Well, the masters did fairly well on the speed event, with a few more
representatives on the 2008 100m list than in the pole vault, although
not as highly ranked. So, if masters can compete in speed, what's next?
How do they make out in an endurance event? Let's try the 10,000 meters:
Masters on Women’s 10,000m World List for 2008
n=438
List threshold=35:29.75
41 31:39.20 Dulce María Rodríguez MEX 14 Aug 72 Stanford 4 May
53 31:57.71 Irina Mikitenko GER 23 Aug 72 Menden 3 May
61 32:07.54 Fernanda Ribeiro POR 23 Jun 69 Lisboa 28 Jun
62 32:07.69 Adriana Fernández MEX 4 Apr 71 Stanford 4 May
70 32:14.01 Irina Permitina RUS 3 Feb 68 Kazan 17 Jul
85 32:26.91 Saadia Bourgailh-Haddioui FRA 1 Jan 72 Saint-Maur 6 Jun
90 32:29.52 Alina Gherasim ROU 10 Nov 71 Istanbul 12 Apr
96 32:31.45 Kirsten Melkevik Otterbu NOR 29 May 70 Roskilde 25 May
103 32:37.64 Harumi Hiroyama JPN 2 Sep 68 Kawasaki 27 Jun
116 32:53.74 Dorota Gruca POL 5 Dec 70 Ostrava 12 Jun
129 33:07.49 Helena Javornik SLO 26 Mar 66 Istanbul 12 Apr
141 33:16.61 Tetyana Mezentseva UKR 17 Jan 72 Istanbul 12 Apr
171 33:27.09 Tomoko Yamaguchi JPN 14 Feb 72 Kushiro 16 Jul
178 33:29.1h Edith Masai KEN 4 Apr 67 Nairobi 27 Jun
180 33:29.6h Catherine Ndereba KEN 21 Jul 72 Nairobi 27 Jun
198 33:38.60 Elva Dryer USA 26 Sep 71 Eugene OR 27 Jun
215 33:48.09 Liza Hunter-Galvan NZL 25 Jun 69 Walnut CA 18 Apr
233 33:56.04 Gloria Marconi ITA 31 Mar 68 Rubiera 11 May
306 34:31.05 Lilian Magnusson SWE 18 Oct 68 Helsinki 29 Aug
313 34:34.43 Jo Wilkinson GBR 2 May 73 Watford 14 Jun
358 34:50.89 Márcia Narloch BRA 28 Mar 69 Rio de Janeiro 4 Apr
359 34:51.59 Maria Baldaia BRA 29 Aug 72 São Paulo 25 Jun
360 34:52.04 Nadir de Siqueira BRA 4 Sep 70 São Paulo 8 Jun
362 34:52.28 Jaana Niemelä FIN 1 Jun 72 Helsinki 29 Aug
372 34:55.84 Caroline Hoyte GBR 30 Jun 70 Watford 14 Jun
392 35:08.6h Lucilla Andreucci ITA 19 Dec 69 Roma 10 May
393 35:08.7h Carmen Siewert GER 10 Jan 72 Güstrow 31 May
Youngest athlete (17) on this list:
270 34:15.66 Zhang Jingxia CHN 15 Jul 91 Luohe 14 Sep
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Masters on Men’s 10,000m World List for 2008
N=941
List threshold=30:29.69
3 26:51.20 Haile Gebrselassie ETH 18 Apr 73 Hengelo 24 May
222 28:41.90 Masatoshi Ibata JPN 20 Aug 72 Kobe 26 Apr
227 28:43.41 Hiroshi Yamada JPN 26 Aug 68 Shibetsu 8 Jun
268 28:51.59 Tsuyoshi Ogata JPN 11 May 73 Miyoshi 17 May
274 28:53.04 Hendrick Ramaala RSA 2 Feb 72 Stellenbosch 14 Mar
331 29:04.63 Mostafa Errebbah ITA 1 Aug 71 Valsugana 12 Jul
361 29:09.65 Erik Sjöqvist SWE 4 Dec 72 Västerås 1 Aug
476 29:27.47 Ian Hudspith GBR 23 Sep 70 Watford 14 Jun
554 29:37.93 Jesús de la Fuente ESP 9 Sep 70 Vigo 12 Jul
568 29:38.85 Vital Gahungu BDI 69 Jambes 2 Jul
613 29:45.04 Kenjiro Jitsui JPN 16 Dec 68 Kumagaya 17 May
621 29:45.57 Guy Fays BEL 15 Sep 69 Jambes 2 Jul
631 29:46.30 Makoto Ogura JPN 18 Dec 72 Amagasaki 16 May
642 29:47.77 Adrian Marriott GBR 24 Sep 72 Watford 14 Jun
727 29:56.51 Phil Costley NZL 16 Mar 70 Inglewood 26 Jan
765 30:00.39 Brian Livingston AUS 16 Feb 73 Walnut CA 17 Apr
769 30:00.62 Stefan Van Broek BEL 16 Sep 72 Jambes 2 Jul
793 30:06.62 Azat Rakipau BLR 29 Nov 68 Grodno 8 Jul
832 30:14.16 Róbert Štefko CZE 28 May 68 Tábor 4 Jul
878 30:21.65 Edo Baart NED 16 Apr 68 Neerpelt 31 May
929 30:28.3h Giorgio Calcaterra ITA 11 Feb 72 Roma 10 May
Youngest athlete (17) on this list:
448 29:24.44 Tai Yunlong CHN 11 May 91 Luohe 14 Sep
Wow! Gebrselassie ranks even higher than Derek Miles did in the pole
vault. Can any master-age athlete rank higher on this year's world
lists than Haile's #3? What do you think?
