Results are here: http://www.cnw.org/si/ Of interest to Canucks is the fact that the second place finisher in the 400 is also now the number 2 all time in the 400 having taken about a second off of his pb. The number 1 guy won. Regards, Martin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Y ask: > > Tony Young of Redmond, Washington, turned 41 in April but hasn't shown signs of > slowing after his record-setting M40 debut in 2002. Saturday at the Seattle > International Track & Field Classic, Tony lowered his own USA masters outdoor record > to 4:07.25, breaking the 4:09.61 he ran at the same meet a year earlier. Tony > described the race in an e-mail note to me the day after Father's Day. > > Tony wrote: > > "It was nice to get under the American Record, but I was very optimistic about > running a few ticks faster. The workouts for the past month show me that something > around Moorcroft's (4:02. outdoor world record) time is doable, with the right > conditions. It was awesome -- and a little nerve racking -- having so many friends > and family members there. Thanks to my wife's (Heather) e-mail > campaign! > > "I was hoping that the top guys running in the Canadian Series (Blincoe, Thie, and > Pyra) would run the Seattle race, and I would just run off of them and try to hang > on the last 400-500 meters. The field still had Dirks and Sorrensen (sub-4 milers), > so I was hoping to ride along with them to the end. > > "Paul Keves (CNW and 4:02 miler) did a great job of getting us around the 800 in 60 > and 2:01 (for me). We lost the momentum from the 1,000 to the 1,200 split, though > (33-34 OUCH), and I just took off trying to at least get it under 4:05, but for > whatever reason could not muster anything under 60 on the last lap. Quite shocked to > be leading at all over this group and to be honest, was waiting for them to blow me > away at the end! The crowd loved the 5-guys-within-a-second-of-each-other finish! > > "I know that I can get quicker, I just have to select the right race. I know it is a > sour subject to some, but I need to draft most of the way to get down there. I have > a tendency of relaxing too much on my own and losing the fast rhythm. > > "The next race is at the Hayward Classic in Eugene. A 3000 -- because I love the > variety -- and a World Record Attempt in the 4x1500 with some of my > California buds (Magill and Roman). > > "I just ended my base/transition period at the end of May, so I should be getting > faster -- with more rest and sharper intervals -- this month and next." > > Meanwhile, Young's coach, Tom Cotner, adds his own take on the race: > > "Young passed Nick McFalls of the Nike Farm Team about 30m after the start of lap 4 > and pulled away to a 15m lead down the back stretch. He entered the home straight > with a 10m lead and held off a late charge by Jim Sorensen, also running with the > Farm Team, to win in 4:07.25. Sorensen finished in 4:07.27 to lead a pack of three > runners, all of whom finished under 4:08. The pace was aggressively fast at the > beginning as the leaders went through the 400 in 59, the half in 1:58, but the pace > had slackened to 3:04 at 3/4s. Ahman Dirks of Nike Portland was third in 4:07.75, > followed closely by Canadian steeplechaser, David Milne, in 4:07.80. McFalls > finished seventh in 4:09.27." > > Ken Stone > http://www.masterstrack.com
