USATF Masters Championships Report

By Tom Langenfeld

Susan Loyd of Edina is off to a good start at the USATF national masters indoor championships.  She won the women's 55 400m yesterday in 1:13.40.  The 400m preliminaries were run in sections against time.  The top three finishers were in Susan’s section.   She qualified for the finals in the 60m this morning, running second in her heat and the fourth best time overall.  Her final is scheduled for 10:44 AM our time this morning, which I mention because all races are being webcast live HERE.

Lance Elliott of Edina will go in the M40 mile at 1:55 this afternoon.

Jim Schoffman was ninth in the M55 400m yesterday.  Thom Weddle DNFed in the M70 3000m.

Donald Sazima, long-time Central Michigan University track coach, and now a Minnetonka resident, competed in the M80 pentathlon yesterday – but I haven’t seen the pentathlon results yet.  He’s 84.