National 'Masters Newsletter . 28th Issue December 1980 $1.00 The only national publication devoted exclusively to track & field and long distance running for men and women over age 30 KeUey Steals Show * Highlights *- Robinson, Rapp, Win Second Brooks • Results of: Master Run National 10K Brooks 15K WASHINGTON, D.C., October 19. National 10K XC The top. American master runners New York Marathon probably will be happy to see -Roger Masters Sports X-C Robinson (visiting the United States on Diet-Pepsi Nationals a six-week lecture tour) return to New Zealand. They will'not need to face him Eastern X-C again for at least several months and Throw-a-thon then only if they travel to his country Pentathlons for the World Veteran Games. • New Marks set Robinson, an English professor who by: lectures abou,t Shakespeare, among Higdon, O'Neil, Chisholm, other subjects, had taken the measure Sipprelle, Dick,d'Elia, of the best masters the Midwest had to Bowers, McKenzie offer two weeks ~arlier in Chesterton, Indiana in the first Brooks Master Run. • e Mu ual, Nike to hold On this Sunday he dispatched the East Series of Masters Races Coast's best in the -second such affair, running 47:23 for 15 kilometers over a -- National 10K X-C scenic but bumpy course along the C&O Canal towpath in Washington, D.C. But Robinson was not the only star performer in the second Brooks Master Run held urider mostly overcast skies and with temperatures around 60 de­ Bowers Breaks grees. Main speaker at the Saturday night banquet at the Rosslyn Westpark Marathon Mark Roger Robinson, 41, of New Zealand, one of the top masters distance runners In Hotel was John A. Kelley of East the wprld, ran a dazzling series of. races In 1980. He won the World Veterans Dennis, Massachusetts, two-time win­ from Marty Post 10k championship In Glasgow, Scotland; then won the Brooks 20k run In Indiana ner of the Boston Marathon in 1935 and in 1 :04:10; then defeated America's finest masters In the Brooks 15k In 1945. He's sometimes known as "Old WEOTT, Calif., Oct. 12. Jim Bowers, Washington in 47:23; thel] was 1st 40 + finisher in the New York Marathon In John" to differentiate him from John J. 2: 22:12. Each of his performances would be a U.S. 40 + record were he a U.S. 42, an airline pilot from Santa Rosa, Kelley, "Young John," who won Boston cit izen . Robinson now heads back to New Zealand to defend his world veterans California recorded the fastest Ameri­ 10k crown. photo by Mark Luedl contInued on page _Q••• can masters marathon time ever t oday in the Humboldt Redwoods Marathon. continued on page 11, ... Muhrcke, Schonfeld Nike/Penn Mutual Hambly, .Fox Win Win Nati.. nal 10K To Hold Masters National 10K Cross­ from Bob Fine Races Country. BROOKLYN, N.Y., October 18. One Nike Sportshoes (Beaverton, Oregon) from Tom Sturak - way to celebrate your 40th birthday is and Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co. -by winning a national masters runnng (Philadelphia) will jointly sponsor eight SEATTLE, WASH. , November 9. championship. regional masters-only distance races David Hambly and Judy Fox were the Gary Muhrcke today did just that, between January and April, 1981. overall men's and women's winners presenting himself with the national Collectively known as the Nike/Penn in - the National Athletics Congress masters Athletics Congress 10-kilometer Mutual Masters Grand Prix, the 10km masters . 10-kilometer cross-country road racing championship with a liard­ (or 15km) road races are scheduled for championships today in 4O-degree fought, ona-second victory over national Seattle, San Die-go, Salt Lake City, weather and intermittent rain over a 10,000 track champ Bob FisCher. Houston, St. Louis, New York, and true "English-style course" in Luther Muhrcke's time was 32:06.7; Fischer sites to be names in the Southeast and Burbank Park on Merced Island. ran 32:07.6. Although the number of New England. After a series of runner-up finishes participants was small (63 finished) the Open to all men and women age 35 this year, Hambly finally shed his quality was good. and over registered with the Athletics bridesmaid status to win his first continued on page 7... continued on page 7..• continued on page 7... National Masters Officers Write On! Address letters to: ATHLETICS CONGRESS REGIONAL CONTACTS National Masters Newsletter, 6200 Hazeltine Ave., Van Nuys, CA 91401 REPRESENTATIVE: EAST: Bob Fine Bob Fine, above 77 PI:ospect Place Haig Bohigian Gleneagles, Scotland, in June 1977. In 225 Hunter Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11217 SOUTH AFRICA effect it . stated that all commonwealth · (212) 789-6622 North Tarrytown, NY 10591 I think it's very wrong to exclude the government!! would condemn sporting TRACK & FIELD CHAIRMAN: Bert Lancaster Wendell Miller c/o Middle Atlantic Ath. Congress South African Athletes from the World links with South Africa. Now, since 351 Birkdale Ave. 738 Land Title Bldg. Championships in New Zealand. then, a British rugby team has played Lake Bluff, IL 60044 Philadelphia, P A 19102 I remember when this came up in the in S.A. and, more recently, the N .Z. (312) 234-5936 • SOUTHEAST: first World Games in Canada. Most of rugby-union has invited a South African LONG DISTANCE CHAIRMAN: Ken Kirk the American team threatened to pull team to tour N .Z. So Danie states, " ... it Ken Bernard 3800 Stonewall Terrace out of the meet. And you know what? does not look as if both, the country 5915 Mission Gorge Road Atlanta, GA 30339 The Canadians ignored the govern­ (Britain) which posted the agreement of San Diego, CA 92120 MIDWEST: ment, and the meet went on as planned. - New Zealand are paying much attention (714) 488-3737 Dave Jacobson Politics has no place in the masters to this document ..... - TREASURER: 2140 Lincoln Park West, Apt. 309 program. No one, no government, no The point is, that both governments George Vernosky Chicago, IL 60614 association pays our expenses here in condemned the rugby tours, so were in 5004 Glen Cove Parkway Ron Fox the U.S.A. We pay our own way. We fact honoring the agreement. When Washington, DC 20016 3272 Western Ave. are the few true amateur athletes in individual groups of sportsmen choose RECORDING SECRETARY: Highland Park, IL 60035 . Vince Chiapetta MID-AMERICA: this world. Therefore, we owe nothing to compete with South Africans they CORRESPONDING SECRETARY: Jim Weed to anyone but ourselves. So who has the are exercising their freedom to do so, a George Braceland 11672 E. 2nd Ave. right to tell us who we can compete freedom, so I understand peculiar to 141 E. Hunting Park Ave. Aurora, CO 80010 with? No one! Western Democracies. The govern­ Philadelphia, P A 19124 (303) 341-2980 Al Guidet ments' are simply refusing to sanction T&F VICE-CHAIRMAN: SOUTHWEST: California City, Calif. these sporting links. This is not-to make Tom Sturak Don Slocumb a political point but merely to set-the 29 Waugh Drive record straight. ~~~iaB~:~i~~~ CA 90406 Houston, TX 77007 Loathe as I am to get involved with Let's hope a way can' be · found to (213) 394-0034 (713) 869-5605 politics, I must refer to some errors allow the South African Masters to join LDR VICE-CHAIRMAN: WEST: contained in Danie Burgers letter to us in Christchurch. The New Zealand Ruth Anderson Dave Jackson Clem Green, that was published in the organizers and the WA VA Executive 19103 S. Andmark Ave. 1901 Gaspar Drive . November Newsletter. Carson, CA 90746 Committee have an agonizing problem. Oakland, CA 94611 First of all, the 'Gleneagles Agree­ (415) 339-0563 (213) 638-7125 Wilfred Morgan ment' does not date back to 1973. It was RECORDS CHAIRMAN: Ed Oleata Birmingham, Eng.14nd Pete MundIe 2870 Glenbrook Way produced by th~ Commonwealth heads 4017 Via Marina #C-301 LaJ olla, CA 92037 'of government after a meeting in Venice, CA 90291 John Brennand SCHEDULING (213) 823-8804 4476 Meadowlark Lane I can understand Ken Kirk's disap­ RANKINGS: Santa Barbara, CA 93105 pointment that West Coast runners ------------If you're not a subscriber, you Geza Feld (805) 964-2491 don't come to his TFA/USA National may be wondering: 33 Center D)"ive Bruce Springbett Masters Championships, but one of the Syosset, L.I., NY 11791 P.O. 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