Masters athletes set world records at Penn Relays
Posted Wednesday, 29 April, 2009
Two separate foursomes wowed the crowd at last weekend's Penn Relays in setting two masters world age-group records.
The Central Park TC quartet of Randy Frey, Ben James, Tony Fulton and Val Barnwell bettered the listed M50 4x100m relay world record when they finished their race in 44.47 seconds. Their effort shattered the previous standard of 44.99 by Bob Bowen, Ed Gonera, Bill Collins and Jesse Norman in 2003 Puerto Rico. In addition to his record-setting relay performance, Barnwell also won the M50 open 100m in 11.66.
Not to be outdone, the Houston Elite team of Charles Allie, Bill Collins, Horace Grant and George Haywood bettered the listed M55 world record in the 4x400m relay. Houston Elite stopped the clock in 3:41.07 to surpass the listed world record of 3:43.59 set by a British team in 2007.
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