FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 21, 2010

Contact: USATF Masters Media Chair Bob Weiner or Noah Merksamer

202-306-1200 / 301-283-0821; LOC Contact Bob Burns

USA TRACK & FIELD NATIONAL MASTERS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

JULY 22-25 AT SACRAMENTO STATE UNIVERSITY, CA TO FEATURE

12 OLYMPIANS, 113 CURRENT WORLD CHAMPIONS AMONG 1400

STARS INCLUDE WILLIE BANKS (US OLYMPIANS PRESIDENT-FMR

WORLD TRIPLE JUMP RECORD HOLDER), TWO-TIME SULLIVAN

(Sacramento, CA) – Twelve Olympians and 113 current world champions are

among the 1400 competitors entered at the 2010 USA Track and Field National

Masters Outdoor Championships July 22-25 at the A.G. Spanos Sports Complex

at California State University Sacramento (Sacramento State University). Many

Over 30 Sacramento area participants are competing, including several

potential stars. The meet is hosted by the Sacramento Sports Commission and is

free for spectators.

For full schedule and entry list, see:

http://www.usatf.org/events/2010/USAMastersOutdoorTFChampionships/schedul

Award finalist Phil Raschker of Marietta, Georgia, this past March won seven

golds among 10 medals at the World Masters Indoor Championships in

Kamloops, British Columbia. Raschker was a Sullivan top-five finalist TWICE the

past five years for America’s top athlete in any sport—other finalists included

Lebron James, Michael Phelps, Apollo Ohno, and Tim Tebow. Also entered is

Nolan Shaheed, former musical director for Marvin Gaye who has played lead

trumpet with the Count Basie Orchestra, Stevie Wonder, and Diana Ross.

Shaheed has won the 1500, 3000 and 5000 at the recent World Championships,

and set world and American records..

Sacramento):

W35 Dena Birade 100, 200

W35 Helen Croskell high jump, pole vault, long jump, triple jump

W35 Latrica Dendy 100, 200, 400, 400H

W35 Isabelle Dierauer 100, 200, long jump, shot put, discus

W35 Latashia Key 800, 1500, 5000

W40 Lisa Daley 100, 200, 400, 400H

W40 Maryline Roux 100, 200, 400

W45 Gail Kuhnly 100, 200, 400

W55 Kathryn Martin 800, 1500, 5000, 10,000, 2K steeplechase

W60 Brenda Matthews 100, 200, 400, long jump, triple jump, shot put

W60 Phil Raschker 100, 200, 400, 80H, 300H, high jump, pole vault, long jump, triple jump

W70 Jeanne Daprano 200, 400, 800, 1500

W70 Mary Roman 100, 200, high jump, shot put, discus, hammer throw

W70 Becky Sisley high jump, pole vault, javelin

W75 Mary Harada 800, 1500, 5000

W75 Christel Donley high jump, long jump, triple jump, shot put, discus, javelin

W80 Johnnye Valien 100, 200, high jump, pole vault, long jump, triple jump, shot, discus, hammer

throw, javelin

M40 Robert Thomas 100, 200, 400

M45 Christopher Bates 110H, high jump, long jump

M45 Jeffrey Bott shot put

M45 Francis Burdett 1500, 5000

M45 David Jones 200, 400, 800

M45 Dexter McCloud 110H

M45 Marcus Shute 100, 200, 400

M45 Don Young 5000, 10,000, 5K walk, 10K walk

M50 David Cannon 800, 1500, 5000

M50 James Chinn 200, 400

M50 Michael Waller 100, 200, 400

M50 Michael Wolfe 200, 400

M55 Kirk Bentz high jump, pole vault, long jump, triple jump

M55 Stephen Chantry 800, 1500, 5000

M55 Bill Collins 100, 200, 400

M55 Archie Glaspy 200, 400

M55 George Haywood 400, 800, 400H

M55 Leo Sanders 100, 200, 400

M60 John Altendorf pole vault

M60 Todd Taylor hammer throw

M60 Doug Winn 5000, 10,000

M65 Howard Booth pole vault, long jump

M65 Robert Cahners hammer throw

M65 Joe Johnston 100, 200, high jump, pole vault

M65 Roger Pierce 100, 200, 400

M70 Robert Fulton 80H, 300H, high jump, pole vault, long jump, javelin, pentathlon

M70 Sid Howard 800, 1500

M70 Richard McKisson 100, 80H, 300H

M75 Dick Richards 100, 200, long jump

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in Lahti, Finland, are entered (with events scheduled in Sacramento):

W35 Latrica Dendy 100, 200, 400, 400H

W35 Maurelhena Walles 400, 800

W55 Linda Cohn 100, long jump, triple jump, shot put, discus, javelin

W55 Rita Hanscom 100, 200, 80H, 300H, high jump, pole vault, long jump

W60 Darlene Backlund 5K walk, 10K walk

W60 Kathleen Frable 5K walk, 10K walk

W65 Jolene Steigerwalt 400, 5K walk, 10K walk

W70 Becky Sisley high jump, pole vault, javelin

W75 Grace Moremen 5K walk, 10K walk

W80 Claire Elkins 5K walk, 10K walk

W80 Johnnye Valien 100, 200, high jump, pole vault, long jump, triple jump, shot, discus, hammer

throw, javelin

W85 Miriam Gordon 5K walk, 10K walk

M35 Terrance Spann 200, 400

M50 Darnell Gatling 400H

M50 Bruce McBarnette high jump, triple jump

M55 Michael Brown javelin

M55 Thaddeus Wilson 100H, long jump

M60 Richard Campbell 5K walk, 10K walk

M60 Norman Frable 5K walk, 10K walk, high jump

M60 Michael Wiggins 5K walk, 10K walk

M65 Glenn Sasser shot put

M70 Sid Howard 800, 1500

M70 Emil Pawlik 100, 200, 80H, 300H, high jump, long jump, discus, pentathlon

Leland McPhie. Leland, of San Diego, is the oldest athlete in the competition. The 96-year-old

holds world records in the M95 long jump, triple jump, shot put, and high jump, and traces his track

career back to San Diego State College in the 1930s, where he set a then school record of 24 feet,

7 inches in the long jump.

Alex "Lex" Bannister. Alex, a five-year player and Pro Bowler with the Seattle Seahawks, ended

his NFL career in 2006 with the Baltimore Ravens. In Ohio, he was a state-meet finalist as a high

Christopher Bates. Christopher, of suburban Portland, Ore., shocked masters track observers with

a completely unexpected M45 indoor world record in the pentathlon at Kamloops worlds in March.

He's entered in the 110 hurdles, high jump and long jump.

Andrew Boyce. Andrew, of West Dundee, Ill., won M40 national titles in the high jump and long

jump two years ago at Oshkosh. But in December he suffered a near-fatal head injury at the school

where he works as a special-education teacher. His comeback from intensive care and several

surgeries culminates in Sacramento, where he's entered in the high jump, pole vault and long

off a rare triple-triple: sweeping the 60-200-400 in the same age group in three consecutive WMA

world meets. He's entered in the 100, 200 and 400.

Flo Meiler. Flo, of Shelburne, Vt., has raised the indoor and outdoor world records in the pole vault

in the W75 age group. But she's a hurdler as well, and over the Fourth of July weekend became

the oldest American woman to run the 2,000-meter steeplechase, setting a U.S. record in that

event of 14:07.34. She's entered in an amazing 11 events -- sprints, hurdles, jumps and throws.

Rita Hanscom. Rita, of San Diego, was named IAAF World Masters Athlete of 2009 after winning

five gold medals at Lahti and setting a world record in the W55 heptathlon. She's a deputy attorney

Oneithea "Neni" Lewis. Neni, of New York, twice raised the W50 world record in the hammer throw

this season and added a world record in the weight throw to boot. She set a third record -- an

American best in the superweight throw -- for a record trifecta earlier in July. She's entered in the

shot put, discus and hammer throw.

Philippa "Phil" Raschker, of Marietta, Ga., is a two-time finalist for the AAU's Sullivan Award with

Lebron James and Michael Phelps, and a past IAAF World Masters Athlete of the Year. Most

recently she won 10 medals (seven of them gold) at the Kamloops 2010 world indoor meet (at a

prior outdoor world championship she won 10 golds!) Inducted into the USATF Masters Hall of

tough to beat in the M60 800.

Willie Banks. Willie, of Carlsbad, California, is not only a former world triple jump record holder and

a former United States Olympic Committee Athlete of the Year, but he is also the president of the

U.S. Olympians Association (all 6000 US past and present Olympians). He is entered in the high

jump, long jump, and his triple jump specialty.

Ed Burke. Ed carried the U.S. flag into the Los Angeles Coliseum during the 1984 Olympic

Games. That year marked his third Olympics, and 24 years later he can still spin the hammer a

group.

Jeanne Daprano. Jeanne, of Atlanta, is the world record holder in the mile for women aged 70-74

(6:47.91), Jeanne won the 400 and 800 at the 2008 worlds and should go to the front in any race

she enters.

Lorna Forde. Lorna, of New York, City, in the 1970s owned the Penn Relays. The former Long

Island University star competed in two Olympics for her native Barbados and has been enshrined

in the Penn Relays “Wall of Fame.” Watch for her in the sprints at Sacramento (55-59 group).

the four-person, 1000m kayak in the 1972 Olympics and set a Gustavus Adolphus College high

jump record with a leap of 6-8½. At the championships, he will compete in the M65 high jump and

both race walks.

Earl Fee. Among a bevy of fleet Canadian invaders will be 81-year-old Earl Fee of Ontario. Earl

holds the world outdoor records in the 400 (1:10.64) and 800 (2:48.95) for the M80 age group.

Lisa Valle. Lisa won gold at the 2009 outdoor worlds (Lahti, Finland) in the 800, 1500, and 2000

steeplechase (women 40-44). Earlier this month, Lisa obliterated the world mark in the 2000

steeplechase for women 40-44, becoming the first 40+ woman in history to break the 7-minute

2) Rod Jett. Rod is a resident of Sacramento and the former American Record holder for the M40

60-meter hurdles. Off the track, Rod is a force in his community. He coached the Jesuit High

School boys’ track and field team to first place at the CIF track and Field Championships this

past spring.

4) Randell “Randy” Sturgeon. A native of Sacramento, Randy will be going for gold in M55 3000m

steeplechase, triple jump, and pentathlon. He is also the publisher of National Masters News. “I

am very excited about having the meet in my hometown as I consider it a great opportunity to

introduce more people to masters track and field and what the USATF has to offer in such a

great event,“ Randy told us.

5) Frank Condon. From Chico, California, Frank broke Earl Fee’s world indoor record in the mile

for men 65-69 at the 2008 Masters Indoor World Championships in France. (Frank ran

5:11.43). Some more marks may be in store for Frank at Sacramento.