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Highland Games Records

Master's records are available on the Scottish Masters Athletics web site.

See also: records progression list and the rules for verifying a record. This records list is also available in a one-page printable version.

Open Stone (light)
World, North American, US Brian Oldfield 63' 2" (16 lbs) Braemar, Scotland 1973 Source
World, North American, US Brian Oldfield 63' 1" (17 lbs) Campbell, California 1979 Source
Canadian Nicolas Pauletto 52' 1" (17 lbs) Selkirk, Manitoba 1999 Source
Amateur John Davis 60' 3.5" (16 lbs) Midway City, California 2002 Source
Amateur Dennis DeSoto 58' 2.5" (17 lbs) Fresno, California 1991 Source
Lightweight
(under 190 lbs)		 Mark Howe 43' 10" (16 lbs) Ft. Lauderdale, FL 2006 Source
Women's World, US Connie Price-Smith 55' 9.5" (9 lbs) Las Vegas, Nevada 1998 Source
Women's Canadian Josee Morneau37' 5.5" Fergus, Ontario 2004 Source
Open Stone (heavy)
World, North American, US Paul Ferency 53' 7" (20 lbs) Litchfield, Connecticut 1985 Source
World, North American, US Brian Oldfield 46' 5" (25 lbs) Fergus, Ontario 1979 Source
Canadian Dan Markovic 47' 1" (20 lbs) Orlando, Florida 1986 Source
Women's World, US Shannon Hartnett 44' 2" (14 lbs) Callander, Scotland 2000 Source
Standing (Braemar) Stone
World Geoff Capes 57' 0" (20 lbs) not listed 1981 Source
North American, US, Amateur John Davis 47' 5.5" (21 lbs) Long Beach, California 2003 Source
World Petur Guðmundsson 50' 6" (22 lbs) Fredericksburg, Virginia 1997 Source
World Petur Guðmundsson 40' 11" (28 lbs) Fredericksburg, Virginia 2000 Source
World Petur Guðmundsson 38' 2.75" (30 lbs) Estes Park, Colorado 2000 Source
Canadian Darius Slowik 40' 10" (23lbs) Winnipeg, Manitoba 2005 Source
Canadian Dan Markovic 39' 2" (25 lbs) Fergus, Ontario 1985 Source
Lightweight Mark Howe 35' 5" (22 lbs)
 Tulsa, Oklahoma 1999 Source
Women's World, US Connie Price-Smith 45' 6" (13.68 lbs) Las Vegas, Nevada 1998 Source
Women's Canadian Josee Morneau26' 2" (15 lbs) Winnipeg, Manitoba 2005 Source
Shot - 16lb
Scottish Games Association (SGA) Geoff Capes 65' 3" not listed 1982 Source
Shot - 22lb
SGA Geoff Capes 53' 4" not listed 1982 Source
Heavy Weight (Men: 56 lbs; Lightweight Men: 42 lbs; Women: 28 lbs)
World, North American, US, Amateur Eric Frasure 49' 8" Huntersville, NC 2005 Source
Canadian Harry MacDonald 44' 5" Maxville, Ontario 1999 Source
Lightweight Isaac Burchett 48' 8"
 Warrensburg, MO 2006 Source
Women's World, US Shannon Hartnett 47' 11.5" Fergus, Ontario 2000 Source
Women's Canadian Laura Reusser41' 0'' N/A N/A Source
SGA Francis Brebner 47' 5" Scotland 1996 Source
Light Weight (Men: 28 lbs; Women: 14 lbs)
World Matt Sandford 94' 6.5" Estes Park, Colorado 1999 Source
North American, US Ryan Vierra 93' 0.5" Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 2002 Source
Canadian Harry MacDonald 91' 3" Haliburton, Ontario 1996 Source
Amateur Eric Frasure 91' 9" Anne Arundel, Maryland 2006 Source
Amateur (SAF rules, two-handed) Chris Black 90' 10.5" Meadowbank, Scotland 1976 Source
Lightweight Mark Howe 75' 0"
 Tulsa, Oklahoma 1999 Source
Women's World, US Mindy Pockoski 88' 2" Greensboro, North Carolina 2008 Source
Women's Canadian Josee Morneau69' 2" Maxville, Ontario 2004 Source
SGA Francis Brebner 92' 7" Scotland 1997 Source
Heavy Hammer (Men: 22 lbs; Women: 16 lbs)
World Matt Sandford 129' 10.5" Scotland 1998 Source
North American, US, Amateur Eric Frasure 124' 7.5" Anne Arundel, Maryland 2006 Source
Canadian Doug MacDonald 116' 7" Glasgow, Kentucky 2004 Source
Lightweight Nathan Burchett98' 2.5" St. Louis, Missouri 2005 Source
Women's World Valerie Adams 99' 1" Waipu, New Zealand 2003 Source
Women's US Shannon Hartnett 97' 2" Loch Ness, Scotland 2001 Source
Women's Canadian Josee Morneau69' 5" Maxville, Ontario 2004 Source
SGA Matt Sandford 129' 10.5" Scotland 1998 Source
Light Hammer (Men: 16 lbs; Women: 12 lbs)
World Bruce Aitken 156' 8.5" Aboyne, Scotland 2000 Source
North American, US Ryan Vierra 150' 9" Fredericksburg, Virginia 1997 Source
Canadian Greg Hadley 140' 3" Maxville, Ontario 2005 Source
Amateur Eric Frasure 143' 8" Hendersonville, North Carolina 2006 Source
Lightweight Nathan Burchett 120' 1"
 Kirksville, MO 2006 Source
Women's World, US Shannon Hartnett 120' 1" Fresno, California 1998 Source
Women's Canadian Josee Morneau88' 2.75" Mesa, Arizona 2005 Source
SGA Bruce Aitken 156" 8.5" Aboyne, Scotland 2000 Source
Weight for Height (Men: 56 lbs; Lightweight Men: 42 lbs; Women: 28 lbs)
World, North American, US David Brown20' 1" (spin) Lehi, UT 2006 Source
World Wout Zijlstra18' 8.4" (stand) Holland 2002 Source
North American, US Ben Plucknett 18' 3.5" (stand) Aviemore, Scotland 1993 Source
Canadian Doug MacDonald 17' 6" Maxville, Ontario 2003 Source
Amateur Eric Frasure19' 0" (spin) Chicago, IL 2006 Source
Amateur Steve Santoli 17' 6" (stand) Scotland, Connecticut 2002 Source
Lightweight Isaac Burchett 18' 2" (spin)
 Kirksville, MO 2006 Source
Lightweight Mark Howe 17' 0" (stand)
 Ft. Lauderdale, FL 2006 Source
Women's World, US Shannon Hartnett 18' 8" Mesa, Arizona 2004 Source
Women's Canadian Mikaela Patterson14' 8" Enumclaw, Washington 2004 Source
SGA Matt Sandford 16' 10.5" Dingwall, Scotland 2002 Source
Weight for Height: Masters Men, 56lbs
(Not tracked by ScottishMasters.org)
40+ Don Stewart17' 0" Syracuse, New York 1999
40+ Kearney Smith17' 0" Red Springs, North Carolina 2006
45+ Myles Wetzel16' 4" Waukesha, Wisconsin 2005
50+ J. Sears14' 2" Pictou, Nova Scotia 1988
55+ Kent Durso13' 6" Murfeesboro, Kentucky 2003
60+ Dean Ross11' 0" Quad Cities, Iowa 2003
Heavy Sheaf (Men: 20 lbs; Women: 12 lbs)
World, North American, US Eric Frasure35' 10" Stone Mountain, Georgia 2007 Source
Canadian Doug MacDonald 32' 0" Selkirk, Manitoba 2001 Source
Amateur Eric Frasure 34' 0" Waxhaw, North Carolina 2004 Source
Women's World, US Jessica Dowdy 28' 0" Greensboro, North Carolina 2006 Source
Women's Canadian Josee Morneau22' 0" Fergus, Ontario 2003 Source
Heavy Sheaf: Masters Men, 20lbs
(Not tracked by ScottishMasters.org)
40+ Kearney Smith32' 0" Red Springs, North Carolina 2006
45+ Myles Wetzel31' 0" Tazewell, Tennessee 2007
50+ Bob Jeffrey28' 1" Ft. Wayne, Indiana 2002
50+ Bob Jeffrey28' 1" Ft. Wayne, Indiana 2002
Light Sheaf (Men: 16 lbs; Women: 10 lbs)
World, North American, US Robert Troupe 39' 0" * Loon Mountain, New Hampshire 1996
World, North American, Canadian Doug MacDonald 39' 6" * Waipu, New Zealand 1999 Source
Amateur Eric Frasure38' 0" Harveysburg, OH 2006 Source
Lightweight Isaac Burchett 33' 3"
 Kirksville, MO 2006 Source
Women's World, US Jessica Aydlette (Dowdy) 30' Blairsville, GA 2007 Source
Caber
Sorry, but I am not going to attempt to keep caber records.

* Doug MacDonald's toss is the highest ever in this event. However, it was done at the games in Waipu, New Zealand, where a sheaf lighter than 16lbs is traditionally used. Doug MacDonald was told it was a 16lb sheaf. The following year, during the world championships, a 17lb bag was used in a non-scoring event. Doug's toss is likely the world record, but because of an inconsistent history at Waipu (and lack of confirmation), there's a slight doubt.

Unverified records:

The marks below have been reported recently, but there has been no verification of the implements. In some cases I have been unsuccessful in contacting the AD, in others there has been some communication with the AD, but no final confirmation.

Any help in confirming whether these implements were verified is greatly appreciated.

Women's World Record: 28lb Weight for Height
Shannon Hartnett, 18' 8"
Pleasanton
Never reported as verified to me, despite contact with the AD, but was reported as verified by the AD to other officials affiliated with these games. The mark was later equalled at the games in Mesa, Arizona, so Shannon holds the record at that height.

Women's US Record: 14lb Weight
Shannon Hartnett, 84' 11"
Pleasanton

The following mark from 2003 is unverifiable.

Amateur Record: Weight for Height
Mike Zolkiewicz, 17' 7"
New Hampshire
The implement had been verified on other occasions, but was used and damaged the next day, and weighed in light. The owner of the weight believes it met the standards before the damage; others have expressed skepticism.

Please let me know if you have any changes or corrections to this list.

The most valuable sources in compiling these records have been Tony Dziepak's list (which wasn't fully up-to-date when I started this project, but he seems to have caught up now), and of course the old NASGA record list, which disappeared from the web some time ago, and was somewhat behind at the time, but still had the older records. On-line games results and the various message boards have been incredibly helpful. Dale Harder's book Strength is excellent. He doesn't do US, amateur, Canadian, etc. records, but does include world records and age group records. And, of course, he covers a wide range of other strength sports. Lightweight men's records are courtesy of Brian Randell and Kevin Henderson. For record lists and games results were available online but have disappeared, the Wayback Machine has been invaluable.

And of course, thanks to all the others who have contributed information.