TRACKNEWSLETTER Supplem_enting TRACK & FIELD NEWS

VoL 14, No. 4 December 7, 1967 Pait' 29

AC, Long Branch, N . J., Nov. 4--HT , Zili,1car(Monmouth) 179'7 AC, Long Branch, N.J., Nov . 11--HT , Zilincar (Monmouth, 198'1". NCAA COLLEGE CROSS COUNTRY, Wheaton, Ill . , Nov. 11 AC, Long Branch, N.J ., Nov. 18--HT, Zilincar (Monmouth) (4. 0-miles, hilly , wet; cloudy, 50")--l. Gelling (ND) 19:33. 6; 2 . 205'8", Colehour (En Ky) 19:39; 3. Bagby (San Diego St) 19:55; 4 . Garcia OLYMPIC DEVELOPMENT, Washington, D . C. , Nov. 5--JT , (En NM) 19:59; 5 . Mahoney (Temple) 20:00; 6. Hernandez (San Skinner (Del TC) 257'10" , Diego St) 20:01; 7. Kerr (Ball St) 20:02; 8. Heffern (SD) 20 :03; 9 . Pettigrew (Pepperdine) 20:06; 10. Werling (NE Mo St) 20 :07; 11. Cords (Fresno St) 20:09; 12. Ayers (Ark St) 20:11; 13 . _Roberts (Wn Ill) 20 :12; 14. Hamblen (San Diego St) 20 :18; 15. Sundet (Luther) 20:19. Teams: 1. San Diego St 66 ; 2. Cal Poly/Pomona 133; 3. Ball St 191; 4 . Arkansas Sr 218: 5. Wartburg 278. GOTTWALDOV, CZECH ., Aug. 10--Dec, Sedlacek 7108 . USTFF CROSS COUNTRY, Fort Collins, Colo. , Nov. Z-3 (6- CEDAKOV! CE. CZECH. - -HJ, Baudis 6'11½" . . miles-plus course, snow covered, 20°, windy)--1. Gelling (ND) MELBOURNE, AUS. , Oct. 2i.--Mile, Clarke 4:07 . 0. 31 :58 . 8; 2. Barrus (BYU) 32:12. 0; 3. Ryan (AF) 32 :25 .0; 4 . Richey MELBOURNE, AUS . , Oct. 28--TJ. May 53'5¼". ( Pitt Fr) 32: 27. 0; 5. Jensen (Cowboy TC) 33:17 . 0; 6, Moore (So Ill) AUCKLAND , N . Z., Nov. 4--DT, Tait 196'5" NR . 33:23 . 0; 7. Eller ( NMTC) 33 :31. 0; 8. Richards (BYU) 33 :36. 0; 9. MELBOURNE, AUS., Nov. 11--Mile , Clarke 4 :10 . 7 . Gregario (Cowboy TC) 33 :46 . 0; 10. Matthews (Den ver TC) 33: 50 . 0; SOU11-! AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS , Buenos Aires--200m, Gra a. Harrison (Colo St--defending champ) 33:59. O. Teams : 1. Cow- jales (Col) 20. 9. 400m, Grajales 46 . 6. TJ, Prudencio (Brz) 53'5f'. '-----"boy TC 64; 2. Brigham Young 69; 3. Montana 145; 4 . Colorado WARSAW, POL. --lOOm, Dudziak 10.3 . ,-.__) State 149; 5. Houston TC 162 ; 6. Air Force Academy 170. ROME, IT . - -TJ , Gentile 53 '6½" NR . ( AAU CROSS COUNTRY, Chicago, Ill . , Nov . 25 (10,000-meters , USSR-EAST GERMAN MILITARY DECATHLON- - 1. Shadayev flat , wet)--1 . K. Moore (Ore TC) 30:08. 8; 2. Lynch (SMAA) 30 :12. 6 (USSR) 7690 ; 2. Otsmaa (USSR) 7668; 3. Wessel (EG) 7636 ; 4. 3. Pearce (El Paso Fr) 30:14 . 0; 4. Boychuk (Tor OC) 30:17. 0 ; 5. Storozhenko (USSR) 7572 ; 5 . Kirst (EG) 7535; 6. Mikhalchenko (US­ Stageb e rg (Geotwn) 30 :23 . 0; 6. Clark (USMC) 30:27 . 0; 7. Finla y SR) 7533; 7. Dubogra yev (USSR) 7418; 8. Pradel (EG) .7333; 9. (Tor OC) 30 :29. 0; 8. Colehour (UCTC) 30:35. 0; 9 . O'Reilly (Athens) Sorokin (USSR ) 7272; 10. Olek (EG) 7047. 30:42. 0; 10. Larrieu (Strid) 30:59 . 0; 11. Reilly (USMC) 31:02 . 0; SOTSCHI, USSR--3000mSt , Naroditzky 8:40. 0; 2. Szmitkowski 12 . Heinonen (1\vin Cities TC) 31:05 . 0; 13. Mills · (SDTC) 31 :07. O; (Pol) 8:42. 6; 3. Rybatsch enko 8:42 . 8. HJ, Bolshov 6'10¾". LJ, Le­ 14. Laris (NYAC) 31:09. O; 15 . Mittelstaedt (UCTC) 31 :11 . O; 16. pik 26'3¾"w. TJ. Cziffra (Hun) 53'8" . OT, Losch (EC) 190 ' 0½"; 2 Davis (Pac Coast Club) 31:12 . O; 17. Lorenz (Penn AC) 31:13 . O; 18. Piatkowski (Pol) 188'½" . JT, Lusis 271'11" . HT, Klim 230'11". Brown (NYAC) 31:15.0; 19 . Moore (Tor OC) 31:17.0; 20. Lakin SYDNEY, AUS . , Nov . 25--lOOm. Lay 10 . 3. (Pac CC) 31:18 . O; 21. Fahy (Tor OC) 31:19. O; 22. Houk (Athens) MELBOURNE, AUS., Nov. 25--Mile, Clarke4:16,7 . 31:21. O; 23. Lawson (Pac CC) 31:22. O; 24 . Price (Athens) 31:23 . O; 25 . Reid (Miami/0) 31:29 . 0, Teams : 1. Toronto OC 53; 2. Athens AC 96; 3; UCTC 99 ; 4 . Pacific Coast Club 106; 5 . NYAC 131 , NAIA CROSS COUNTRY, Omaha, Nebr . , Nov. 25 (4. 0 -miles, 'Nurmi's Still Number One of All- Time' very hilly, dry, sunny, 40°1- -1. Mason (Ft Hays St) 20 :14; 2. Ellis (En Mich) 20:16; 3. Nelson (St Cloud St) 20:17 ; 4. McMahon (Okla by Maxwell St!les Baptist--1965 & '66 champ) 20:39; 5 . Schoonover (Oxy) 20:48; 6. (Reprinted from the Hollywood Citizen-Ne ws) Dirkes (St Cloud St) 20:54 ; 7. McDonald (Adams St) 20:56; 8. Hoff­ In the ghostly glow of 30 arc lights that badly illuminated the man (Vihitewater St) 21:02; 9. Lee (Howard Payne) 21:04; 10. Mc ­ LA Memorial Coliseum on a magic night in 1925, 1 saw Paavo Nurm i Donnell (SWn La) 21:05; 11 . Savage (Westmont) 21 :05; 12 . Cham­ "The Phanton Finn, " run away from Am e rica's Lloyd Hahn and a nu r berlin (Moorhead St) 21:06; 13. Captain (Taylor )21:06; 14. Weyers ber of minor contestants. The distance was a mile and one-half, fo : (Peru St) 21:13; 15. Deines (Oxy) 21:18 . Teams : 1. Eastern Mich­ which route Nurmi set a world record. igan 85; 2. St Cloud St 88; 3. Oecidental 119; 4. Adams St 175; Enroute, Nurmi also lowered world standards for 2000-yard , '-- 5. Fort Hays St JR2. and a mile and a quarter. Never mind the times. They were medi­ ...... - NCAA CROSS COUNTRY, Laramie, Wyo. , Nov. 27 (6 . 0-miles ocre by today's st:rndards, clue to better training methods by today' s '.·-., relatively flat; clear, 25°)--l. Lindgr en (Wash St) 30:45. 6; 2. Gel­ athletes who work much harder at it than anybody did in Paavo Nurm (. ) Jin·g (ND) 31:01; 3. Ryan (AF) 31:06; 4 . Runyan (Colo) 31: 11; 5. time. --- Wieczorek ( la) 31 : 22 ; 6. !Jurfoot (Wesleyan) 31 :28; 7 . Trujillo (Co­ He had run an afternoon race against a galaxy of Southwest lo) 31:41 ; 8. Dent (San Jose St) 31:51 ; 9. Bair (Kent St) 31:55; 10. AmLos Angeles Examiner , and my recollection always has bee n the night run drew more people than came out to see Nurmi that Sat · urday afternoon . Nurmi is one athlete out of th e past who, I think, would be winning today just as he did then at distances from two-miles t hi oug the marathon. Not the 1500-meters or the mile, for he lacked the AC, New Haven, Conn . --HT. Murray (unat) 166'5 " . basic speed of men li kc Jim Ryun , Pet ~r Snell and Herb Elliott. ALL-AROUND WEIGHT TI·!ROWING , Trave r s Island, N . Y :·, Ron C:l:irk c , on time, would more than lap Nurmi at 5000 - Oct. 29 (partially reported in last issue)- -JT, Son sky (!Jmce TC) mc:ters. 1l1e i\u s tr:11ian would more than lap him twic e at 10, 000- 240 '9" . rneters . But put Nurmi in a race today at 5000 or 10, 000, think of fl~~:~·. ,~ .., . 1·u"'\,-.. ,,, December 7, 1967 (_ ':~,- . i;_;:~i.:J:}llit• 1n t:111,,nrnt• hut U"irl.>! rht · 1n0rl· rit,rid trainin g rn_cthods cnlployed try , and a cross country program is not the primary concern nf the !:\'(€ea.lay !n n~rl<', Hrnn, J.11.y, ~tills ;iml all the rest , l think Nurmi "track powerful" so uthwe s t. None theless, we mana ged a number of ,:·s .., -1Jt..:,1!! 1n11,tll. meets as our varsity program got underway and we fini she d our ab­ E·.] l R,,n Cl.11l<' !1.1~yet to win his □ rst Olympic gold medal. Nur- breviated first se a so n with a 'i-3 record with w ins o,·er Lubbock, ~ _;;t .. •1><: • .-,·rn, r1'1s thre<' silvl'r 111cdals, one of which he could hav e Christian College, New t)lexico Tech, Sctnta I7e and others. Because .tI ( l,i,fru,c,I "I""' h.hl he not J'l'rmitt cd another Finn to defeat him in a of the ne,rness of our school. we were regretfully unable to compete ·!::/ . •~<"Ch, .. <" rau• th.it was the other 111an's oyster. Paavo wanted in the NAIA nation.:il championships in O111aha, Nebr. r}tr ... '"'°''to •tn. His our belief th:.it a team should he given the opportunity for f\ ": C•• Jul)' 10. 19~4. Nu rn1i achieved a feat no one else has ever big competition as soon as it merits it. 111is team merited it, run­ · :-\ "'"' ~n.-mpt<-,1. lie had qualified for the onals in both the 1500 and ning from 60 to 75 miles per week. They deserved furtJ1er compe­ ·• IOOI' at lht• r.irl• Olympics. 111e 1500 came first that day, the 5000 tition. We arc somewhat uniwue in that we travel from 18 to 25 a.-.a1h,n lr hard workouts sevcn day s a week and come back for more. anti )H)' combine speed with endurance better than anyone today who Our rnnncrs are strongly encouraged to be leaders in the lnlsf,t ,1,.,uhlc-between the two. classroom. to serve the school and community and to be outstanding Nurmi clurir.g his fabulous career set 20 world records in 15 in every area of endeavor. The team proudly wears blue berets on aun,Ltril C-Hnts, . 25 and 19 distances overall. trips. and the finest equipment is provided. On a competitive basis, over a series of events in major com - Enthusiasm prevails. Seldom is the number limit ed for an pcilllon, Paavo Nurmi is the greatest runner who ever lived. out-of-town meet. Practicing the college's 110% philiosphy- -he who wants to nm may run. t--leals for such a gang on a limited budget are a mino __ ~·ob­ What a School Can Do lem. The school covers cost as much as possible, the athletes the by Chuck Solberg rest, and all works to develop a tremendous espree de corps. (Athletic Director, College of Artesia) Feb. 18 of this year, the College of Artesia took to the roads 111e College of Artesia, Artesia, N. M. , opened its doors Oct. again. 111is time for 26 miles 385 yards. The marathon attracted 10, 1966, and became the newest college in America with a total en­ nearly 300 cntants. rollment of 302 students.· The man -sized job ahead was to develop outstanding programs in all disciplines--including physical ech1cation. Believing that ruiming is one of the best all-around conditioners, the Fhysiccil Education Department has instituted a basic conditioning 1967 High School All-America program for all students. This includes a two-year mandantory 'phy­ sical education requirement with an .option for another four trimes~ The 17th annual Scholastic Coach All-America high school ters credit. track team was picked for the fifth straight year by Fran Errota and 111e New Mexico state bird, the Road Runner, was chosen as !!ugh Gardner, both Track & Field News correspondents . It appear­ the school mascot . It was then only natural that the college's first ed m the September is sue of the magazine. athletic event should be a nmning event--a five-mile run . Dr. Tho­ As Fran reported, 60 boys from 18 states made the late st mas C. Stevens, president of the college, joined the 291 "Ro:id Run­ team. with seven national record breakers and two 1:1ore who an­ ners" for the spirited event, headed by guest speaker and exl1ibition chored record relay teams. California had lo athletes in 20 eve nts. runner Dilly Mills, Olympic 10,000-meter gold medal winner. Texas seven, New York five, New Jersey fcur ·to !head the list, 111e nm drew people from the surrouncUng countryside, gar­ Seven oo·ys made it a second time: Bill Gaines, 100 and 220; nered national publicity and got the College of A rtcsia off to a run - Wayne Collett, 440; Jim Jackson, 880; Robert Gonzal es, mile; Bill ning start. Billy Mills was of course a star performer. i le spoke to Tipton. highs; Jerry Proctor, long jump, and Mark Murro, javelin. the student body and all assembled on sportsmanship and related Chip Kell (Avondale, Ga) might have made it a second time, but his Olympic ideals to a personal philosophy of living. pcrfo,mances were not reported fo.r months, and long after the se­ Most students ran, some jumped rope. two boys dribbled a lections were made. Choices were made shortly afterthe Golden basketball, three groups pushed automobiles (under one hour) ~nd one West meet. contingent pulled a 17-foot float the entire trek. The emphasis was A number of boys had fantastic summer marks whic' !Id on fun and percentage of total student body participation. Both were h,~vc put them on the team, or at least honorable mention. ,. _ Jng high, with 253 college students participating. Our goal in next those were t--lark Winz e nried (Monroe , Wisc), 6'3" strongboy who year's five-mile challenge nm is to have all of New Mexico partici - die! l :';0. 9 and 1 :51. 0 with big-margin ,~ins; Alvin Bressler (Shad es 0 pate. \'alley. Brimingham. Ala) with 13. 8 in the highs, and junior Myron Weeks preceding the five -(!1ile run, Coach Solberg scheduled :\'unlcy (\lanual , Denver. Colo) at 47'11½" in the triple jump. a mile run for the boys and an 880 for the girls. Almost half of the 111e selections (alphabetical order): sOJdent body participated: 110 boys and 31 girls. 100. Willie mack (Trimble Tech , Ft Worth, T ex ) 9. 4; *Dill Our school started Oct. 10 (which is a bit late for cross coun- G.1incs (Clcar~i ew, Mullica Hill, NJ) 9. 3; Mel Gray (Montgomery, Santa Ros:i) 9.·1: Jim Green (Eminence, Ky) 9.4. 220, Gaines 20. 6s; Gray 20. 7t; Green 20 . 6s; Larry High­ b.tugh (Washington. Indianapolis, Ind) 20 . 5s; Dave Masters (El Cer rito) 20,9t. 440. Wayne Collett (Gardena) 46. 9; •Juan Franceschi(Ponce, PR) -16. Om; Jim Green ,,7_ 2; Dave Morton (Memorial, Houston, Te: -..: TRACK NEWSLETTER 46. 7; t--like Newton (Whittier) 46. 9. Second class ·postage paid at Los Altos, Calif. Published 24 times a 880, Ray Alaniz (Ray, Corpus Christi, T ex) 1:50. Sn; •Dave year by Track & Field News, Inc., P. 0. Box 296, Los Altos. C~lif. Fox (Wapato. Wash) 1 :51. 9; Jim Jack so n (Boys, Brooklyn , NY) $6.00 per year by air m~il or first class mail in the U.S., second 1 :SO. 8; Morton 1:49. 9. class mail elsewhere. Dick Drake, Managing Editor; Cordner Nelson, Mile, RohcrtGonzales - (Falfurrias. T ex)4: 07. 4; Marty Li­ Editor: Berl Nelson, Publisher. quori (Essex CatJ10lic. Newark, NJ) 3:59. 8n; Howe ll Michael (Har­ Starting- \\'.Ith the next issue, Newsletters will be mimeographed. grave. Chatham . Va) 4:08. 2n; Don Vanclrey (Valparai so. Ind) 4: 05. Thcywill be:mailed on these dates: Jan . 25 , Feb. 8, 22, Mar. 'J, 2Milc, I'.iquori 9:04. 8; 1'1ikc Lyons (Central Ca th oli c, Port­ 21. Apr. 4, 11, 18, 25, May 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, June 6, 13, 20, 27, Janel. Ore) 9:04. On; Jeff Marsee (S Torrance) 9:06 . On; Pete Romer July 11, 25, Aug. 8, 22, Sept. 5, 19. UpcomingissuesofTrack& ( Reedley) 8: S4., 6. Field News go out Dec. 21, Jan. 25, Feb. 8 and Feb. 22. l20HH, Dob Daniels (Mt Vernon, NY) 13. 9; Dick Olsen ('.lo- December 7, 1967

gcrs, Spokane, ·wash) 13.9; Jcn·yProctor(Muir, Pasadena) 13.7; thus achieved the largest mal·gin of _improvement yet matte over this !Jill Tipton (Central, Pontiac, Mich) 13. 4; Marc Walker (E Wichita. distance. In actual fact, the Finn reached the tape first in 14:36. 6, Kans) 13. 8 a scant 0. _2-second ahead of his game rival in what was truly one of 180LH, l\1ike Jeter ( Gardena) 18. St; Proctor 18. 7t; Tipton the first classic distance races of the 20th century. 18. 3t; Jimmy Upton (Minden, La) 18. 6. The 1920s saw the full flowering of that great phalanx of 'Fin­ 3301H, *Doh Ilornkesscl (N Shawnee Mission, Kans) 38. 2; nish distance runners who practically dominated the world scene for Jack Faubion (McKi1rncy, Tex) 37. 4; Joe Kurzrok (Mt Vernon, NY) two decades. Paavo Nurmi and Willie Ritola started the ball rolling 37. 3; Alf Picou (Cohen, New Orleans, La) 38. ln; Rockie Woods when they respectively bettered 9:00 for two-miles and 14:00 for ( Lake View. San Ang-clo, Tex) . . thr0e-miles indoors during the US winter season of 1925. Nunni l!J, .. Rc,11aldo Brown (Compton) 6'9¼"; Joe David (Union, recording a sensatonal 8:58 .. 2 for the shorter distance and Ritola an NJ) 6'9\; Lonnie Hance (En Mic\clletown, Ky) 6'11½"; Frank Kauf­ equally surprising 13:56. 2 10 days later. Outdoors, these respec­ man (Amhridge, Pa) 6'9}"; *Joe Mackey (Coronado, Scottsdale, tive barriers were not bettered until Nurmi again did the trick with Ariz) 6'91". . an official world record of 8:59. 6 in 1931, and Lauri Lehtinen gain - PV, "Casey Carrigan (Orting, Wash) 15'<1" (15'8" later) ; eel likewise recognition for figures of 13:50. 6 for the longer distance Dave Cutler (Newport.News , Va) 14'91"; Tom Ren~olds (Morning­ in 1932. It is not generally known that Nurmi, who was the first run side, Inglewood) 14'10"; Bob Spnmg (Pomona) 14'9;,'' (15'6½" later). ner to approach 29:00 for six - miles (29:07. 1 inl924), 30:00 for LJ, 0 Al Dyson (Mt Hermon, Mass) 24'4"; Gray 24'11"; 10, 000-met ers (30:06. 2 in 1924), 50 :00 for 10-miles (50:15. 0 in Proctor 26'i"; Larry Reed (Yuma, Ariz) 25 '3t". 1928) and 12 miles for one hour (11 miles and 1648 yards in 1928) TJ, Jack Burnham (Penn Hills, Verona, Pa) 47'11"; *Ty Cun­ was also the first man unofficially t() crack 30:00 for 10, 000-meters ningham (Gompers, Ilronx, NY) 48'5]"; Rich Dunn (Leigh, San Jose) This occurred just before the 1924 Olympics when, so the story goei 47'11½"; Carl Gadson (Taft, Bronx, NY) 48'7½''; *Chuck Steffes Nurmi became angered after having read a press notice to the effect ( Sunnyvale) 47 '5". that he cruld not match Ritola 's endurance over a distance as great SP, John Buehler (Whittier) 65 '9f'. *Doug Lane (Jefferson, as 10-kilometers, and produced crashing form to the contrary in a Cedar Rapids, Ia) 67 'l "; Karl Salb ( Crossett.Ark) 69 '6"; Steve tirrie trial to return 29:58. This was more than 25-secorids faster Wilhelm (Fremont, Sunnyvale) 65 '10". than Ritola 's newly, set world record and an illumin.rtingexample DT, JohnCasler(Crestview, Ashland, Ohio) 188'1"; Mark that Paavo never did realize his full potential in regular competition . Debevc (Geneva, Ohio) 192'1"; Fred DeBernardi (Hart, Newhall) Finnish supremacy continued throughout the 30s and even up 184'11"; Kelvin Korver (Irving, Tex) 197'3"; Pete Miller (Hilliard, to the mid-40s as Taisto Maki produced history's first official sub- Ohio) 188'6 ". 30:00 10,000 with 29:52. 6 and then Viljo Heino raised eyebrows still JT, Dick Clepper (S Middletown Twp, Boiling Springs, Pa) higher by pushing on to 29:35. 4 in addition to becoming the first mar '--- -'16'3'';· Dick Harding (Central Linn, Halsey, Ore) 215'9"; Bob Kuo­ to breat 50:00 for 10-miles and also to nm more than 12 miles in. volo (Ambridge, Pa) 235'3"; Mark Murro (Essex Catholic , Newark, one hour. There was one notable barrier which escaped the Finnish O NJ) 252'8". grasp, however--that of beating 14:00 for 5000-meters. In 1939, Maki had approached to within 8. 8-seconds of Uiis target, but three years later the flaxen-haired Swede, Gunder Hagg, flowed through Distance Running Barriers Keep Crumbling 12½ laps in 13:58. 2 to usher in a new era of five-kilometer running. , 1n also closely approaching the coveted barriers of 4:00 for by Jack Barlow one mile (4:01.4) and 8:00 for 3000-meters (8:01. 2), Hagg brought (Reprinted from Athletics Weekly) us to the verge of an era of athletic standards the like of which coulc No set of events in the whole range of athletics has offered not possibly have been imagined at the time this great Swede was the modern athlete more scope for barrier-breaking than the long being hailed as the runner of the century. Incredible as it may SO\ll1 distance races. From the early years of the present century right up barriers which were once regarded as phenomenal have actually to date, we have witnessed remarkable advances in world standards been surpassed en route during races over much longer distances . . over all races from 2000- to 20 , 000-meters which, in many cases, The most astonishing illustrations of this have been witnessed over have resulted in former records being improved not by so many 10,000-meters. Could anyone have foreseen in 1924, when Nurmi seconds but by so many minutes . Since 1900, for example , the became the first man to break 14½ minutes for 5000-meters, that world record for so relatively short a distance as 2000-meters has this former barrier would be bettered twice during ·the first and se­ been improved by more than a half-minute, and that for 3000-meters cond halites of a 10,000-meter race 30 years later? Yet this is pre by almost one minute. During the same period, we have witnessed cisely what Emil Zatopek did in becoming the world's first sub-29- an improvement of almost 1½ minutes over thr ·ee -mil es, while the minute 10-kilometer runner in 1954. He clocked 14:27. 6 and 14:26, records for ooth six -mile s and 10, 000-meters actually have been for a total of 28:54. 2. Even this accomplishment was soon made to cut by more than three whole minutes. look small beer, however, for within 11 years of Zatopek's feat the During these 60-odd years of ever advancing world athletics, Australian "running machine" Ron Clarke had achieved the first sut so many notable time barriers have been exlipsed that a general 28:00 10,000 (27:39, 4) and in doing so had actually covered both his picture can perhaps only be gained by listing them herewith as fol-_ first and second five-kilometer sections inside 14:00 (13:45. 0 and lows: J3:54. 4). 2000m 5:00 1966 Further examples abound, of course, at both shorter and 3000m 8:00 1949 longer distances than 10,000-meters. 1n becoming the first man 2Miles 9;00 1925 to break the one hrur barrier for 20, 000-meters in 1951, Zatopek 3Miles 14:00 1925 reached the halfw ay stage in 29:53. 4 and proceeded to cover the se ­ 0 13:00 196::i cond half in 29:58.4--both faster than his winning time for a single 5000ri, 15:00 1912 10, ODO-meters at the Wembley Olympics only three years earlier. 14:00 1942 Now we have reached the stage where even two successive sub -29 :0 6Miles 30:00 1904 IO-kilometers should very shortly be accomplished, for in estab­ 29:00 1939 lishing the current world 20-kilometer record last year, Gaston 28:00 1954 Roelants was only 6. 2 se cond s .outside 58:00 with r espec tive first 27:00 1965 and second 10,000 clockings of 29 :13. 8 and 28:52. 4. 10, 000m 30:00 1939 At the other end of the scale, we have seen the 8:00 barriN 29:00 1954 for 3000-meters (fir st bettered by Gaston Reiff of Belgium in 1949) 28:00 1965 beaten en rmte by Ron Clarke when setting his pre sen t fantastic l0Miles 50:00 1945 world 5000-rnetcr record, and the once mythical 4:00 mile approxi 49:00 1951 mately equaled by Michel Jazy on-the way to his sub-5:00 2000 -m e­ 48:00 1961 ter wor ld record of 4:56. 2 la s t Octoher. One may well ask what 20,000m 60:00 l!l!i 1 worlds are left' to conquer in long distance running? Judging from 59:00 1966 progress made over the past 20 years or so, can we re:illy sco ff at Although 15:00 present ed itself as a natural barrier to heat Percy Cerntty's suggestion that the 8:00 two -mil e is only just aroun for 5000-mcters when A. Rob e rt son (Gl3) ran the distance within I. 8- the corner, or, for that matter that man will nm as far as 13 mile , sccon

Two-Miles 10, 000-Meters 4:01.5, 13:,14. Om 1927 Gerry Lindgren (Rgrs, Spokane) 1964 9:00 Nurmi (Fin) 8:58. 2 (25) 31:00 Bouin (Fr) 30:58. 8 (11) 4:08. 0, 14:48. 2m 1751 Pete Romero (Reedley, Cal if) 6/10/67 TI1ree-Miles 30:00 Maki (Fin) 29:52. 6 (39) 4:01. 5, 28:23. 8 1930 Gerry Lindgren (Rgrs, Spokane) 1964 14:00 Ritola (Fin) 13:56. 2 (25) 29:00 Zatopek (Cze) 28:54. 2 (54) 4:01.5, 29:17. 6m 1941 Gerry Lindgren (Rgrsl SPQkane) 1964 13:00 Clarke (Aµs) 12:52.4 (65) 28:00 Clarke (Aus) 27:39.4 (65) 4: 0 8. O, 9: 27. 6 (St) 1 711 Pete Romero (Reedley, Calif) 1967 5000-Meters 10-M!les 4:13. o, 9:30. 6 (St) 1669 Tracy Smith (Arcadia, Calif) 7/4/63 15:00 K'mainen (Fin) 14:36. 6 (12) 50:00 Heino (Fin) 49:41. 6 (45) 8:53. 6, 13:17. 0 1879 Gerry Lindgren (Rgrs, Spokane) 1964 14:00 Hagg (Swe) 13:58. 2 (42) 49:00 Zatopek (Cze) 48: 12. O (51) 8:55,2, - 13:44.0m 1881 Gerry Lindgreri - (ilgrs," SPQkane) 1964 Six-Miles 48:00 Heatley (GB) 47:47.0 (61) 8:53. 6, 28:23. 8 1844 Gerry Lindgren (Rgrs, Spokane) 1964 30:00 Shn1hh IGBI 29:59.4 (04) 20, 000-Meters 8:54, 6, 9:27. 6 (St) 1712 Pete Romero (Reedley, Calif) 1967 29:00 Maki (Fin) 28:55, 6 (39) 60:00 Zatopek (Cze) 59:51. 6 (51) 13:17.0, 13:44.0m 1949 Gerry Lindgren (Rgrs, SPQkane). 1964 28:00 Zatopek (Cze) 27:29. 2 (54) 59:00 Roelants (Bel) 58:06. 2 (66) 13:17. 0, 28:23. 8 1907 Gerry Lindgren (Rgrs, SPQkane) 1964 27:00 Clarke (Aus) 26:47. 0 (65) One-Hour 13:17.0, 29:17.6m 1918 Gerry Lindgren (Rgrs, SPQkane) 1964 12mi Heino (Fin) 12n:ii,39y(45) 14:23. 0, 9:27. 6St 1640 Pete Romero (Reedley, Calif) · 196'1 14:48. 2m, 9:27. 6St1654 Pete Romero (Reedley, Calif) 1967 28:32. o, 29:17. om 1876 Gerry Lindgren (Rgrs, Spokane) 1964 Top Seasonal and One-Dav Prep Doubles 32:03.4m, 9:27.6Stl609 Pete Romero (Reedley, Calif) 1967 13. 9, 23. Omt 1.873 Rex Cawley (Farmington, Mich) 1959 oy Hugh Gardner 14. 1, 23. 3½t 1819 Rex Cawley (Farmington, Mich) 6/6/59 The best high school doubles of history. tabulated with the 13.9, 51.5 1873 Rex Cawley (Farn1ington, Mich) 1959 Portuguese scoring tables , are a revision of the set nm three years 14.1, 51.5 1855 Rex Cawley (Filmiington, Mich) 6/6/59 ago with the IAAF scoring. Marks with date are one-day doubles, 14.4, 6'6¾'' 1798 Joe Batiste (Tucson, Ariz) 1939 others for the entire season. Again, nearly all combinations of 14. 8, 13')¾" 1678 Geoff Vanderstock (PC, La Verne) 6/28/64 · events have been charted. Please send any additions or corrections to 14. 2, 26'f' 1921 Jerry Proctor (Muir, Pasadena) 1967 to Hugh Gardner, P. 0. Box 1271, Redwood City, Calif. 94061 14. 2, 24'11~" 1848 Jerrv Proctor (Muir, Pasadena) 6/10/67 (All high hurdles are 42-inch; shot and discus are inter­ 14. 3, 46'2J" 1700 Paul \vi!son (Plainfield, NJ) 1964 national weights. •=one-day double.) 23. Omt, 51,5 1866 Rex Cawley (Farmington, Mich) 1959 Marks Score Athlete lJate 23.3h, 51.5 1s30 Rex Cawley (Farmington, Mich) 6/6/59 9.3, 10.2m 1947 Billy Gaines (Clrvw, MH, NJ) 1967 23. 7s, 6'-11" 1734 Milt Campbell (Plainfield, NJ) 1952 9.3, 20.6s 1946 BillyGaines(Clrvw. MH, NJ) 66& 67 23.5s, 24'6~" 1800 Steve Turner (Glendale, Calif) 9.4, 47.2 1896 Jim Green (Eminence, Kv) 1967 52. Gm, 47'11" 1722 Paddy Mccrary (Manhasset, NY) 9.5, 47. 2 1870 Jim Green (Eminence, K\ ·) 4/22/67 54. 0, 47'5" 1680 Paddy Mccrary (Manhasset, NY) -.., .3/64 9.5, 1:55. 6 1759 Jerry White (Corcoran, Calif) 1956 6'1", 15'8" 1771 Casey Carrigan (Orting. Wash) 1967 9.5, 13.8 1880 Richmond Flowers (Lan. Mont, Al) 1965 6'0", 15'4" 1738 Casey Carrigan (Orting, Wash) 5/ 22/ 67 9.6, 22.7s 1845 Tom Hester (San Bernardino, Cal) 1962 6'6", 25'5¼" 1846 Doyle Steel (San Diego. Calif) 1966 9.7, 6'5" 1757 Bill Smith (Belmont, Los Angeles) 1941 6'6", 24'½" 1738 Bill Smith (Belmont. LA, Calif) 6/ 23/40 9.6, 13'4" 1763 Bob Maimbourg(GardenGrove, Cal) 5/6/60 6'8i", 49'8" 1798 Larry Freeman (Poly, Long Beach) 1965 9.4, 24'11¼" 1891 Jesse Owens (E Tech, Cleveland) 1933 6'6" 49'8" 1762 Larry Freeman (Poly, Long Beach) 6/19/65 9.4, 24 '9½" 1884 Jesse Owens (E Tech, Cleveland) 6/17 /33 6'9//-, 202'0" 1758 Eric Christianson (Sandia, Alb, NM) 1964 9. 7, 45 '9¾" 1655 Butler Avery (Fortier, NO, La) 1941 G'S" 202'0" 1758 Eric Christianson (Sandia, Alb, NM)l964* 10. 0, 49'7¼" 1643 Billy Brown (Baker, La) 1937* 14'6¼", 21'0" 1640 Casey Car~n (Orting, Wash) 1966 l:50. 0, J:39. Om 1906 Jim Ryun (East, Wichita, Kans) 1964 13 '7", 47 '½" 1757 Bruce Turnbull (Sumner, Wash) 1959 l:50.5, 3:55.3 1918 Jim Ryun (East, Wichita, Kans) 1965 15 '8", 150'8" (JT\ 1616 Casev Can-igan (Orting, Wash) 1967 l:54. 1, 4:08. 4 1773 Jim Olson (Kirkwood, Mo) 5/15/65 45'1¼", 212'5" 1600 John Yancy (Wilson, Long Beach) 1962 l:50,5, 9:04.0 1798 Jim Ryun (East, Wichita, Kans) 1965 60'6".169'7" 1864 Randy Matson (Pampa, Tex) 6/8/63 l:50.5, 14:01.8 1801 . Jim Ryun (East, Wichita, Kans) 1965 1:55. 8, 14:23. 0 1681 Pete Romero (Reedley, Calif) 6/6/67 Champ, Missouri's Wild Athletic Dream 10. 0, 53'7" 1694 Bob Brannen (Los Gatos, Calif) 1964 10.4m, 46. Om 1889 Juan Franceschi (Ponce, PR) 1967 by Frank Litsky 10, 5m, 14. 1 1814 Milt Campbell (Plainfield, NJ) 5/23 / 53 (Reprinted from New York Times) 20, 6s, 46. 5 1927 Ted Nelson (Andrews, Tex) 4/22 / 61 The Village of Champ, Mo. , a suburb of St. Louis, has 12 21. 6t, 1:49. 9 1967 Dave Morton (Mem, Houston, Tx) 1967 voters, many industries and no property taxes. It also has grandio 21. 6t, 1:50. 6 1815 Dave Morton (Mem, Houston, Tx) '1/15/67 plans for a $200 million domed thoroughbred race track enr.losing a 20. 7s, 14. 1 1873 Milt Campbell )Plainfield, NJ) 6/20/53 huge super sports complex. Champ, which recently lost its bid to 21. 2s, 23. 5s 1764 Charley Tidwell (Independence, Ks) 1955 host the 1971 Pan-American Games, still hopes to stage the 1976 20, 7 s, 53. 4 1830 Eddie Southern (Sunset, Dallas, Tx)1955 Olympics. Most of such competition would be held on the race trac 20.7s, 6'1'' 1765 Milt Campbell (Plainfield, NJ) . 1953 and in stadiums and arenas in the infield. The infield is a ' -ral 21. Os, 13'4" 1779 Bob Maimbourg(Garden Grove, Cal) 5/6/60 amphitheater depressed 150 feet, and the track stadium wo ,e a, 20,7t, 24'11" 1914 MelGray(Mont, Sta Rosa, Calif) 1967 amphitheater within the amphitheater. The track stadium would se. 20. 7t, 24 '7" 1901 Mel Gray (Mont, Sta Rosa, Cal if) 6/3/67 30,000, a comparatively small number, but spectators in the race 22. 2s, 49'7,l" . 1676 Billy Brown (Baker, La) 1937 track seating areas could watch track competition. The complex 22. 2s, 47 '6½" 1627 Billy Brown (Baker, La) 1937* would hold 300,000. 20. 9,162'·1" (DT) 1772 Aubrey Lewis (Montclair, NJ) 1954 The money to financ e the G~11ues would come from profits f1 46. 7, 1 :49. 9 1891 Dave Morton (Mem, Houston, Tx) 1967 the race track. Th e money to finance the race track would come 48. 2, 1:51. 8 1807 Dave Morton (Mem, Houston, Tx) 6/17/67 from a $200-m\llion oond issu e : At present , Missouri bans horse 50. 2, 3:59. ·1 1795 Tim Danielson (Chula Vista, Cal) 1966 racing. 111e race track profits, according to a bill before the Mis · 50.2, 8:55.4 1733 Tim Danielson (Chula Vista, Cal) 1966 souri legislature that would legalize the sport, would be used exclu 48. 2, 23. ls 1813 Dixon Farmer (Miram, Orinda, Cl) 1959 sively to benefit amateur sports. 47. 1, 23. 8s 1805 Ilob Hansen (East, Wichita, Kans) 1962 Cnamp also plans sports car.1ps to give American athletes 49. 6, 6'8" 1772 Greg Hect (Lowell, LaHabra, Cal) 1964 intense training--"Jike what Russia is doing," said Bill Bangert. 48.0, 13'10" 1772 Dave Buck (Brea-Olinda, Brea, Cal) 1963 Bangert is general chairman of tl1e Missouri Olympic-Spirit of '76 47. 3, 24'6" 1851 Tommie Smith (Lemoore, Calif) 1963 Committee, wl:ich wants to stage the 1976 Olympic Games in Cham 47. 7, 47 '1" 1729 George Rainey (White Plains, NY) 6/13/64 Bang e rt is a strapping (6'5", 265°1b . ), 43-year-old man wit 49.1,152'4"(DT) 1700 Aubrey Lewis (Montclair, NJ) 1954 gray hair ancl a spell-binding manner. He has an unbelievable hist · t:54.8, 52 , 6m 1755 PaddyMcCrary(Manhasset, NY) 1964 of his own. On a February Saturday in 1945, he has a Mctropolit1r 1:54. 8, 47 .'ll" 1691 Paddy Mccrary (Manhasset, NY) 1964 Opera Company audition in the afternoon (he was encouraged to tra 1:54. 8, 47 '7½" 1684 Paddy Mccrary (Manhasset, NY) 6/18/64 his booming baritone voice further). 111at night, halfway through t 3:55. 3, 9:04. 0 1868 Jim Ryun (East, Wichita, Kans) 1%5 Amateur Athletic Union's national indoor shot put championship at 4:07,0, 8:55.4 1813 Tim Danielson (Chula Vista, Cal) 6/18/66 Madison Squ,1rc . Ganlcn, he moved to a microphone ; sang "111c Sta 3:40. 4m, 14:01. 8 1845 Jim Ryun (East, Wichita, Kans) 1965 Spangled Bann e r". returnee\ to the shot put circle ancl won the title. 4:01. 5, 13:17. 0 1920 Gerry Lindgren (Rgrs, SPQkane) 1964 lJ1 1948, he lost in the final of the AAU national heavyweight boxing 4:10. 8, 14:21. 8 1721 Mike Petterson (East, Wichita, Ks) 5/22/64 <:hampionship. 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led to hernnrrhagcs of his ret inas, which became detached. For 100-220t -SP t--.hrti n l.111' ' r /'.I' <'., r\ three years, he was blind. During that time, he conceived Champ, 10. 1, 21. G, 13'2" 2417 pts Zurich. S-.•:it'l ~,/tr., ':,.11 which was incorporated in 1959. Since then, he has abandoned his Al Pearman (US/Colgate) lf.\l\,n - \, Ill ·:, II T contracting business and worked on plans for Champ 's development. Ithaca, NY 4/22/67 10.3.17.:-l.f;·1: · . ~7J•r-:· · He is on<2of the 12 voters in Champ, where he lives in a 12- 100-220s-DT Bill Tuome,· (\ 'S;'Strnl) room colonial house that cost $150,000. Cow1ty and school tax es on 9.4, 20 .3 , 135 '0" 2699 pts Salina , Kans 7 /2 1 r.r, the home and the 300-acre plot on which it is bJilt are $12,000 a year. Dave Sime (US/Duke) 100111-.\00m-l.J Bangert compared Champ to Teterboro, N. J .. a low-population, Durham, NC 5/5/56 10. 3. -n. 3, 2s'G" 2819 i<, high-industry community with low property taxes. Champ, with a 100-440-120HH Bill Toomey (US/Strid) population of 50, is at the intersection of Interstate Routes 70 and 9. 8, 51.1, 14. 5 2542 pts Salina, Kans 7 /2/66 270. It is west of St. Louis (10 minutes from downtown by automo­ Ray Weinberg (Aus) 100m--100m-SP bile). It is one of 98 municipalitiPs in St. Louis County . Melbourne, Aust 1/12/52 10.3, 49.3, 54'7:}" · 2691 pts l:langert expects passage of the racing bill. The bill would 100-440-LJ Russ Hodge (US/Foothill JC) require approval by 75 per cent of a municipality's voters before a 9. 6, 48.5, 23'4}" 2660 pts Salin a. Kans 7 /2/66 track could be built in that municipality. He expe cts local approval, Ray Wesley (US/Okla St) 100m -1 l0mHH-HJ he said, partly because the 12 voters own the 3600 acres of farm - Stillwater, Okla 5/11/61 · 10. 9, 15. 2, 6 'i" 2435 pts land on which the track would be built. "Besides," he said, "since 100-120HH-HJ Bill Mlller (US/SFOC) our in~?rporation, we have never had a dissenting vote on a bond 10. 3, 15. 0, 6'6" 2468 pts Joensuu, Fin 7 /15/53 issue . John 111omas (US/Boston U) l00m-ll0mHH-DT The race track would be 2700 feet long and 1700 wide. The Providence, RI 4/14/62 10, 8, 14 . 3, 161'11¾'' 2604 ptf track wauld be 1½ miles in circumference with a Tartan all-weather 100-120HH -PV Bob Mathias (US/Stanford) surface . The 100-acre infield would include, in addition to sports 9. 9, 15. 3, 15'8" 2605 pts Arbra, Swe 8/19/52 facilities, an Olympic Village of 7500 motel rooms. Between Olym­ C.K. Yang (For/UCLA) l00m-llOmHH-JT pic-style sports events, they would be used commercially. Horse Napier, NZ 2/5/64 10.9, 15.2, 228'9i" 2506 pt, racing would start within a year after a successful referendum, Ban- 100-120HH-LJ Bill Miller (US/SFOC) . gert said. He said the dome would not be ready by 1971, but frame­ 9. 7, 13. 8, 23'4¾" 2693 pts Joensuu, Fin 7 /14/5~ work would be in place so that closed-circuit television screens would ·· Richmond Flowers (US/Tenn) l00m-HJ-LJ allow spectators anywhere in the complex to watch all competition. Knoxville, Tenn 5/13/67 10. 3, 6'4~"\ 25'6". 2770 pt "A dream has the same connotation as a scheme," said Ban­ 100-120HH-SP Bill Toomey (US/Strid) ;ert. "But this is not a drug store idea . This wruld be 7½ times 9. 7, 15.4, 54'7½" 2540 pts Salina, Kans 7 /2/66 '- .Jigl!er than the Houston Astrodome." R,1ss Hodge (US/Foothill JC) l00m-HJ-SP San Mateo, Calif 4/16/66 10. 3, 6'½", 54'7¼" 2643 pt . 100-120!-!H-DT Russ Hodge (US/Foothill JC) Q Amendments to One-Day Doubles 9. 7, 15. 4, 160 '0" 2560 pts Salina. Kan~ 7 /2/66 Russ Hodge (US/Foothill JC) l00m-LJ-SP Corrections to one -day doubles list in Nov. 9 issue: 1. Mor­ San Mateo, Calif 4/16/66 10.3, 25'2¾", 54'7¼" 2854pt ton's 220t-880 mark was made on 4/15/67; 2. DT-HT, Ed Burke (US}' 100-120HH 0 JT Russ Hodge (US/Foothill JC) SCVYV) 167'9½" & 228'8" (1873 pts) atWalnut, Calif., 6/20/65; 9 . 9, 15. 3, 210'9" 2486 pts Salina, Kans . 7/2/66 3. 100-PV, Bob Gutowski (US/Oxy) 9. 9 & 15'4"m (1796 pts) at Los C. K. Yang (For/UCLA) l00m-LJ-JT Angeles, 4/13/57; 4. 1500-10,000, Gordon McClenathen ; 5, 1500m- Napier, NZ 2/5/64 10. 9, 6'~", 228'9f' 2486 pl 3000m, Gordon Pirie (GB) 3:44 . 5 & 8:09. 4 (1864 pts). 100-440IH-LJ Bill Miller (US/SFOC) Additions to one-day doubles list: 1. 220-PV, Bob Maim­ 9.6, 53.4, 21'0" 2524pts Joensuu, . Fin 7 /14/5 bourg (US/Calif HS) 21. Os & 13:4"m (1779 pts), 5/6/60; 2. 220s­ Steve Caminiti (US/NM) 220t-440-LJ TJ, Billy Brown (US/La HS) 22. 2 & 47'6½" ,(1627 pts) 1937; 3. 440- Albuquerque, NM 4/22/67 21.1, 45. 7, 24'9" 2863 p TJ, George Rainey (US/NY HS) 47. 7 & 47'1" (1729 pts), New York 100-HJ ·PV Tommie Smith (US/San Jose.St) City, 6/13/64; DT-JT, Rafer Johnson (US/UCLA) 172'3" & 236'11½" 10.1, 5'10¼", 14'5½"m 2468 pts. San Jose, Calif 4/2/6( (1806 pts), Walnut, Calif. , 4/23/60; 5. 1500m -5000m, Gordon Pi Bob Richards (US) 220s-120HH-LJ rie (GB), 3:43.4 & 14:07.2 (1874 pts), Lund, Swe., 8/15/61; 6. Pasadena, Calif 7 /21/51 20. 6, 14. 0, 24 '6¼" 2792 r, 200ms-mile , Harry Mccalla (US/Fullerton JC) 23. 7 & 4:20. 5 (1476 100-HJ-LJ Aggrey Awori (Uganda/Harvartl pts), Stanford, Calif., 7/22/61; 7. 100m-2Mile, Harry McCalla 9. 6, 6'6", 23'6¼" 2669 pts Providence, RI 5/4/6: (US/Fullerton JC) 11.9 & 9:25. 6 (1405 pts), Stanford, Calif., 8/5/61 Doug Constant (US/LSU) 220t-120HH-LJ Aururn, Ala 5/13/61 21.4, 13. 8, 25•2¼" 2803 r 100-PV-LJ Earl McCullouch (US/So Cal) Leading Best known One.-Day Triples 10.1, 14'5½"m, 21'6" 2471 pts Los Altos Hills, Calif 4/22/ 1 Bob Richards (US) 200mt-1500m -LJ compiled by Jack Shepard Pasadena, . Calif 7 /21/51 22. o, 4:21. 4, 23'9¾" 2409 1 Listed here are the leading one-day triples, as scored with 100-PV-SP the Portuguese Tables . Due to the extreme length of the list, we Bill Toomey (US/SCVYV) 10.1, 14'5½"m, 41'1½" 2414 pts Westbrook, Me 7/25/ are only publishing those worth 2400 points and mare. No combina­ Bob Richards (US) tions including the 220 low hurdles, 330 intermediates or the 300- 220s-HJ-LJ Pasadena, Calif 7 /21/51 21. 0·, 6'6", 23'6¼" 2669 J yard dash are listed either, though many of them meet the 2400- 100-PV-JT Doug Constant (US/LSU) point standard. (In oole v~ult, "f"=fiberglass oole and "m" metal) 9.9 ., 15'9"f, 210'9" 2624pts Aururn, Ala 5/13/ 100-220s-440 100,220-HJ C. K. Yang (Formosa/UCLA) 220t-LJ-TJ 9. 6, 20. 6, 49. 0 2723 pts 9. 6, 21. 0, 6'6" 2702 pts Napier, NZ 2/5/64 22.1, 22'5", 47'4" 2475 l Vic Hall (US/Cal Poly SLO) Doug Constant (US/LSU) 1uu-LJ-SP ·:ert Potgieter (So Afr) San Juis Obispo, Calif 4/2/60 Aururn, Ala 5/13/61 9. 7, 23'2¾" , 54'7½" 2637 pti, ~retoria, SA 10/25 100-220t-440 100-220t-LJ Russ Hodge (US/Foothill JC) '· 220s-LJ-DT 9. 6, 21. 3, 47. 3 2761 pts 9.4, 20. 3, 26'8¼" 2933 pts San Mateo, Calif 4/16/66 20.3, 23'2½", 135'0" 2598 ; Steve Haas (US/Oxy) Jesse Owens (US/Ohio St) 100-LJ-DT Dave Sime (US/Duke) Los Angeles, Calif 5/3/63 Ann Arbor, Mich 5/25/35 9. 7. 23'2~", 160'0" 2607 pts Durham, NC 5/5/5 100-220t-880 100-220t-LJ Russ Hodge (US/Foo thill JC) 200mt-LJ-DT 9. 6, 21. 2, 1:52. 0 2738 pts 9. 3, 20. 3, 23'9" 2898 pts San Mateo, Calif 4/16/66 21. 9 , 23'0", 165 '2¼" 2588 Charles Strong (US/Okla St) Henry Carr (US/ Ariz St) 100-LJ-JT Valeriy Kuznyetsov (USSR) Stillwater, Okla 5/7/62 Tempe, Ariz 3/23/63 9. 8, 24'0", 240'3½" 2648 pts Nalchik, USSR 4/22; 100-220t-120HH . 100-220t-TJ Jerry Dyes (US/ ACC) 200mt-LJ-JTI 9. 6, 21. 2; 14. 2 2749 pts 10. 0, 22.1, 47'4" 2462 pts Laredo, Tex 3/9/63 22. 2, 23'6¾", 238'9½" 2596 Ron Copeland (US/UCLA) Gert Potgeiter (SA) 100-SP-DT Valeriy Kuznyetsov (USSR) Pullman, Wash 4/9/67 10/25158 'l.7,54'7½", 160'0" 2649pts Turin, Italy 9/3/f 100-220s-120HH 100-220s-SP Russ Hodge (US/Foothill JC) 200mt-DT-JT 9. 8, 21. 2, 14. 0 2672 pts 9.5, .20. 8, 52'10½" ;2736 pts San Mateo, Calif 4/16/66 22. 2, 162'5", 238'9½" Harrison Dillard (US/Bald Wal) Billy Cannon (US/LSU) 100m-200mt-110mHH Valeriy Kuznyetsov (USSR) !';/8/48 Baton Rouge, La 3/14/59 10. 4, 21. 2, 13. 5 2814 "ltS Turin, Italy 9/3/~ Page se Decernb

400m -HJ-LJ 120HH-HOIH-PV 1201-11-1-SP-DT PV-LJ-TJ 47.3 , 6'4f', 25.6" 2755 pts 14. 8, 53 . 4, 13'9"m 2623 pts 13 . 8, 47'9:\-" . 161 '5" 2638 pts 13 '0"m, 25'9¼'', 48'1}" 2633 1 Bill Toomey (US/Strid) Dan Burger (So Afr) !lob Mathias (US/Stanford) Ralph Ooston (US/Tenn A&!) 2/18/Gl Salina, Kans 7/2/66 Pretoria, SA Zurich , Switz 8'12/52 Jefferson City, Mo , 5/13/ 400m -HJ-SP . 120HH -'14011-1-LJ 1201-lH-SP-HT PV-LJ-SP 48.9, 6'¾", 56'7½" 2595 pts 14. 5, 53. 1. 22'5:\-" 2581 pts 16. 9 , 52'7}", 180'2}" 2431 pts 13'5 ½"f. 24'1]", 52' 8¾'' 2620 1 Russ Hodge (US/Foothill JC) Dave Williams (US/Wash) Tom Pagani (US) Kurt Bendlin (W Ge r) 4/8/67 Lo~ An1jeles. Calif 7 /23/66 Eugene, Ore llaltimore, Md 8/5/62 Darmstadt, W Ger 4/22/ 400m-LJ-SP l 20HH-440IH-TJ 120HH -SP -JT l'V-LJ-DT 2566 pts 48.9 , 24'7~". 56'7}" 2595 pts 14.5, 53 .1, 46'7J" 15. 1, 52'8~" , 253'7" 2638 pts 15'1J"m, 23'4½", 141'6½'2617 Russ Hodge (US/Foothill JC) Dave Williams (US/Wash), Kurt Oendlin (W Ger) !lob Richards (US) Los Angeles, Calif 7/23/66 Eugene, Ore 4/8/67 Darmstadt, W Ger 4/22/67 Alhambra, Calif 8/6/ f. 1-10-880-Mile 120111!-rlJ-PV 1201111-DT-JT PV-LJ-JT 14. 3, 6'8", 13'0"m 2661 pts 47.8, 1:50.3, 4:11.6 2722 pts H.5 , 170'6", 233'3" 2679 pts 16'0"f, 24'5}", 226'4}" 2757 Ralph Ooston (US/Tenn A&I) Terry Timmpson (US/Staters TC) Rafer .Johnson (US/UCLA) C. K. Yang (For/UCLA) Jefferson City , Mo 5/13/61 Corvallis, Ore 6/10/67 Eugene, Ore 7 /9 / 60 Los Ange les , Calif 4/20 , 1201-11-1-HJ-LJ 880-Mile-2Mile HJ-PV-LJ PV-TJ-DT H. 3 , 6'8", 25'9,l" 2791 pts 1:49.9, 4:09.4, 9:05.6 26% pts 6'8", 14'6"m , 23'9" 2729 pts 13'0"rn, 47'9½", 133'6" 2422 Ralph Ooston (US-Tenn A&I Neill Duggan (GB/Hancock JC) John TI1omas (US/Ooston U) Phil Mulkey (US) Jefferson City , Mo 5/13/61 Modesto , Calif 5/28/66 Ooston, Mass 4/28/62 Pt-a-Pierre , Trin 4/1/' 1201111-HJ-TJ 880-Mile-HJ HJ-PV-TJ PV-TJ-JT 13 . 7, 6'6", 48'10~" 2716 pts 1:56.9, 4:16.2, 5'9" 2418 pts 6'8", 13'0"m, 48'1½" 2591 pts 13'0"m, 48'1½", 185'3" 2443 Ralph Ooston (US/Tenn A&I) Arnie Sowell (US/Pitt) Ralph Ooston (US/Tenn A&I) Ralph Boston (US/Tenn A&!) Sioux Falls, SD 6/3/61 4/16/55 Jefferson City, Mo 5/13/61 Jefferson City, Mo 5/13 . llOmHH-HJ-SP HJ-PV-SP PV-SP-DT 880-Mile-LJ 15 1 5 '81" c2'8 - " 2448 pts. . 1:56 . 9, 4:16:2, 23'¾" 2529 pts · , 8 . , .:, 4 6'4", 15'10!"f. 45'4½" 2610 pts 13'0"m, 50'2½" , 161'11¾"256 i Kurt Bendlin (W Ger) C. K. Yang (For/UCLA) Bob Mathias (US/Stanford) Arnie Sowell (US/Pitt 4/22/67 4/16/55 Darmstadt, W Ger Los Angel

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