World Masters Indoor Championships
Team USa winS 62 medalS world maSTerS indoor ChampionShipS
JARED SLINDE
When everything came to a close at the World Masters Indoor Championships in Jyvaskyla, Finland, Team USA had won a total of 62 medals, which included 26 gold and 25 silver medals, which included 10 gold medals on the meet’s final day. It was the sixth most medals of any country throughout the week of competition.
The meet was highlighted by Phil Raschker, Robert Lida, Bill Collins, Antwon Dussett and Jeanne Daprano, who all finished by winning multiple gold medals. Raschker (W65) won a total of six gold medals and nine medals overall. It was the largest
medal total for any American and second among all athletes only to Canada's Olga Kotelko (W90), who won 12.
Collins (M60) and Lida (M75) each won a trio of gold medals in the 60m, 200m and 400m while Dussett (M35) won the 200m and 400m and Daprano won both the 800m and 1,500m.
The meet also witnessed world records from Raschker (W65) in the pentathlon (4713), Daprano (W75) in the 800m, 3:16.21, Robert Lida (M75) in the 60m, 8.56) and Collins in the men’s 60m (7.59).
2012 WORLD MASTERS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS GOLD MEDALS AND WORLD RECORDS
PHIL RASCHKER (W65), pentathlon, 4713 (WR) JEANNE DAPRANO (W75), 800m, 3:16.21 (WR) ROBERT LIDA (M75), 60m, 8.56 (WR) BILL COLLINS (M60), 60m, 7.59 (WR) LORRAINE JASPER (W50), 800m, 2:28.31 ED BURKE (M70), weight throw, 19.48m/63-11 ROBERT LIDA (M75), 200m, 27.64 COREEN STEINBACH (W60), 3000m, 12:28.86 BILL COLLINS (M60), 200m, 25.09 ANTWON DUSSETT (M35), 200m, 21.89 JAMES BARRINEAU (M55), high jump, 1.76m/5-9.25
ERIC MERRIWEATHER, SHIGEKI MAKINO, MARCUS SHUTE, ROBERT THOMAS (M45), 4x200m relay, 1:37.04 PHIL RASCHKER (W65), triple jump, 8.76m/28-9
PHIL RASCHKER (W65), high jump, 1.22m/4-0 PHIL RASCHKER (W65), 60m hurdles, 12.10 DEXTER MCCLOUD (M50), 60m hurdles, 8.80 PHIL RASCHKER (W65), 400m, 1:18.01 PHIL RASCHKER (W65), pole vault, 2.40m/7-10.5 ROBERT LIDA (M75), 400m, 1:05.14 BILL COLLINS (M60), 400m, 56.67 GREGORY FOSTER (M50), triple jump, 12.80m/42-0 ANTWON DUSSETT (M35), 400m, 48.71 JEAN DAPRANO (W75), 1500m, 6:48.27 CHARMAINE ROBERTS (W40), 400m, 59.68
RITA HANSCOM(W55), pole vault, 2.60m/8-6.25 ROBERT THOMAS (M45), 400m, 52.71
BARRON, MELVILLE TOP TEAM USA FINISHERS AT WORLD RACE WALKING CUP
Trevor Barron and Miranda Melville led Team USA at the 25th edition of the World Race Walking Cup in Saransk, Russia. Competition included the junior men’s and women’s 10 km races, men’s and women’s 20 km races and men’s 50 km race.
In the 20 km races, Barron placed 40th overall for Team USA men in a time of 1:24:54 while Melville placed 49th in the women’s competition in a time of 1:39:14. Team USA men finished 19th overall in the 20 km and the women placed 14th.
In the junior 10 km competition, Alejandro Chavez led Team USA in the men’s division with his 46th place finish and Maite Moscoso led the women in placing 47th. Chavez finished with a time of 46:28 and Moscoso finished in 56:44 to help the men
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place 19th overall and the women finish 17th.
Host Russia swept the team competition in all five races.
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