Ultimately weekend’s Winter Mini Meet 1 on the Toronto Observe & Area Centre, Ontario’s 86-year-old Mike Morris ran the 50m closing in a blazing 9.34 seconds–surpassing the Canadian file for his age group by practically two-tenths of a second.
The earlier nationwide M85 file of 9.53 seconds was set by Ontario’s Invoice Thompson in 2015.
Morris gained his warmth by practically one-tenth of a second; Ontario’s Steve Baldamus, 66, took second in 9.43, whereas Ben Kong, 50, took third in 9.55. Throughout the 50m prelims only one hour earlier, Morris clocked 9.58, lacking the file by simply 0.05 seconds.
“I may have gone quicker, however my knee was sore,” Morris instructed his daughter, Jennifer, post-race, per Fb.
The 50m race is just not an official World Masters Athletics distance, however, for comparability, his age-graded efficiency is equal to a 6.78-second 50m between the ages of 20 and 30.
Morris had already taken down one in every of Thompson’s M85 data, working 17.68 seconds within the 100m on the 2025 Ontario Masters Athletics Championships. (Thompson’s earlier mark had been 18.67, additionally from 2015.)
Morris’s efficiency makes him simply the second Canadian masters athlete to set a nationwide file underneath the brand new Athletics Canada (AC) umbrella. Someday earlier, 70-year-old Lynne Wawryk-Epp of Saskatchewan clocked 7:12.28 within the mile to smash the Canadian W70 age-group file.
Karla Del Grande shines within the sprints
Additionally competing on the Winter Mini Meet 1 was Canadian masters legend Karla Del Grande. The 73-year-old runs for the Masters of Pace Athletics membership and holds the W70 world data in each the 60m (9.17) and 400m (1:11.34).
Del Grande toed the road in three races in a single day: the 50m prelims, 50m closing and 150m closing. After an 8.05-second 50m prelim, Del Grande clocked 7.96 seconds within the closing–not far off her personal W70 Canadian file of seven.87, set final January. Two hours later, she blazed to 23.37 seconds within the 150m.
“Congratulations to Mike Morris, who had focused this file and knew he may get it achieved,” Del Grande wrote on Fb, noting Morris’s spectacular efficiency. “He’s enjoyable to race with!”
See right here for full outcomes from the Winter Mini Meet.
