The World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships (WMAIC) that brought the local athletic community and 99 nations together in Gainesville last week has come to a close. 

This year’s competition, held at the Alachua County Sports and Events Center and West End, marked the WMAIC’s first appearance in the U.S. since its inaugural meet in 2004. The event saw 1,457 Americans running, jumping and throwing—nearly six times the 252 Americans who competed at the 2023 WMAIC in Poland. 

Team USA came away from the meet with a dominant win, earning 557 combined medals for men and women (185 gold, 190 silver and 182 bronze) over Great Britian and Northern Ireland’s second place of 93 total medals. Athletes broke nearly 70 championship records and at least 19 world records during the eight-day competition. 

Twenty-three members of Team USA were Alachua County residents, including WMAIC 200-meter champion and 60-meter bronze medalist Amanda Roberts.  

Here’s a round-up of all Alachua County WMAIC competitors organized alphabetically in their age group. Their times and marks are followed by their overall and nationality place and are from a finals race unless marked as prelim or semi-final. 

Women 

35-39 

LaKendra Cook 
400m 
1 minute,16.42 seconds (prelim) 
Overall: 9^th place out of 10 runners 
American: 5^th out of 5 

Ami McClay 
10-Kilometer road race 
40:36.95 
Overall: 6/12 
American: 2/5 

40-44 

Lindsay Courson 
10K road race 
52:04.20 
Overall: 16/16 
American: 9/9  

8K cross country 
44:44.06 
Overall: 13/13 
American: 6/6  

Lisa Johnson 
8K cross country 
Did Not Start (DNS) 

Elizabeth Suda 
3000m 
10:35.48 
Overall: 4/7 
American: 3/4 

45-49 

Amanda Roberts 
200m 
25.68 seconds 
Overall: 1/6 
American: 1/4 

60m 
7.99 
Overall: 3/8 
American: 2/4 

Amber Wilhoit 
200m 
30.26 (semi-final) 
Overall: 16/17 
American: 9/10 

400m 
1:09.29 (prelim) 
Overall: 8/11 
American: 4/4  

Leanne Harrison-Forbes 
800 
DNS 

50-54 

Gretchen Loyd 
10k road race 
44:50.29 
Overall: 13/22 
American: 8/12 

55-59 

Tanja Taivassalo 
10K road race 
52:04.08 
Overall: 10/12 
Canada: 1/2 

8K cross country 
43:12.05 
Overall: 12/12 
Canada: 1/1 

60-64 

Lisa Coleman 

8K cross country 
Disqualified (DQ) 

80-84 

Judy Womack 
800m 
5:53.91 
Overall: 5/6 
American: 4/5 

1500m 
11:54.18 
Overall: 5/6 
American: 4/5 

Men 

35-39 

James O’Donnell 
60m 
8.88 (prelim) 
Overall: 32/33 
American: 8/8 

40-44 

Adam Varnedoe 
10K road race 
DNS 

45-49 

Adam Anderson 
60m 
11.20 
Overall: 35/36 
American: 11/12 

200m 
DNS 

Moises Ivan Baez Feliciano 
Javelin 
45.31 meters 
Overall: 4/13 
Puerto Rico: 1/1 

David Tenney 
10K road race 
43:57.55 
Overall: 12/15 
American: 5/5 

50-54 

Tim Powell 
1500m 
5:19.68 (prelim) 
Overall: 18/18 
American: 6/6  

800m 
2:27.66 (prelim) 
Overall: 19/22 
American: 7/7 

55-59 

Soren Brockdorf 
200m 
31.87 
Overall: 36/38 
American: 14/16 

Volker Mai 
Long jump 
5.24m 
Overall: 8/15 
American: 4/8 

60-64 

Clay Clement 
8K cross country 
40:37.40 
Overall: 23/30 
American: 9/12 

10k road race 
DNS 

400m 
DNS 

70-79 

Bruce Kritzler 

6k cross country (70-89) 
36:09.41 
Overall: 11/17 
American: 7/8  

1500m 
7:36.77 
Overall: 8/8 
American: 3/3 

80-84 

William Hutchinson 
60m 
13.69 (prelim) 
Overall: 18/18 
American: 5/5