# Charles Allie

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.
Allie won high school city athletics championships in Pittsburgh.
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.
After retiring as an industrial arts middle school teacher, he coaches the Nadia Track Club in Pittsburgh, where he is called "Coach Buddy"
and for which he was a founding member at age 40.
In November 2021, Allie was diagnosed with prostate cancer, and began receiving radiation therapy.
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.

## Honors

* 2005 USATF Masters Hall of Fame
* 2013 IAAF-WMA Best Master of the Year
* 2018 WMA Athlete of the Year (men)
* 2018 USATF Masters Overall Athlete of the Year
* 2019 WMA Athlete of the Decade (2010–2019) nominee (male)

## Masters World records

World Masters Athletics (WMA) keeps the official list of current Masters WRs, both outdoor
and indoor.
Masters WRs set by American athletes are kept at USATF Masters.
Key: video available

### Outdoor

Masters outdoor WRs are documented in list of world records in masters athletics.
| Age group | Event | Competition | Location | Date | Time |
| M55 | 400 Meters | 2003 World Masters Athletics Championships | Carolina, Puerto Rico PUR | July 12, 2003 | 52.24 |
| M55 | 4 x 400 Meters Relay Charles Allie, George Haywood, Bill Collins, Horace Grant | Penn Relays | Philadelphia USA | April 23, 2010 | 3:40.62 |
| M60 | 4 x 100 Meters Relay Ralph Peterson, Thaddeus Wilson, Charles Allie, Leo Sanders | 2011 World Masters Athletics Championships$^{:92}$ | Sacramento USA | July 17, 2011 | 47.93 |
| M60 | 4 x 400 Meters Relay Bill Collins, Horace Grant, George Haywood, Charles Allie | Penn Relays | Philadelphia USA | April 26, 2013 | 3:51.33 |
| M65 | 200 Meters | Potomac Valley Track Club | Falls Church USA | September 1, 2012 | 24.85 |
| M65 | 200 Meters | National Senior Games | Berea, Ohio USA | July 26, 2013 | 24.65 |
| M65 | 400 Meters | Potomac Valley Track Club | Falls Church USA | September 1, 2012 | 56.28 |
| M65 | 400 Meters | Southeastern Masters | Raleigh, North Carolina USA | May 18, 2013 | 56.09 |
| M65 | 4 x 400 Meters Relay David Ortman, Charles Allie, Thomas A. Jones, George Haywood | Potomac Valley Games | Alexandria, Virginia USA | September 1, 2019 | 4:01:00 |
| M70 | 200 Meters | 2018 USATF Open Outdoor Championships | Des Moines, Iowa USA | June 21, 2018 | 25.75 |
| M70 | 400 Meters | 2018 World Masters Athletics Championships$^{:100}$ | Málaga ESP | September 11, 2018 | 57.26 |

### Indoor

| Age group | Event | Competition | Location | Date | Time |
| M60 | 200 Meters | 2008 World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships$^{:13}$$^{:18}$ Video on YouTube | Clermont-Ferrand FRA | March 19, 2008 | 24.95 |
| M65 | 200 Meters | 2013 USATF Masters Indoor Championships | Landover, Maryland USA | March 24, 2013 | 25.41 |
| M65 | 4 x 200 Meters Relay Charles Allie, Thaddeus Wilson, Charles Powell, Bill Collins | 2017 World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships | Daegu KOR | March 25, 2017 | 1:48.58 |
| M70 | 200 Meters | Imperial Dade Track Classic | New York City USA | February 24, 2018 | 26.45 |
| M70 | 200 Meters | 2019 World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships Video 1 on YouTube, Video 2 on YouTube, Video 3 on YouTube | Toruń POL | March 29, 2019 | 26.11 |
| M70 | 400 Meters | Front Runners Invitational Video interview | New York City USA | March 21, 2018 | 59.43 |
| M70 | 4 x 400 Meters Relay | Imperial Dade Track Classic | New York City USA | February 24, 2018 | 4:26.15 |