The British veterans athlete impresses but once more over one lap.
Caroline Powell, Britain’s most prolific masters 400m report setter over one lap, made extra historical past this previous weekend after enhancing her personal European W70 report at a masters open assembly in Yate close to Bristol (June 28).
Already the holder of the W55 (61.55), W60 (64.31), W65 (68.67) UK marks, she improved her personal European W70 report from 73.49 to 73.12, successful her warmth from athletes over 30 years her junior.
Powell set her earlier European mark within the World Championships in Gothenburg in 2024, behind Chile’s Sara Montecinos’s nonetheless standing world W70 report of 70.62.
It was in all probability solely the wind that denied Powell coming near the bizarre feat of matching her age (72) along with her 400m time. W60 record-setter Sue McDonald of the USA ran 61.73 on the age of 61, which is thought to be the most effective masters age 400m mark.
European W45 Masters indoor Champion Liz Amos was the quickest girl general on the day with 62.09.
Powell additionally matched Helen Godsell’s UK W70 report over a later 200m race with a 31.81 clocking however the 2.2 m/s wind was narrowly over the restrict.
Clare Elms, who holds all W45-W60 UK 1500m and mile data, prolonged her place because the world’s oldest girl to interrupt 5 minutes for 1500m. In a largely solo race her 4:57.30 clocking on the age of 62 and 6 months, left her half a second in need of her personal world W60 report. She was first girl by over 15 seconds.
World indoor M65 400m champion Richard White was lower than a second in need of his British 300m hurdles report of 46.36 with a time of 47.17.
European 300m hurdles champion Sarah Loades improved her PB to 47.00 in battle with fellow W50 Louise Oldfield (47.44). Jane Horder’s 19 year-old UK better of 46.19 may need come underneath risk however for the swirling wind. Horder herself received the W65 hurdles in a wind-assisted 13.98.
European Masters M65 Indoor shot champion Allan Leiper received the shot with a 13.62m throw. W60 Ruth Chicken (37.67m) and W65 Karen Jones (35.69m) had been the decide of the ladies hammer throwers. Michael Dickins was the quickest of the M40 100m runners with a 11.46 clocking.
