Bruce Olvin McBarnette to Compete in USA Masters Championships

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Bruce Olvin McBarnette from Sterling, Virginia, will be one of several hundreds of athletes participating in the USA Masters Track and Field Championships being held at Albuquerque Convention Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico from March 4-March 6, 2011.  The Masters Championships is the national championship for athletes over 30 years old.  At this meet athletes compete against each other grouped in five year age brackets from 30-34 to as old as 95-100.  Bruce Olvin McBarnette will be competing in the 50-54 year old high jump for men.  He has won 23 USA Masters Championship and 8 World Masters Championships.  When he is not competing in national and world  masters championships, Bruce Olvin McBarnette competes against athletes half his age at meets on the East coast between Boston, Massachusetts and Durham, North Carolina.  Bruce Olvin McBarnette, who is also President of Summit Connection LLC, a real estate investing firm, has a personal record of 7 feet 1 inch in the high jump.  Bruce Olvin McBarnette often gives speeches to inspire young people and athletes around the country.  

This is the first time the USA Masters Track and Field Championship is being held in Albuquerque.  

USA Track and Field seemed pleased with the job the Albuquerque Convention Center did in hosting the USA Track and Field Championships (which is not an age group competition) in 2010.

Media Contact: Josette Young, Summit Connection LLC (703) 404-8429, [email protected] 

SOURCE Summit Connection LLC