Here are the results for all masters and sub-masters athletes this
summer.  Recently, the governing bodies made the age divisions the
same for men and women:  masters are 35 and over, ages 30-34 are
sub-masters.  

After the name and age are three columns: the actual performance, the
age-graded performance, and the rank in percent.  (To use the WAVA
tables, I had to add 0.24 sec to the times for to "convert" to FAT.)
The latter two entries are based on tables produced by National Master
News which attempted statistically to figure out how much track and
field performance in each event declined with age, and then to figure
out a set of factors from which one can predict how fast/far the
actual performance would have been at age 25 -- 30 years.  The rank is
simply the percent of the predicted world record performance for the
athletes actual age.  The rank can be used to compare performances of
both men and women of any age in any event.  I am using the most
recent WAVA tables, so numbers for the same performance differ
slightly from those for years before 2007.

Obviously, this is on somewhat shaky ground statistically, but as long
as one does not push the tables to extremes in age or performance, the
system seems to work fairly well.  Whether a 20.5 second 100 meters by
a 101 year old man is really a better performance than Usain Bolt's
world record, I cannot say: how many 101 year olds have ever run 100
meters?

Anyway, masters athletes can have fun with it!  The calculator is
available at:
http://www.howardgrubb.co.uk/athletics/wmalookup06.html

People who rank above 80% usually compete well in National-level
masters meets.

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June 19, 2008

                      age   actual  age-graded    rank
100 METER
Stan Weinberger       77 M    15.9    11.63       84.15

MILE
Paul Perry            63 M  5:23.5    4:13.4      87.86
Matt Haffner          45 M  5:35.2*   5:05.0      72.98   (1600m: 5:33.0)
Phillip Pillin        46 M  6:00.0*   5:25.0      68.49   (1600m: 5:57.6)

2 MILE
Matt Haffner          45 M 12:04.4*   10:59.0     72.00   (3200m: 11:59.9)

* means converted from similar distance.  Actual preformance and
  distance are give in the last column.
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June 26, 2008

100 METER
Cherylyn Gooch        50 F    14.0    12.18       86.15
Stanley Weinberger    77 M    15.7    11.49       85.21
Steve Maas            38 M    13.8    13.60       72.00

200 METER
Jackie Mister         46 F    30.2    26.72       79.86
Cherylyn Gooch        50 F    31.9    26.94       79.21

600 METER
J. C. Shenk           65 M  1:58.3    1:32.51     77.99
Lee Bridges           41 M  1:41.4    1:34.97     75.97

1500 METER
Paul Perry            63 M  5:06.5    3:54.8      87.74

3000 METER
Art Baker             45 M 12:31.1   11:23.0      64.38
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July 3, 2008

100 METER
Steve Maas            38 M    13.5    13.31       73.58

400 METER
Scott Kogen           43 M    58.7    53.86       80.17

MILE RUN
Paul Perry            63 M  5:35.2    4:22.5      84.79
Marc ?                43 M  6:09.6    5:41.5      65.18
Tim Belton            59 M  7:02.0    5:42.4      65.02
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July 17, 2008

100 METER 
Stan Weinberger       77 M    15.5    11.35       86.29
Nathaniel Williams    40 M    12.1    11.78       83.12
Keven Allen           50 M    14.5    13.14       74.48
Steve Maas            38 M    13.7    13.50       72.52

400 METER
Scott Kogen           43 M    57.8    53.13       81.27
Keven Allen           50 M    67.7    59.23       72.90

MILE RUN
Paul Perry            63 M  5:39.2   4:25.7       83.79
Tim Belton            59 M  6:56.0   5:37.5       65.96        
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July 24, 2008

100 METER
Cherylyn Gooch        51 F  14.3      12.31       85.22
Jacklyn Mister        47 F  14.2      12.75       82.25

200 METER
Willie Johnson        48 M  25.4      22.42       86.16
Cherylyn Gooch        51 F  31.6      26.40       80.82
Jacklyn Mister        47 F  31.2      27.29       78.21

800 METER
Scott Kogen           43 M  2:16.3  2:06.22       80.11
Stan Vinson           56 M  2:37.0  2:09.95       77.80

1500 METER
Paul Perry            63 M  5:13.5   4:00.1       85.78
Tim Belton            59 M  6:14.0   4:55.9       69.62
Ed Ernst              50 M  5:51.0   5:00.0       68.67  
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Our Masters top 5 performances for the year were:

Paul Perry      mile run      87.86   June 19
Paul Perry      1500 meter    87.74   June 26
Stan Weinberger 100 meter     86.29   July 17
Cherylyn Gooch  100 meter     86.15   June 26
Willie Johnson  200 meter     86.16   July 24