It started with the first race. Early Thursday morning, Kathy Martin, 61, a New York realtor with a long list of masterstitles, smashed the American 60+ record for 10,000 meters. Her time of 41:10.57 took more than 33 seconds off the previous record.

Four days later, by the close of the USA Masters Outdoors Championships in Olathe, Kansas, where more than 1,000 athletes ages 30 to 95 competed, 19 more records had fallen, bringing the meet total to 20, including seven world and 13 American marks.

Stealing headlines on day two was Orville Rogers, 95 (pictured). The Dallas grandfather, wearing patriotic red, white and blue shorts, shattered the 400-meter world record for men 95-99 by 16 seconds, running 2:21.82.

“I don’t have a lot of competition when I run,” Rogers said in an interview with USATF earlier this year after setting five world records at events from 200 through 3000 meters at the indoor championships. “My times are a testament to the way I train.”

Rogers runs three days a week, cross-trains with weights, and uses as his go-to speed session 100-meter repeats with 200-meter rests for two miles.

In the final day of competition yesterday, the men’s 200 brought spectators to their feet. Rivals Oscar Peyton, 60, of Accokeek, Maryland, and Bill Collins, 62, from Houston, Texas, ran stride for stride into a strong headwind. In the end, Peyton beat both his competitor and the wind to win in 24.32, .06 ahead of Collins, setting a new American record.

“Bill smoked me Saturday, so I decided to run my own race and finish strong,” said Peyton, referring to Collins' win in the 100 the day before.



Williams Platts, 85, emerged as the meet's most decorated athlete. The Boise, Idaho resident claimed two world records (men’s pentathlon and men’s javelin), one American record (men’s javelin pentathlon) and won five national titles (pentathlon, javelin, long jump, discus and 100).



Closing the meet in record-setting fashion were two teams in the men’s shuttle hurdle relay. Mark Williamson, Robert Stanley, Jeff Brower, and Kerry Sloan set a new American mark for men 50-59 in 1:03.20, and Randall Olson, Jim Dolezal, Rederick Monesmith and Max Siu ran 1:16.53 to capture the men’s 60-69 American record.



Here's a complete list of the world and American records set at the USA Masters Outdoor Championship, July 11 to 14.



WR: William Platts (M85), pentathlon, 4,624

WR: Kip Janvrin (M48), pentathlon, 4,079

WR: Orville Rogers (M95), 400m, 2:21.82

WR: William Bell, Sr. (M91), pole vault, 2.05m/6-8.75

WR: Williams Platts (M85), javelin, 36.99m/121-4

WR: Grace Padilla, Lisa Ryan, Jennifer Burke, Sonja Friend-Uhl (W40-49), 4x800m, 9:18.33

WR: Gary Sims, Charles Rose, Mack Stewart, Robert Lida (M70-79) 4x400m, 4:54.64

AR: Kathryn Martin (W61), 10,000m, 41:10.57

AR: William Platts (M85), pentathlon javelin, 36.55m/119-11

AR: Charles Allie (M65), 400m, 56.90

AR: Don Isett (M74), pole vault, 3.24m/10-7.5

AR: Linda Cohn (W60), javelin, 36.84m/120-10

AR: Carol Finsrud (W56), discus, 40.62m/133-3

AR: Gary Hunter (M57), pole vault 4.36m/14-3.5

AR: Oscar Peyton (M60), 200m, 24.32

AR: Gwendolyn Wentland (W41), high jump, 1.77m/5-9.75

AR: Myrle Mensey (W64), weight throw, 16.93m/55-6

AR: Marilyn Coleman (W38), weight throw, 14.70m/48-2

AR: Mark Williamson, Robert Stanley, Jeff Brower, Kerry Sloan (M50-59), shuttle hurdle relay, 1:03.20

AR: Randall Olson, Jim Dolezal, Rederick Monesmith, Max Siu (M60-69), shuttle hurdle relay, 1:16.53

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