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Personal information | |
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Born | August 20, 1947 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US |
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Country | USA |
Sport | Masters athletics |
Event | Sprints |
Charles Allie (born August 20, 1947) is an American masters athletics sprinter. He has set numerous masters world records in sprint events from 200 to 400 meters. [1]
Allie won high school city athletics championships in Pittsburgh. [2] [3] He attended Hampton University on a track scholarship and earned Bachelor of Science in industrial arts in 1971, then obtained Master of vocational education from University of Pittsburgh in 1978. [4]
After retiring as an industrial arts middle school teacher, he coaches the Nadia Track Club in Pittsburgh, where he is called "Coach Buddy" [5] and for which he was a founding member at age 40. [6] [2]
In November 2021, Allie was diagnosed with prostate cancer, and began receiving radiation therapy. [3] The cancer was detected early, so he was able to return to competition fairly soon, though not in his usual competitive shape: he finished 4th in the M70 60 Meter Dash at the 2022 USATF Masters Indoor Championships on March 18 in Fort Washington Avenue Armory, New York City. [7]
World Masters Athletics (WMA) keeps the official list of current Masters WRs, both outdoor [19] and indoor. [20] Masters WRs set by American athletes are kept at USATF Masters. [21]
Key: video available
Masters outdoor WRs are documented in list of world records in masters athletics.
Age group | Event | Competition | Location | Date | Time |
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M60 | 200 Meters | 2008 World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships[31]: 13 [32]: 18 Video on YouTube |
Clermont-Ferrand ![]() |
March 19, 2008 | 24.95
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M65 | 200 Meters | 2013 USATF Masters Indoor Championships[33][34] | Landover, Maryland ![]() |
March 24, 2013 | 25.41
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4 x 200 Meters Relay Charles Allie, Thaddeus Wilson, Charles Powell, Bill Collins |
2017 World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships[35] | Daegu ![]() |
March 25, 2017 | 1:48.58
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M70 | 200 Meters | Imperial Dade Track Classic[36][37][3] | New York City ![]() |
February 24, 2018 | 26.45
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200 Meters | 2019 World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships[38][39][20] Video 1 on YouTube, Video 2 on YouTube, Video 3 on YouTube |
Toruń ![]() |
March 29, 2019 | 26.11
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400 Meters | Front Runners Invitational[40][41][42][3] Video interview |
New York City ![]() |
March 21, 2018 | 59.43
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4 x 400 Meters Relay | Imperial Dade Track Classic[43][3] | New York City ![]() |
February 24, 2018 | 4:26.15
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