Eighty-one-year-old Edwin Lukens of the Syracuse Chargers broke his own world record (8.30m/27-2.75) in the men's 80-84 triple jump with his new mark of 8.65m/28-4.5 at the USATF National Masters Indoor Track and Field Championships at the Reggie Lewis Center of the campus of Roxbury Community College in Boston this weekend. As great a feat as it is Lukens seems to make the task seem ho-hum in the process. Setting world records seems to be a habit for Lukens who was honored on March 8 as the Chargers outstanding master's athlete in track and field for 2002.

Eighteen months ago Karen Vanderwood started preparing for her 40th birthday party by eyeing the master's categories at local and national races. Unlike most masters runners who are lured to the roads, Vanderwood eyed the track and prepared. Her hard work paid off this weekend when she defeated Stacy Creamer of NYC by over four seconds to win the W40 division at that distance. Vanderwood's time was 11:06.03. Her previous best this season was 11:09.86.

Other Chargers competing at the Championships were:

Syracuse Chargers Results:

Event, Place, Athlete, (Division), Time

Women's 60 1. Patricia Peterson (W76) 11.36

Women's 200 1. Patricia Peterson W76 40.73

Women's 400 2. Patricia Peterson W76 1:49.18

Women's 800 3. Coreen Steinbach W51 NY 2:34.90 1. Nadine Lowenstein W57 2:40.80

Women's Mile 3. Coreen Steinbach W51 5:46.27

Women's 3000 1. Karen Vanderwood (W40) 11:06.03

Men's 800 7. Mike Platt (M41) 2:09.99 4. Mark Rybinski (M47) 2:10.49

Men's Mile 4 Michael Platt M41 4:32.08 6 Mark Rybinski M47 4:46.28 12 Gary Radford M46 4:53.58

Men's 3000 9. Gary Radford M46 9:51.75