EUGENE, Ore., June 30 Olympic-Trials-40+
Prove Lifetime Fitness At Hayward Field
EUGENE, Ore., June 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Olympic Trials will highlight many of the world's fastest men and women 40+ in special 3000 and 200 Meter races Thursday and Saturday July 3 and 5. At Eugene Oregon's Hayward Field, during the Trials, the men's 3000 takes place Thursday at 7:05 PM, and the women's 200 Saturday at 12:35 PM.
"The Masters Men's 3,000m field for the Olympic Trial has the makings of the greatest Masters race ever run anywhere in the world -- seven of the 16 qualifiers have times under 9 minutes and four others are within 1.71 seconds," says race organizer Mark Cleary. "To give this some perspective, only four men have ever gone under 9 minutes in the same race at the World Indoor Championships." Tony Young of Redmond, WA and Club Northwest, leads the field and amazingly is in the 45-49 group -- he recently set a world record for men 45+ in the Mile with 4:16.09. Ken Stone of masterstrack.com reports that Young ran a hand-timed 8:36.0 for 3,000 meters and will be shooting for the listed world record of 8:27.7.
Young is followed by Kent Lemme of Williamstown, MA, the 2007 M40+ USATF Road and Cross-Country National Champion, Dan Franek of South Portland, ME, the 2007 and 2008 national masters 3000 meter indoor champion, Armando Olivera of NYC, Sean Messiter of Bellingham, WA, Chris Mattingly of Orchard Park, NY, and Andrew Duncan of Las Vegas.
"The women's masters 200 field is solid too," Cleary reports. The race may be led by Renee Henderson, 43 of Merchantville, NJ, the 2008 world champion at 60M and 200M (25.34). Other top qualifiers are Charmaine Roberts, 41 of Beltsville, MD, the indoor and outdoor national champion at 400 meters, Donna Lawrence, 40 of Austin, TX, a past W35 100M National Champion, and Joy Upshaw-Margerum of Los Altos Hills, CA, 2006 Indoor World 200M Champion.
Also note, in "open" Trials events: Jeff Hartwig, 40, just qualified 2nd in the pole vault and made the team.
Additional details: Olympic Trials at http://www.usatf.org
Contacts: Bob Weiner, USATF National Masters Media Chair 202-329-1700; Trackside: Mark Cleary, USATF Masters Invitationals Director 949-606-6888
SOURCE Robert Weiner Associates; USATF Masters Media Committee
