If you follow master’s track and field, it’s hard to miss Sue McDonald’s astonishing accomplishments this season, including eight world records in the 60-64 women’s age group—seven ratified, one pending.
Having recently snatched world records in the indoor 800 meters (2:25.72) and indoor 1,500 meters (5:08.88), McDonald was unstoppable chasing outdoors records, too: 400 meter (62.34), 800 meter (2:22.52), 1,500 meter (5:04.27), mile (5:28.02), and 300 meter (48.89) at several Southern California track meets and the 2023 USATF Masters Outdoor Championships in July.
To add to her dazzling record collection, on August 13th at Mount SAC College in Walnut, California, McDonald finished the heptathlon with a world record point total of 6,269, improving on the previous world record of 5,815. (If you’re dying to know, here is how you score in heptathlon.)
“I’m Not Surprised I’m Getting Faster in My 60s”
Sue McDonald is a masters runner, mom, and coach. “Before the event this past weekend, I had not competed in the heptathlon for 27 years!” McDonald laughed. “I was able to get in one javelin…
