Rob Andrew finishes a creditable 5th in the 1500 metres at the World Championships..
Despite a prolonged achilles injury and after finishing as second fastest qualifier in the heats of the 1500m at the World Masters’ Track & Field Championships in Sacramento, USA. BvH member Rob Andrew finished in 5th in the final, in 4:11.6.
Rob was in contention with 300m to go but lack of fitness meant he was not able to get in the medals.
Congratulations to Rob on a fantastic result under the circumstances and BvH are very proud of Rob’s achievement.
Event 592 M45 1500 Meter Run
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Name Age Team Finals
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Finals
1 Schwerkolt, Robert M45 Australia 4:06.91
2 Blackmore, Michael M49 United States 4:08.25
3 Messiter, Sean M45 United States 4:08.82
4 Carnegie, Joe M45 United States 4:09.98
5 Andrew, Robert M48 Great Britain 4:11.61
6 Serafin, Milan M46 Czech Republic 4:12.72
7 Harms, Allan M47 South Africa 4:13.52
8 Muldrew, Shawn M46 Canada 4:13.65
9 Philander, Tobias M47 South Africa 4:14.80
10 Neefs, Marc M46 Belgium 4:17.87
11 Miller, Kevin M49 United States 4:21.02
12 Mann, Jeff M48 United States 4:28.70
13 Bickham, Scott M45 United States 4:32.35
14 Komel, Branimir M49 Slovenia 4:36.98
– Bailey, David M48 United States DNS
– Bourgeois, Gilles M47 Canada DNS
Full details of the championships http://wma2011.com/en/home.htm
Hi Rob Andrew is an old mate of mine from his Solihull AC days
Just found this vid of the M451500 final in Sacramento
if you have not seen it already
Rob
I know you would have won had you been fully fit.
Unfortunately (as I know only too well), being fully fit for each race is impossible and racing against people you know you can beat but lose to because you are injured is hard to take and makes you wonder why you raced in the first place.
But if we only race when we are fully fit we would never bloody race!!!
You did great and injured you still run faster than me.
Andrew
It is great to have a world class athlete in our midst. Rob was 5th in the Final at the Masters World Championships in Sacramento,but on age grading percentage (94.03%) he was 2nd. A truly remarkable performance. Alas,injury/injury niggles tend to be a part of the `territory` when one is a high performing athlete. We know that you would have prepared and trained hard (ie.as far as you were able),and that you would have a winning strategy for the Race — But when you are injured,you are injured and sometimes it just isn`t your day.
I feel sure that you,your Family,your friends and all at BvH have every reason to be proud of your success.
MANY CONGRATULATIONS.
Barrie and Katie
wow
well done rob