In windy situations at Tooting in south London, the W60 athlete clocks 4:57.14 on a day when veterans Andrew Ridley and Rob McHarg additionally excel over 800m
Britain’s most prolific masters 1500m and mile record-setter, Clare Elms, produced one among her most pleasing ever performances when she broke the world W60 1500m report and have become the oldest girl to ever break 5 minutes with 4:57.14 on the Veterans AC championships at Tooting on Saturday (Aug 31).
Till final 12 months the report had been 5:06.63 by German Lidia Zentner set in 2013 when she grew to become the primary W60 to go inside 5:10 after which American Sue McDonald ran 5:04.27 and 5:02.38 in 2023.
That report was damaged final week when Eire’s Anne Gilshinan ran 4:59.45 to win world masters gold in Gothenburg. Gilshinan, McDonald and Zentner all have received total world masters athlete of 12 months awards.
The Kent AC athlete who at present holds 24 completely different British age-group data, has now set world marks indoors and out as a W50, W55 and W60 at each 1500m and mile.
After latest UK marks at each 800m (2:29.64) and 3000m (10:33.34) her confidence was excessive and he or she selected to run in a youthful combined race quite than her personal age group occasion.
Clare Elms and Terry Sales space (Cliff Disguise)
Within the race she was in a position to comply with M55 Terry Sales space within the data he’d run 4:58.29 earlier this 12 months which helped in gusts of nicely over 25km per hour.
Operating economically, each lap was round 79 seconds and he or she completed with two seconds in hand.
Whereas managing a heel harm, she has achieved 11 British data this 12 months and whereas her focus has been on the monitor in the summertime she is hopeful over the winter after a brief break to try data all the best way as much as the half-marathon.
Elms did higher the world mile mark in Wimbledon in July however has but to have it ratified as there was an issue with the photograph end and, whereas she had no hiccups in Tooting, it appears to be like as if it’d deny Andrew Ridley and Rob McHarg.
Andrew Ridley leads Rob McHarg (Cliff Disguise)
The pair who practice collectively, dropped all the way down to the youngest age group quite than run with fellow M60s.
Ridley, who received World Masters double gold at 800m and 1500m, ended up setting the tempo anyway within the M35 race and powered by 400m in 62 seconds regardless of the blustery situations particularly on the bends.
McHarg, who completed third in each races in Sweden however was bettering race by race and had set a British report of two:09.45 mid-week, held on and each sprinted onerous up the straight leaving youthful runners of their wake.
Ridley ran 2:07.45 and McHarg 2:08.01 in comparison with the world M60 report of two:08.56 by the American Nolan Shaheed in 2011.
Nonetheless, whereas the time might be confirmed (the respective hand instances have been 2:07.4 and a pair of:07.8), the photograph end photos have been inadequate for world report functions and McHarg can’t even depend it as a Scottish report.
In Sweden the pair had apparently been break up by Robert Kibet, a 1:43.66 800m performer in his prime though Kibet’s 1965 date of delivery on all statistical websites steered he ought to have competed within the youthful M55 class!
READ MORE: World Masters outcomes from Gothenburg
Newly-crowned world champion Moira West received her 100m and 200m specialities in a quick 15.98/34.09 but additionally received the lengthy bounce in a British W75 report of three.10m.
The wind – largely a cross-wind – whereas authorized for West was swirling and in successive rounds a -3.6m/sec and +3.6m/sec was recorded.
M40
SP/DT: L Zambrzcki 11.98/35.35
M45:
1500: 1 C West 4:33.01
M50:
100 (0.4)/200 (-0.8): D Olusanya 12.89/26.35
800: R Datnow 2:08.34
100H (1.7): 1 G Smith 14.56
HJ: V Ramsay 1.52
LJ: C Beecham 5.56/1.1
3000W: S Zennaro 16:43.50
M55:
100 (1.2)/200 (-0.8): B Zelechowski 12.37/25.70
M60:
100 (1.3): 1 B Steene 12.86; 2 P Logan 12.87
400/800: 1 S Corfield 61.99/2:21.73
800: ns: 1 A Ridley 2:07.45: 2 R McHarg 2:08.01
1500: 1 D Williams 4:49.13
SP: 1 Okay Baker 10.42
DT/HT: C Privett 41.19/37.56
M65:
100 (0.2): 1 J Browne 13.44
400: 1 A Day 67.25
JT: 1 S Langdon 39.58
M70:
JT: 1 M Bennett 33.36
M75:
SP/DT/JT: T Richards 10.12/31.65/28.25
M85:
400/800/1500: 1 D Milsom 1:56.42/4:13.37/8:43.34
W45:
800: 1 L Durn 2:36.72
3000W: C Ha Kwok 17:29.76
W50:
800/1500: 1 S Lamb 2:37.01/5:19.25
80H (-0.7)/HJ: D Norman 13.24/1.40
DT/HT: S Gonzalez 25.88/33.19
W60:
1500: C Elms 4:57.14 (World W60 rec)
HJ/LJ: 1 G Clarke 1.15/3.33
W65:
200 (-1.6): 1 A Owen 33.86
W75:
100 (-1.1)/200 (-1.6)/LJ: M West 15.98/34.09/3.10/-0.6 (UK rec)
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