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April 5, 2010

Aussie Masters T&F Champs

Filed under: Running News — Tags: Gianna Mogentale, Marie Kay — Carmel Papworth-Barnum @ 10:05 pm

My Aussie masters friends spent the Easter weekend running, sprinting, throwing and jumping. The Australian Nationals were held in Perth, Western Australia. Perth is a gorgeous city with beautiful beaches and warm weather. Not far away is the great wine country of Margaret River. I spent a wonderful week down there after the nationals 7 years ago. If you like wine, check out this region.

Back to running… The Australian Masters website hasn’t posted the full results on line (Grrr!!!), but there are links to word documents for each of the 4 days. Here are some of the highlights:

Champ Marie Kay (W50) is on a roll. Just a few weeks after her World Indoor success, Marie won 7 national titles, set a World Record in the long jump (5.41m) and 3 Australia records. Some of her results were: 60m (8.29), 100m (13.37) & 200m (27.62).

Gianna Mogentale (W45) won back to back Women’s Champion of Champions 100m. It’s a special all-age, handicapped sprint in which the top ten age-graded performers in the 100m finals fight it out for the title of best sprinter. Gianna also won the 60m (7.86) 100m (12.49), 200m (26.20), 400m (62.07) & 800m (2:33.31).

Some of the other multiple track winners were:

Kylie Strong (W40) – 60 (7.86), 100 (12.28) & 200 (25.63).
Suzy Cole (W40) – 400 (57.71), 800 (2:10.48), 1500 (4:42.24), 400 hurdles & 2K steeple (7:21.98).
Glenda Banaghan - 5000m (18:08.04) & 8K X-C.
Marcy Sheer (W50)- 800 (2:33.92), 1500 (5:09.97), 5000m (18:41.38) & 8K X-C.
Lynne Choate (W55) – 60m (8.68) & 100m (13.99).
Bronwen Cardy (W55) – 1500 (5:36.98), 5000m (20:10.49) & 8K X-C.
Wilma Perkins (W60) – 60 (8.97) & 100 (14.59).
Gillian Young (W60) – 800 (3:03.69) & 1500 (6:10.83).
Peggy Macliver (W65) – 60 (9.43), 100 (15.42), 200 (32.27) & 400 (74.28).
Lavina Petrie (W65) – 1500 (6:02.73), 5000m (21:09.72) & 8K X-C.
Jan Morrey (W70) – 60m (9.79), 200 (34.05)
Elvire Asprey (W75) – 100m (18.80), 200 (42.07) & 400 (1:56.95).

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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 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

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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February 1, 2010

Marie’s Counting Down to Kamloops

Filed under: Running News — Tags: Lisa Daley, Marie Kay, Noreen Parrish — Carmel Papworth-Barnum @ 10:43 am

When Larry and I were back in Sydney last October for the World Masters Games we caught up with my Aussie mate Marie Kay. I hadn’t seen Marie since the 2005 WMA outdoors in Spain. We’d stayed in touch by email and I’d followed Marie’s success as she amassed more world golds and records. As Larry likes to say, “Marie’s got more titles than the British Royal family and almost as many records as Amazon.com”.

Marie’s not only a track and field superstar, she’s a mum, a grandma, a personal trainer and track coach. I’ve been wanting to do a story on Marie for a long time. After chatting at the track, at another mate’s BBQ and many emails later it’s come together. Here’s WRT’s interview with Marie.

Marie’s just turned 50, hitting her new age group in time for the 2011 World Masters Indoor Champs this March in Canada. She’ll be rooming again with her friend, USA sprinter queen, Lisa Daley and traveling with her Aussie best friend, coach and sprinter, Noreen Parrish.

It’s only 24 sleeps till Marie and Noreen leave for Kamloops. Look at worlds!

Marie Kay & Lisa Daley

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October 20, 2009

Friends at an Aussie BBQ

Filed under: Running News — Tags: Lisa Daley, Marie Kay, World Masters Games — Carmel Papworth-Barnum @ 5:20 pm

Aussie athletes Janet Naylor and Stewart Patterson hosted a BBQ at their home in Berowra during the World Masters Games. I met Janet and Stewart when I joined the Aussie team for the 2005 WMA champs in Spain. The team was invited to their wedding on the beach. Janet wore a gorgeous dress and carried a single long stemmed rose. It was all very romantic. As you may know I met the love of my life at Spain. Love was in the air at those games.

Janet is a long jumper and sprinter, while Stewart is a distance runner. Neither competed in Sydney, as they were busy officiating. Janet is an experienced official having worked at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics and 2000 Sydney Olympics. She’s a strong believer in giving back to the sport she loves.

Their BBQ was a real Aussie affair with kangaroo sausages and Cold Chisel (70/80’s rock band) playing in the background. Also at the party were gal pals Marie Kay (Aus) and Lisa Daley (USA). These women are great friends and room together at the big meets, recently in Lahti. They’re both disciplined and dedicated athletes so it’s a perfect fit. Lisa now has a better appreciation of just how far an Aussie girl like Marie has to travel to compete in the US or Europe.

Lisa made the trip from New York to Sydney to visit her friend and have a good time. She didn’t step on the track. Marie was under some pressure from the games organizers to toe the line. She helped promote the games but like Lisa has her sights set on the 2010 WMA Indoors in Kamloops. Marie’s coach Noreen Parish believes you can’t peak for too many events in a year. To keep the Sydney organizers happy they made a few adjustments to Marie’s program, which allowed her to do the hurdles (silver) and long jump (gold).

Even though their dance card wasn’t full Marie and Lisa were at the track every day supporting their family and friends. Marie’s husband John Kay won gold in the M50 javelin. Sometimes a meet isn’t all about competing, it’s about hanging with your mates.

Marie Kay & Lisa Daley

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