Top five women in 1500m race walk, W60 age group, including Shea Darian (second from left) who set a new NSGA record. Photo by Bonnie Parrish-Kell.
The competition took place on Saturday, June 15 at the University of New Mexico track and field stadium. Under sunny skies and warm temperatures, 74 women took to the start line to fulfill their dreams of winning medals, achieving personal bests, or simply reaching the starting line after months of training.
Shea Darian of Arizona, seen above wearing salmon-colored shorts, set a new unofficial record for women 60-64 with a time of 8:31.2. The previous record of 8:37.46 was set in 2007 by Yoko Eichel who took gold in the women’s 70-74 race. Shea’s record time is pending until USA Track & Field, the sanctioning body for race walk, officially certifies the results.
Listed below are the results for each five-year age group by last name, first name, state, and time:
Women 50-54
1
OWENS, Mandy
NM
09:20.3
2
CAFFREY, MANNA
KS
10:44.3
3
BARKLEY, Darly
NM
11:02.1
4
BUFE, Gina
MO
12:18.7
5
MEIERHENRY, Mary
SD
12:46.5
6
RAMIREZ, Charlene
NM
14:03.1
Women 55-59
1
DRAELOS, Laura
NM
08:33.8
2
POSTENRIEDER, Linda
WA
08:46.9
3
DUPLICHAIN, Barbara
MS
08:54.4
4
HALEY, Sharon
FL
09:28.3
5
McCARTER, Martha
KS
09:55.2
6
HOWARD, Teresa
NC
09:59.2
7
SMITH, Brenda
FL
10:02.0
8
RUPPRECHT, Beth
NC
10:35.0
9
ANDERSON, Roberta
MI
11:23.6
10
SHEPARD, Elisabeth
CO
11:27.9
11
COYLE, Jaculin
WI
11:40.4
12
GARDNER, Mary
MD
11:47.3
13
ROGERS, Geraldine
NY
12:46.7
14
BEYAL, Cheryl
NC
13:55.8
15
VANCE, Sandra
TN
16:22.5
Women 60-64
1
DARIAN, Shea (New Record*)
AZ
08:31.2
2
SEGELL, Kerri
NM
09:23.0
3
HEGSTROM, Ann
IA
09:57.4
4
KINSEY, Helen
IN
10:01.1
5
BRYANT, Rebecca
MS
10:12.0
6
CASON, Barbara
FL
10:39.4
7
DOYLE, Ruth
NM
10:48.3
8
MCPHEE, Ann
NM
10:54.9
9
TONSITS, Amy
GA
11:14.9
10
RUSSELL, Marlou
CA
11:29.4
11
CRAIG, Kathleen
AL
11:59.8
12
MORSE-SANCHEZ, Jean
NM
12:05.2
13
GOOD, Katherine
VA
12:07.6
14
HALL, Teresa
MD
14:17.7
15
PARRISH-KELL, Bonnie
NV
15:07.5
Women 65-69
1
SWISHER, Karen
KS
09:07.8
2
FIGONE, Joanne
CA
09:29.5
3
FREUND, Joanne
PA
09:35.1
4
CLARK, Wendy
CA
10:01.7
5
HARSH, M. ANN
FL
10:02.2
6
PIECHOTA, Sue
NY
10:02.3
7
MACIAS-HOWARD, Anita
MN
10:12.4
8
CHAVEZ MYERS, Virginia
NM
10:16.2
9
HARTMANN, Sandra
FL
10:30.9
10
CLARK, Marilyn
IL
10:50.2
11
SLICK, Katherine
DC
10:57.5
12
SAFAVI, Patricia
WI
11:07.6
13
MULLIS-DUBOW, Trenice
GA
11:27.4
14
MCCOY, Maggie
KS
11:41.1
15
FLORES, Silvia
NM
12:46.3
16
MAY, Bunny
VA
13:38.6
Women 70-74
1
EICHEL, Yoko
CA
09:58.6
2
ISHAM, Anne
NM
10:36.8
3
MCLEOD, Cathy
OH
11:00.0
4
HERMAN, Leslie
NM
11:00.3
5
DOOLEY, Janet
NM
11:24.4
6
BURGESS, Elizabeth
NM
12:05.5
7
MEREDITH, Sharon
TX
12:29.7
Women 75-79
1
DYAR, Carol
CA
10:56.1
2
BISHOP, Marion
WY
10:59.6
3
GONZALES, Donna
MS
11:22.6
4
POPELL, Catherine
CA
11:51.0
5
KESSLER, Merrilynn
PA
12:11.7
6
JACKOBS, Miriam
OH
12:11.7
7
HULTS, Sandra
FL
13:42.2
8
GRAVES, Claudia
FL
14:02.4
9
GREGORY, Hazel
WA
15:18.8
10
CRAWLEY, Brenda
IL
17:13.9
Women 80-84
1
LARRAGOITE, Marjorie
NM
13:23.2
2
HODGE, Peggy
NC
13:33.3
3
HALLER, Julie
KS
15:13.9
Women 85-89
1
WAHBA, Grace
WI
18:34.2
Women 90-94
1
KARSTEN, Phyllis
CA
18:00.0
For results in the men’s 1500m race walk and other sports, visit NSGA.com/results.
