Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Masters athletics is a class of the sport of athletics for athletes of over 35 years of age. The events include track and field, road running and cross country running.These are the current world records in various five-year-groups, maintained by WMA, the World Association of Masters Athletes, which is designated by the World Athletics (formerly IAAF) to conduct the worldwide sport of Masters ...
[1] [2]: 75 Masters athletes are divided into 5-year age groups. [3]: 35 The outdoor championships began in Toronto, Canada on August 11, 1975 and have continued in odd numbered years. In July 2011, World Masters Athletics changed their constitution to hold Championships in even numbered years, starting in 2016.
USA Track & Field (in 2021) added the 25–29 age bracket for the USA National Masters Outdoor Track and Field Championship. Age 30–34 is already competing at the USA National Masters Outdoor Track and Field Championship. [18] World Masters Athletics Championships began August 1975 in Canada and continue to today. [19]
USATF Pacific Masters Track & Field Championships 50+ 8:40.32 USA : Stephen Chantry James Robinson Bob Prather Russell Patton 1954-Dec-25 1953-Oct-28 1955-Jul-25 1955-May-05 Honolulu, Hawaii 2005-Aug-07 USATF Masters Championships 50+ Club 8:41.55 SoCal TC: Nolan Shaheed Larry Barnum David Salazar Dave Clingan 1949-Jul-18 1943-Nov-23 1950-Sep ...
World Masters Athletics (WMA) is the worldwide governing body for the sport of masters athletics – which includes track and field, cross country, and road running events – as participated by people over 35 years of age.
Kathy Bergen (born December 24, 1939) is an American Masters athletics track and field athlete. She is the current world record holder in the W70 100 meters and the high jump . [ 1 ] She also holds the Indoor World records for the W65 high jump, the W70 60 meters, 200 meters and high jump. [ 2 ]
The USATF Masters Outdoor Championships is an annual track and field competition which serves as the national championship for the United States for athletes in masters age groups. Organized by USA Track & Field , the national governing body for the sport, the competition was first held in 1968. [ 1 ]
The venue of the championships is decided on an annual basis and sometimes indoor combined track and field events championships were held separately. The Amateur Athletic Union held a women's championship for the first time in 1927, which has since been held annually with exceptions. The men's and women's championships have been held jointly ...