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Shuttle Hurdle Relay
July 25, 2010 Results: The event was held at Hornet Stadium in
Sacramento, Calif. during the Masters National Outdoor Track & Field
Championships
The first ever Woman’s 40-49 Shuttle
Hurdle Relay: The winning team consisted of
Karen Maxwell, Barbara LaVallee, Joy Upshaw-Margerum, and BJ Freeman in a time of
58.10 (hence a new “best time” for W40-49). BJ Freeman being
the first Canadian to
compete in a Masters Shuttle Hurdle Relay.
The Men’s 60-69 Shuttle Hurdle Relay:
The team consisted of Lawrence Nolly,
Eric Hill, Ozzie Binion, and Bob Osterhoudt.
The Men’s 50-59 Shuttle Hurdle Relay:
The winning team consisted of
Mark Williamson, Steve Cummings, Darnell Gatling, and
Peter Grimes in a time of
1:01.53 a new “best time” for M50-59. The second place team of Andrew Hecker,
Robert McDaniels, James Roberson, and Luis Huarcaya. Luis Huarcaya
being the first
born in
The Men’s 40-49 Shuttle Hurdle Relay:
The winning team in 1:06.40
a new “best time” for M40-49. The M40-49
teams consisted of:
Team A: Henry Andrade, Don Drummond, Daniel LaVallee,
and Kerry Sloan.
Team B: Derek Pye, Lee Faulkner, James Smith, and
Dexter McCloud.
Daniel & Barbara LaVallee being
the first husband / wife competing in a Masters Shuttle
Hurdle Relay. Hopefully in the future their father will join in the fun
as well.
Congratulations to all of the athletes that competed in the event.
I would like to express my gratitude to all of those that helped make this a
success.
To the many athletes and officials not mentioned above (there were many) that
helped
contributed to make this a success.
Unfortunately this years Men’s 70-79 and Woman's 50-59 teams had to be
cancelled
due to injuries.
2010 Pictures
and more information will be available later.
Videos: Masters Shuttle Hurdle Relays:
Video of the 2009 W70-79 race: wmv-version
or flv-version
Video of the 2009 M60-69 race: wmv-version
or flv-version
Video of the 2009 M50-59 race: wmv-version
or flv-version
Video
of the 2009 M50-59 race (thank you to the Brower family)
Additional 2009 Videos will be available in the future
See the M50 & M40 Web-cast of
the 2007 Shuttle Hurdle Relay by visiting the USATF
website at: http://usatfmasters.sportnet.com/index.php?stream=08_05
Fast forward to 7:28 of 7:42 (over 7 hours of tape).
Additional M40 video from 2007 (thank you to the Jones family)
M45 Video from 2006
(thank you to the Brower family)
Three Races: 2009 Shuttle Hurdle Relay
at the
Masters National Outdoor Championships,
The following includes the order of the athletes:
W70-79 team: 4 x 80 Meter (27” H) winning time of 1:14.92
Barbara Jordan, (2) Flo Meiler, (3) Christel Donley, (4) Becky Sisley
Becky Sisley’s
anchor leg was apprx. 17.2
M60-69 team: 4
x 100 Meter (33” H) winning time of
1:13.14
Robert Baker, (2) Ivan Black, (3)
Randall Olson, (4) Ozzie Binion
Ozzie Binion’s
anchor leg was apprx. 17.1
M60-69 Alternate: Michael Burns.
M50-59 teams: 4 x 100 Meter (36” H) winning time of 1:09.32
(1) Ernie
Snodgrass, (2) Eugene Anton, (3) Leee X, (4) Jeff
Brower
Jeff Brower came from behind and past Boehr for the
victory,
Jeff Brower’s anchor leg was apprx. 14.9
and
(1) Thad Wilson, (2) James Broun, (3) Robert McDaniels, (4) Doug Boehr
2009 provided the first W70-79 and M60-69 teams to complete a
Masters Shuttle Hurdle race. The
three races included athletes from
14 different states.
Thank you to the Games Committee, Officials, Michael Jones Sr. & Jr.,
and Stone family for their support during the shuttle hurdle relay in
For more details please contact: Jeff
Davison
jad-calif@cox.net
Or visit: http://www.woodhurdles.com/ShuttleHurdleRelay/1.html
Thank you to the Stone Family for the following 2009 picture
Back: E. Anton, M.
Jones Sr., J. Brower, R. McDaniels, D. Boehr;
2nd Row: I. Black, J. Davison, J. Broun,
L. X;
3rd Row: T. Wilson, O. Binion
Front: E. Snodgrass, F. Meiler, B. Jordan, B. Sisley, and C. Donley.
For Specifications, Rules and Regulations click here
History of Masters Shuttle Hurdle Relays
July 12, 2009 Masters
National Outdoor Championships,
{More details above}
August 5, 2007 Masters
National Outdoor Championships,
{More details below}
April 22, 2006 in
4 x 110 Meter Masters Shuttle
Hurdle Relay M40-49 (39” H)
Details at: http://www.woodhurdles.com/ShuttleHurdleRelay/2.html
One Masters Shuttle Hurdle Relay from the late 1990’s or early 2000’s on the
east coast
(I believe this was a M50 race, Note: Mike Milove and
Ivan Black reported this race).
(The following four results are as reported in
past National Masters News results):
April 29, 1984
M30-39 Over The Hill 1:10.16 sorry distance, heights and names not
mentioned.
May 17, 1980
Striders Relay, Cal State Northridge:
Corona Del Mar Track Club 39.0
(Dave Jackson, Hugh Adams, Ray
Fitzhugh and Larry Sallinger)
Sorry no distance or height
listed. It is assumed that this was a 4
x 60 relay.
May 19, 1979
Striders Relay, Cal Poly
Sorry no distance, age, height, or
names listed. It is assumed that this
was a 4 x 60 relay.
May 20, 1978
Striders Relay, Cal Poly
This was a 4 x 60 Meter = 240 Meter Total
relay. Sorry no height, ages, or names
listed.
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Masters Meet in
For an Enlarged view of the 2007 participants:
History Made by Team Effort: 2007 Masters Shuttle Hurdle Relay:
A team effort
helped make the August 5, 2007 Masters Shuttle Hurdle Relay in
Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
I would like to thank the relay teams, the
alternates that were available, those that were injured that gave support to
the event, the
officials, the Games Committee, the hurdle crew, Doctor Ivan Black (one of the
alternates)
that helped patch-up one of the wounded hurdlers, pictures taken by the Stone
family, and
the encouragement of M60-69 hurdlers Bob Osterhoudt
& Robert Baker. A total of five
teams completed the relay.
What is a Masters Shuttle Hurdle Relay?
Each relay team has four hurdlers plus one or
two alternates. Each team competes in two lanes, one lane
“up” and the other lane “back.”
The hurdles for “up” are set facing the correct direction, with the same
spacing and
height as the high hurdle race for the age-bracket. The hurdles for “back” are set facing
the correct direction, with the same spacing and height as the high hurdle race
for the
age-bracket. Lanes 1, 4 & 7 were
setup for “up.” Lanes 2, 5 & 8 were set for “back.”
Lanes 3 & 6 were left open. The teams start and finish at the “finish
line.” Typically
only a total team time is available for the race (splits are typically not
tracked). Hurdle
crews are needed to make sure accurate heights
and spacings are used, and to reset any
hurdles that are moved / banged during the competition. The 2007 results follow:
M50-59
4 x 100 Meter Shuttle Hurdle Relay (36” H):
Stanley Druckrey of Team A took the lead at the first leg and Team
A never gave
up the lead. Team C and Team Shore AC
traded places several times making for a very
exciting race.
1st Team A: Stanley
1:04.78 2nd Team C: Bill Phillips; Joseph Kammer; Bill Pontius; and Ozzie Binion
1:16.70 3rd Shore Athletic Club of New Jersey: Al Cestero; Rick Lapp; David Friedman; and
Philip Bujalski 1:20.38 (Shore Athletic Club – M50-59 club record) M50-59 Alternates & injured: Ivan Black, Robert McDaniel, William Murray,
Tony Plaster and Parker White. M40-49
4 x 110 Meter Shuttle Hurdle Relay (39” H):
Team B and Team D traded the lead several times, with Robert Stanley of
Team B running a strong last leg to take the win.
1st Team B: Timothy Mcmahon; Jeff Brower; James Smith; and Robert Stanley
1:12.65 2nd Team D: Michael Jones; Kerry Sloan; Jeffery Davison; and Frank Santora
1:18.68 M40-49 Alternates & injured: David Ashford, Eugene Anton, and Gail Sterling.
The twenty
hurdlers that competed in the Shuttle Hurdle Relay were from ten different
states and several were past & present gold medal winner at the Masters
National
Championships.
Why are
alternates required for the relay?
Injuries and schedule conflicts are
common during a Masters Track & Field
meet. This event survived injuries to
five athletes that had originally planned to compete in the Shuttle Hurdle
Relay.
Alternates are typically assigned to a particular team, but due to the amount
of
potential injuries and schedule conflicts maybe a pool of alternates might be
another possible solution to make sure there are four hurdlers per team when
the
gun goes off.
Why was the event
run? Hurdlers rarely have an opportunity to run a four person
relay with hurdles. Most hurdlers shared
stories of running them in high school or
college but not since.
August 2007 Open Meet in
Obtained the following information via an August 11, 2007 email
from “Presschief DN Galan” for their August 2007 meet: “Hi Jeff, Yes we did have the shuttle relay and it was very well received by
the spectators - 15 319! USA
Payne and Aries Merritt won in 53,36. Sweden , (Dennis Acson, Robert
Kronberg, Rafael Askros, Joachim Blaschke was second, (57,03) and
Finland
third with 57,26. I think we may have it again next year! . . . .”
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W30-39 |
4 x 100 M
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W40-49 |
4 x 80 M
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W50-59 |
4 x 80 M
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W60 + |
4 x 80 M
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M30-39 |
4 x 110 M
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M40-49 |
4 x 110 M
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M50-59 |
4 x 100 M
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M60-69 |
4 x 100 M
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M70-79 |
4 x 80 M
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M80 + |
4 x 80 M
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Accumulative Masters Hurdle
Spacing
The following link includes accumulative spacing in between the start line,
to each hurdle, and to the finish lines for all of the masters hurdle events:
(The prior to 2010 Men’s 60-69 spacing are included in these sheets)
http://www.woodhurdles.com/ShuttleHurdleRelay/3.html
or as an Excel file:
http://www.woodhurdles.com/Hurdle-Spacing.xls
Additional information at: http://www.woodhurdles.com/ShuttleHurdleRelay/2.html