2014 USATF Outdoor Open Track & Field Championships

► XC 2023 Matt Yeo Aggies XC Open Course Modification Due To Construction

Posted by Ong Les on Oct 16, 2023 in pausatf, XC | 0 comments

► XC 2023 GVH Lagoon Valley XC Challenge Results

Posted by Ong Les on Oct 15, 2023 in pausatf, XC | 0 comments

► XC 2023 John Lawson Tamalpa Challenge Scoring

Posted by Ong Les on Oct 12, 2023 in pausatf, XC | 0 comments

► RR 2023 Urban Cow Half Marathon Scoring

Posted by Tom Bernhard on Oct 10, 2023 in pausatf | 0 comments

Updated 2023 Race Scoring

Updated 2023 Team Standings

Updated 2023 Men’s Standings

Updated 2023 Women’s Standings

Updated 2023 Age-Graded Performances

2023 Updated Team Payouts

2023 Updated Individual Payouts

► RR Jenny Hitchings, et. al, set multiple records in Chicago

Posted by Tom Bernhard on Oct 8, 2023 in Masters LDR, Road Racing | 0 comments

Records were falling like autumn leaves in Chicago this morning as 22 World and American pending records were set at the Chicago Marathon. Most notable of these was, of course, was the Men’s Marathon WR by Kelvin Kiptum (KEN) in a time of 2:00:35 eclipsing Eliud Kipchoge’s 2:01:09 set in Berlin last year. This is only Kiptum’s third Marathon, all of which have been sub 2:02. He may not yet be the GOAT but he is certainly the kid – he is only 23 years old. A sub 2:00 Marathon, which once seemed an impossible dream, now seems to be on life support. Kiptum also set two American All-comers records in route: Men’s All-Comers 25km-1:12:04 and Men’s All-Comers 30km-1:26:31. There were two other Open records of note. Siffan Hassan (NED), who is building her own GOAT resume, ran 2:13:44 (second only to Tigst Assefa’s 2:11:53) for the American Womens All-comers Marathon record. In route, she also set the Womens All-comers 30K record with a 1:34:00.

It was the Masters, however, who did the greatest damage to the record book. The PA’s Jenny Hitchings set her 2nd Marathon WR of the year as she just turned 60. Hitchings, took down Mariko Yugeta’s 2:52:13 World record with a blazing 2:49:43 – 101.72% age grade. (Jenny set the F55-59 Marathon WR/AR in London, back in April with a 2:45:27).

Jenny also set the following ARs:
Women’s 60-64 Marathon-2:49:43
Women’s 60-64 30km-1:59:31
Women’s 60-64 25km-1:39:24
Women’s 60-64 Half Marathon-1:23:39 (breaking her pending mark set at the Urban Cow H Mar last Sunday in a training run)
Women’s 60-64 20km-1:19:12
Women’s 60-64 15km-59:17

The 3rd World Record of the day went to Jeannie Rice (Ohio) who broke Yoko Nakano’s F75 WR of 3:53:42 with a stunning 3:34:32 – 102.39% age grade.
Jeannie also set the following ARs:
Women’s 75-79 Marathon-3:34:32
Women’s 75-79 30km-2:26:51 (old record 3:14:10)
Women’s 75-79 25km-2:02:12 (old record 2:29:33)
Women’s 75-79 Half-Marathon-1:43:09 (old record 1:45:52)
Women’s 75-79 20km-1:37:46 (old record 1:51:43)
Women’s 75-79 15km-1:13:23 (old record 1:19:27a & 1:24:55)
Women’s 75-79 10km-49:14a (old record 50:01)

Here are the last four ARs:
Desiree Linden (F40)
Women’s 40-44 Marathon-2:27:35
Women’s 40-44 30km-1:43:47

Gene Dykes (F75)
Men’s 75-79 Marathon-3:17:01
Men’s 75-79 30km-2:19:00

► XC 2023 John Lawson Tamalpa Challenge Results

Posted by Ong Les on Oct 8, 2023 in pausatf, XC | 0 comments

► RR PA masters Women set two pending Divisional ARs a week apart

Posted by Tom Bernhard on Oct 1, 2023 in pausatf | 0 comments

Last week, at the Berlin Marathon, Hansi Rigney (81) ran 5:07:31 to break Ida Mintz’s existing F80-84 AR – 5:10:04. This from Hansi, “I could have been faster but I mistakenly thought that having crossed the Brandenburg Gate that was the finish and I ended up walking the last few hundred feet to the official finish!”

Today, Jenny Hitchings (60) ran 1:24:18 at the Urban Cow H Mar to smash USATF Masters HOFer Kathryn Martin’s existing F60-64 AR of 1:28:26.
Next Sunday Hitchings will be running the Chicago Marathon in an attempt to break Joan Samuelson’s F60-64 AR of 3:02:21 and perhaps become the first American woman >60 to break 3 hours in the Marathon. Mariko Yugeta’s 2:52:13 F60-64 WR is also a possibility, as Jenny ran 2:45:27 in London back in Aprils to break the F55-59 Marathon WR (2:48:06).

► RR 2023 Urban Cow Half Marathon Results

Posted by Tom Bernhard on Oct 1, 2023 in Road Racing | 0 comments

Results may be found here.
Click on “All Race Types”, then select Half Marathon

The 24-hour protest period for this race starts at 6:00PM 10/01 and ends at 6:00PM 10/02.

Protests should be sent to USATF Official Mike Brown

► XC 2023 Rebels XC Challenge Scoring

Posted by Ong Les on Sep 21, 2023 in pausatf, XC | 0 comments

► LDR October 2023 LDR Committee Meeting info

Posted by Angie Longworth on Sep 17, 2023 in pausatf | 0 comments

October 2023 PAUSATF LDR Committee meeting:

Meeting will be held Sunday, October 8^th  via Zoom.

Please contact Angie Longworth at [email protected] for Zoom information.

Agenda:

1. Status of XC races- participation level review. Suggestions to increase participation in events outside of GGP.
2. 2024 Road Bid package updated and ready to send out. Any new events to look at?
   1. Additional considerations for the package (pay officials a small amount, etc)
3. 2024 Grow to Impact proposal to expand MUT to incorporate a short series.
4. We need all LDR teams to send volunteers to help with the PA XC Championship races. Areas with needs include
   1. Course set up
   2. Course monitoring
   3. Course breakdown
   4. Water set up
   5. What else?
5. LDR is looking for a secretary and a communications lead. Any interest from the LDR teams?
6. We want to start highlighting all teams. (communications chair would set up cadence, questions/ content and send to FB, Instagram, Webiste).
7. Vin Lananna message to PAUSATF – the future is our Youth- what can we, as LDR, do for outreach to youth?
8. New topics.