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Lead Stories: Friday, December 5, 2008

Lois Ann Gilmore named Masters Athlete of the Year

Posted November 30th, 2007 at 9:00 AM by Martha Jones

Section: News & Results, Masters

Lois Ann Gilmore of Janesville, Wis., one of the most successful and prolific age-graded masters distance runners in history and a survivor of two life-threatening illnesses, on Thursday was named USA Track & Field’s Masters Athlete of the Year. The announcement was made by the Masters Long Distance Running and Track & Field Committees at USATF’s Annual Meeting in Honolulu.

Gilmore, 77, has run 54 road races to date this year, at distances from 5 km to 15 km. Her accomplishments have included an American record time of 26:01 for 5 km, which has been the distance at which she has found the most success.

More than a decade ago, age-grade standards were established which enabled the performances by athletes in different age groups to be compared. Using the tables, performances at a given age are assigned a percentile to indicate where it would rank on a scale of 1-100. Out of Gilmore’s 54 road races this year, a remarkable 35 of them are 90% or above.
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