USA To Compete For Gold At Lyon, France World Masters Track Championships Aug. 4-16, USA Team Has 426 Athletes
Meet has 8,078 competitors from record 98 nations, athletes ages 35-99
Aug 01, 2015, 02:51 ET
LYON, France, Aug. 1, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The USA is sending 426 athletes including many of the world's best to the World Masters Athletics (WMA) outdoor track & field championships August 4-16 in Lyon, France. The team is expected to be among the top contenders both for individual and relay titles, as well as for Gold and overall medal counts by country. The meet has 8,078 competitors from a record 98 nations with athletes 35-99 years old. The American team has 1093 event entries for the 426 athletes.
At the 2014 WMA Indoor Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Americans won 23 golds including relays. A third of entered Americans won medals. No other nation came close to the US Gold or overall total of 59 medals, including 21 Silver and 15 Bronze.
At the 2013 WMA Outdoor Championships in Porto Allegre, Brazil, the USA won the Gold Count, with 83. Among the 58 countries, Americans were second in overall medals, with 183 against 195 from host country Brazil. Australia was third with 148.
In Lyon, track and field including throwing competition is spread among four stadiums: Balmont, Rhone, Pierre Duboeuf, and Laurent Gerin, in addition to non-stadia events. The Marathon bases at the Place Dellecour in the "center city". Athletes will be referring to the meet website and program to see where their events are scheduled.
As in USATF masters championships, athletes are subject to drug testing, in this case under WMA procedures. The prohibited list is published by WADA (the World Anti-Doping Agency), which identifies "prohibited substances and methods" but notes that "related" substances are also prohibited.
There will be an all-WMA Athletes Party on August 12, and a day of non-competition August 13 for the WMA General Assembly. The US Delegation and team in Lyon will be led by MTF Chair Gary Snyder.
The daily event schedule is at: https://www.lyon2015.com/en/programme/schedule/
Full list of USA Team athlete entries from team manager Phil Greenwald compiled by name, city, affiliation, best marks for events: http://www.weinerpublic.com/20150723.xlsx. As at previous championships, the team will have a daily meeting.
US and International media coverage is welcome for US athletes – contact USATF National Masters Media Chair Bob Weiner before and during the meet at [email protected] and cell 202-329-1700. MEDIA CHECK-IN at Media Center, BELMONT STADIUM (the main stadium) 4 Rue Victor Schoelcher, Lyon.
Top US Athletes entered (charts from Mary Trotto, MTF Awards Chair, provided at close of entries) include:
| Top WOMEN competing at WMA Lyon France 2015 Aug 4-16th |
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| Name |
LAST |
CLUB/STATE |
EVENTS |
AGE |
Records: World & American Defending Champion & Awards in 2014 |
| Irene |
Obera |
West Valley Track Club |
100, 200m,400m, 80m hurdles, long jump, 200m Long Hurdles |
80-84 |
Jesse Owens Master athlete of the Year 2014, 6 WORLD RECORDS & 7 American Records in 2014 2014 Defending Champion 100,200, 400,Short and Long Hurdles, LJ |
| Florence |
Meiler |
Mass Velocity Track Club |
200m, 60m hurdles, pole vault, triple jump, super weight throw, pentathlon |
80-84 |
MTF AGE GROUP ATHLETE OF THE YEAR 2014 2 WORLD RECORDS & 7 American Records 2014 2014 Defending Champion PV, HJ,TJ Shot, DT, HT, WT |
| Christel |
Donley |
Colorado Masters Track & Field Club |
60m Hurdles, high, triple jump, shot, weight throw |
80-84 |
MTF AGE GROUP ATHELTE OF THE YEAR 2014 2014 Defending Champion HJ, LJ, TJ, SHOT,HT |
| Carol |
Finsrud |
Texas |
Shot Put, Weight, Hammer, Discus, Throws Pent. |
55-59 |
MTF AGE GROUP ATHELTE OF THE YEAR 2014 2014 Defending Champion Shot, DT, WT |
| Rita |
Hanscom |
California |
80m hurdles, 300m Long Hurdles, high, long jumps, pole vault, heptathlon, |
60-64 |
MTF AGE GROUP ATHELTE OF THE YEAR 2014 2014 Defending Champion Short and Long hurdles, Pentathlon |
| LaTricia |
Dendy |
NY. |
400m, |
45-49 |
2014 Defending Champion 400m |
| Brenda |
Matthews |
SC Striders |
100, 200, LJ, 80m Short Hurdles |
65-69 |
2014 Defending Champion 100, 200m, Short Hurdles, LJ |
| Jean |
Daprano |
Georgia |
100, 200, 400, 800, 1500m |
75-79 |
2014 Defending Champion 100,200,400, 800, 1500m |
| Joy |
Upshaw |
California |
Short Hurdles, LJ, 100m |
50-54 |
MTF AGE GROUP ATHLETE OF THE YEAR 2014 Defending WMA indoor champion Short Hurdles, 200 |
| Linda |
Cohn |
SC striders |
Javelin, Triple Jump |
60-65 |
MTF AGE GROUP ATHLETE OF THE YEAR 2014 2014 Defending Champion Javelin, Triple Jump |
| Top MEN competing at WMA Lyon France 2015 Aug 4-16th |
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| Name |
LAST |
CLUB/STATE |
EVENTS |
AGE |
Records: World & American Defending Champion & Awards in 2014 |
| Robert |
Lida |
Houston Elite |
100m, 200, 400m |
75-79 |
MTF AGE GROUP ATHLETE OF THE YEAR 2014 1 WORLD RECORD & 1 American Record 2014 2014 Defending Champion 100, 200m |
| Brian |
Coushay |
100m, LJ, Decathlon |
50-54 |
MTF AGE GROUP ATHLETE OF THE YEAR 2014 |
|
| Damon |
Blakemore |
Houston Elite |
60m Hurdles, long jump |
50-54 |
MTF AGE GROUP ATHELTE OF THE YEAR 1 AMERICAN RECORD |
| William |
Jankovich |
60m, 200,400,60m hurdles, high, long jumps, pole vault, shot, pent. |
80-84 |
MTF AGE GROUP ATHELTE OF THE YEAR 1 AMERICAN RECORD |
|
| Bruce |
McBarnette |
Potomac Valley Track Club |
Triple Jump, high jump |
55-59 |
MTF AGE GROUP ATHELTE OF THE YEAR 1 AMERICAN RECORD 2014 Defending Champion HJ (note: Bruce has won eleven HJ world championships outdoor and indoor) |
| Thad |
Wilson |
Short and Long Hurdles, |
60-64 |
2014 Defending Champion Short and Long Hurdles & WMA Indoor 60mHurdle Champion |
|
| Antwon |
Dussett |
400m |
35-39 |
2014 Defending Champion 200,400m |
|
| John |
Goldhammer |
Hammer, Weight Throw, Shot, Throws Pent. |
60-64 |
2014 Defending Champion Hammer & Weight Throw |
| Athletes who earned Gold at the 2013 Outdoor WMA Championships BRAZIL |
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| FOR THE MEN USA Athletes (by events) |
Event |
AGE Group |
|
| Name |
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| Babatunde Ridley Hyattsville, MD |
100, 200 |
35 |
|
| Steven Robbins Cleveland Heights, OH |
100, 200 |
70 |
|
| Bob Lida Wichita, KS |
100, 200, 400 |
75 |
|
| Antwon Dussett Peoria, IL |
400 |
40 |
|
| Marcus Shute Lithonia, GA |
400 |
50 |
|
| Damon Blakemore Houston, TX |
Short and Long Hurdles |
50 |
|
| Thad Wilson Oxnard, CA |
Short and Long Hurdles |
60 |
|
| William Jankovich Racine, WI |
200 hurdles |
80 |
|
| Kenneth Thomasc Houston TX |
Long Jump |
55 |
|
| Wendell Beck Mesa, AZ |
Pole Vault |
55 |
|
| Howard Booth Gregory, MI |
Pole Vault |
70 |
|
| Quenton Torbert Redlands, CA |
Shot Put |
60 |
|
| Cameron Bolles Santa Rose, CA |
Discus Throw |
45 |
|
| Ralph Fruguglietti Bakersfield, CA |
Discus Throw |
55 |
|
| Stefan Patersson Frisco, TX |
Javelin Throw |
45 |
|
| FOR THE WOMEN USA ATHLETES (by events) |
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| Brandi Bernert Denver, CO |
100, 200m |
35 |
|
| Joy Upshaw Lafayette, CA |
100, 200, Short Hurdles |
50 |
|
| LaTricia Dendy Bronx,NY |
400 |
40 |
|
| Jeanne Daprano Fayetteville, GA |
800, 1500m |
75 |
|
| Coreen Steinbach Pompey, NY |
1500m |
60 |
|
| Menka Scott Lees Summit, MO |
Short Hurdles |
45 |
|
| Christel Donley Colorado Springs, CO |
High Jump |
75 |
|
| Carol Finsrud Lockhart, TX |
Discus, Weight, Throws Pent. |
50 |
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Contact: Bob Weiner, USATF National Masters Media Chair [email protected];
301-283-0821; Cell and in Lyon 202-329-1700
SOURCE Robert Weiner Associates and USATF National Masters Media Committee