96-year-old Roy Englert runs 42-minute 5K to shatter age-group world record

Englert, 96, runs 5000m in 42:30.23 to set age-group record Virginia native already held the records in 800m and 1500m Roy Englert, 96, added yet another world record to his collection at last week’s USATF Masters Outdoor Championships, running the 5000m in 42:30.23 to shatter the existing age-group mark by nearly eight minutes at the Cyclone Sports Complex in Ames, Iowa. The Virginia native, who already held the 95 to 99 age group records for the 800m and 1500m and is a member of the world record 4x100, 4x400 and 4x800 relay teams, broke Frank Levine’s decade-old record of 50:10.56. Continue reading...