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List of centenarian masters track and field athletes

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In the sport of athletics, centenarian competitors were recorded in the early 20th century, and have become increasingly common in the 21st century. This has occurred during a period of population ageing and increased longevity in wealthy countries, alongside a corresponding development of masters track and field competitions, such as the Senior Olympics and the World Masters Athletics Championships.BMC, Biomed Central, Dec 9, 2009. [https://eurapa.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1007/s11556-009-0054-9//] Retrieved Jan 27, 2021

Stanisław Kowalski and Hidekichi Miyazaki at age 105 are two of the oldest centenarian masters track and field athletes. Orville Rogers (age 100) stated, “I love the thrill of preparation and training,” he told Runner’s World. “When I compete, I am not just running against the people out on the track at that moment, I am running against everyone who has run the event before me. That is gratifying to me.”Purpose 2 Play by Kim Constantinesco, March 19, 2018. [https://purpose2play.com/breakthrough-athletes/centenarians-light-usa-track-field-masters-indoor-championships///] Retrieved Feb 8, 2021

List of centenarians track and field athletes

class="wikitable sortable"
Athlete

!Peak age

!Peak year

!Nationality

!Division

!Event(s)

!width=400|Achievements

!Ref.

Leslie Amey

|101

|2001

|{{AUS}}

|Men

|Distance

|Amey won gold at the 2001 World Championship in Brisbane

|MastersAthletics. [http://www.mastersathletics.net/index.php?id=1707//] Retrieved Jan 26, 2021National Masters News, Records, Apr 2006. [http://www.mastershistory.org/NMN/04_2006.pdf] Retrieved Jan 26, 201National Masters News, Records, Apr 2002. [http://www.mastershistory.org/NMN/04_2002.pdf] Retrieved Jan 26, 2012001 Meet Results, World Championship in Brisbane. [http://mastershistory.org/International-Results/brisbane01s.pdf] Retrieved Jan 28, 2021World Masters Athletics, World Records. [https://world-masters-athletics.com/tag/records///] Retrieved Feb 7, 2021

Nihal Gil

|101

|2016

|{{CAN}}

|Men

|Sprints

|Gil competed at the 2016 inaugural Americas Masters Games.

|Sports Illustrated, Aug 29, 2016. [https://www.si.com/uncategorized/2016/08/30/ap-cn-canada-100-year-old-runner//] Retrieved Jan 26, 2021AP News, Aug 29, 2016. [https://apnews.com/article/031dbd6516734ded9c04ddb1e66e2c5b//] Retrieved Jan 26, 2021Richmond News, Aug 30, 2016. [https://www.richmond-news.com/local-news/nippy-nihal-101-wins-gold-3038114//] Retrieved Jan 27, 2021Richmond News, by Alan Campbell, Aug 23, 2016. [https://www.richmond-news.com/local-news/nippy-nihal-101-wins-gold-3038114//] Retrieved Feb 6, 2021

Sawang Janpram

|102

|2022

|{{THA}}

|Men

|Sprints

|Yahoo Sports states 102 years old running the 100 meter dash in a meet (26th Thailand Master Athletes Championship). Age needs to be verified.

|Yahoo Sports, Mar 2, 2022. [https://news.yahoo.com/thailands-102-old-gold-sprinter-130116561.html//] Retrieved Mar 3, 2022

Erwin Jaskulski

|100

|2003

|{{AUT}}/{{UKR}}/{{USA}}

|Men

|Sprints

|Feb 2002 National Masters News: listed as an Austrian citizen living in Honolulu.

|National Masters News, Feb 2002, Page 8. [http://www.mastershistory.org/NMN/02_2002.pdf] Retrieved Jan 28, 2021

Ilmari Koppinen

|105

|2023

|{{FIN}}

|Men

|Field Events

|DOB: Jan 8, 1918. Competed Jan 8, 2023 at the Ilmari Koppisen meet.

|Masters Rankings [https://mastersrankings.com/rankings/] Retrieved Oct 14, 2022

Stanisław Kowalski

|105

|2016

|{{POL}}

|Men

|Sprints, Discus

|June 2015 Kowalski (age 105) competed in a sprint race.

|NBC Sports, Sept 26, 2015. [https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2015/09/26/stanislaw-kowalski-hidekichi-miyazaki-masters-track-and-field-world-record-100-meters///] Retrieved Jan 26, 201World Masters Athletics (WMA), World Records. [https://world-masters-athletics.com/championships/outdoor///] Retrieved Jan 27, 2021European Masters Athletics, select Data Base, enter name or age. [https://european-masters-athletics.org/records-statistics.html//] Retrieved Jan 28, 2021NBC Sports, by Nick Zaccardi, Sept 26, 2015. [https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2015/09/26/stanislaw-kowalski-hidekichi-miyazaki-masters-track-and-field-world-record-100-meters///] Retrieved Feb 6, 2021

Helge Lonnroth

|100

|2017

|{{FIN}}

|Men

|Field

|Lonnroth competed in the Javelin and Weight Throw at a meet in Finland July 2017.

|Masters Rankings, use athlete search function. [https://mastersrankings.com///] Retrieved Jan 27, 2021

Hidekichi Miyazaki

|105

|2015

|{{JPN}}

|Men

|Shot Put

|23 Sept 2015 (one day after turning 105) Miyazaki competed in a sprint race.

|Today, by Alexandra Zaslow, Sept 29, 2015. [https://www.today.com/news/105-year-old-japanese-man-sets-record-oldest-competitive-sprinter-t46761//] Retrieved Feb 6, 2021

Giuseppe Ottaviani

|103

|2019

|{{ITA}}

|Men

|Sprints, Field

|Ottaviani competed in the Long Jump in a meet in Italy Sept 2019.

|European Masters Athletics. [https://www.european-masters-athletics.org/about-ema/news-overview/1367-giuseppe-ottaviani-m100-italia-set-outdoor-2-wr-2-er.html//] Retrieved Jan 26, 201

Alfred Proksch

|100

|2009

|{{AUT}}

|Men

|Field

|Proksch competed at the 2009 World Masters Athletic Championships in the shot put and discus.

|Masters Athletics, Autumn 2009. [http://bmaf.org.uk/magazines/Masters%20Athletics%20No%2089%20Autumn%202009.pdf] Retrieved Feb 6, 2021

Philip Rabinowitz

|100

|2005

|{{RSA}}

|Men

|Sprints and Racewalk

|Rabinowitz competed in the racewalk in a Mar 2005 meet in RSA. On 10 July 2004, entered the Guinness Book of World Records as the fastest 100-year-old to ever run the 100 meters, with a time of 30.86 seconds

|[https://web.archive.org/web/20081012002346/http://www.seniorjournal.com/NEWS/Sports/4-07-10Fastest.htm Philip Rabinowitz is Officially the World’s Fastest Centenarian][https://web.archive.org/web/20080424055752/http://www.thetimes.co.za/PrintEdition/Insight/Article.aspx?id=717904 "Legendary runner Flying Phil dead at 104"]

Mario Riboni

|100

|2013

|{{ITA}}

|Men

|Shot Put

|Born 13 June 1913.

|Times of San Diego, Sept 20, 2015. [https://timesofsandiego.com/sports/2015/09/20/dash-of-history-100-year-old-sets-5-world-records///] Retrieved Jan 28, 2021European Records. List of European records in masters athletics/ Retrieved Feb 5, 2021

Takashi Shimokawara

|104

|2010

|{{JPN}}

|Men

|Javelin

|Shimokawara competed in the discus Sept 2010 in Japan.

|MastersAthletics.[http://www.mastersathletics.net/index.php?id=643//] Retrieved Jan 28, 2021

Fauja Singh

|102

|2013

|{{IND}} & {{GBR2}}

|Men

|Marathon

|Singh last competed at the 2013 Hong Kong Marathon.

|Canadian Running magazine, Oldest marathoner recognized by Queen. [https://runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/oldest-marathoner-fauja-singh-recognized-queen///] Retrieved Jan 28, 2021Oldest website. [https://www.oldest.org/sports/marathon-runners///] Retrieved Jan 29, 2021

Ruth Frith

|102

|2012

|{{AUS}}

|Women

|Field

|Frith competed Feb 2012 in the Hammer at a meet in New Zealand.

|

Elfriede Fuchs

|100

|2020

|{{AUT}}

|Women

|Shot Put

|Fuch competed in AUT on 19 or 20 Sept 2020. Fuch born 26 Aug 1920.

|World Masters Athletics, World Records. [https://world-masters-athletics.com/tag/records///] Retrieved May 12, 2021Meet Results. [https://www.oelv.at/de/newsshow-saisonabschluss-der-masters-in-st.poelten//] Retrieved May 12, 2021Elfi Fuchs. [https://www.elfriedefuchs.at/] Retrieved May 12, 2021Athletic Weekly, 5 Sept 2019. [https://athleticsweekly.com/athletics-news/angela-copson-leads-british-masters-challenge-1039924772/] Retrieved May 12, 2021Perth 2016 Statistics. [https://info.thewest.com.au/westadvertising/feature/20161024-2/downloads/feature.pdf] Retrieved May 12, 2021

Man Kaur

|103

|2019

|{{IND}} & {{CAN}}

| Women

|Sprints and Field

|Kaur won gold at the 2017 World Masters Games in New Zealand. Kaur won gold in 200 m at 3:01.61 and SP at 2.21 at the Dec 2019 Asian Masters Championship in Malaysia. Man Kur was born 1 Mar 1916, and passed 31 July 2021 at age 105.

| For The Win, USA Today, Apr 16, 2017. [https://ftw.usatoday.com/2017/04/101-year-old-man-kaur-gold-100-m-world-india-masters-games-keep-rocking-awesome-video//] Retrieved Jan 28, 20212019 Asian Masters Championship Meet Results. [http://mmaa.org.my/pdf/2020/mmaa_amac_results/day_three.pdf] Retrieved Mar 24, 2021Deccan Herald, 31 July 2021. [https://www.deccanherald.com/national/centenarian-sprinter-man-kaur-passes-away-1014924.html//] Retrieved 1 Aug 2021

Winnifred Newall

|100

|2023

|{{AUS}}

|Women

|Sprints

|

|

Florence Mary Storch

|101

|2014

|{{CAN}}

| Women

|Javelin

|Storch won gold at the 28 Aug 2014 Senior Games at Sherwood Park, Strathcona County, Canada. She was born 10 June 1913.

| Edmonton Journal, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Aug 29, 2014. [https://www.newspapers.com/image/477007431/?terms=oldest%20athlete&match=1//]

Retrieved Feb 25, 2021The Canadian Press, Oct 23, 2015. [https://toronto.citynews.ca/2015/10/23/oldest-athlete-in-seniors-games-javelin-thrower-florence-storch-dies-at-102///] Retrieved Feb 25, 2021Obit Tree. [https://obittree.com/obituary/ca/alberta/hanna/hanna/florence-storch/2273170/index.php//] Retrieved Feb 25, 2021

Rambai

|105

|2022

|{{IND}}

| Women

|100 Meter

|Listed in Masters Rankings: July 2022 India: National Open Masters Athletics Championship in Vadodara, India. Born 1917.

|Canadian Running Magazine, July 3, 2022. [https://runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/105-year-old-woman-shatters-age-group-100m-record//] Retrieved Oct 14, 2022

=American men and women=

John Whittemore at age 104 is one of the oldest American centenarian men's masters track and field athlete. Julia Hawkins (age 105) competed in the 100 meter dash on Nov 6, 2021. The race was held at the Nov 6, 2021 Louisiana Senior Games at the Southeastern University’s track in Hammond, LA.WGNO News, Nov 6, 2021. [https://wgno.com/news/local/105-year-old-louisiana-native-makes-world-record-in-louisiana-senior-games///] Retrieved Nov 6, 2021

Numerous Centenarians have competed at the USATF Masters Outdoor Championships and the USATF Masters Indoor Championships. At the outdoor USA Championships, Orville Rogers (age 100 in 2018) and Julia "Hurricane" Hawkins (age 101 in 2017).Masters History, 2018 Meet Results. [http://mastershistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/2018USATFMastersOutdoor.pdf] Retrieved Jan 28, 2021Masters History, 2017 Meet Results. [http://mastershistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2017outdoors.pdf] Retrieved Jan 28, 2021 At the indoor USA Championships Everett Hosack (ages 100 and 101) competed at the 2002 and 2003 meets,Boston Globe, Massachusetts, March 22, 2002. [https://www.newspapers.com/image/442438822/?terms=Everett%20Hosack&match=1//] Retrieved Jan 20, 2021National Masters News, May 2002. [http://www.mastershistory.org/NMN/05_2002.pdf] Retrieved Jan 23, 2021Daily Record, Morristown, New Jersey, Mar 23, 2003. [https://www.newspapers.com/image/256596782/?terms=Track%20Field%20Everett%20Hosack&match=1//] Retrieved Jan 26, 2021 LeLand McPhie (age 100) at the 2014 meet,Times of San Diego, Mar 17, 2014. [https://timesofsandiego.com/sports/2014/03/17/100-year-old-leland-mcphie-leads-socal-track-club-to-national-masters-title///] Retrieved Jan 30, 2021Boston Globe, Massachusetts, March 23, 2014. [https://www.newspapers.com/image/444281168/?terms=Leland%20McPhie&match=1//] Retrieved Jan 20, 2021 and Orville Rogers (100) and Julia “Hurricane” Hawkins (102) at the 2018 meet.Slate, March 17, 2018. [https://slate.com/culture/2018/03/orville-rogers-and-julia-hawkins-are-the-worlds.html//] Retrieved Jan 20, 2021Greensboro News & Record, March 25, 2018. [https://greensboro.com/life/and--year-old-runners-set-world-records-you-lazy/article_aa98c670-3c3e-5c6e-b481-0a8806dc6209.html//] Retrieved Jan 20, 2021 As of 2020, no American centenarian have completed a combined event (decathlon or pentathlon).DecaMouse, Jan 25, 2021. [http://www.decamouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/decamouse-mens-womens-indoorheptathlon-statisticalhistory-20200127.pdf] Retrieved Jan 25, 2021

The USATF (American) Centenarian Award is presented periodically to outstanding athletes 100 years old and above. In 2017 Julia Hawkins received the award.USATF Masters. [https://usatfmasters.org/wp/awards///] Reference Jan 26, 2021USATF, Awards. [https://www.usatf.org/programs/masters/awards/award-descriptions//] Reference Jan 26, 2021

class="wikitable sortable"
Athlete

!Peak age

!Peak year

!Nationality

!Division

!Event(s)

!width=400|Achievements

!Ref.

Arnold Bing

|102

|1993

|{{USA}}

|Men

|Sprints

|55 meter dash in 37.47 at indoor Minnesota meet on Jan 17, 1993. Masters age 102, "senior Olympics" age 103.

|National Masters News, Mar 1993, page 29 of 32. [https://www.mastershistory.org/NMN/03_1993.pdf] Retrieved Mar 23, 2023Star Tribune, Apr 20, 1993.[https://www.newspapers.com/image/193083580/?terms=%22Arnold%20Bing%22&match=1//] Retrieved Mar 23, 2023

Raymonde Brown

|100

|2023

|{{USA}}

|Men

|Racewalk

|

|

Russell Clark

|103

|2004

|{{USA}}

|Men

|Sprints

|50 & 200 Meter Dash Meet Record Huntsman Senior Games. 2004 Huntsman World Senior Games were held October. Born 19 Nov 1900.

|Huntsman Senior Games, Meet Records. [https://seniorgames.net/records/2019/track-and-field/track//] Retrieved Jan 28, 2021Legacy, Obit. [https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/russell-clark-obituary?pid=178277080//] Retrieved Feb 5, 2021

Roy Englert

|100

|2023

|{{USA}}

|Men

|Distance

|

|

William Finch

|100

|2012

|{{USA}}

|Men

|Distance

|Finch held state (North Carolina) Senior Games records in the 800 & 1500 meter runs (M90 & M95) and 1500 meter (M100).

|QCWA, July 2013. [https://www.qcwa.org/w4ehf-13388-sk.htm//] Retrieved Jan 28, 2021North Carolina Senior Games Records. [https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b0ebcb3f8370a2cf97a068e/t/5ca3a1816caed00001e6f276/1554227586475/sfrecords2016.pdf] Retrieved Jan 28, 2021

Jonathan Foulke

|107

|1925

|{{USA}}

|Men

|Runner

|24 Sept 1925 in Los Angeles, a centenarian runner Jonathan Foulke (107 years old) won a foot race (distance and time are unknown). Foulke was born 3 Dec 1817.

|Evening Sun, Baltimore, MD, Sept 24, 1925. [https://www.newspapers.com/image/369594719/?terms=Centenarian%20runner&match=1//] Retrieved Feb 9, 2021Los Angeles Times, Apr 1, 1928. [https://www.newspapers.com/image/380376469/?terms=Jonathan%20Foulke&match=1//] Retrieved Feb 10, 2021

Everett Hosack

|101

|2003

|{{USA}}

|Men

|Sprints, Field

| USATF Masters Hall of Fame Hosack competed at the 2003 Penn Relays. Dec 2004 Hosack was voted Masters Track and Field M100 athlete of the year.

|National Masters News, May 2002. [http://www.mastershistory.org/NMN/05_2002.pdf] Retrieved Jan 27, 2021National Masters News, Records, Feb 2006. [http://mastershistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/NMN-Feb2006-Records.pdf] Retrieved Jan 26, 201Philadelphia Inquirer, Pennsylvania, Apr 27, 2003. [https://www.newspapers.com/image/201201870/?terms=Everett%20Hosack&match=1//] Retrieved Feb 9, 2021

Robert Jones

|101

|2015

|{{USA}}

|Men

|Field

|Jones competed at the June 2015 Tennessee Senior Games at Franklin, TN.

|Masters Rankings, use athlete search function. [https://mastersrankings.com///] Retrieved Feb 6, 2021

James A Kales

|100 (99)

|2014

|{{USA}}

|Men

|Field

|Competed at August 2014 Michigan Senior Olympics. Competed as M100 at age 99 under Senior Games rules. Born 24 Sept 1914.

|Florida Senior Games, Meet Records. [https://floridaseniorgames.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/RecordBook2020-oct-12-2020.pdf] Retrieved Jan 26, 2021Michigan Senior Olympics, 2014 Meet Results. [https://www.michiganseniorolympics.org/summer-games-results//] Retrieved Feb 5, 2021mlive, obit. [https://obits.mlive.com/obituaries/annarbor/obituary.aspx?n=james-a-kales&pid=179874134&fhid=3201//] Retrieved Feb 5, 2021

R Leonard Krause

|100

|2021

|{{USA}}

|Men

|Field

|Competed at Washington State Games in SP & DT July 2021.

|https://mastersrankings.com, Aug 28, 2021. [https://mastersrankings.com//] Retrieved Aug 28, 2021

Tom Lane

|100

|1994

|{{USA}}

|Men

|Field

|Born 21 June 1894. Died 18 Aug 1997. Lane competed at the 10 Sept 10 1994 Cal Senior Games in San Diego. Lane lived in San Diego. Lane was legally blind since 1988.

| National Masters News, Oct 1994. [http://www.mastershistory.org/NMN/10_1994.pdf] Retrieved Feb 17, 2021Bangor Daily News, Maine, Aug 27, 1997. [https://www.newspapers.com/image/664941258/?terms=Tom%20Lane&match=1//] Retrieved Feb 18, 2021

Trent Lane

|101

|2011

|{{USA}}

|Men

|Field

|Born 28 March 1910. Lane competed at the June 2011 Senior Games in Houston, Texas.

| Senior Games Records, NSGA. [https://nsga.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/2019TFDiscusTop10.pdf] Retrieved Jan 26, 2021Senior Games Records, NSGA. [https://nsga.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/2019TFHammerThrowTop10.pdf] Retrieved Jan 26, 2021The Advocate, Obit. [https://obits.theadvocate.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=trent-lane&pid=154239950//] Retrieved Feb 5, 2021

Ben Levinson

|103

|1998

|{{USA}}

|Men

|Shot Put

| American M100 athlete (age 103) competed in the shot put at the Nike World Games (Eugene, Oregon) on Aug 11, 1998. From Los Angeles, California, he was later interviewed by Jay Leno on the Tonight Show.

|National Masters News,Jan 1999. [http://www.mastershistory.org/NMN/01_1999.pdf] Retrieved Jan 27, 2021National Masters News,Oct 1998. [http://www.mastershistory.org/NMN/10_1998.pdf] Retrieved Jan 27, 2021National Masters News, June 1987. [http://www.mastershistory.org/NMN/06_1987.pdf]

Retrieved Jan 27, 2021Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Hawaii, Dec 30, 1998 [https://www.newspapers.com/image/274183775/?terms=Ben%20Levinson&match=1//] Retrieved Jan 26, 2021The World, Coos Bay, Oregon, Aug 12, 1998. [https://www.newspapers.com/image/338672261/?terms=Nike%20World%20Games&match=1//] Retrieved Jan 26, 2021

Larry Lewis

|102

|1969

|{{USA}}

|Men

|Sprints

| Lewis ran exhibition 100 yard dash in 17.8 at Cox Stadium June 1968 (age 101), and an exhibition 17.3 at Cox Stadium June 1969 (age 102). These marks were never ratified. Lewis was born in the summer of 1867.

| National Masters News, June 1987. [http://www.mastershistory.org/NMN/06_1987.pdf] Retrieved Jan 27, 2021National Masters News, Jan 1999. [http://www.mastershistory.org/NMN/01_1999.pdf] Retrieved Jan 27, 2021Lexington Leader, Lexington, KY, Jul 22, 1969. [https://www.newspapers.com/image/684346612/?terms=Larry%20Lewis&match=1//] Retrieved Jan 26, 2021Miami Herald, Florida, Feb 4, 1969. [https://www.newspapers.com/image/621636057/?terms=Larry%20Lewis%20Miami%20Herald&match=1//] Retrieved Jan 26, 2021Idaho State Journal, Pocatello, Idaho, Dec 30, 1968. [https://www.newspapers.com/image/15868367/?terms=Larry%20Lewis&match=1//] Retrieved Jan 26, 2021San Francisco Examiner, Calif, June 12, 1968. [https://www.newspapers.com/image/458625038/?terms=Larry%20Lewis&match=1//] Retrieved Feb 9, 2021San Francisco Examiner, Calif, June 25, 1969. [https://www.newspapers.com/image/458917061/?terms=Larry%20Lewis&match=1//] Retrieved Feb 9, 2021Glenn Fall Times, New York, July 12, 1969. [https://www.newspapers.com/image/347078199/?terms=Larry%20Lewis%20100%20yard&match=1//] Retrieved Feb 10, 2021

Waldo McBurney

|100

|2003

|{{USA}}

|Men

|Sprints, Field

|Dec 2003 McBurney was voted American Masters Track and Field M100 athlete of the year.

|Daily News-Journal, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, July 7, 2003. [https://www.newspapers.com/image/424780903/?terms=Waldo%20McBurney&match=1//] Retrieved Jan 26, 2021National Masters News, Jan 2004. [http://www.mastershistory.org/NMN/01_2004.pdf] Retrieved Feb 6, 2021

Leland McPhie

|100

|2014

|{{USA}}

|Men

|Field

|Won gold medals in the weight throw, superweight throw and shot put in March 2014.

|

E. Gerald Meyer

|100 (99)

|2019

|{{USA}}

|Men

|Sprints

|Meyer won four gold medals at a 2019 Senior Games.

|Senior Games Records, NSGA. [https://nsga.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/2019TF50mTop10.pdf] Retrieved Jan 26, 2021Senior Games Records, NSGA. [https://nsga.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/2019TF100mTop10.pdf] Retrieved Jan 26, 2021Senior Games Records, NSGA. [https://nsga.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/2019TF200mTop10.pdf] Retrieved Jan 26, 2021Engineering CMU. [https://engineering.cmu.edu/news-events/news/2020/05/11-meyer-gerry.html//] Retrieved Jan 28, 2021

D Paul Miller

|100 (99)

|2017

|{{USA}}

|Men

|Sprints, Field

|Miller captured four gold medals at a June 2017 Senior Games. Miller age 99 competing under Senior Games rules competed with the M100 group.

|IWU Sports, June 13, 2017. [https://www.iwusports.com/news/2017/6/13/general-former-iwu-professor-wins-four-golds-at-national-senior-games.aspx//] Retrieved Jan 28, 2021

Donald Pellmann

|100

|2015

|{{USA}}

|Men

|Sprints, Field

|USATF Masters Hall of Fame

|

John Pugh

|100

|2013

|{{USA}}

|Men

|Field

|Pugh's last competition was in 2013 in Cleveland, Ohio, when he won gold medals in the 100-year-old category in the shot put, and discus.

|Courier Tribune, Sept 10, 2015. [https://www.courier-tribune.com/article/20150910/news/309109965//] Retrieved Jan 28, 2021

Orville Rogers

|100

|2018

|{{USA}}

|Men

|Sprints, Distance

|USATF Masters Hall of Fame

|

Fordie Ross

|100

|2014

|{{USA}}

|Men

|Field

|Ross' last competing was at a 2014 Senior Games.

|BlackPast, Jan 25, 2017. [https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/ross-fordie-1914-2014///] Retrieved Jan 28, 2021

George Rowswell

|101

|2018

|{{USA}}

|Men

|Field

|Rowswell last competed at a 2018 Senior Games (gold medal in the shot put).

|Legacy, 2018. [https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theolympian/obituary.aspx?n=george-rowswell&pid=191121596&fhid=2237//] Retrieved Jan 28, 2021

John Whittemore

|104

|2004

|{{USA}}

|Men

|Field

|Whittemore competed (Javelin) at the Oct 2004 Club West meet in Santa Barbara.

|National Masters News, April 2000. [http://www.mastershistory.org/NMN/04_2000.pdf] Retrieved Jan 27, 2021Book: How to Make the Rest of Your Life the Best of Your Life, Art Linkletter, GoogleBooks. [https://books.google.com/books?id=y8hUrHaF7msC&q=John+Whittemore+Javelin%2F%2F&pg=PT46] Retrieved Jan 26, 2021National Masters News, Nov 2004. [http://www.mastershistory.org/NMN/11_2004.pdf] Retrieved Feb 6, 2021

Lester Wright Sr

|100

|2022

|{{USA}}

|Men

|Sprints

|Wright completed the 100 meter dash at the 2022 Penn Relays.

|Penn Relays meet results, Apr 30, 2022. [https://pennrelaysonline.com/results/results.aspx?cy=2022&en=590//] Retrieved Apr 30, 2022

Frederick Winter

|102

|2017

|{{USA}}

|Men

|Sprints, Field

|Winter was the first M100 American / Senior Games to complete a 100 meter dash in Minneapolis at their 2015 Senior Games.

|Runner's World, July 10, 2015. [https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a20811952/100-year-old-races-100-meters-at-national-senior-games///] Retrieved Jan 28, 201

John Zilverberg

|103

|2017

|{{USA}}

|Men

|Field

|Zilverberg (born 2 Aug 1913) won gold medal at the 2015 South Dakota Senior Games. He competed at 103 at the 2017 Senior Games and won four T&F gold medals.

|South Dakota Senior Games, Mar 30, 2015. [http://www.southdakotaseniorgames.org/news/John-Zilverberg-x-15602.html//] Retrieved Jan 28, 201Aberdeen News, Nov 2, 2019. [https://www.aberdeennews.com/obituaries/john-zilverberg/article_c9326248-e176-5bcb-a09d-b2a190d25be3.html//] Retrieved Jan 28, 201AI, June 14, 2017 (updated Mar 7, 2019). [https://www.al.com/sports/2017/06/103-year-old_john_zilverberg_t.html//] Retrieved Jan 28, 201

Ella Mae Colbert

|100

|2016

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|Women

|Exhibition 100 Meter

|Exhibition 100 Meter dash, near Chesnee, South Carolina.

|ABC News, May 18, 2016. [https://abcnews.go.com/US/100-year-unofficially-breaks-100-meter-dash-record/story?id=39197581//] Retrieved Mar 29, 2021Times of San Diego, May 21, 2016. [https://timesofsandiego.com/sports/2016/05/21/a-sprint-star-is-born-record-setting-ella-mae-colbert-100///] Retrieved Mar 29, 2021

Diane Friedman

|100

|2021

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|Women

|Sprints, JT

|Competed in the Sprints and JT at the Aug 15, 2021 Michigan Senior Games.

|Masters Rankings, Aug 25, 2021. [https://mastersrankings.com/athlete-profile/?x8=USA32466653DIANEFRIEDMAN//] Retrieved Aug 25, 2021Athletics Weekly Twitter, Aug 2021. [https://mobile.twitter.com/AthleticsWeekly/status/1430506170071101442 Retrieved Aug 25, 2021]

Julia “Hurricane” Hawkins

|105

|2021

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|Women

|Sprints, Shot Put

|Hawkins competed at the June 2019 National Senior Games in the sprints. Julia Hawkins (age 105) competed in the 100 meter dash on Nov 6, 2021. The race was held at the Nov 6, 2021 Louisiana Senior Games at the Southeastern University’s track in Hammond, LA. Hawkins was born Feb. 10, 1916.

|Washington Post, June 7, 2017. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/inspired-life/wp/2017/06/07/i-want-to-please-my-family-julia-hawkins-started-running-at-100-a-year-later-shes-a-competitive-sprinter/// Retrieved Nov 8, 2021]

Ida Keeling

|102

|2018

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|Women

|Sprints

|On April 30, 2016, Keeling became the first woman in history to complete a 100-meter run at the age of 100. Her time of 1:17.33 was witnessed by a crowd of 44,469 at the 2016 Penn Relays. On February 24, 2018, she set a world record in the 60-meter dash event at the Imperial Dade Track Classic, with a time of 58:34 in the 100 to 104 age group.

|{{cite web|url=http://masterstrack.com/w100-ida-keeling-makes-statement-with-100-wr-at-penn/|title=masterstrack.com|date=May 2016|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/the-turnstile/watch--100-year-old-ida-keeling-breaks-100-meter-age-group-record-170631416.html?guid=nbc_oly_80older100m_160430&t=59|title=Watch: 100-year old Ida Keeling breaks 100-meter age group record|date=2 May 2016|work=Yahoo Sports}}{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-ida-keeling-100-world-record-20160503-story.html|title=Watch 100-year-old Ida Keeling set a world record in the 100-meter dash, then do some push-ups|author=Los Angeles Times|date=3 May 2016|work=Los Angeles Times}}{{Cite web|url=https://parade.com/644321/lhochwald/meet-ida-keeling-the-102-year-old-who-plans-to-never-stop-running/|title=Meet Ida Keeling, the 102-Year-Old Who Plans to Never Stop Running|first=Lambeth|last=Hochwald|date=February 27, 2018|website=Parade}}

Margaret White

|100

|1995

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|Women

|Shot Put, Discus

|Potentially the first American W100 athlete (age 100) competing 30 July 1994 in the shot put and discus. It appears that these marks were not submitted for ratification for records. White won gold at the 29 Jan 1995 Sooner State Games (indoor). Margaret White held the W95 world record in the SP. White won an American National "W95 Age Group" award in 1992. Margaret (Palmer) White (of Turpin, OK) was the mother of Masters Hall of Fame athlete Wendell Palmer (of Pampa, TX).

|Single Age Record, 2006. [http://mastershistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/SAR-2006.pdf] Retrieved Jan 27, 2021Washington Post. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1995/01/29/100-year-old-woman-thrives-on-shot-put/765e53ab-76e4-4ca5-99f1-55fb3e7a4541///] Retrieved Jan 26, 2021National Masters News, May 1995. [http://www.mastershistory.org/NMN/05_1995.pdf] Retrieved Jan 28, 2021National Masters News, Jan 1993. [http://www.mastershistory.org/NMN/01_1993.pdf] Retrieved Jan 29, 2021Oklahoma County Archives, USGW Archives, Dec 24, 1996. [http://files.usgwarchives.net/ok/oklahoma/obits/pqr/p4560010.txt//] Retrieved Jan 29, 2021Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Mar 5, 1995. [https://www.newspapers.com/image/453834638/?terms=Margaret%20White%20Turpin&match=1//] Retrieved Jan 29, 2021Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Jan 20, 1995. Retrieved Jan 29, 2021The Oklahoman, Jan 29, 1995. [https://oklahoman.com/article/2490999/100-year-old-throws-shot-put//] Retrieved Jan 29, 2021

Centenarian media coverage

  • 6 Feb 1995 Margaret White (age 100) was featured on Sports Illustrated (SI) that she competed at the Jan 29, 1995 Sooner State Games (indoor) in the shot put.Sports Illustrated, Vault, Feb 6, 1995. [https://vault.si.com/vault/1995/02/06/scorecard] Retrieved Jan 29, 2021Oklahoma Track & Field News, Feb 28, 1995. [http://www.ohstrack.com/OKTFNews/v3n61995.pdf] Retrieved Jan 29, 2021
  • 21 Feb 1995 Margaret White was featured on The Jay Leno Show "as being the oldest shot-put person". She was also on The Phil Donahue Show.GettyImages. [https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/episode-637-pictured-100-year-old-shot-putter-margaret-news-photo/170053442//] Retrieved Jan 29, 2021
  • In 1998, Ben Levinson appeared on The Howie Mandel Show, CBS 48 Hours, and The Jay Leno Show after competing in the shot put at age 103.
  • Everett Hosack (100) competed at the Penn Relays in 2002. Philadelphia Inquirer stated "... the oldest ever to run at the carnival [Penn Relay] ..." and "The crowd of 50,827 took to Hosack right away. He received a standing ovation ..."Philadelphia Inquirer, Pennsylvania, Apr 28, 2002. [https://www.newspapers.com/image/201204967/?terms=Track%20Field%20Everett%20Hosack&match=1//] Retrieved Jan 26, 2021 Later in 2002 Everett was a guest on The Jay Leno Show, "demonstrating his shot-putting prowess".North County Times, Oceanside, CA, Mat 14, 2003. [https://www.newspapers.com/image/575170230/?terms=Everett%20Hosack&match=1//] Retrieved Jan 28, 2021
  • In 2003, Waldo McBurney ran the 100 meter at the World Masters Athletic Championship in San Jose, Puerto Rico. The paper reports, "... he competes to show people you can still perform at an old age". In 2004 the Hayes Daily News reported that he published a book "My First 100 Years: A Look Back from the Finish Line".Hayes Daily News, Hays, Kansas, Dec 12, 2004. [https://www.newspapers.com/image/1026539/?terms=Waldo%20McBurney&match=1//] Retrieved Jan 26, 2021
  • Santa Barbara Round Table reports John Whittemore, "Holds numerous Track & Field Records over 75-year-old Class".Santa Barbara Round Table. [https://www.sbroundtable.org/hall-of-fame/inductees/special-achievement/john-r-whittemore///] Retrieved Jan 26, 2021 Book written by Art Linkletter states, "... Whittemore has been competing in track and field - and setting records since his boyhood ... was working out with weights daily and still thinking about new records".
  • In 2015 Sports Illustrated (SI) reported, "100-year-old Frederick Winter of Holland, Mich., became the oldest man in National Senior Games history to complete the 100-meter dash".Sports Illustrated,July 9, 2015. [https://www.si.com/more-sports/2015/07/10/100-year-old-man-runs-100-meter-dash//] Retrieved Jan 27, 2021
  • Ida Keeling appeared on an ESPN story, writer states "won't be stopping anytime soon".ESPN, Apr 26, 2016. [https://www.espn.com/espnw/culture/the-buzz/story/_/id/15385725/100-year-old-runner-ida-keeling-stopping-soon//] Retrieved Jan 26, 2021
  • At the 2018 Masters National Indoor Track and Field Championship Orville Rogers (age 100) and Julia “Hurricane” Hawkins set 60 meter dash world records. Runner's World coverage stated, "Two Centenarians Steal the Show at USATF Masters Indoor Championships".Runner's World, Mar 20, 2018. [https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a20866312/centenarians-set-new-records-at-masters-indoor-championships///] Retrieved Jan 27, 2021
  • June 2019 Express & Star news (out of Wolverhampton, England) reports, "At 103, Julia Hurricane Hawkins has cemented her title as the oldest woman to compete on an American track after finishing the 50- and 100 meter dashes at the National Senior Games in New Mexico".Express & Star news, June 20, 2019. [https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/viral-sports-news/2019/06/20/103-year-old-louisiana-runner-becomes-oldest-woman-to-compete-on-american-track///] Retrieved Jan 28, 2021
  • In 2020 BBC reports a story about the "Centenarian Olympics" featuring Julia "Hurricane" Hawkins and the benefits of continuing sports and other activities.BBC, May 21, 2020. [https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20200520-can-the-centenarian-olympics-help-you-live-longer//] Retrieved Jan 27, 2021

=Centenarian videos=

  • In 2018 at the Masters National Indoor Track and Field Championship Orville Rogers (age 100) and Julia “Hurricane” Hawkins set 60 meter dash world records. Both of the races were aired by CNBC sports: ([https://www.cnbc.com/video/2018/03/19/centenarians-smash-runners-records.html link])CNBC Sports, Mar 19, 2018. [https://www.cnbc.com/video/2018/03/19/centenarians-smash-runners-records.html//] Retrieved Jan 26, 2021
  • Polish athlete Stanislaw Kowalski (age 104) set a (former) record for the 60 meter dash. Facebook video: ([https://www.facebook.com/telemundo39/videos/826695510707736/ link])Facebook Video, Dec 15, 2015. [https://www.facebook.com/telemundo39/videos/826695510707736///] Retrieved Jan 26, 2021
  • Sept 2015 a Times of San Diego story and video on Don Pellmann's record setting week (five records). ([https://timesofsandiego.com/sports/2015/09/20/dash-of-history-100-year-old-sets-5-world-records/ Link])
  • In 2016 NBC Sports captured Ida Keeling (age 100) competing in the Penn Relays. Short video: ([https://www.nbcsports.com/video/100-year-old-ida-keeling-sets-world-record-penn-relays Link])NBC Sports Video, 2016 Penn Relays. [https://www.nbcsports.com/video/100-year-old-ida-keeling-sets-world-record-penn-relays] Retrieved Jan 26, 2021
  • At the 2016 Pan American Games in Vancouver, Canada, Man Kaur (age 100) race was captured on YouTube: ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlD9jzOctO4 Link])YouTube, Feb 28, 2018. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlD9jzOctO4//] Retrieved Jan 26, 2021International Masters Games Association. [https://imga.ch/about-the-masters-games/all-masters-games/pan-american-masters-games/vancouver-2016///] Retrieved Jan 26, 2021 At the same meet, in a Sports Illustrated story "when she crossed the finish line in Vancouver, her competitors - many of them in their 70s and 80s - were there to cheer her on", and Five-time Olympian Charmain Crook refer to her stating "I know that it's inspired me".
  • In 2019 ESPN featured Julia “Hurricane” Hawkins (age 103) in a short video: ([https://www.espn.com/espnw/culture/story/_/id/27073873/103-year-old-runner-julia-hurricane-hawkins-bikes-bucket-list-brooklyn-bridge link])ESPN, July 28. 2019. [https://www.espn.com/espnw/culture/story/_/id/27073873/103-year-old-runner-julia-hurricane-hawkins-bikes-bucket-list-brooklyn-bridge/]: Retrieved Jan 26, 2021

References

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Further reading

  • [https://books.google.com/books?id=rW9yTCaG_-AC&dq=Masters+Track+Field+Championship+Bob+Backus&pg=PA19 Book: Masters Track and Field: A History by Leonard T Olson]
  • [http://www.australianmastersathletics.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/ama-age-is-no-barrier.pdf Age is no barrier. 2011. Bryan Thomas.] ISBN 978-0-9803191-1-8
  • [https://books.google.com/books?id=gfuwDwAAQBAJ&dq=Stanislaw+Kowalski+Shot+Put+June+2015&pg=PA50 Prospective Longevity: A New Vision of Population Aging, Pages 49 and 50]

External links

  • [https://world-masters-athletics.com/championships/outdoor/ Outdoor World Records]
  • [http://masterstrackandfield.org/ USATF Website: American Records]
  • [http://mastershistory.org/masters-records-american/ Masters History: List of US Records]
  • [http://mastershistory.org/masters-records-chair-convention-report/ US Convention Records Reports]
  • [https://mastersrankings.com/ Masters Rankings]
  • [http://mastershistory.org/unofficial-records-single-age-records-peter-mundle/ Unofficial Single Age Records]
  • [https://www.cnbc.com/video/2018/03/19/centenarians-smash-runners-records.html Centenarians CNBC Video]
  • [https://www.espn.com/espnw/culture/story/_/id/27073873/103-year-old-runner-julia-hurricane-hawkins-bikes-bucket-list-brooklyn-bridge Centenarians ESPN Story]
  • [https://www.espn.com/espnw/culture/the-buzz/story/_/id/15385725/100-year-old-runner-ida-keeling-stopping-soon Centenarians ESPN Story]
  • [https://www.nbcsports.com/video/100-year-old-ida-keeling-sets-world-record-penn-relays Centenarians NBC Video]
  • [http://mastershistory.org/national-masters-news/ National Masters News]
  • [https://acsweb.ucsd.edu/~ptchir/centenarians.html List of Olympic Centenarians]
  • [https://agegroupnews.com/ Age Group News]

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