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The Southwest Sprinters Track Club had an outstanding indoor season within the Masters program and now look to head to the prestigious Penn Relays on April 24, 2010. In tracking their performances from this year's World Masters Championships in Kamloops, Canada, where they brought home gold medals in the 4x200m relay (David Jones, Don Drummond, Marcus Shute, Robert Thomas); 60m dash (Reggie Pendland); 60m hurdles (Don Drummond) and the 200m dash (Robert Thomas)for the M40-45 age group, to their record-breaking achievement at the USA Masters Indoor Championships in Boston, Massachusetts in the M40-49 4X400m relay, it seems the team has managed to leave their competition way behind.
Erasing the previous indoor mark of 3:30.83 set by the team in 2005, the Southwest Sprinters set a winning World record in the M40-49 division for the 4x400m relay with a time of 3:25.04 with Mass Velocity Track Club of Springfield, Maryland finishing in a distant second in a time of 3:56.38. Members of the Southwest Sprinters 4x400m relay team were Robert Thomas, Marek Wensel, Khalid Mulazim, and Edward Winslow.
The group previously organized themselves as Team Dallas for their first track meet in 2004. As they changed their name and their status from a local to a national level, they began to compete as the Southwest Sprinters upon entering their first national masters championships. "We did very well at our first meet with a small group of committed athletes and after that others decided to join and we just grew from there," said David Jones, team coordinator and champion sprinter from Houston, Texas.
It was over a 3-year span where the Southwest Sprinters were able to establish themselves as an elite track and field club with impressive showings as champions at the 2006, 2007, and 2008 National Masters Outdoor Championships - winning the M30-39 age group 4x400m relay each year and the 4x100m relay twice.
In a follow-up to these accolades was their appearance at the highly profiled Millrose Indoor Games in New York where the team came away as champions in the M40 division in 2008 and 2009.
"There is a deep talent within the team itself," said Jones. And rightfully so. Stacked with talented sprinters, quarter-milers and hurdlers from all over the country, the team is currently the only team in the southwest region with five American record-breaking relay championship titles. They even have one male athlete on their team who is the only Masters 3-time World champion representing Jamaica in the M40 400M hurdles - Christopher Grant, who trains in Austin, Texas.
As the team heads into the 2010 outdoor season with their debut at the Penn Relays, sights are set even higher. They have won relay events at Penn for the last five years. According to Jones, Penn will allow for a lot of flexibility. "We are entering the men's 4x100m and 4x400m relays, with an A and B squad for each," Jones said. "We seek to break the Penn Relays record of 3:20.08 set by Sprint Force America in the 4x400m relay." Having run 3:21.00 before, Jones feels the team is up for the challenge.
For more information on the Southwest Sprinters Track Club go to www.southwestsprinters.com
2010 World Masters Indoor T&F Championships
March 1 - March 6, 2010, Kamloops, Canada
* = Southwest Sprinters athletes
M40 60 Meter Hurdles .991
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WMA: R 7.85
Name Age Team Finals
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*1 Drummond, Don M40 United States 8.24
2 Robinson, Jerome M41 United States 8.69
3 Le Mouel, Yannick M43 France 8.72
4 Arvanitis, Nikolaos M42 Greece 9.06
5 Birade, Lauent M42 United States 9.42
6 Faulkner, Lee M41 United States 9.83
7 Jalon Sesma, Miguel Anto M43 Spain 10.40
M40 60 Meter Dash
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WMA: R 6.78
Name Year Team Finals
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Finals
*1 Pendland, Reggie M40 United States 7.20
2 Hensey, Gerard M40 Ireland 7.33
3 MacGee, Will J. M41 Great Britain 7.34
4 Marc, Priam M40 France 7.41
5 Telfer, Ken M42 Australia 7.49
6 Wardecki, Kris W. M41 Australia 7.55
7 Acciaccaferri, Pier Luig M41 Italy 7.61
-- Spouse, Ray M40 Canada DNS
M40 200 Meter Dash
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WMA: R 21.94
Name Age Team Finals
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Finals
*1 Thomas, Robert M43 United States 23.31
2 MacGee, Will J. M41 Great Britain 23.76
3 Wilcox, Andrew W. M41 Australia 23.93
4 Marc, Priam M40 France 24.35
5 Telfer, Ken M42 Australia 24.36
6 Acciaccaferri, Pier Luig M41 Italy 24.55
M45 200 Meter Dash
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WMA: R 22.57
Name Age Team Finals
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Finals
1 Francois, Andre M45 Canada 23.01
2 Saraceni, Enrico M45 Italy 23.36
3 Thigpen, Aaron M45 United States 23.88
4 Boda, Francois M45 United States 24.15
*5 Shute, Marcus M47 United States 25.17
-- Hagler, Trent M46 United States DNS
M40 400 Meter Dash
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WMA: R 48.95
Name Age Team Finals
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Finals
1 Lawson, Peter M41 Canada 51.75
2 Janssens, Richard M41 Netherlands 52.37
*3 Thomas, Robert M43 United States 52.42
4 Wilcox, Andrew W. M41 Australia 53.48
5 Acciaccaferri, Pier Luig M41 Italy 53.58
6 Lemassif, Christian M43 Canada 54.32
M45 400 Meter Dash
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WMA: R 49.89
Name Age Team Finals
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Finals
1 Saraceni, Enrico M45 Italy 51.80
2 Shearar, Michael M46 Canada 52.14
*3 Jones, David M45 United States 53.45
*4 Shute, Marcus M47 United States 54.86
5 Tifi, Alessandro M46 Italy 56.08
6 Gannaway, Andy W. M47 Great Britain 58.35
M40-99 4x200 Meter Relay
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WMA: R 1:31.40
Team Finals
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* 1 United States 'A' 1:36.00
1) Jones, David 45 2) Drummond, Don 40
3) Shute, Marcus 47 4) Thomas, Robert 43
2 Australia 'A' 1:37.56
1) Wardecki, Kris W. 41 2) Telfer, Ken 42
3) Jones, Stephen 46 4) Wilcox, Andrew W. 41
3 Italy 'A' 1:37.96
1) Acciaccaferri, Pier Luigi 41 2) Saraceni, Enrico 45
3) Romeo, Giuseppe 47 4) Tifi, Alessandro 46
4 Canada 'A' 1:39.85
1) Lemassif, Christian 43 2) Shearar, Michael 46
3) White, Paul 43 4) Lawson, Peter 41
2010 USA Masters Indoor Track & Field Championships March 26 - 28, 2010
Reggie Lewis Track & Athletic Center
Boston, Massachusetts
* = Southwest Sprinters athletes
M40 60 Meter Dash
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Name Age Team Finals
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Finals
*1 Drummond, Don M40 Lawrenceville, GA 7.27
*2 Winslow, Edward M40 Montoursville, PA 7.28
*3 Mulazim, Khalid M43 Cleveland, OH 7.29
*4 Thomas, Robert M43 Grand Prairie, TX 7.39
*5 Potocnik, Ron M41 Chicago, IL 7.51
6 Williams, DeWayne M43 Lawrenceville, GA 7.67
7 Warren, Mark M42 Santa Rosa, CA 7.73
8 Torres, Juan M43 San Jose, CA 7.78
M40 60 Meter Hurdles
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Name Age Team Finals
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1 Pye, Derek M42 Long Beach, CA 8.09
*2 Drummond, Don M40 Lawrenceville, GA 8.18
3 Faulkner, Lee M41 Marion, AR 9.67
4 McKenzie, John M44 Silver Spring, MD 11.95
-- Golden, Derrick M44 Plainfield, IL DNF
M40 200 Meter Dash
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Name Age Team Finals
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*1 834 Thomas, Robert M43 Grand Prairie, TX 23.13
*2 902 Winslow, Edward M40 Montoursville, PA 23.34
*3 684 Prince, Eric M40 Dallas, TX 23.57
4 889 Williams, DeWayne M43 Lawrenceville, GA 26.48
M45 200 Meter Dash
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Name Age Team Finals
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Finals
*1 446 Jones, David M45 Bellaire, TX 23.60
2 818 Sullivan, Michael M49 Gilbert, AZ 23.98
3 311 Faulknor, Chris M47 Los Angeles, CA 24.04
*4 774 Shute, Marcus M47 Conyers, GA 24.08
5 685 Proctor, Edward M46 Framingham, MA 24.94
-- 798 Speed, Johnny M46 Oxnard, CA DQ
M40 400 Meter Dash
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Name Age Team Finals
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*1 Winslow, Edward M40 Montoursville, PA 51.17
*2 Thomas, Robert M43 Grand Prairie, TX 51.22
*3 Mulazim, Khalid M43 Cleveland, OH 51.23
*4 Prince, Eric M40 Dallas, TX 52.14
5 Moore, Brian M40 Newburyport, MA 57.30
6 Brownfield, Andrew M43 Woodbridge, CT 1:05.98
M45 400 Meter Dash
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Name Age Team Finals H#
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1 Speed, Johnny M46 Oxnard, CA 52.81 2
*2 Shute, Marcus M47 Conyers, GA 53.03 2
3 Jones, Gladstone M46 Bronx, NY 53.19 2
4 Parker, Raymond M48 New Hope, PA 55.18 2
5 Kountze, Michael M49 San Antonio, TX 55.28 2
6 Steeves, Scott M45 Middleton, MA 57.74 1
7 Whiteley, Glen M49 Ridgely, MD 58.57 2
8 Seach, Andrew M48 Lafayette, LA 59.58 1
9 Gorman, Steve M49 Fairview, PA 59.74 1
M40-49 4x400 Meter Relay
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Team Finals H#
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*1 Southwest Sprinters TC 'A' 3:25.04
1) 834 Thomas, Robert 43 2) 932 Wensel, Marek 42
3) 597 Mulazim, Khalid 43 4) 902 Winslow, Edward 40
2 Mass Velocity Track Club 'A' 3:56.38 3
1) 141 Brown, Darin 43 2) 804 Steeves, Scott 45
3) 685 Proctor, Edward 46 4) 462 Kelley, Charles 55
3 Big River Running Company 'A' 4:18.14 3
1) 71 Anderson, Richard 52 2) 80 Auch, Bruce 50
3) 787 Snodgrass, Ernie 57 4) 814 Stone, Jonathan
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