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2 Canadian Records Broken at Mini Meet #2

February 1, 2016 by Doug Smith

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5000m CAN
Two CAN Records fell in the same 5000m race at the 2nd Ontario Masters Winter Mini Meet at the Toronto Track & Field Centre on Sunday, January 31st.
W35 Mary Unsworth, from the Muskoka Algonquin Runners, ran 19:00.82 – breaking Diane Palmason’s 20:04 record, that has stood for 38 years!

W40 Michelle Clarke, from the Longboat Roadrunners, ran 19:23.64 – breaking Leanne Shafir’s record of 19:31
Michelle Clarke

There were several close finishes
– as the Mini Meets are lined up by estimated Seed Times
Close FinishIn the 400m, two hundredths of a second separated 1st 2nd and 3rd
Kevin Farr 58.11, Richard Reid 57.95, Jay Brecher 57.94, Bill Wells 57.93

1500RW Finish sm59 years separated John Kittredge and Pau Ileraig-Bajona in age
but only seven hundreds separated their finish in the 1500m Racewalk

It seemed to be Family Day on Sunday
Kapral Relay
Team Kapral ran a fine 4X400m Relay in 5:07.76
Michal, Lauryn, Dianne, and Annika
Michal, who won the 1000m, still holds the 2:42 Meet Record from 2005

1500mRW Family smPau and his mother Claustre Bajona-Xandri were in the 1500m Racewalk
It was Claustre’s very first race of any kind – road or track!

Don Ritchie and his daughter Caroline were both in the High Jump

Norm Creen sm
The athletes gave Norm Creen a round of applause as he’s retiring after many years of being the OMA Starting Line Clerk at all of our meets.
Norm is returning to competition…..not actually retiring!

Results and Photos

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