Angee Henry-Nott, 45 (unattached/Elkhorn, Neb.) set a world masters record in the women’s 45-49 age group 400-meter dash in 56.14, just eclipsing the previous mark of 56.15 set by Marie Lande Matthieu of Puerto Rico in 2003. Henry-Nott won the 1996 NCAA Indoor and outdoor long jump titles competing for Nebraska.
 
Florence Meiler (Sprinticity/Sherbourne, Vt.),87, set her third American record of the meet winning the women’s 85-89 2,000 steeplechase in 18:55.84. Meiler also set world records in the pentathlon as well as the 80 hurdles during the pentathlon on Thursday.
 
Neringa Jakstiene (unattached/Memphis, Tenn.),57, who won four gold medals at the 2019 World Masters Indoor Championships, continued her winning ways in the women’s 55-59 age group.  Jakstiene, who won the pentathlon Thursday, came back to win titles Friday in the long jump at 15-8.75/4.79m and 80 hurdles in 13.28. She will compete in the triple jump and high jump Saturday.
 
Kay Glynn (unattached/Hastings, Iowa) and Rachel Guest (Southwest Sprinters Track Club/Surprise, Ariz.) also enjoyed productive days claiming two more individual titles in their respective age groups to give each of them three individual titles so far.
 
Glynn, 68, captured the women’s 65-69 80 hurdles (15.93) after earlier winning the long jump at 13-2.75/4.03m. Glynn claimed the 65-69 pentathlon Thursday scoring 3,363 points.
 
Guest, 46, defended her 2019 titles in the women’s 45-49 80 hurdles (12.42 seconds) and long jump (16-8.75/5.10m) Friday after defending her 2019 title in the 45-49 pentathlon Thursday, tallying 3,755 points.
  
Through two days of competition, four world records and seven American records have been set in the meet.  The event has drawn 1,051 athletes from 49 states and the District of Columbia, as well as a record 174 clubs vying for team titles for men, women, and combined.
 
Full results can be found here live.finishtiming.com.
 
The meet continues through Sunday and is open to the public, while also available live on USATF.TV+
 
Saturday’s competition starts at 7:30 a.m.  At 11 a.m., 96-year-old Dixon Hemphill of Fairfax Station, Va., the meet's oldest competitor, begins his events with the 100-meter dash. He will compete in five other events Saturday and Sunday. 

WORLD RECORDS SET  

THURSDAY (3)

• Women’s 86-89 pentathlon — 4,467 points, Florence Meiler
• Women’s 86-89, 60 hurdles/pentathlon — 26.69, Florence Meiler
• Women’s 60-64 hammer throw — 58-4.25, Oneithea Lewis

FRIDAY (1)

• Women’s 45-49 400 — 56.14, Angee Henry-Nott

AMERICAN RECORDS SET

THURSDAY (5)

• Men’s 65-69 3,000 — 10:43.05, Rick Becker
• Women’s 85-89 5,000 — 46:00.64, Tami Graf
• Women’s 85-89 pentathlon — 4,467 points, Florence Meiler
• Women’s 85-89, 60 hurdles/pentathlon — 26.69, Florence Meiler
• Women’s 60-64 hammer throw — 58-4.25, Oneithea Lewis

FRIDAY (2)

• Women’s 85-89 2,000 steeplechase —18:55.84, Florence Meiler
• Women’s 45-49 400 — 56.14, Angee Henry-Nott

 
Contributed by Mike Mahon

Photo by Ka’Deem Wynn