After setting four world records in a couple weeks, what does W65 Karla del Grande do to relax? On Saturday, she jumped into a masters exhibition 100 and lowered her own WR anew. Competing at the NACAC Senior (Kiddie) Championships in Toronto, Karla rode a legal wind to a sizzling 13.91 clocking for third (behind a W40 and W45). Minutes later, M50 Chris Warburton won the men’s race in 11.72 (thanks to an illegal wind of 3 mps.) Also contested were men’s and women’s 800s. And in the open women’s 100, W35 Tahesia Harrigan-Scott of British Virgin Islands clocked a legal 11.61. (She also has a 11.57 this year.)
On Sunday, Karla replied to my congratulatory message: “The NACAC masters exhibition races were invitationals arranged by CMA. They were on the newly resurfaced track at Varsity Stadium which will be used for NCCWMA (I think) and WMA Toronto 2020 (for sure). Doug Smith took pictures. It was great to chase the younger women, and to be seen by some young team mates from my club, and some young kids I have coached, who were there to watch our Canadian elites. I think it’s important to showcase Masters and hopefully interest more people in participating.”
Video of Karla’s race is available, but you have to pay for it. Anyone else have it?
Here are the masters results (and kudos to Delta Timing Group for listing everyone’s age!):
Event 201 Women 100 M Masters
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Sponsor: CMA
Comp# Name Age Team Final Wind
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Final
1 #1703 Khama Beckles 43 Masters 13.06 0.6
2 #1716 Violeta Garfunkel 45 Masters 13.53 0.6
3 #1710 Karla Delgrande 65 Masters 13.91 0.6
4 #1720 Debbie King 42 Masters 14.02 0.6
5 #1742 Debbie Zinman 49 Masters 14.39 0.6
6 #1723 Renata Macherzynsk 60 Masters 14.74 0.6
— #1700 Wendy Alexis 63 Masters DNS 0.6
— #1738 Marsha Thompson 47 Masters DNS 0.6
Event 202 Men 100 M Masters
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Sponsor: CMA
Comp# Name Age Team Final Wind
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Final
1 #1740 Chris Warburton 52 Masters 11.72 3.0
2 #1717 Newton Grey 53 Masters 11.88 3.0
3 #1722 Chris Lemassif 51 Masters 12.01 3.0
4 #1719 Tit (Jonathan) Hui 47 Masters 12.10 3.0
5 #1704 Matt Beechey 47 Masters 12.74 3.0
6 #1439 Michael Lee Foon Masters 12.76 3.0
— #1709 Bryce Coad 41 Masters DNS 3.0
Event 207 Women 800 M Masters
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Sponsor: CMA
One-turn Stagger; 2 athletes per lane as needed
Comp# Name Age Team Final
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Final
1 #1733 Jennifer Schnidler 35 Masters 2:25.35
1:11.447 (1:11.447) 2:25.347 (1:13.900)
2 #1708 Michelle Clarke 44 Masters 2:25.63
1:11.135 (1:11.135) 2:25.624 (1:14.490)
3 #1734 Leanne Shafir 48 Masters 2:27.83
1:12.353 (1:12.353) 2:27.823 (1:15.470)
4 #1707 Nancy Catton 50 Masters 2:29.08
1:12.857 (1:12.857) 2:29.080 (1:16.224)
5 #1724 Liz Maguire 52 Masters 2:29.11
1:12.586 (1:12.586) 2:29.101 (1:16.516)
6 #1702 Amy Ballon 48 Masters 2:29.24
1:13.546 (1:13.546) 2:29.238 (1:15.693)
7 #1732 Tanya Sakharov 37 Masters 2:31.25
1:13.349 (1:13.349) 2:31.243 (1:17.895)
8 #1705 Jamie Boisclair 40 Masters 2:36.04
1:15.304 (1:15.304) 2:36.035 (1:20.731)
9 #1731 Jodi Rice 48 Masters 2:43.70
1:14.975 (1:14.975) 2:43.697 (1:28.723)
Event 208 Men 800 M Masters
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Sponsor: CMA
One-turn Stagger; 2 athletes per lane as needed
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Final
1 #1701 Ian Aseltine 37 Masters 2:01.82
1:00.151 (1:00.151) 2:01.816 (1:01.665)
2 #1712 Jim Dyck 52 Masters 2:04.69
1:01.756 (1:01.756) 2:04.690 (1:02.935)
3 #1737 Dave Tepper 43 Masters 2:04.75
1:01.592 (1:01.592) 2:04.744 (1:03.153)
4 #1735 Mike Sherar 54 Masters 2:05.63
1:02.157 (1:02.157) 2:05.630 (1:03.474)
5 #1726 Sheldon Mirco 42 Masters 2:06.39
59.537 (59.537) 2:06.382 (1:06.846)
6 #1706 Jay Brecher 44 Masters 2:06.48
1:01.580 (1:01.580) 2:06.480 (1:04.900)
7 #1727 Paul Osland 54 Masters 2:08.27
1:03.027 (1:03.027) 2:08.261 (1:05.234)
8 #1741 Bill Wells 43 Masters 2:08.41
1:02.311 (1:02.311) 2:08.408 (1:06.097)
9 #1729 Mark Pinckard 56 Masters 2:10.07
1:04.030 (1:04.030) 2:10.061 (1:06.031)
10 #1730 Simon Rayner 53 Masters 2:10.94
1:03.777 (1:03.777) 2:10.934 (1:07.157)
11 #1728 Geoff Peat 54 Masters 2:12.51
1:04.213 (1:04.213) 2:12.503 (1:08.290)
12 #1725 Anthony McIsaac 53 Masters 2:13.16
1:02.702 (1:02.702) 2:13.159 (1:10.457)
— #1711 Patrice Doucet 46 Masters DNF
— #1714 Claude Faucher 50 Masters DNS
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So extremely fast she is!
As I understand things, Karla is a converted road runner who discovered the sprints later in life. She has wonderful form (see the photo in Ken’s other recent post about her) and can really roll, as evidenced by the 13.91 here and the 28.53 in the 200 a bit earlier. You can do a prolonged search in both Canada and the US and will find exactly 0 people who have anything bad to say about her. Conversely, there are huge numbers of people who will remark on her kindness, pleasant manner, and so forth.