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Lead Stories: Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Maine entrants competing at the USA Masters Champs

Posted July 30th, 2007 at 8:00 AM by Jeanie Rebb

Section: News & Results, Masters

More than 20 Maine residents are slated to compete at this week’s 2007 USA Masters Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Orono, Maine, giving the meet a terrific local flavor.

Held this year from August 2-5, the USA Masters Outdoor Championships annually showcases extraordinary demonstrations of speed, power, skill and endurance by many of the world’s finest masters track and field athletes, proving that age is no barrier to lifetime fitness. Athletes compete in five-year age divisions, beginning at age 30. In 2007, the meet will be webcast live at www.usatf.org

Maine residents slated to compete include William Donnell, 75 from Sedgwick, a sawmill operator competing in the hammer throw, and Doug Allen, 66 from Orono, a Yale track standout in the 1960’s, now University of Maine philosophy professor, competing in M65 5,000m. Reverend Richard Camp, 70, Freeport, will compete in the 100m, 200m and discus. Camp was a member of the world record indoor

4×200m relay team (M70-79) this past winter and won the 65-69 100m dash at the 2003 Penn Relays.
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