PA/USATF Elite
► MTF PA’a Robert Qualls sets record at USATF Masters Mile Champs!
USATF News Release – Indianapolis
June 26, 2023
USATF MASTERS 1 MILE CHAMPIONSHIPS
“Robert Qualls (Reno, Nevada), winner of the 70-74 10 km World Championship at Torun Poland this March, looked to improve on his 2022 second place effort at the 1 Mile Championships. This year Qualls left nothing to chance, going out strong in 2:42 at the halfway point, and holding on for a 5:33, dropping the American record by ten seconds.”
Robert Qualls hails from Reno, NV and is a member of the River City Rebels.
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► RR PAs Jenny Hitchings sets pending WR at London Marathon
Jenny Hitchings has accomplished many things as a runner since turnings 55. She holds 5 American age group records from 5 km to the Marathon. She was the USATF F55-59 Road Runner of the Year in 2018 and 2021. In 2022, she was not only the USATF F55-59 Road Runner of the Year, but she also was the Overall USATF Female Road Runner of the Year and the USATF Masters Athlete of the Year!
Now, she can add a pending World Record to her resume. Last Sunday, at the London Marathon she ran 2:45:27 to smash Krisha Stanton’s existing F55-59 WR of 2:48:06. (The Marathon is the only road racing event that World Masters Athletics recognizes for world records.) Hitchings was also the #2 American woman in the race, beaten only by Open Elite runner Susanna Sullivan, who finished 10th overall.
Jenny turns 60 in July, so Mariko Yugeta’s F60-64 Marathon WR of 2:52:13 and a whole host of American records are probably not long for this world.