A ppiRlffi pilBpiiK TR^CK STORE 11 December 1981 B Voluma 34, No, 11 [•[B[(ISSN 0041 0284) Track & Field News, 1981 HEADQUARTERS BERT NELSON Editor CONTENTS These fine stores are your ED FOX headquarters for all your track Publisher 1981 WOMEN'S WORLD RANKINGS needs—shoes, accessories, books on GARRY HILL Introduction 17 training and Track & Field News. Managing Editor 100: Ashford Back On Top 18 200: Ashford Completes Double 19 EDITORIAL STAFF 400: Kratochvilova, Not Koch 19 CALIFORNIA Jon Hendershott, Features/Photo Editor 800: Veselkova Moves Up 20 Athletic Attic David Gleason, Staff Writer 351 S. 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