World Record alert: new indoor mile WR for 85-year-old D.C. man
23 world records and 21 American records went down at the USATF Masters Indoor Championships in North Carolina on the weekend. Photo: USATF
It was a big weekend for the indoor mile. Ino Cantu, 85, of the Potomac Valley Track Club in Washington, D.C. set a new indoor mile world record for his age group at the 2019 USATF Masters Indoor Championships in Winston-Salem, N.C. on Saturday. Cantu’s time was 7:47, 45 seconds faster than the previous record. The following day, he set an American record in the 800m (3:38.62). Altogether, 23 new world records and 21 American records were set at the meet.
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Cantu also holds the world record for men 80-84 in the 400m.
USATF Masters Indoor Championships conclude with 20 World Records, 21 American records
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Another senior superstar, Betty Lindberg of Atlanta, Georgia, set an American record in the 200m for age 90-94 with her 1:15.77 finish. Lindberg set the 80-84 800m record back in 2016.
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