British subject eventers get pleasure from extra medal success in Gainesville

World Masters Indoor Champs continues with Allison Wilder main the best way within the W35 triple soar

On day six (March 28) of the World Masters Indoor Championships in Gainesville, Florida, Britain didn’t match earlier medal days with solely a bronze within the observe however the subject occasion athletes once more did nicely.

Allison Wilder led the best way as she gained the W35 triple soar with a 12.24m championships document leap.

Her second spherical soar comfortably held off the problem of American Breanna Sanner, who jumped 12.10m.

Sprint Newington, who had gained pole vault gold the day earlier than, got here third within the W40 occasion with a ten.46m leap.

Geoff Tyler was a detailed second within the M75 discus with a 34.88m throw as gold went to Finland’s Reima Oinaanoja with a 35.12m effort.

Former world athlete of the yr Neringa Jakstiene of the USA, gained her third W60 gold in Florida with a championships greatest within the excessive soar with 1.46m.

In third Melanie Garland jumped 1.26m whereas Gaye Clarke completed seventh with a 1.18m leap.

Kenya haven’t gained too many dash titles however Kenya’s Milcent Ndoro did so with a transparent W35 200m win in 24.48.

Stacey Downie

It was shut for the opposite medals and Stacey Downie completed third in 25.37 to win Britain’s solely girls’s 200m medal.

Carol Lafayette Boyd gained the W80 200m in a world document equalling 35.51 and he or she additionally set a championships greatest within the lengthy soar.

W80 200m winner and document breaker Carol Lafayette-Boyd

Canada additionally gained the W70 200m as all time nice Karla Del Grande set a championship greatest 31.40.

Eire’s Edel Maguire simply misplaced out within the W65 200m as Puerto Rico’s Marie-Lande Mathieu pipped her 29.83 to 29.86.

Maguire did although win gold as she dominated the W65 excessive soar with a 1.34m championships greatest.

In fourth was the 60m champion Wendy Alexis however having turned 70 because the begin of the championships her current was a world W70 document of 30.33 enhancing her warmth time of 30.68.

Sue McDonald, World Masters athlete of the yr in 2023 who has set data in occasions as numerous as steeplechase, pentathlon and the mile, narrowly gained the W60 200m in 29.24.

W60 winner at 200m Sue McDonald

Julie Hicken excelled to complete fourth in 30.42 to match her fourth within the 60m.

Sweden’s Helen Hermundstad gained the W50 200m in a championships greatest 26.05 whereas People W45 Amanda Roberts and W40 Easter Grant did likewise with respective 25.68 and 24.74 performances.

W40 200m winner and CBP Easter Grant

One other world document setter was American Christel Donley, who excessive jumped 0.89m within the W90 class.

Olympic 50km race walker Ian Richards was disqualified after being second at midway within the M75 3000m stroll gained by Jose Luis Lopez Camanera of Mexico in a championships better of 16:44.55.

Juan Manuel Morales Del Castillo set a championships greatest within the M45 occasion of 12:28.38 for the quickest general time.

Claire Cameron (fourth in 9.14m) and Hazel Barker (sixth with 8.47m) have been nicely positioned within the W65 shot gained by Colombia’s Yaneth Tenorio’s 11.12m.

Clare Bryant was fifth within the W45 triple soar with 8.67m in an occasion gained by Australia’s Nelissa Foster’s 11.52m.

Craig Beecham was seventh within the M50 lengthy soar with a 5.71m leap in an occasion gained by France’s Baltic Daroueche (6.35m).

Rita Hanscomb set a championships greatest within the W70 excessive soar.

Fellow American Denis Kholev set new figures within the M45 vault with a 4.80m leap.

One other US winner was Ja’Mar Watson, who set a championships greatest 18.39m within the M35 weight and throwing even additional was M45 team-mate Paul Markel who achieved a CBP 19.35m.

Saudi Salem Alahmadi, who had already gained M55 excessive and triple jumps, added lengthy soar gold with a championships greatest 6.04m.

He solely gained by a centimetre although from American John Clever who additionally bettered the outdated mark.

Germany’s Dennis Schubert set a championships mark within the M35 pole vault with a 5.10m leap.

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