HRW duo star again at the WMA Indoor Championships
Gainesville, FLorida - 28-March 2025
By a quirk of the calendar, the biennial World Masters Indoor Championships were held in March at the same location as the February USATF National Masters Indoor event. This was the first time that this event was held in the U.S. Our duo of David Eisenberg and Alan Poisner continued to shine on the international stage.
In the 3000-meter walk, David moved up from his 7th place finish in the 2023 WMA Indoor meet in Torun, Poland (70-74) , to take 5th place, and 3rd among Americans in the 75-79 division. Alan took Gold in the 90-94 division as the sole competitor, but he came in ahead of the Silver Medal winner in the 85-89 division. They both escaped the rigorous judging that disqualified a number of other competitors.
Two days later, our speedy walkers entered the 10K outdoors in heavy rain and were doing OK, avoiding deep water and local alligators, but all walkers were called off the course after about 15 minutes because of nearby lightning. The race could not be restarted so HRW did not get any more medals, but they did get some great pictures taken by their athletic supporters, Sandy Eisenberg and Sharon Lowenstein Poisner.