Raschker named Athlete of the Week

Raschker named Athlete of the Week

INDIANAPOLIS - All-time Masters track and field great Phil Raschker has been named USA Track & Field's Athlete of the Week after winning 10 medals at the recently concluded 2010 World Indoor Masters Athletics Championships in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada.

Raschker, a tax accountant from Marietta, Ga., finished the meet with seven gold medals, two silver medals and one bronze in the W60 age group. On Saturday, the final day of the event, she won the 400m in 75.60 seconds, and anchored her 4x200m relay team to a bronze medal with a split of 30.8 seconds. Her eight other medal winning performances in the W60 age group are listed below:


60m: 9.25 seconds (Silver)

200m: 31.19 seconds (Gold)



60m Hurdles: 10.40 seconds (Gold)

High Jump: 1.29 meters/4 feet 2.75 inches (Silver)



Pole Vault: 2.40m/70in50 (Gold)



Long Jump: 4.19m/13-9 (Gold)



Triple Jump: 9.03m/290in50 (Gold)



Indoor Pentathlon: 4,532 points (Gold - won 4 of the 5 separate events)



Now in its ninth year, USATF's Athlete of the Week program is designed to recognize outstanding performers at all levels of the sport. USATF names a new honoree each week and features the athlete on the USATF website. Selections are based on top performances and results from the previous week.


Winners: January 13, Jen Clayton; January 20, Shalane Flanagan; January 27, Nolan Shaheed; February 3, Bernard Lagat; February 10, Bernard Lagat; February 17, Shalane Flanagan; February 24, Amber Campbell; March 3, Amber Campbell; March 10, Phil Raschker.



BEST MARKS WEEK ENDING MARCH 7

MEN

60 - 6.61 Maurice Mitchell (Florida State) - Blacksburg, VA 3/6
200 - 20.97 Trey Harts (Baylor) - Fayetteville, AR 3/5
400 - 46.46 Michael Courtney (Sam Houston State) - Fayetteville, AR 3/5
800 - 1:47.45ot Zach Mellon (Wisconsin) - Notre Dame, IN 3/6
Mile - 3:57.87ot Ben Blankenship (Minnesota) - Seattle, WA 3/6
3000 - 8:00/19ot Maverick Darling (Wisconsin) - Notre Dame, IN 3/6
5000 - 13:47.16ot Chris Barnicle (New Mexico) - Notre Dame, IN 3/5
60H - 7.74 Dominic Devaud (UMBC) - Boston, MA 3/6
HJ - 2.24/70in25 Jamie Nieto (unattached) - Weinheim, GER 3/5
PV - 5.52/180in25 Derek Miles (Nike) - Donetsk, UKR 3/6
LJ - 7.83/250in25 Bobby Carter (Nebraska) - Ames, IA 3/6
TJ - 15.93/520in25 Aaron LaGarde (Georgia) - Blacksburg, VA 3/6
SP - 19.01/620in5 Jacob Thormaehlen (Texas) - Fayetteville, AR 3/5
WT - 21.08/69-2 J.C. Lambert (Southern Illinois) - Fayetteville, AR 3/5
Hept - 5861 Jake Arnold (Asics) - Bloomington, IN 3/7

WOMEN

60 - 7.24 Takeia Pinckney (LSU) - Baton Rouge, LA 3/5
200 - 23.83 Sarah Matthew (Stanford) - Fayetteville, AR 3/5
400 - 53.08 Jernail Hayes (Seton Hall) - Boston, MA 3/7
800 - 2:04.73ot Lea Wallace (Sacramento State) - Seattle, WA 3/6
Mile - 4:37.17 Keri Bland (West Virginia) - New York, NY 3/5
3000 - 9:08.74ot Mel Lawrence (Washington) - Seattle, WA 3/6
5000 - 16:09.19ot Amanda Goetschius (Charlotte) - Notre Dame, IN 3/5
60H - 7.96 Ginnie Powell (Nike) - Lievin, FRA 3/5
HJ - 1.86/60in25 Epley Bullock (Nebraska) - Ames, IA 3/6
PV - 4.50/14-9 Chelsea Johnson (Nike) - Donetsk, UKR 3/6
LJ - 6.34/200in75 Whitney Gipson (TCU) - Fayetteville, AR 3/5
TJ - 13.17/430in5 Neidra Covington (TCU) - Fayetteville, AR 3/5
SP - 17.46/57-3.5 Ashley Muffet (Kentucky) - Blacksburg, VA 3/6
WT - 22.13/72-7.25 D'Ana McCarty (Louisville) - Blacksburg, VA 3/6
Pent - 4544 Diana Pickler (Asics) - Bloomington, IN 3/6

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