 3in/1.29M [new Sr Olympic record]
		Silver:	100M  14.12

Roger Webb M65	10	5K race walk    36:14

Evelyn Wright W65 Gold	 Pole vault  5ft 6in/1.67M
		  Silver Long jump   11 ft 6.5 in/3.51M
		  Silver High jump    3ft 10in/1.16M
		  5	 Shot put    25ft 5.25in/7.75M
		  6	 Discus	     64ft 5in/19.63M
		  4	 Shot put    25 ft 5.25 in
		  6	 Javelin     64 ft 5 in

Full results are at SeniorChampion.com or through nsga.com


Current PVTC Record Holders as of June 2005 [plus new records set at the 2005 Sr. Olympics].

Audrey Lary	
	W65 100M	15.04 	Sr Olympic record set in 1999
	W70 100M	15.72 	American Masters record set in 2004
	W65 200M	32.71 	Sr Olympic record set in 1999
	W70 200M	33.90	American Masters record set in 2004
	W65 400M	1:16.21 Sr Olympic record set in 1999
	W70 LJ		3.84M	American Masters record set in 2004

Ed Benham
	M80	1500M	6:04.28	U.S. Masters record set in 1987
	M80	1500M	6:14.90	Sr Olympic record set in 1989
	M80	800M	3:10.37	Sr Olympic record set in 1989

Evelyn Wright
	W65	HJ	4ft 4in	U.S. Masters record set in 2003

• Congratulations to all our champions and national competitors.
  
• Audrey Lary in her first year in the 70-74 age group, set 4 national records with impressive improvements over the previous standard, while winning 5 national championships, one in every event she entered. In the triple jump, Lary leapt 25-11 to break Leonore McDaniels' 1998 record by 2 ½ feet. Later the same day, she broke the super weight throw record by almost 2 feet with a toss of 19-9. She also tossed the weight 33-3.75, bettering the old record by almost 6 feet. In the long jump, her new national record is 11-9.75 bettering the old mark by 7 inches. On the track, Audrey garnered another gold with a 36.90 effort in the 200 meters.
• Jim Stookey brought home his usual collection of medals, including a major 400 plus point improvement in the pentathlon national record with a 3959 total. Other results for Dr. Stookey:
  
  • 1 60M hurdles 10.63 seconds
    
  • 1 Long jump 13-00.75
    
  • 1 Triple jump 28-8.5
    
  • 2 High jump 3-11.25
    
• Roy Englert scored 3 medal winning efforts in the 80-84 age group including a win in the 800M at 3:48.51. Roy had a pair of seconds in the mile (8:52.22) and 3000M (17:43) both behind national record performances.
  
• Jim Carmines kept our strong race walk tradition alive, with a winning 3K walk of 16:05.06 in the 60-64 age bracket.
  
• M40 runner Ted Poulos had a 3000M 5th place run in 10:00.46 and a 9th place mile of 5:06.47. Robert Weiner also took on the mile, placing 6th in the 55-59 age group with a 5:59.39.
  
• For full results please visit www.usatf.org then under National Championships, click on USA Masters Indoor Track & Field Championships then on the left, click Results -- or click http://www.weinerpublic.com/20050312.doc.
  
• Results for other athletes who compete in the Washington, DC area are below.
  
  • Marcus Battle (39-7) barely edged runner-up David Quick of Bakersfield, Calif., (/39-6.5) to win the triple jump. Marcus had a bronze medal performance in the long jump, with a leap of 17-11.00.
    
  • John Casale won the M45 pole vault with a vault of 12-11.50
    
  • The Lanier brothers each had a pair of medal winning performances in the 30-34 age grouping. Kareem is mile and 3000M champion in 4:35.83 and 9:14.76 while Kyle won the 800M in 2:04.07 and was 3rd in the 400M with a 53.93.
    
  • In the M45 high jump, Bruce McBarnette was his usual high flying self, with a 6-2.75 jump, just an inch below his current national record.
    
  • Tomlinson Rauscher garnered a 5th in the M55 pole vault, clearing 11-5.75.
    
  • Helen Schley, running the W75 category, had a pair of wins with a 1:59.87 in the 400M and 4:41.40 in the 800M.
    
  • Hillen von Maltzahn (formerly Stubendorff) was an active and successful competitor garnering 5 medals in the W55 age group including pole vault national record. Hillen won the PV on a tie breaker, claiming that new record with a vault of 9-00.50. Hillen's medal collection included 2nd places in the HJ (4-1.25); long jump (13-9.75) and triple jump (26-4.50); and a third place 200M run (31.09 seconds).
    
    

    Videos of the race:

• Requires QuickTime 6
• John Itati runs 3:58.8, with Rolland Elliot and Craig Chasse timing
• Men's Elite Mile
• Women's Elite Mile
• TV Broadcast

   Marie Louise Michelsohn, 60, of Stony Brook, New York, set a pending U.S. national record for 3,000 meters (1.86 miles), running 12:08.7, at Potomac Valley Track Club's all-comers meet at T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria, Virginia, on Sunday, April 21, 2002.

    Michelsohn broke a 16-year-old national record by 17 seconds, a large margin by track and field standards.  The former record -- one of the oldest on the books -- was set by Margaret Miller of California, on July 23, 1986, who ran of 12:25.6 at age 60.  See http://www.nationalmastersnews.com/outdoor_2001.html for all U.S. national age group records.

    Michelsohn, a member of Bohemia Track Club, is coached by the legendary Pete Squires.  She said she takes no special supplements and avoids weight lifting, instead building strength by running hills on the Rockefeller Estate in Tarrytown NY.  She has run with world half-marathon record holder Paul Tergat and Olympian Tegla Laroupe.  Michelsohn is a math professor at Stony Brook University, one of the state universities of New York.

    Running in the rain, Michelsohn finished sixth overall, behind twins Kyle and Kareem Lanier of Lincoln University PA; masters runner Ted Poulos of McLean VA; teenage phenom Aynesleah Sinclair of Silver Spring MD; and marathoner Jay Jacob Wind of Arlington VA.  Finishing behind Michelson were her husband, Blaine; World Champion F50-54 heptathlete Hillen Stubendorff of Germany, and other runners.

    Full results of the 3,000 meter race and other events are at http://www.pvtc.org

    Patrick Boisclair led Arturo Huerta during the first part of the National 20K Invitational Racewalk. Patrick was in first place for about the first half of the race, but was eventually overtaken by Arturo, then at around 15K they were both passed by American Kevin Eastler who won the race. Kevin's pace calculates to 7:33 miles - walking! [Female winner]  [Full Results]