The 2010 National Indoor Masters Championship is just a few weeks away. The 3000 meter race walks will be held on Sunday, March 28, 2010 at that Reggie Lewis Facility in Boston MA. The walks are exciting and we may see athletes setting new American Records. Thanks to Bev McCall, here are the American Records as of the first of this year.

USATF MASTERS MEN’S AND WOMEN’S INDOOR RACE WALKING RECORDS
as of January 1, 2010

MASTERS MEN

3000 meters
M35-39  11:29.87   Jonathan Matthews     Boston, MA         1/22/94
M40-44  12:25.9    Ray Funkhouser        Princeton, NJ      1/10/93
M45-49  12:38.71   Don DeNoon            Hillside, IL       2/20/93
M50-54  12:34.9    Don DeNoon            Carbondale, IL     2/04/94
M55-59  13:09.0    Don DeNoon            Carbondale, IL     2/13/99
M60-64  14:22.23   Don Denoon            Boston, MA         3/28/04
M65-69  15:30.50   Paul Johnson          Boston, MA         3/30/03
M70-74  16:07.46   Jack Bray             Boston, MA         3/30/03
M75-79  17:12:80   Jack Bray             Boston, MA         3/30/08
M80-84  20:38:49   Marvin Goldenberg     Boston, MA         3/30/08
M85-89  22:29.58   Bill Patterson        Boston, MA         3/25/01
        22:26.55p  Charles Boyle         Landover, MD       2/28/09

5000 meters
M35-39  19:59.06   Tim Seaman            Boston, MA          2/28/09
M40-44  20:43.20   Jonathan Matthews     Atlanta, GA         2/28/98
M50-54  21:42.71   Donald DeNoon         Atlanta, GA         3/05/94
M55-59  29:37.0    Don DeNoon            Overland Park, KS  12/06/02

MASTERS WOMEN

3000 meters
F35-39  12:36.76   Joanne Dow            New York            2/29/04
F40-44  12:45.05   Joanne Dow            Boston              2/26/06
        12:44.89p  Joanne Dow            Cambridge, MA       2/19/06
F45-49  13:08.40   Teresa Vaill          Boston, MA          2/24/08
F50-54  15:04.35   Gayle Johnson         Parkside, WI        2/10/01
F55-59  16:22.41   Gayle Johnson         Columbia, MO        2/21/04
F60-65  17:15.24   Elton Richardson      New York, NY        2/20/00
F65-69  17:46.25   Ruth Eberle           Carbondale, IL      2/08/97
F70-74  19:08.86   Shirley Dockstader    Boston, MA          3/30/03
F75-79  20:50.00   Kate Marrs            Boston, MA          3/28/04
F80-84  23:08.58   Miriam Gordon         Boston, MA          3/26/06
F85-89  27:11.02   Fan Benno-Caris       Boston, MA          3/28/04

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