Posted: August 5, 2007

Athletics: Condon Sets Men's 65-69 Age Group Record At USA Masters Outdoor Track & Field Championships

FOLSOM, CALIF. - August 5, 2007 - Pacific Association USA Track & Field athletes excelled at the USA Master Outdoor Track $ Field Championships, held August 2-5 at the University of Maine in Orono, Maine. Frank Condon of Chico, Calif. set a U.S. men's age group record for 65-69 year-old men for 800 meters. Condon's new standard is 2 minutes, 17.20 seconds. Condon also won the M65 1,500 meter race in 4:58.06. Louise Walters of Foresthill, Calif. captured the W65 5,000 meter race walk in 31:57.91 and the W65 10,000m race walk in 1:03:42.01. Greenbrae, Calif. athlete Jack Brae won both the M70 5,000m race walk in 29:51.25 and the M70 10,000m race walk in 1:02:56.54. John Levinsohn of Greenbrae, Calif. topped the M85 5,000m race walk in 45:54.75. Edythe Leek of Sacramento, Calif. won the W75 outdoor pentathlon, and the W75 200m dash in 41.97. Tom Bernhard of Fremont, Calif. won the M55 5,000-meter race in 17:33.56. Liz Palmer of Folsom, Calif. was a winner in the W45 short hurdles with a mark of 13.29. Lorraine Tucker of San Jose, Calif. won the W60 discus throw in 28.28 meters/92-09.25 feet. Tucker also placed second in the W60 shot put with a put of 9.03m. Thomas Fahey of Chico, Calif. turned in the winning M55 discus throw with a toss of 50.04m/164-02.0. The Sacramento-based Golden West Athletics club won the W40-49 4x100 Meter Relay in 58.72 seconds and the M60-69 4x800 Meter Relay in 11 minutes, 22.59 seconds. More than 1,100 of the nation's finest masters athletes (ages 30 to 95-plus) were in Orono competing in the national championships. Masters athletes now prepare for the World Masters Athletics Championships, September 4-15 in Riccione, Italy. For full results, visit USATF.org. The Pacific Association is the largest member association of USA Track & Field (USATF). We serve northern California and northwestern Nevada. USATF is the National Governing Body for track and field, long distance running, and race walking in the United States. For more information about the Pacific Association, visit our Web site at www.pausatf.org. Subscribe to the Runner's Web Weekly Digest