(6-2-08) 46-year-old Club Northwest runner Tony Young of Seattle set a new world record in the M45 division clocking 4:16.09 on Saturday, May 31 at the Portland Track Festival at Mt Hood Community College. The previous WR was set by David Sirl of New Zealand in 1987, which was 4:16.75.
The field in the Masters Mile at the Portland Track Festival was full of top masters runners from the Western U.S. including Nolan Shaheed of Pasadena who narrowly missed the M55 WR on Saturday, but does hold the American record in the mile, which he set in Canby, OR last year with a time of 4:42.70.
See video below, courtesy of RunnerSpace.com
2008 Invitational Mile Results
Name Age Hometown Club TIME
Tony Young 46 Seattle, WA Club NW 4:16.09
Pete Magill 46 Pasadena, CA Fluffy Bunny TC 4:21.34
Jonathan Swanson 36 McMinnville, OR 4:22.84
Jeff Mann 44 Reno, NV Pacific Striders 4:34.69
Kevin Paulk 47 Portland, OR Bowerman AC 4:36.76
David Cannon 51 Seattle, WA Club NW 4:37.34
Eric Hartmann 40 Portland, OR 4:39.08
Sid Sullivan 42 Boise, ID Asics Aggies 4:43.18
Nolan Shaheed 58 Pasadena, CA So Cal Fleet Feet 4:43.85
Kurt Stevens 45 Damascas, OR 4:47.32
Roy Kissin 51 Larkspur, CA 4:50.19
Thom Burleson 56 Indianapolis, IN So Cal Fleet Feet 4:50.92
Scott Ball 45 Lake Oswego, OR 5:06.89
