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32 OMA Members registered for Team Canada for the World Championships

OMA was well represented on Team Canada at the 2019 WMA Indoor Championships in Torun, Poland.

Between setting new World, Canadian, Ontario, and Personal Records, OMA athletes shone brightly in the company of international competitors and friends. Congratulations all!

See everyone at NCCWMA 2019 in Toronto

Jay Brecher

Vern Christensen – Team Manager

Michelle Clarke

Jerzy Dabrowa

Karla Del Grande

Serge Faucher

 

Doreen Garner

Mirco Graenert

Hazel Harding

Big John Kasperski

Chris Lemassif

Phil Martin – Official and Marcus Skeete

Wendy Melvin – Assistant Team Manager

Paul Osland

Jody Oxenham

Nanci Patten

Bill Pearson

Simon Rayner

Shaggy – W80 800m Finals

Dr Michael Sherar

Susan Stone

Chris Warburton

Maria Weber

Bill Wells

Debbie Zinman

Peter Zowkewych

 

Results Soon !!

We have a tie for the award this month !

W65 Karla Del Grande

– Double gold medallist in Torun (200, 400), and both were World Records
– 200 in 29.73 (99.97%; the age-graded calculator doesn’t delineate between outdoor and indoor times; if it did, this mark would be over 100%, as would the age grading for her 400 time)
– 400 in 68.39 (97.44%)
– Karla and silver medallist Caroline Powell of Great Britain both broke the previous 400 W65 indoor world record (70.34) in both the Heats and Final in Torun

 

M90 Earl Fee

– Earl missed the registration deadline for Torun, so instead he ran in a USATF meet in Grinnell, Iowa, one day after turning 90
– He broke both the 400 and 800 World Records by huge margins
– 400 in 1:30.76 (109.07%; broke the previous WR by 16 seconds!)
– 800 in 3:42.52 (106.07%; broke the previous WR by 33 seconds!)
– According to Earl, these are the highest age gradings ever in his career as a masters athlete

 

Photo of Earl courtesy John MacMillan

 

2019 Board of Directors

Mirco Graenert, Lily Whalen, Dan Fiorini, Laura Houston, Paul Roberts
Executive – Norm Creen (Treasurer) Jay Yakabowich (Secretary), Doug Smith (President) Damian Dupuis (VP)
(Missing – Phyllis Berck, Bill Pearson, Lynn McFerran, Peter Zowkewych)

AGM Minutes

 

Post meeting buffet

St Patrick’s Day Guinness

M95 Atter Singh Sekhon

Atter set SIX Canadian Records at the OMA Indoor Championships on February 24th

60m   (15.51; 98.00%)
200m   (1:07.59; 75.45%)
400m   (3:06.60; 72.65%)
Long Jump   (1.14m; 58.76%)
Shot Put   (4.07m; 70.17%)
Weight Throw   (4.79m; 54.93%)

 

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World’s Best Masters Woman Sprinter

W65 Karla Del Grande ON

Runner Up – World’s Best Woman Racewalker

W65 Kris Kozell ON

 

WMA Athletes of the Year

 

M55 Michael Sherar
AO Indoor Championship Series Meet 1, Jan. 19th
Mike ran the 800m in 2:09.06 (93.98%) a NEW CANADIAN RECORD!
(old record was 2:11:00, Francois Martel, Mar. 29, 2009)

Mike with his Coach Paul Osland

 

Top photo from Mini Meet #1
Bottom photo courtesy Joy Kramarich

 

W65 Kris Kozell

Kris broke the W65 Canadian Indoor Record in the 5000M Racewalk by nearly two minutes, on Dec. 29th in Rochester, New York.
Her time was 31:07.04 (85.58%). The previous record was 33:06.2 (June-Marie Provost, 2003)

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Honorable Mention goes to Jianping Xu. He racewalked 10,000m in 52:52.31 (81.78%) in Rochester NY, Dec. 29/18.

 

M55 Geoff Peat

Geoff was the top age-graded Ontario athlete at National Cross (87.13%), and second highest overall.
He finished 12th overall at Nationals, and was the first finisher over the age of 50.
Geoff also led Team Ontario to the Gaat Trophy, and the Newmarket Huskies to the Breslin Cup
He had the highest age grading of any Huskies runner at the Sunnybrook 8K, AOs and Nationals