James Tee, Claire Elms and Andrew Ridley were in fine form at the match in London on September 4
The event saw a record number of performances in memory of one of Herne Hill’s most respected long-time members as a coach, writer, runner and official.
With great pace, 2004 World Indoor Championship fourth-place finisher and now top trainer James Tee ran 4:23.57 to win the fastest men’s one-mile race.
The official British M45 record was previously 4:26.34 by Dave Coleshaw, but Anthony Wightman, the M45 1500m world record holder, ran 4:10.0 miles in 2017 but the hand time was never validated. Tee himself helped Whiteman accelerate in that race.
Interestingly, Cowlishaw, a multiple World Masters medalist like Tee, is now eighth again as Alastair Watson (4:24.2 in 2023). And earlier in 2024, Conor Curran (4:26.16), Kevin Quinn (4:25.48) and Grant Bailey (4:24.76) all went faster than the record but did not have their mark validated.
Validation was previously an issue for Claire Elms, who broke the W60 mile world record in 5:26.13 at Wimbledon in July, but a post-race circuit failure prevented the photo finish image from being printed.
A few days after the W60 1500m world record of 4:57.14, he was back at Tooting Stadium and despite being tired and not at his best, he improved the W60 world mile mark to 5:25.19. The official record was 5:28.02 by 2023 World Athlete of the Year Sue McDonald of the USA.
There is also confusion over the men’s M60 world record.
Two-time world champion Andrew Ridley ran 4:41.81 at Guildford, which, although certified as a British record and well ahead of Hakan Eriksson’s listed world mark of 4:47.69, is not yet accepted as a world record.
Here, Ridley attacked the record again and did beat the Swede in 4:45.55 in the Tee race after slowing in the final lap, giving him at least a duplicate mark for the world record.
Ridley had set a W60 world record in the 800m of 2:07.45 in Tooting a few days earlier, but that too had the problem of a photo finish.
On Sunday, September 8, Ridley did set a world record of 2:08.07 at Stratford.
At Tooting, Ross Tabor, who holds the British W65 mile record, finished third all-time in the W75 age group in 7:47.72.
Rob McHarg, also 800m behind Ridley in the M60 world record, was in a different race here and set a Scottish record of 4:53.95 to finish third in Great Britain, with European M60 indoor 3000m champion Chris Upson going. Sixth all-time: 4:58.64.
Under-15 Isabella Harrison was the fastest female of the night in 5:00.25.
Mixed events. A mile.
r1: 9 R Tabor (Dulw, W75) 7:47.72
r2: 7 P Iannella (S Lon, W65) 6:49.66
r4: 11 L Woolhouse (Vets, W60) 6:07.99
r6: 10 P Johnson (SoC, M60) 5:43.47
r7: 5 G Moyse (Herne H, M60) 5:23.69
r8: 3 J Foster (W) 5:06.13; 6 N Urquia (Herne H, M55) 5:13.57; 7 D Williams (G&G, M60) 5:15.21; 10 T Booth (G&G, M55) 5:18.33; 13 C Elms (Kent, W60) 5:25.19 (World Record W60)
r9: 4 I Derian (HW, U13) 5:06.22; 9 M Harrison (HW, U13) 5:11.26
r10: 3 C West (M’head, M45) 4:50.07; 7 R McHarg (Dutch, M60) 4:53.95; 9 C Upson (Cambus, M60) 4:58.64; 11 D Williams (S Lawn, M50) 4:59.31; 12 B Millar (Herne H, M45) 4:59.48; 13 I Harrison (HW, U15W) 5:00.25
r11: 1 J Thie (P’pridd R, M45) 4:23.57 (UK M45 rec); 4 P Canavan (S Lon, M35) 4:38.19; 5 P Howard (B&H, M40) 4:39.01; 10 A Ridley (Vets, M60) 4:45.55
England Masters Inter Area Challenge, Corby, September 7
W65 800m and 1500m world champion Karen Brooks set a European record of 2:40.65 in the W65 800m, just missing USA’s Sabrina Harvey’s world record of 2:39.61 as she won the W60 race alone with efforts.
Another two-time world champion Sarah Roberts easily won the 800m and 1500m in 3:00.97 and 5:56.08, dominating the W70 events. He actually turns 75 next month and both times would be huge world records if he can repeat in his new age group. His 5:56.08 was second in the UK in the W70 age group. He also won the 400m in a time that will be a British best next month.
Karen Brooks
Running against athletes 25 years her junior, Claire Elms broke five minutes in the 1500m for the second time in a week and knocked two seconds off her weekly world record of 4:59.81 before repeating her second place finish in the 3000m. a time that would have been a British record just a few weeks ago.
Although unwell, Rob McHarg, who officially held the British record for the M60 800m in 2:09.45 until Andrew Ridley went faster the next day, made a valiant attempt at the world record but slowed down in the straight. run 2:09.71. That put him second on the day with an age rating of 95.49 per cent behind only Elms’ 96.51 per cent for the 1500m, but ahead of Roberts’ 93.68 per cent for the 1500m and Brooks’ 92.76 per cent for the 800m.
Rob McHarg
Multiple world M65 sprint champion John Wright won the M60 400m in a controlled 57.71, while another champion, Laurensa Brittan of Sweden, won the W35 javelin over 15 meters with a throw of 42.60m.
Another Sprints W75 World Champion Moira West won the W70 100m but also set a British W75 long jump record of 3.33m as she also won there.
Byron Robinson won a fast M35 sprint double. In the 200m he beat World Masters M45 400m silver medalist Gavin Stephens, who won the M35 400m in 51.83, faster than he ran in Sweden.
M40 pentathlon world champion James Taylor won the M35 shot put, discus and hammer.
Making the most of home advantage, Eastern Masters easily won the men’s and women’s matches as well as the overall.
Sarah Roberts
TOTAL UNITS: 1 Eastern Masters 680.5; 2 Northern Masters 569; 3 Midland Masters 562; 4 Veterans AC 509; 5 Welsh Masters 497; 6 Southern Districts Vets 439; 7 Scottish Vets 287; 8 Northeast Masters 231.50; 9 Southwestern Vets 159
M35: 100 (0.2). 1 B Robinson SCV 11.30. 200 (-0.3). 1 Robinson 22.70; 2 G Stephens VAC M45 23.67. 400 1 Stephens M45 51.83. 1500 1 C Loudon SCO 4:10.11. SP/DT/HT. 1 J Taylor NM M40 13.17/45.67/48.60
M50: 100 (0.0). 1 T Hodgson NEM 11.79; 4 P Canned EM M55 12.39. 200 (0.0). 1 M Tarnavsk SCO 24.87; 2 Canning M55 25.17; 5 A Leigh MM M55 25.69. 800 1 A Parmenter EM 2:08.27; 2 R Datnow VAC 2:08.39; 3 G Barrie SCO 2:08.69. 1500 1 B Brodie SCO 4:24.09; 2 M Waller EM 4:25.38. 3000 1 J Perst NM 9:16.98; 2 S Coombes EM 9:18.50. PV: 1 G Price WAL 3.50. SP: 1 J Twiddle NM M55 13.10. HT: 1 G Holder WAL 54.20
M60: 100 (-0.3). 1 R Huskisson EM 13.17; 2 A Hunter NM 13.25. 200: 1 S Lynn NO 27.07. 400 1 J Wright NM M65 57.71. 800 1 R McHarg SCO 2:09.71; 2 R Andrew NEM 2:16.29; 3 S Corfield 2:19.95. 1500 1 M Cursons VAC 4:45.69; 2 S Anderson SWV 4:47.60. 300H: 1 R White MM 47.12; 2 I Broadhurst WAL M70. HJ: 1 S Linsell NM 1.55. SP: 1 A Leiper SCV 13.11
M70:100 (0.2). 1 J Brown EM 13.24. 800 1 J Skelton EM 2:38.95; 2 D Jackson MM 2:40.67
W35 1500. 1 R Vickers EM 4:56.69; 2 C Elms Vets, W60 4:59.81; 3 H Bough NEM W45 5:01.90. 3000 1 E Ciesielska WAL 10:43.71; 2 Elms W60 10:47.98. SP/JT: L British SCV 9.70 / 42.60. HT: 1 R Wilcockson MM 55.70
W50: 100 (-0.3)/200 (-1.0) 1 M Thomas WAL 13.56/28.14. 4001 S loads VAC 63.55. 2000W. 1 M Peddle EM W55 10:25.83
W60: 800 1 K Brooks EM, W65 2:40.65 (UK W65 rec); 2 J Fabes SCV, W65 2:59.32. 300H: 1 S Frisby MM 54.02. HJ: 1 M Garland WAL 1.27; 2 Frisbee 1.24; 3 C Filer EM W65 1.24. 4×100. 1 NM 63.58
W70: 100 (0.5) 1 M West VAC W75 16.06. 4001 S Roberts SCV 81.52; 2 Y Gordon EM 87.13; 4 A Copson MM W75 88.28. 800 1 S Roberts 3:00.97; 2 Gordon 3:13.72; 3 N Hitchmo MM 3:17.59; 4 A Dockery WAL W75 3:22.75. 1500 1 Roberts 5:56.08; 2 Gordon 6:21.83; 3 Dockery W75 6:38.02; 4 Copson W75 6:41.52. LJ: 1 West W75 3.33 (UK W75 record)
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