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Coordinates: 29°37′37″N 82°23′41″W / 29.626890556085083°N 82.3947387812755°W / 29.626890556085083; -82.3947387812755 (Alachua County Sports & Events Center)
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2025 World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships
Dates23-30 March 2025
Host cityGainesville, Florida, USA
VenueAlachua County Sports & Events Center
LevelMasters
TypeIndoor
Participationover 3,700[1] athletes from
98 [1] nations
Official websitehttps://wmaci2025.com/
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29°37′37″N 82°23′41″W / 29.626890556085083°N 82.3947387812755°W / 29.626890556085083; -82.3947387812755 (Alachua County Sports & Events Center)

Indoor 6-lane banked track
200-meter outdoor warmup track

2025 World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships is the tenth in a series of World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships (also called World Masters Athletics Championships Indoor, or WMACi). This is the first time in this series that the competition is held in the United States. [2] This tenth edition took place in Gainesville, Florida, USA, from 23 to 30 March 2025. [3]

The main venue is the newly constructed Alachua County Sports & Events Center, [4] [5] which had its opening on June 10, 2023, [6] with the indoor track dedicated to the late Jimmy Carnes. [7] It is a banked six-lane track [8] where the turns are raised to neutralize the centrifugal force of athletes running the curves, [9] and may be the fastest indoor track in the world. [10] A site at West End hosts javelin throw, hammer throw and discus throw, [11] as well as cross country. [12] [13] A 4-lane 200-meter outdoor straightaway warmup track is located less than a quarter mile from the Alachua County Sports & Events Center. Opening ceremonies included the customary Olympics-style Parade of Nations, with performances by the Gainesville Orchestra and Dance Alive National Ballet. [14]

This Championships is organized by World Masters Athletics (WMA) in coordination with Alachua County Local Organizing Committee (LOC). [8] [15] The WMA is the global governing body of the sport of athletics for athletes 35 years of age or older, setting rules for masters athletics competition. [16]

A full range of indoor track and field events were held, [17] for a total of 24 events. [18]

World Records

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Complete results were compiled by halfmiletiming, [19] and summarized at WMACi2025. [20] Official world records for each event are archived at WMA. [21] [22] [23]

Several masters world records were set at this Indoor Championships; these are listed below. [24]

Women

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Event Athlete(s) Nationality Performance
W90 60 Meters Hurdles Florence Meiler[25] [26] [27] [28] [29]  USA
23.62
W65 200 Meters Marie-Lande Mathieu  PUR
W70 200 Meters Wendy Alexis[30] [31] [32] [29] [33]  CAN
W80 200 Meters Carol LaFayette-Boyd[34] [26]  CAN
W50 400 Meters Helen Hermundstad[35]  USA
W55 400 Meters Janelle Delaney[36] [35]  AUS
W65 400 Meters Edel Maguire on YouTube[37] [35]  IRL
W70 3000 Meters Nora Cary[38] [28]  USA
W75 3000 Meters Sarah Roberts[39] [38]  GBR
W90 High Jump Florence Meiler[26] [29] [27] [28]  USA
0.90
W60 Long Jump Neringa Jakstiene[40] [29] [28] [26]  USA
W90 Triple Jump Florence Meiler[35] [28]  USA
4.50
W90 Pole Vault Florence Meiler[28]  USA
1.37
W90 Pentathlon Florence Meiler[27] [28] [26] [29]  USA
2531
W60 Hammer Throw Claudine Cacaut[41] [42]  FRA
W75 Weight Throw Myrle Mensey[26] [29] [40] [28]  USA
16.82
W55 4 x 200 Meters Relay Richelle Ingram(55), Julie Brims(59), Lenorë Lambert(55), Janelle Delaney(55)[36]  AUS
1:52.64
W65 4 x 200 Meters Relay Carol LaFayette-Boyd(82), Renata Macherzynska(66), Karla Del Grande(71), Wendy Alexis(70)  CAN
2:07.42

Men

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Event Athlete(s) Nationality Performance
M80 60 Meters Kenton Brown[41] [42] [28]  USA
8.76
M70 60 Meters Hurdles Ward Hazen[43]  CAN
9.37
M90 200 Meters Radnaa Tseren[29]  MGL
M55 400 Meters Tim Munnings[44] [45] [35]  BAH
M60 400 Meters Roland Gröger on YouTube[35]  GER
M85 1500 Meters Jean-Louis Esnault[46] [33]  FRA
M90 1500 Meters Radnaa Tseren  MGL
M50 3000 Meters Francis Kipkoech Bowen on YouTube[47] [48] [49] [41] [42]  KEN
M85 3000 Meters Jean-Louis Esnault[33]  FRA
M50 3000 Meters Race Walk Erick Maugo Sikuku[50]  KEN
12:34.20
M55 Triple Jump Salem Alahmadi  KSA

Mixed

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Event Athlete(s) Nationality Performance
35 4 x 200 Meters Relay Rasheta Butler(36), Trey Orchard(36), Edouard Ndecky(35), Ethan Mignard(36)  USA
1:36.71
40 4 x 200 Meters Relay Easter Grant(41), Amanda O’Connor(40), Keith Major(40), Antoine Echols(42)  USA
1:35.25
45 4 x 200 Meters Relay Sandra Halvatzis(45), Amanda Roberts(47), Michael Blunt(47), Jassiel Torres(47)  USA
1:38.58
50 4 x 200 Meters Relay Christina Yarmul(51), Allison Murphy(53), Rawle DeLisle(50), Peter Haack(50) on YouTube  USA
1:44.64
55 4 x 200 Meters Relay Emmanuelle McGowan(56), Andrea Collier(58), Greg Cook(55), Lee Bridges(58)  USA
1:48.14
60 4 x 200 Meters Relay Sue McDonald(61), Shemayne Williams(62), Francois Boda(60), John Campbell(61)  USA
1:52.82
65 4 x 200 Meters Relay Karen Maxwell(66), Elizabeth Deak(67), Willie Spruill(66), Brent Cottong(67)  USA
2:01.53
70 4 x 200 Meters Relay Gail Johns-Rees(70), Claudia Simpson(71), Thomas Jones(71), Ron Stevens(71)  USA
2:06.61
75 4 x 200 Meters Relay Joan McMullan(75), Mary Hartzler(75), Roger Parnell(75), N.Z. Bryant Jr(75)  USA
2:27.98
80 4 x 200 Meters Relay Mary Robinson(83), Willy Moolenaar(84), William Keesling(84), Roger Pierce(80)  USA
3:04.07

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