The Decathlon at 89. Flo Did It And It's Historic. - Geezer Jock

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Even with a wrapped left hamstring, Flo Meiler completed 10 events in two days. Photo by Rob Jerome. By Ray GlierThis is how you mold the future, change course, and get people to sit up to the edge of their seats. Somebody like Flo Meiler comes along and she does something out of the ordinary, like the Decathlon. At 89.Meiler, who is from Shelburne, Vermont, went to the USA Track & Field Masters Outdoors Combined Events National Championships last weekend in Walnut, Ca., and became the oldest American woman to do the Decathlon in a sanctioned meet. Over two days, Flo competed in the 100-meter, 400-meter and 1,500-meter runs, high hurdles, the long jump, high jump, pole vault, discus throw, shot-put and javelin throw.“I’m exhausted,” Flo said three days after the event. “It was fun. I’ll do it again.”Flo is