Due to popular demand, we're moving the master's mile (40+) back to the Johnny Mathis meet. It will be late morning (close to noon) with the exact time schedule coming out the week of the meet once entries are received for all events. As many of you know, weather in San Francisco is made for distance running at all times of the day. I've put the event back where it was when we had the biggest turnout. There aren't many chances to get a focused master's mile race on the track with a good crowd in the stands so hopefully this will be fun for all of you who want to see what you can run for a mile (we will run the full mile, not 1600m). Historically this has been a men's field, but women are welcome as well.

Here is the meet information. Contact me with questions. There will be no on-line entry for the mile. You enter by emailing your name, age, and club affiliation.

I have staged a master's mile at our home meets over the past five years and included the results below. Enjoy!

Tom Lyons
San Francisco State University
Head Coach Cross Country
Assistant Coach Track & Field
415-717-6103 (c)

2011
Event 21 Men 1 Mile Run
Name; Team; Finals
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1 Tim Wallen; Tamalpa; 4:58.60
2 Kevin Sawchuk; Oak Hill; 5:00.25
3 Dirk VandePol; Asics Aggies; 5:10.62
4 Scott Schneider; Tamalpa; 5:17.41
5 Ethan Veneklasen; Asics Aggies; 5:39.32

2010
Men 40+ 1 Mile Run
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Name; Team; Finals
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Section 1
1 Jeff Mann; Strawberry TC; 4:34.82
2 Scott Bang; WVJS; 4:53.84
3 Tim Wallen; Tamalpa; 4:55.02
4 Parker Kelly; NB Excelsior; 4:55.92
5 Jonathan Geller; Unattached; 4:58.43
6 Tom Bernhard; NB Excelsior; 5:00.82
7 Patrick LePelch; Tamalpa; 5:05.76
8 Rick Cordes; Unattached; 5:08.71
9 Scott Schneider; Tamalpa; 5:12.56
10 Jim Bordoni WVJS; 5:24.61

2009

Name Age Finals AG
1 Hongo, Jeff 43 4:47.99 83.65%
2 Nauman, Don unk 4:52.14
3 Grove, Robert 41 4:54.80 81.23%
4 Foley, John unk 4:55.30
5 Bernhard, Tom 57 4:57.65 90.61%
6 Kissin, Roy 52 4:58.60 86.62%
7 Bordoni, Jim 56 5:15.40 84.79%
8 Coffey, Tony 46 5:19.73 77.12%

2008
Event 24 Men 1 Mile Run
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Name; Team; Finals Points
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1 Adkins, Jeffrey; Golden West AC; 4:41.25
2 Hongo, Jeff; Asics Aggies; 4:47.83
3 Magallanes, Emil; Aggies; 4:55.85
4 Ewing, Vince; Love Athletics; 4:56.48
5 Kissin, Roy; tamalpa; 4:57.98
6 kollars, steve; Unattached; 5:06.36
7 Gorman, Jim; NB Excelsior; 5:06.87
8 Steedman, Doug; Asics Aggies; 5:08.69
9 Coffey, Tony; Asics Aggies; 5:16.01
10 Gulli, Michael; Unattached; 5:32.55
11 Moran, Thomas; Silver Hornet Tr; 5:35.55

2007
Photo sequence

Mike Fanelli's recap - While Robert Allenby was struggling to hold off Tiger Woods at that "other" event in Augusta, GA, 19 old(er)guys toed that line in San Francisco for the "Masters of the Mile"...in the end, some of 2007's top 40+ outdoor performances to date were born out by great competition on a typically pea-soup foggy San Francisco day...overall champion, Jeff Mann of Reno, NV set a nation leading 2007 master's standard with his exceptional 4:28.39, a fully solo effort over the final 600 meters of this inaugural event. In an effort to level the playing field, awards were determined by using the recently revised "Age Graded Scoring Tables". The age graded winner was 55 year-old Tom Bernhard with a sensational time of 4:55.12, the "open" age equivalent of 4:07.75 at 89.85%

MASTERS OF THE MILE
Saturday, April 7, 2007 11:40 a.m.
conditions: foggy, damp, 62 degrees
San Francisco State University
21 starters
1. Jeff Mann, 43 4:28.39 89.76% SILVER
2. Jeff Adkins, 46 4:35.44 89.52
3. Mike Gottardi, 40 4:36.36 85.23
4. Rob Van Cleve, 40 4:41.66 83.62
5. Tim Wallen, 43 4:44.77 84.60
6. Bill Bushnell, 42 4:45.37 83.79
7. Ray Cruz, 42 4:45.92 83.62
8. Vince Ewing, 42 4:48.37 82.91
9. John Foley, 41 4:53.56 80.84
10. Mark Richtman, 52 4:54.38 87.86
11. Tom Bernhard, 55 4:55.12 89.85 GOLD
12. Roy Kissin, 50 4:58.27 85.34
13. Jim Gorman, 58, 5:03.78 89.54 BRONZE
14. Chris Oakes, 48 5:06.24 81.78
15. Tony Fong, 48 5:09.20 81.00
16. Jim Bordoni, 54 5:10.60 84.66
17. Peter Kirk, 43 5:14.86 76.51
18. Scott Schneider 5:20.02 73.06
19. Peter O'Reilly,48 5:28.75 76.18