Amazing all witnesses, Don Pellmann set five world age-group records Sunday — and became the oldest man to high jump and long jump in competition. At 100, he also smashed the 100-meter-dash world record by nearly 3 seconds and crushed listed records in the shot and discus as well. His only flaw at the San Diego Senior Olympics was not making a height in the pole vault — probably due to misjudging where to place the standards. He was over 3 feet in warmups. After beating the discus record on each of his three tries, I asked him about future meets. At first he said no, this was his final outing — given the difficulty and expense of travel. But when I asked him about Bay Area meets near his home in Santa Clara, Old Don Pellmann (as he signed his autograph) said he might try a meet in the spring. “I’d like to do two or three [events],” he said. For details on his day, and records, see my story at Times of San Diego.
Don bears down in 100, where he finished in 26.99 seconds with a legal wind.