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March 6, 2010

Marie, Phil & Olga Star at Kamloops

Filed under: Running News — Tags: Marie Kay, Olga Kotelko, Phil Raschker — Carmel Papworth-Barnum @ 4:38 pm

The WMA indoor champs wrapped up today in Kamloops. In their press release the organizers singled out three women for their outstanding performances:

Olga Kotelko of West Vancouver, B.C., finished her week with 10 gold medals and eight world records in the women’s 90 age group. On Saturday, Kotelko chose not to compete in the 400m Dash. Instead, she concentrated on the 4×200m relay — which she and teammates Louise Sorensen, Hildegaard Buschhaus and Leona Smith won in a newly established world-record time of 4:15.33.

Phil Raschker led the American team with seven gold, two silver and one bronze in the W60 age group. She capped her week Saturday with a championship run in the 400m, crossing the line in 75.60. Then, she joined Joan McMullan, Mary Trotto and Brenda Matthews in winning bronze in the 4×200m relay in a time of 2:19.67.

Marie Kay of Australia finished with five gold medals in the W50, the last one coming Saturday when she won the 400m in a time of 62.96.

Also adding to their medal haul today were…

W80 400m
1. Onodera-Leonard, Sumi 2:28.23

W75 400m
1 Boivin, Gwendolyn W75 Canada 2:54.49

W70 400m
1 Daprano, Jeanne W73 United States 1:28.37
2 Lima, Alda R W74 Brazil 1:38.68
3 Mendiburo Arevalo, Marth W72 Mexico 1:42.51

W65 400m
1 Allison, Marjorie J (AUS) 74.05
2 Jonkers, Riet W66 Netherlands 74.68
3 LaFayette-Boyd, Carol W67 Canada 76.96

W60 400m
1 Raschker, Phil W63 United States 75.60
2 Trott, Rhona W61 Canada 78.37
3 Matthews, Brenda W60 United States 1:22.35

W55 400m
1 Del Grande, Karla W56 Canada 66.32
2 Heagney, Kathryn M. W59 Australia 70.74
3 Bowman, Jeanne W57 United States 75.46

W50 400m
1 Kay, Marie W50 Australia 62.96
2 Hayden, Julie W50 United States 68.53
3 Tremblay, Rhonda W50 Canada 69.13

W45 400m
1 Belanger, Renee W47 Canada 63.87
2 Lawson, Sarah W47 United States 64.76
3 Meloche, Laurie W48 Canada 65.76

W40 400m
1 Daley, Lisa W40 United States 60.01
2 Brims, Julie M W43 Australia 62.54
3 Finnegan, Gerladine W44 Ireland 62.81

W35 400m
1 Dendy, Latrica W37 United States 57.42
2 Torrescasana, Eulalia W38 Spain 59.83
3 Arnaudova, Merlina W38 Bulgaria 61.52

W80 1500M
1 Estrada Esquivel, Petra W80 Mexico 10:11.45
2 Angelis, Ruth W83 Germany 12:00.77

W75 1500M
1 Visser, Helly W76 Canada 7:48.18

W70 1500M
1 Daprano, Jeanne W73 United States 7:36.38
2 Saunders, Barbara W70 Canada 7:41.91
3 Mendiburo Arevalo, Marth W72 Mexico 7:44.12

W65 1500M
1 Jonkers, Riet W66 Netherlands 6:22.34
2 Carlsen, Eva W65 Norway 6:54.95
3 Rocnakova, Miloslava W65 Czech Republic 7:15.85

W60 1500M
1 Warick, Judy W61 Canada 6:35.98
2 Rivera, Ma De Los Angele W62 Mexico 6:43.27
3 Rosado, Mary W60 United States 6:43.64

W55 1500M
1 Martin, Kathryn W58 United States 5:24.34
2 De St. Croix, Maureen W56 Canada 5:34.61
3 Steinbach, Coreen W58 United States 5:39.67

W50 1500M
1 Tawney, Susie C. W50 Great Britain 5:28.20
2 Perez, Aurora W52 Spain 5:31.01
3 Hayden, Julie W50 United States 5:37.86

W45 1500M
1 Armitage, Sonia W49 Great Britain 4:56.34
2 Bunting, Anne W45 Canada 4:58.58
3 Dixon, Donna W47 Canada 4:59.64

W40 1500M
1 Everton, Nicola W44 Canada 4:50.20
2 Oliveira, Rosa Maria W43 Portugal 4:50.58
3 Pritchett, Bernadine H. W43 Great Britain 4:56.20

W35 1500M
1 Camp, Andi W35 United States 4:48.51
2 Reiner-Vestli, Ellen W37 Norway 5:13.23
3 Brougham, Lisa W39 Canada 5:17.73

For the full results including the relays and half marathon click here.

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March 5, 2010

Marilyn’s Kamloops Snaps

Filed under: Running News — Tags: Marilyn Mitchell — Carmel Papworth-Barnum @ 6:24 pm

Marilyn Mitchell sent us some snaps from Kamloops. Marilyn is a regular fixture at the World meets, she knows everyone or at least seems to talk to everyone. So absorbed in taking shots she often doesn’t see the race unfold. Marilyn’s also an official with the USA team and ran the 60m. It’s her third race in 5 and half years as she returns from a knee injury.

Check out her pics at WomenRunningTogether’s Facebook page.

Here’s the W40 200M, L to R: Monica Juno Garcia Sanchez (MEX), Eva Gunther-Graff (GER), Lisa Daley, Silver (USA), Maryvonne Icarre, Gold (FRA), Marjorie Milligan Jackson (USA), Julie Brims, Bronze (AUS)

Competitors in W40 200m

Thanks Marilyn!

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Altitude: 1000 feet – Can that affect performance?

Filed under: Coaching Tips — Dr. Cathy Utzschneider @ 5:13 am

I wanted to share this note from Jack Daniels, because a number of runners now at the World Masters Track and Field Championships (Kamloops) have written me, saying that their times are slower than anticipated…..they wondered whether the 1100 feet of altitude there might have affected performance if they have been training at sea level. I wasn’t sure, but found this note from Jack Daniels which I wanted to share. The bottom line is that, yes, altitude could have affected the longer races in particular and those in the older age categories.

Here is Daniels’ note:

“Performance starts to be affected at about 1,000 meters altitude; the effect is not linear and the drop in performance is quite different for acclimated versus unacclimated individuals. A runner who is not acclimated will lose 10 to 12% in VO2max at an altitude of about 6,500 feet and 12 to 15% at 7,500 feet. However, performance will not be to the same degree because running economy is better at altitude (due to the less dense air resistance). Our research at 6,500 feet indicated a 12% loss of VO2max, but 6% improvement in running economy resulting in 6% loss in performance. The duration of a race is also a factor. An 800-meter race is so anaerobic that little performance difference exists. A 1,500-meter race may be six to 10 seconds slower, but over 20 seconds slower for unacclimated runners. An unacclimated runner could expect to lose a minute in 5K and as much as two minutes for a 10K.”

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March 3, 2010

Kathy & Jeanne Win Double Gold

Filed under: Running News — Tags: Jeanne Bowman, Jeanne Daprano, Kathy Martin, Marie Kay, Olga Kotelko, Phil Raschker — Carmel Papworth-Barnum @ 10:59 pm

Sprinters and distance divas shared the track at the Indoor Worlds today with the 200m, 800m and 3K finals. Some of the distance women doubled running the 800m and the 3k. The amazing Kathy Martin (USA) won both in W55. W70 Jeanne Daprano (USA), who has a foot in both camps, won the 200m and 800m!

The marvelous Phil Raschker (USA) won W60 200m and tied for gold in the pole vault with Aussie Wilma Perkins.

Aussie Marie Kay (W50) won the 200m and the long jump. Marie jumped further (with all her jumps) than W40 & W45. Impressive!

Jeanne Bowman in her first world champs and hoping to making the final got the bronze in the 200m. Way to go Jeanne!

Canadian Olga Kotelko won two more golds and set two more World Records in the W90 200m and shot put. Zdenka Kirsch of Germany won the W80 3,000m in a record time 19:07.34.

Here are some of the women’s running results:

W35 200 Meter Dash Finals:
1. Latrica Dendy, United States, 25.96; 2. Merlina Arnaudova, Bulgaria, 27.52;
3. Eulalia Torrescasana, Spain, 27.64

W40 200 Meter Dash:
1. Maryvonne Icarre, France, 26.02; 2. Lisa Daley, United States, 26.62; 3.
Julie M Brims, Australia, 26.83; 4. Marjorie Milligan Jackson, United States,
28.16

W45 200 Meter Dash Finals:
1. Noella Lee Pong, Canada, 27.17; 2. Angelika Grissmer, Germany, 27.54; 3.
Joy Upshaw, United States, 27.60

W50 200 Meter Dash Finals:
1. Marie Kay, Australia, 27.33; 2. Averil McClelland, Great Britain, 28.15; 3.
Wendy Alexis, Canada, 29.24

W55 200 Meter Dash Finals:
1. Karla Del Grande, Canada, 28.35; 2. Kathryn M. Heagney, Australia, 31.01;
3. Jeanne Bowman, United States, 32.79

W60 200 Meter Dash:
1. Phil Raschker, United States, 31.19; 2. Brenda Matthews, United States,
32.46; 3. Rhona Trott, Canada, 33.12

W65 200 Meter Dash Finals:
1. Carol LaFayette-Boyd, Canada, 30.86; 2. Marjorie J Allison, Australia,
31.79; 3. Maria Hopchin, Canada, 34.68

W70 200 Meter Dash:
1. Jeanne Daprano, United States, 38.40; 2. Louise Reed, Canada, 39.37; 3.
Alda R Lima, Brazil

W75 200 Meter Dash:
1. Klazina Noort, Canada, 45.63; 2. Ruth Carrier, Canada, 51.67; 3. Gwendolyn
Boivin, Canada, 55.63

W80 200 Meter Dash:
1. Betty McQuarrie, Canada, 48.64; 2. Sumi Onodera-Leonard, United States,
51.91; 3. Leona Smith, Canada, 59.22

W90 200 Meter Dash:
1. Olga Kotelko, Canada, 60.72.

W35 800 Meter Run:
1. Ellen Reiner-Vestli, Norway, 2:33.05; 2. Lisa Brougham, Canada, 2:38.37; 3.
Iveta Gudkova, Latvia, 3:02.85.

W40 800 Meter Run:
1. Nicola Everton, Canada, 2:24.93; 2. Rosa Maria Oliveira, Portugal, 2:25.81;
3. Bernadine H. Pritchett, Great Britain, 2:26.62

W45 800 Meter Run:
1. Sonia Armitage, Great Britain, 2:26.26; 2. Renee Belanger, Canada, 2:27.62;
3. Jeanie Bezdan, Canada, 2:27.67; 4. Lorraine Jasper, United States, 2:28.29

W50 800 Meter Run:
1. Julie Hayden, United States, 2:40.15; 2. Carla Hoppie, United States,
2:49.31; 3. Susan Strother, Canada, 2:56.13.

W55 800 Meter Run:
1. Kathryn Martin, United States, 2:42.84; 2. Coreen Steinbach, United States,
2:46.87; 3. Kathryn M. Heagney, Australia, 2:52.28

W60 800 Meter Run:
1. Judy Warick, Canada, 3:11.89; 2. Joan McMullan, United States, 3:17.91; 3.
Mary Rosado, United States, 3:22.59

W65 800 Meter Run:
1. Riet Jonkers, Netherlands, 2:58.59; 2. Eva Carlsen, Norway, 3:30.51; 3.
Miloslava Rocnakova, Czech Republic, 3:36.49

W70 800 Meter Run:
1. Jeanne Daprano, United States, 3:26.09; 2. Barbara Saunders, Canada,
3:38.78; 3. Madeline Bost, United States, 4:02.91

W75 800 Meter Run:
1. Helly Visser, Canada, 3:54.76.

W80 800 Meter Run:
1. Ruth Angelis, Germany, 6:03.75.

W35 3000 Meter Run:
1. Andi Camp, United States, 10:39.99; 2. Latashia Key, United States,
11:51.50.

W40 3000 Meter Run:
1. Rosa Maria Oliveira, Portugal, 10:51.39; 2. Bernadine H. Pritchett, Great
Britain, 10:55.32; 3. Susan P. Ridley, Great Britain, 10:56.96

W45 3000 Meter Run:
1. Jane Pidgeon, Great Britain, 10:58.85; 2. Sheryl R. Miller, United States,
11:02.45; 3. Alyssa Tower, United States, 11:02.45

W50 3000 Meter Run:
1. Susie C. Tawney, Great Britain, 11:40.02; 2. Heather Price, Canada,
11:50.13; 3. Lourdes Fernandes, Brazil, 13:14.38

W55 3000 Meter Run:
1. Kathryn Martin, United States, 11:31.65; 2. Susan Cooper, Great Britain,
11:42.61; 3. Anne M. Lippitt, Great Britain, 14:25.33

W60 3000 Meter Run:
1. Ma De Los Angeles Rivera, Mexico, 14:42.45; 2. Judy Warick, Canada,
14:49.96; 3. Maria Del Carmen Valdes Vera, Mexico, 15:46.84

W65 3000 Meter Run:
1. Miloslava Rocnakova, Czech Republic, 15:25.76; 2. Emiliia Zhadan, Ukraine,
18:28.30.
W70 3000 Meter Run:
1. Mary Harada, United States, 15:55.51; 2. Madeline Bost, United States,
17:32.60.
W80 3000 Meter Run:
1. Zdenka Kirsch, Germany, 19:07.34 World Record.

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March 2, 2010

Olga sets WR for W90 60M

Filed under: Running News — Tags: Brenda Matthews, Olga Kotelko — Carmel Papworth-Barnum @ 9:53 pm

Blink and you’ll probably miss most of the 60M. Fast and furious in the middle of the track, there’s no room for error. There was plenty of hot sprinting at Kamloops today including a world record. Canadian Olga Kotelko set the new WR in W90. Olga’s been breaking records since turning 80. This multi-event queen has entered 9 events in Kamloops, mostly the jumps and throws. Today she also won the W90 javelin and it was her birthday! Happy 91st Olga! Look out for more records to tumble…

So Cal Strider Brenda Matthews (W60) claimed the gold over Phil Raschker and home team Canada scored the most gold…

W90
1 Olga Kotelko W90 Canada 15.14R

W80
1 Sumi Onodera-Leonard W81 United States 13.13
2 Betty McQuarrie W81 Canada 13.55
3 Johnnye Valien W84 United States 13.75

W75
1 Gwendolyn Boivin W75 Canada 12.22
2 Klazina Noort W77 Canada 12.99

W70
1 Louise Reed W74 Canada 11.16
2 Mary McCarron-Egner W73 Canada 11.39
3 Alda R Lima W74 Brazil 11.52

W65
1 Carol LaFayette-Boyd W67 Canada 9.14
2 Betty Dargie W67 Canada 9.71
3 Noreen M. Parrish W68 Australia 9.90

W60
1 Brenda Matthews W60 United States 9.04
2 Phil Raschker W63 United States 9.25
3 Wilma A. Perkins W60 Australia 9.27

W55
1 Karla Del Grande W56 Canada 8.49
2 Rita Hanscom W55 United States 8.85
3 Kathryn M. Heagney W59 Australia 9.27
4 Linda Cohn W57 United States 9.36
5 Jeanne Bowman W57 United States 9.46

W50
1 Tilly Jacobs W53 Netherlands 8.50
2 Wendy Alexis W54 Canada 8.58
3 Averil McClelland W51 Great Britain 8.65

W45
1 Noella Lee Pong W49 Canada 8.15
2 Liz Palmer W49 United States 8.40
3 Angelika Grissmer W48 Germany 8.49

W40
1 Maryvonne Icarre W44 France 7.93
2 Julie M Brims W43 Australia 8.10
3 Marjorie Milligan Jackson W44 United States 8.44

W35
1 Dena Birade W37 United States 7.93
2 Ranell R. Hobson W37 Australia 8.17
3 Merlina Arnaudova W38 Bulgaria 8.21

Olga Kotelko

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So Cal Strider’s Getting Ready to Rumble

Filed under: Running News — Tags: Jeanne Bowman, Southern California Striders — Carmel Papworth-Barnum @ 3:39 pm

Jeanne Bowman (W55) is competing in her first World Championships. “I’m excited and nervous! My coach told me to get out of the box and my comfort zone, so here I am. I made it to the 60M finals and if I can do that in the 200 and 400 I’ll be happy!”

Here’s Jeanne with her teammates from the Southern California Striders who are competing at Kamloops.

Top, L to R: Merle Mensey, Agnes Green, Ernie Smith, Linda Cohn, Jeanne Bowman
Below , L to R: Rita Hanscom, Linn Dunton, Brenda Matthews

Go Striders!

3striders

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Key, Miller, Martin, Steele, Steinbach, Ashby, Diver

Filed under: Running News — Dr. Cathy Utzschneider @ 1:35 pm

Our American women continued to excel in Canada, now at the World Indoor Track and Field Championships in Kamloops. The 8k cross country took place yesterday and the U.S. took silver in the 35 – 39 (Latashia Key), gold in the 45 – 49 (Sheryl Miller), silver in the 50 – 54 (Karen Steele), and gold and bronze in the 55 – 59 (Kathy Martin, Coreen Steinbach).

World masters championships, for competitors 30 and over, provide a great opportunity to peak for a race, meet people from different cultures, and enjoy sightseeing and another country at the same time. As Coreen Steinbach wrote, “warm-up jackets from around the world abounded – Czech Republic, Hungary, Mexico, Brazil, great Brit’s everywhere…..Kamloops is a very interesting place topographically. We drove over alpine forest to get here but the mountains here are not forested. They are brown in appearance but still beautiful. The expanses are vast and the views panoramic. It makes the fact that the population is only 80,000 quite deceptive because it appears like a sprawling metropolis apparently in the middle of a wilderness. It also seems to be a thriving, vibrant area. Again, the warmth of the people is obvious at every turn.”

What better way to travel than to compete at the same time? You don’t just need world masters to compete — think outside the box and consider finding a race in a place you’ve never been!

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Marie does it again!!!

Filed under: Running News — Tags: Christel Donley, Marge Allison, Marie Kay, Phil Raschker, Rita Hanscom — Carmel Papworth-Barnum @ 11:16 am

Aussie superstar Marie Kay added another World title to her collection with her win in the W50 Pentathlon at the World Indoors in Kamloops yesterday. It was also another World Record (4906 points). Marie told us that her goals were “To win both the pentathlon (indoor) and heptathlon (outdoor) world titles and set records in every age category. So far I’ve managed to do that. It’s very challenging and the training is hard but I love the multi events.”

As usual Marie gives credit to her super coach Noreen Parrish.

Congrats to all these multi talented women on their wins in the Pentathlon:

W40
1 Gerladine Finnegan W44 Ireland 3514
2 Susan Wiemer W44 United States 3026

W45
1 Daphne Sluys W49 United States 2827

W50
1 Marie Kay W50 Australia 4906

W55
1 Rita Hanscom W55 United States 4190

W60
1 Phil Raschker W63 United States 4532

W65
1 Marjorie J Allison W65 Australia 4199

W75
1 Christel Donley W75 United States 3481

Aussie Champ Marie Kay Photo by Tom Phillips

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March 1, 2010

Flying Start

Filed under: Running News — Tags: Kamloops, WMA Indoors — Carmel Papworth-Barnum @ 12:14 pm

The WMA indoors kicked off in Kamloops, Canada today with the Pentathlon, cross country and 60M dash Prelims. Here are a few women we know:

The 8k cross country…

USA took gold and silver in W55 with Kathy Martin winning in 32:27.60 and Coreen Steinbach third in 37:07.00!

Heather Price (CAN) won W50 in 34:07.80 and Karen Steele (USA) getting the silver in 34:12.20. In W45 Sheryl R. Miller (USA) won in 32:16.60.

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February 28, 2010

Another World Record for Bernie!

Filed under: Running News — Tags: Bernie Portenski, Theresa Baird — Carmel Papworth-Barnum @ 9:14 am

Just got word from Peter Horan in New Zealand. Bernie Portenski has smashed another W60 World Record for the 10,000 meters this morning (Sunday 28 Feb). Last week she broke the W60 5000 meters World Record in a time of 18.51 at Newtown Park, Wellington Masters two day meeting. Today at the same venue she smashed the 10,000 meters W60 by 16 seconds in a time of 39min and 5 seconds in windy conditions.

The previous 10,000 meter World Record was held by Theresa Baird from Australia in 39:21 s in 2001.

Bernie is now aiming to break World Records in the Christchurch Half Marathon in June, then crossing to Australia aiming to break the World Record in the Gold Coast Marathon in July.

Thanks Peter for the news.

Way to go Bernie, fantastic running!

Bernie Portenski

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