TRACKNEWSLETTER SupplementingTRACK & FIELDNEWS
Volume li, No. 8 Februa ry 10, 1966 Page 57
HJ, Ross (l.Dlat) 6'10"; 2 . J . Littlej olm (una t) 6 '8 "; 3. T ho ma s Tate Astonishes With 26 '3 3-4 " (Bos AA) 6 '8". PV, Pennel (Strid) 16 '0" . LJ, T a te (N Ca r C TC) by George Grenier 26 '3¾ "; 2. Mays (GSB) 25 '½"; 3 . Hopkins (PAA) 24 '9 "; 3. Boston Detroit, Jan. 14--The inaugural Motor City Classic was high (Strid) 23 '11". lighted by a world record that was not a record in the pole vault, a 26'3¾'' long jump, and a trio of marks by Southern U athletes with a 6. 0 60, 7 . 0 60 highs and a 3: 16. 0 mile relay. Though the meet was Simpson Wins Good Two-Mile in 8:41 .6 a success on the track, it was a failure at the box office with only an estimated 3000 occupying about a third of the seats. by Jim Dunaway John Pennel, the hottest athlete on the indoor circuit, added Boston, Jan. 15--Alan Simpson's career as a two-miler and two inches to his week old mark of 16'7½" ., but while lying on his back the 1966 Eastern indoor track season began on the same high note saw the record slip from his grasp as his pole came crashing down tonight as the English Olympic 1500-meter finalist produced a fast into the pit beside him. The 16'92" clearance, which was measured 8:41.6 meet record at the Massachusetts Knights of Columbus eet. after the vault at 16'9¼", was John's fourth clearance of the night with Simpson owed his fast time to Tom Laris, who led almost all no misses. John cleared 14'0", 15'0", 16'0" and 16'9½" with appar of the way and pulled the top six finishers to new personal records. ent ease, but the next two misses, which came after the meet proper, Laris hit 2: 10. at the half and 4:24. 6 at the mile, with most of the were not. The n o hour span of the first four vaults made the condi field still in contact . Then the pace began to tell, and at one and tions ideal. He was not discouraged, however, as he is systemati one-half miles (6:36 .2) Laris, 1965 winner Dave Ellis and Simpson cally or.king on the details of his vault. Tonight, he was concentra bad opened a gap of 20 yards over the field. Simpson was looking ting on tilting his head hi.ck to improve his flyaway arch. As a con uncomfortable but he kept hanging in there. , ith two laps to go, sequence he neglected to give the pole the final twist that is needed Ellis launched his attack; the little Canadian got the lead, but he to send it backwards . couldn't open up much daylight, and Laris repassed him as the final orm Tate on his third jump of the night on the hyper-fast lap began. Then Simpsoo unleashed his miler's kick, needin g only Cobo Arena runway moved into third spot on the all-time indoor list half a lap to gain the lead, and quickly stretched it to five yard s at with a leap of 26'3¾", which is the eighth best of all-time. Only the tape. He ran the last half mile in 2: 04. 0, the last quarter in four men who have cleared 26-feet indoors, and three of them were 59 .0 seconds. Place times were, Laris 8:42.4, Ellis 8:44.0, Eamon in Detroit. One of them, Charlie :Mays, took second with 25'½". O'Reilly 8:52.2, Art Dulong 8:59 .6 and Charles essenger 9:02.0. The other, Ralph Boston, took only three jumps for 23'11" and fourth. Two other British Olympians scored wins. Jolm hetton out· Since he injured his ankle in the competition, Boston plans to lay off kicked Ergas Leps and Keith Forman with a 57 .6 last quarter to win jumping for a while. Gayle ldopkins did 24'9" for third. Tate had the mile in 4:06 .6. And double silver medalist Jolm Cooper, study another leap of 26'2" that was foul. There were quite a few fouls, ing for his master's degree at Western Kentucky State, returned to which reflected the speed of the nm.way. the site of his disastrous Eastern board track debut last vear to win George Anderson of Southern extended the 60-yard list to an the 600 with a solid 1: 11. 2. He looked like he could go faster. even 20 that have done 6. 0 or faster. He beat Bill Huro of the otre Like England, Southern U also scored three victories. Wil llime frosh, who did 6.1, and Edwin Roberts and John Moon, both lie Davenport took the 45-yard hurdles in 5.6, and George Anderson at 6 .2. Willie llivenport, the 22-year-old frosh at the same school, had an easy 50-yard dash win when Sam Perry was left at the post. became the fourth man to do 7 .O for the 60 highs after Hayes Jones, In the 440, Theron Lewis flew around the first lap in a sizzling 16 .1 the meet director of the meet, Don Styron and Milt Campbell. He (fastest I've ever seen or heard of), then eased off to a 48. 7 clocking. had two yards on the rest of the field that finished with Boston, Rich ick Lee, now a Baltimore schoolteacher , closed to within three mond Flowers and Russ Rogers trailing. The mile relay team from yards at the finish. Southern concluded the track activities with a 3:16. O effort by the George Germann scored a 10-yard win in the 1000. He took Johnson Brothers, Webster and Robert, and Tony Gates and Everett the lead from Fran Smith just oefore the 80 mark, and drew away :Mason. steadily, finishing in 2:11. 7. Ray Tucker, the Hamilton, Ontario A fast early pace was set in the 1000, but the principals, Er schoolboy who scored an upset win in this race last year, closed gas Leps and Bill Crothers, ignored it. Leps tried to take the sting fast to nip Smith for second. out of the kick of his internecine rival by a sustained drive of over Jolm Pennel won the pole vault with a 15 '6" leap and had two 300 yards. Crothers whipped by Leps with 100 yards left to clock good shots at 16 '9¼". His third try was spoiled when a loudmouth 2:10 . 1 to Leps 2:10. 7. The mile followed a similar pattern with Ed fan let out a big, "Ooooooooh '." as Pennel began his run; after that , Dea n leading through a 61.7, 2:03.0 and 3:07 .5 pace. The Britishers Jolm had nothing left and missed badly. John Thomas won the high jo hn Whetton and Alan Simpson held this pace, but took off with 350 jump at 6 '9", but could not get over 7'0". to go. Whetton held off Simpson with a 57. 5 to 57. 7 quarter finale to In the weight events, orphaned by the meet ·s promoters and c~ock 4:05.2 to 4:05.6. Ollan Cassell took the 600 in 1:11.2 from put on by the whales themselves! chief orgaruzer Carl allin set a sprin ter Ed Roberts (1: 11. 6) and Central State soph Martin McGrady. meet mark in the shot with 59 '22", and Bob Backus threw the 35- Hayes Jones attributed the poor attendance to poor press publi potmd weight 64 '3¼" . city and a boycott by the CAA. Big 10 schools Michigan and Michigan Morgan State won the feature mile relay in a slowish 3:20 .6 Sta te sa id a Bi g 10 rule forbade indoor competition before the nearest after Georgetown blew a good lead by dropping the hi.ton at these Sat urda y to February 1, while Western Michigan said there was no cond exchange. In the two -mile relay, Herb Germann' s 1:51.1 an - CAA sa nction. Hence , the meet lacked local collegiate interest and chor brought Seton Hall home first in 7:37 .6. Other good legs were rela ys. Th er e were only three mile relays, and no two-mile relay 1:51.6 by Manhattan's Joe Kearney and 1:52 .0 by Villanova 's Dave or di sta nc e run. Patrick. 60, Anderson (Sn) 6. 0; 2. Hurd
Roelants stayed off Tom Laris' pace for the first 1¼-miles plenty to cheer about as the program drew to a close. The lithe of the two -mile then took over the lead for the rest of the route and Uclan clocked 8:33,0 in a stirring 22-lap race with Gerry Lindgren beat Laris by 15 yards. Laris' time of 8: 42 .4 matched his all -time of Washington State. Burrell recorded a personal best of 7'2¼" in the best and he was caught in 4:22.2 enroute. high jump exceeding his previous best of 7'lf ' he recorded last year. Anderson of Southern U was lorced to scratch from the final with a Burrell, a 21-year-old, 167-pounder, posted his second tri muscle pull. He had won his opening heat in 6 • 3 and placed second umph of the indoor season ~ After winning at the San Francisco Ex to Newma n 's 6.1 in a semi-final. aminer he placed second to Jolm Rambo (7'2 ") atthe LA Invitational .. For Pennel, who breezed over everything up to 16 '5 ", made Burrell, after ciearing the winning heigbt, went for Valeriy the winning height on his first attempt and looked like it might be the Brumel's indoor record of '4½" set in 1961. The bar was raised tWillie Davenport tied a meet-record against virtuall y no com Brumel 's record. I was confident I could clear that height even petition in the 60-yard high hurdles. He ran t\ o 7. ls in heats and though I' ve never jumped at it before. " finished with a final 7. 0. Milt Campbell was the first to reach that Max Lowe of Foothill JC took second with a personal and JC figure in 1957 and at that time set a world record. Roger Mann of indoor best of 7'1½ " the same height cleared by third-place finisher Northeast Louisiana was caught in 7, 2 for second place. Gene Johnson. 1 ever before have three jumpers cleared 7'1½" in In the first meeting ever between two 5. 9 s prin ters , Sam doors. Lowe missed one attempt at .7'2¾ " a.nd pulled a_tendon in his Perry got the better of Fresno State 's Darel ewm an a nd won th e 60 left leg on his second approach at the height. He underwent surgery in 6. 0. In defending his Millrose sprint champ ion shi p of 1965 and the foll ov-li.ng Sunday to c orrect the broken tendon. He will be :in a winning the title for the third time overall , Per ry ni ppe d ewman by ca st for six weeks and out of ac tion for the rest of the year. a hair. An anticipated three -way duel never cam e off whe n Geor ge Low e went over 7' 1½" on his second attempt. A miss for Ted elson won the half-mile in the tightest fini sh of the Johnson ba ck at 6 '11 " spelled th e difference between a tie for second night. With everyone in the six-man field having a sh ot at the vie - -and his third-place finish. Olympian Ed Caruthers of Arizona fin tory coming into the final 100 yards, the Strider nail ed George Ge r ish ed fou rth at 6 '9 " . mann in a photo finish to cop a slow 1:52 .6 win. Germann was one Th e Day - Lin dgren enc ounter was something to behold. Little tenth behind. Gerry sped to the forefr ont of the outstanding field which included The nod for the biggest disappointment of the night would pr o ontana 's Doug Brown , Wa shington State's Chris Westman and Ore bably have to go to Dick Hill, Southern 's coach. Although one of hi s gon' s Ken Moore. Lindgren and Day pulled away to a 15 yard lead men, Davenport, won the hurdles, and a former protege, Richard after three laps, with Day stalking the diminutive Spokane athlete. Ross won the high jump (7 '0") for the sec ond straight year , Hill sa w The duo lengthened tbe i r lead to 40 yards over third -place Moore his favored mile-relay team and bis sta r, Theron Lewis, make a the s eventh la p . mess of things. Combine these setbacks with Anderson 's disqual Day t railed Lin dgre n by a yard fro m the outset until the start ifying injury in the sprint and the picture of dejection is clear. of the gun lap when he sped by t he WSU sophomore. Day sprinted the Lewis, the strong favorite in the special 500, ran badly . He res t of the , ay a nd finished eight yards in front of Lindgren to clock battled--literally--with Charlie Mays for the early lead. Twice 8 :33. 0, 4.9 seconds fast er t han Llndgren 's 196-5 winning time. Lind Mays pushed Lewis away when the latter tr ied to cut inside (where gren finished in : 34. 0. there was no running room to begin with). By the time they ;reached 'l t was a tough one, " Da_y exclaimed afterwards. "I haven't the final turn, Lewis was staggering although he still led at the 440 r un the tw o -mile enough to really know whether I like it better than mark in 49. 7. Meanwhile , six or seven yards rack ic k Lee was the mil e. fut I haven 't bad enough speed work this winter, so the minding his own rosiness until the final steps, when he pulle d a head two -mil e i s pr obably my better event now. " of the faltering Lewis and won in a slow 57. 9. Mays ende d up walk His time is an American collegiate indoor record and ranks ing across the finish in 60. 5. as the be s t of the season. His performance was all the more remark It was more of the same in the mile relay, in whic h South ern abl e since be had run a 4:04.2 in losing to Kipchoge Keino two nights was disqualified for running off the track. The win went to Maryland ear lier a t the tvfilr ose Games. State in 3:17 .4. Robert Brown (51. 2), Harley Morris (48. 9), Edwin ''I managed to work out in the NYAC Friday morning and ran _Skinner { . 9) and Alfonzo Grimes (48 .4) did the baton carrying. five mil e s ina oors a s it was five degrees outdoors. I flew out to 60, Perry (Ford) 6.0; 2. ewman (49erTC ) nt. Heats: U-1. Portland later in the day , " Day added. Newman 6 .1. 500, Lee (Bait OC) 57 .9; 2. Lewis (Sn) 58 .0; 3. Lindgren bad splits of 2:07 .O (880), 3:11.0 (1320), 4:15.0 Richardson {NYPC) 58.3. 600, Farrell (St John's) 1:12.0. 880, lel (mil e ) an d 6:29. 0 (1 ½-miles). son (Strid) 1:52.6; 2. GGermann (S Or J) 1:52.7; 3. Lingle Other top events were tne 60-yard dash, 60 -yard high hurdles AC) 1:52.9; 4. Duchini (NYAC) 1:52.9 ; 5. Kasal (Czech} 1:53. 8 . and sh o t put. Southern Cal freshman Lennox Miller edged Harry Mile, Keino (Ken} 4:03.9; 2. Day (UCLA) 4:04.2; 3. Odlozil Jer ome in the 60 with a 6;1 clocking. Miller is a Jamaican who has (Czech) 4-:04.8; 4. Leps (Tor TC) 4:05. 7; 5. Crothers (EYTC ) run 9 .4 outdoors. Jerome led off the blocks until the 50 yard mark, 4:07 .5. 2M, Roelants (Bel) 8:40.6 ; 2. Laris (NYAC) 8:42 .4 ; 3. WQere Miller caught the ex-Oregon standout and passed him in the _Smith (PAA) 8:42.6; 4. Ellis (Tor OC) 8:44.0. 60 HH, Davenport final two yards. HJ, Ross (Bn Rge La) 7'0 "; _2. Dobrotn (Strid) 6'10 "; 3. Co stello Al Rockwell of BYU , Paul Kerry of So Cal and Tom Wyatt of (:Mi) 6'10 "; 4. Thomas (Bos AA) 6'10 " . PV, Pennel (Strid ) Hi' 5 "; the Athens AG raced t o a blanket finish in the hurdle event. All were 2. Uelses (Plilla :K:) 15 '6 " . SP, Steigerwald (Manhattan ) 54 '1 " . tim ed in 7.2, equalling Jerry Tarr's meet record set in 1962. Rock 35 Wt, Mead (Manhattan) 57'0 " . well was awarded first with Ker.ry and Wyatt second and third, re Mile R (col), Maryland 'state ~:17.4 (Brown 51.2; Morris 48 .9 , specti vely . Skinner 48.9, Grimes 48.4); 2. Morgan State 3:19.4 Gohnson 48 .8 ). Rock well said, '1 stumbled slightl y after the first hurdle and 2Mile R (col), Maryland State 7:39 .6 (Morris 1:55 .3, Grimes 1:56 .8). even thought I might na ve jumped the gun. After I paused momen taril y I had to pick up the pace again. This is my best ever indoor 60 . My previous best was 7 . 4 last year. " Day Churns 8:33, Burrell Soars 7'2 1-4" Parry O'Brien again improved his 1966 indoor best with a by Ranny Green em orial Coliseum and m eet standard of 62 '9½" in beating Oregon's Tacoma ews Tribune eal Steinhauer who had 61 '4½" . Portland, Ore., Jan. 29-- orthwestem l:JS track fans, accus 60, tvfiller (So Cal ) 6.1; 2. Jerome (Vancouver TC) 6.2. Heats: tomed to a distance spectacular at the Oregon Invitational indoor 11-1. Miller 6.1. 500, Van Dyk (Ore) 58.6; 2 . Carr (So Cal) 59.0; meet, got more than they bargained for tbis year. Pre-meet talk 3. Tobler (unat) 59 .2. 1000, Breckow (UCLA) 2:11.2. Mile, Grelle centered on the talent-laden two-mile; however, before the evening (MuitnomahAC) 4:08 .8 . 2M, Day (UCLA) 8:33 .0 (CIR); 2. Lindgren was over the record crowd of 9143 was in for an additional "lift " . (Wash St) 8:34.0; 3. v estman (Wash St) 8:58 . O. 60 HH, Rockwell Bob Day of UCLA and Otis Burrell of 1evada gave the fans (BYU) 7 .2; 2. Kerry (So Cal) 7 .2; 3. \ yatt (Athens AC) 7 .2. Heats: Page ea February 10, 1988
1-1. Rockwell7.2; 2.Wyatt7 . 3; 3.Burrell(Nev)7.3. II-1. 1000, Crothers (EYTC) 2:09 . 9; 2 . Leps (Tor TC} 2:10.1; 3 . Kerry 7 .2. Ur bina (Gtwn) 2:10.3; 4. Kasal (Czech) 2:11.2; 5. Panzer (W Ger) HJ, furrell 7'2¾"; 2. Lowe (Foothill JC) 7'1½"; 3. G. Johnson 2:12.0. Mile, Odlozil (Czech) 4:05.2; 2. Nelson (Strid) 4:05.3; 3 , (Athens AC) 7'1½"; 4. Caruthers (Ariz) 6'9". PV, Savage (UCLA) Bailey (EYTC) 4:06 .5 ; 4. Bair (Kent St) 4:07 .6. 2M, Lawson (Kan s ) 16 '0"; 2. Chase (SCVYV) 16 '0"; 3. Fosdick (So Cal) 15 '6". TJ, 8:39 .8; 2 . Smith (PAA) :42.2; 3 . O'Reilly (Gtwn) 8:56 . 0; 4 . Br own Samuels (So Cal) 50 '6 "; 2 . Fergus (S Jose St) 49 18 "; 3. Rogers (Providence) 8:57 . 4; 5. Brouillet (Balt OC) 8:58 .6; 6. McCalla (Low (Contra Costa JC) 47'3£'' . SP, O'Brien (PAA) 62'9½"; 2. Steinbauer ry AFB) 9:00.4; 7 . Lorandeau (Kent St) 9:04 .2 . 45HH, Davenport (Ore) 61 '4½"; 3 . Patera (BYU) 59 '11¼"; 4. Smith (So Cal) 58 '3½"; 5. (Sn) 5 .4. Heats: 1. Hughes (Kent St) 5. 9; 2 . Davenport 5 . 9. Jolmson (Redland s JC) 57'10" . HJ, Ross (unat) 7'0''; 2 . Costello (Md) 7'0"; 3 . Dobroth (Stri d ) MR, Oregon 3:2 5.4 . 6'10 "; 4 . Thomas (Bos AA) 6'10 " . PV, Penn e l \Strid) 16'0"; 2 . Ue l• 1 11 ses \Pbila PC) 15 '6" . SP, Wallin (KEn TC) 58 44 ; 2. Hearon (}..1d) 1 11 56 82 ; 3 . Stewart (Duke) 56'2¼"; 4 . Cavanaugh (Bos C) 55'4¾ " . 35 Wt, Thomson (NYAC) 64'6¾ "; 2 . Backus YAC) 63 '9½"; 3 . Schulton Davenport EquaJs World 45 Hurdle Mark (Bowdoin) 60'10¼ "; 4. Fiore (Bos C) 60'10"; 5. Hall (NYAC) 60' ¼". 2MileR, Maryland State 7:37 .4. by Jim Dunaway Boston, Jan. 29--You can't judge a book by its cover, and you can never tell what will happen at a track meet •.• and the 196"5 edi - tion of the venerable (since 1890) Boston AA indoor n, _et proved it once again. Its lustre dimmed by the absence of S'..!Chluminaries as Farrell Takes 1000 in 2 :08.7 Kipchoge Keino (gummoned home by the Kenyan AAA) and John Rambo by Larry Bortstein ("personal reasons"), the meet nevertheles s saw a worlds record ew York City, Feb. 4--The season's top indoor middle dis equalled and three other me et records broken, plus assorted fast tance runners, Tom Farrell and Bill Crothers, remained unbeat en in times and close finishes. their specialties, and the ew Zea land duo of John Olvies and Bill Hurdler Willie Dav enport of Southern U tied Charles ' hitey" Baillie joined them at the winner's circle at the 47th annual Knights Elad's 24-year-old reco rd for the 45-yard highs with a 5.4 clocking. of Columbus meet at Madison Square Garden before 12,000 onlook ers. Davenport, who was beaten in a 5.9 heat by Ron Hughes of Kent State, Farrell and Crothers , who are slated to duel in the O at the bad to run 5 .4 to beat Leon Coleman of Winston -Salem, who was even YAC Games, Feb. 18, were K of C winners in the 1000 and 880, with Davenport over the first two (of three) oorriers. It was Daven - respectively. Both victories were impressive though Farrell's was port's fifth straight indoor win this winter. Roger Mann, Millrose tougher coming. He needed the fastest 1000 of his career --2 :08. 7- runner-up to Davenport two nights earlier, ran fourth in his heat. to hold off Toronto's Ergas Leps at the wire. Leps had grabbed the Sam Perry repeated his 1965 win in the 50-yard dash, tying lead in the third lap and had opened up a three yard gap on Farrell, the meet record of 5 .3, scoring over Ray Pollard of Morgan State, which he maintained all the way into the oockstretcb a d into the final Jim Lee of Maryland and Marine Jim Stewart. Darel ewman, tum. Farrell finally pushed himself past the Canadian, who gave his oo king for another shot at Perry after a close Millrose loss, pulled finest performance ever in ew York, and won by a tenth. Farrell's .a muscle during his semi and scratched from the final. 2:08. 7 just missed Jerry Siebert's meet record of 2:0 . 5, set in 1961 . Theron Lewis set a meet mark of 48 • 0 in the 440 with a front Farrell's previous best time for the distance was 2:09.6. He was the running race that equalled Wendell Mottley's best here and just mis defending champion in the K of C meet. sed Lewis' own 11-lap indoor mark of 47.8 set in last year's NCAA. Everyone in the four man field in the 1000 posted best-ever Kansas senior John Lawson got the other meet record by run clockings for the distance. Ed Duchini of the YAC finis ed third in ning two-miles in 8:39 .8. Like Lewis, be led all the way hitting the 2:08 .9, and Georgetown sopb Bob Zieminski ran 2:09 .6 for four b. mile in 4:20 .2. Lawson's only real pursuer for most of the race was In the 880, Crothers started last as usual in the fi e-man Tracy Smith who finished nearly 20 yards oock in 8:42 .2. Eamon O' field as the Czech Jan Kasal led. Frank Tomeo and George Germann Reilly led the second division with 8:56. 0 followed by Barry Brown in took turns running in front. On the fourth lap, Crothers moved into 8:57.4, Bob Brooillet in 8:58 .6, and Harry McCalla in 9:00 .4. second easily, and as the bell sounded the final lap be burs past The middle distances provided no records but much excite Germann and sailed borne five yards in front in 1:51. , equalling ment. Tom Farrell won a swift 600 in 1:09.5 a tenth off Jack Yer Tomeo 's meet record set in 1962. Crothers later ran a dazzling 47. 7 man's American record. Farrell followed Ollan Cassell's 49.5 anchor leg to give his East York Track Club a 10 yard victory in quarter and kicked past Ollan in the straight to win. So did Dave the chili mile relay. Hemery of England and Boston U for second. Hemery ran 1:09. 8 ew Zealander Davies, the Olympic 1500-meter bronz e and Cassell 1:09.9, the first time ever three men have broken 1:10.0 medalist, won the mile in 4:04.2, leading all the way in beating out in the same race . Olympic silver medalist Josef Odlozil of Czechoslovakia, who ran Bill Crothers returned from his mile loss in the Millrose (ne 4:05.0. Davies' quarter - mile times were 62.1, 2:02. and 3:03.5. ver again", says Crothers) to the 1000 and extended his tmbeaten Davies bad two steps on the Czec h on the last lap and simply outdrov e string in Boston to eight in a row. Five yards in back of Volker Pan - him to the tape. Simo Vazic of Yugoslavia made it a eep of the zer's 58 .5 at the quarter, Crothers moved to second behind Ergas. mile by foreigners by finishing third in 4:06.9. Leps with two laps to go and then grabbed the lead at the gun. Leps Baillie, Olvies' traveling companion, ran off with the two and Georgetown's Ricky Urbina chased him bard, but Crothers bad a mile in 8: 44. 2. Baillie assumed command around the one -mile mark, three-yard margin as he hit the rape in 2:09.9. opened up a 20 yard lead, then slowed up to win by about eight from The mile was the closest race of the night. A slow pace Tom Laris, who finished strong and was caught in 8:45. 6. s ee med probable with Josef Odlozil and Ted elson, both sitters, as Georgetown's Eamon O'Reilly (2:13.4) led after the first 880, co-favorites, rut Bob Zieminski of Georgetown lit out and ran a 58 .5 but Baillie, with mile and 1½ mile splits of 4:25.0 and 6:33.6, resp ec first quarter . •• shades of Gil Dodds. Odlozil took over and hit the tively, was in no trouble. half in 1:59 . 6; at this point elson was 20 yards behind in 2:02 . 1. Only one meet record was established. Art alker fashio ned Then Odlozil slowed passing the 1320 in 3:02 .8 with elson and Dave it in the triple jump. (The Knights of Columbus is the only East ern Baile y of Canada closing in . Both of them passed the Czech Olympian , meet with the triple ;ump.) Walker, who last month managed a wo rld 1 11 who fell more than five yards off the lead. He showed his courage indoor mark of 53 82 , leaped 53'2 " on his first fair effort followin g and class though as he came back to nail elson at the tape. Odlozil two fouls. Ira Davis' old mark of 52'1" went off the books. was given 4:05 .2 and elson 4:05 . 3 rut the margin was inches. Bai The meet bad its surprises, too. The biggest was the defeat ley was third in 4:06 . 5 and Sam Bair, who ran an uneventful race, of Fordham's Sam Perry in the 60 by Morgan State's R.ay Pollar d. The race, to01c fourth in 4: 07 . 6. winning time was suprising too - -a slowish 6. 2. Pollard, a soph omore John Pennel won the vault with a 16-footer beating John ('l~ at Morgan State , won his preliminary heat in 6.4, then ran s econd to retired, but • .• ") Uelses at 15 '6" and defender Mel Hein, who a 6 . 3 by Trinidad's Edwin Roberts in their semifinal. Roberts was cleared 15 'o". Then Pennel set the oor at 17-feet, he came close on third behind Pollard and Perry in the final. his first try rut not on the other two. Klaus Lehnertz and Rudolf Ollan Cassell, perennial runnerup to Tom Farrell, fo und out Thomasek both went out at 15-feet. that Ron Whitney could win at 600 ..yards, too. As usual, Cas se ll set Richard Ross repeated bis Millrose win with another 7-footer. tbe pace but Whitney nipped him by a foot at the end, 1:10.6 to 1:11 . 0. Frank Costello also cleared 7'0" for second and Jolm Dobroth and Richard Ross won bis third straight · b jump title, with a leap John Thomas followed in that order at 6 '10". of 7'0". ot exactly unexpectedly, Willie Otvenport won the 60 highs 50, Perry (Fordmm) 5 .3. 440, Lewis (Sn) 48. O; 2. Johnson in 7 .2. (Mor St) 48.7; 3 . Burnett (Phila PC) 49.0 . 600, Farrell (St John's) 60, Pollard (Morgan St) 6. 2; 2. Perry (Fordham) nt. 600, Whit 1:09.5; 2 . Hemery (Bos U) 1:09.8; 3. Cassell (unat) 1:09.9; 4 . ney (Strid) 1:10.6; 2. Cassell (unat) 1:11.0. 880, Crothers (EYTC) Whitney (Strid) 1:10.6; 5. Tomeo (Quan) 1:11.5. Continued on page 61 TRACKNEWSLETTER February 10, 1966 Pap 61
NEW YO R K K OP C (Continued from page 60) (NYAC) 9:03.0. 50HH (Open), Gray (Quantico) 6.1; 2. Flowers nt· 1:51.8; 2. G Germann (S Orange CC) 1:52.7; 3. Tomeo (Quan 18.r) 3, Coleman (W-Salem) nt; 4. Bethea (BOC) nt; 5. Rogers (GSB) nt. 1:53.5; 4. Kasal (Czech) 1:54.0. 880 (Col), H Germann (S Hall) 50HH, Corn (Md Fr) 6.1. Heats: 1-1. Gray 6.1. 11-1. Flowers 6.2. 1:52 .2 ; 2. Budwick (Iona) 1:53 ,6. HJ, Ross (unat) 6'10 "; 2. Dobroth (Strid) 6'10 "; 3. Thomas 1000, Farrell (St John's) 2:08,7; 2. Leps (Tor TC) 2:08. ; 3. (Bos AA) 6'10 "; 4. Costello (Md) 6'10 "; 5. \ adsworth (Wn Ky St) Duchini (~YAC) 2:08.9; 4. Zieminski (Gtwn) 2:09,6; 5. Panzer(\\ 6 1 6" . PV, Pennel (Strid) 16'6¼"; 2. Tomasek (Czech) 16'0"; 3. Ger) 2:11.2. Mile, Davies (NZ) 4:04.2; 2. Odlozil (Czech) 4:05.0; White (PAA) 15 '6"; 4. Hein (Strid) 15'6"; 5. Wadsworth 15'0". PV, 3. Vazic (Yugo) 4:06 .9; 4. Perry (Gtwn) 4:08 .9 ; 5. Bailey (EYTC) Owens (fenn Fr) 15'6¼ " . 4:11.8. 2~, Baillie ~Z) 8:44.2; 2. Laris (NYAC) 8:45.6; 3. Brown MileR, Georgetown 3:23 .8 (Lanigan 50.9, Zieminski 50.8, Borek (Prov) 9:01.4 ; 4. O'Reilly (Gtwn) 9:05 .8. 60HH , Davenport (Sn) 7 .2 ; 50.5); 2. 1aryland State 3:24 . . 2MileR, Maryland State 7:42.6 2. Gray (Quan Mar) nt; 3. Rogers (Gr St Boys) nt; 4. Mann ( La ( orris 1:56.9, Grimes 1:59.2, King 1:51.7, Cayenne 1:54.8); 2. St) nt. Georgetown :42 . (Urbina 1:51.4, Zieminski 1:55.5). MileR, aryland State 3:17 .5 ( orris 49 .6 , Skinner 48 .6, Grimes 49. 4). 2MileR (Col I), Villanova 7: 39. 0 ( cCafferty 1:57 .3, O'Leary 1:55. 7, ation 1:54. 0, Hamilton 1:52. O); Princeton Chase Reaches Lifetime Best: 16'6 1-4" 7:39.6; 3. StJolm's 7:47.4; 4. Maryland 7:48.6. 2MR (Coll! ), Seton Hall 7:37 .6 (Martin 1:57 .4, Andrew s 1:54.8, Schaldenko 1:54.4, by Rann Green H Germann 1:51.0); 2. Fordham 7:3 .8; 3. Manhattan 7:40.9 ; 4. Tacoma ews Tribune Sports \ riter Iona 7:41.4. Seattle, Feb. 5- -Jeff Chase "rose " to the occasion for his home HJ, Ross (unat) 7 '0" · 2. Thomas (Bos AA) 6 '10"; 3. Costello coming. The 25 - ear-old Santa Clara Valley Youth Village pole vault (Md) 6 '10". PV, Uelses (Phlla PC) 15 '6 '; 2. Tomasek (Czech) 15 '6". er , a former resident of this Puget Sound city, was named the out TJ, Walker (Strid) 53'2 "; 2. Johnson (tmat) 50'7¾' '; 3. Tate (·Car standing performer at the econd annual Seattle Invitational meet be C TC) 50'¼ "; 4. Sharpe (Phila PC) 49'10½". fore a sell -out crowd of 10 35. Chase posted a lifetime best of 16 '6¼'' and narrowly missed setting a new world indoor standard of 16 '10¼". Chase passed 14'0 " and 14'6 ", cleared 15'0" on his initial effort, pas sed 15'4" and went over 15'6 " and 16'0 " on bis first vaults. His Young Clocks 8:50 In '66 Debut unblemished record was spoiled at 16'3½" , where he missed once. The ex-San Jose State star easily soared over 16 '6¼" on his first try . by Jim Dunaway Chase hit the crossbar on hi s way up during his first and third ef Philadelphia, Feb. 6-- George Young's 4:16 sec ond mile spark forts at 16'10¼" . He was over the bar on his second attempt but tick ed a meet record :50. 0 two-mile tonight as the Amer ican steeple ed it on the way down . chase champion made his first 1966 indoor start on the Philadelphi a Chase's previous best was 16'4 " , which he first did at the Comp Inquirer Games 12-lap-to-the mile track. !On Invitational last year. 'I'm pretty happy with my performance Facing Bill Baillie of ew Zealan d, the ew York K of C winner tonight, 11 Chase said. "I'll go in about five more indoor meets, but 11 the night before, Oscar Moore and Dave Ellis, the tough Arizonan Pennel probably ill be in those. He is consistent at 16'6¼ • I bad a followed Moore through a 4:33 .4 mile, stayed with Baillie when he little added incenti e tonight. y dad was in the crowd. That's only stepped up the pace and fled home with a 60. 4 final quarter to in by the second time he ha seen me vault. The other time I cleared 14 '2". 11 20 yards. Two other eterans, 29-year -old Jim Grelle and 34-year-old Young said, "I've cut down my training to al::x>utsix miles Parry O'Brien, subdued their younger foes. a day, five days a week, with rest on Saturdays and Sundays. So 1 'm Grelle outs printed UC LA' s Bob Day over the final 120 yards to overweight a bit, and I really didn't know what to expect tonight. But win the mile in 4:02 .. The event bad been billed as "possibly " this was a pleasant surprise. " Seattle's first sub- four minute mile. Oregon freshman Roscoe Divine It was a good night for front runners. In fact, nobody won a led the opening lap of the 11-Jap chase, though Day moved to the front race in the last lap. The most prominent victim , as Tom Farrell, the second time around and led until the final 120 yards when Grelle unbeaten until tonight's 600. The script called for Ollan Cassell to turned on a torrid finishing kick. Day's leading splits were 63. 2, set a fast pace and get nipped in the last half lap. The 29-year-old 2:04 and 3:06. Grelle had a 1:5 . final half, including a 57 .0 last AAU emplo ee took the lead all right, but ran onl 53 .1 for the quar quarter. ter, while Farrell lagged behind Bob Campbell, as much as eig ht The mile ethusalah felt he could have run faster bad Day set a yards off the lead. The margin proved too much by a foot, with quicker pace. "I'm in better shape than what I ran tonight. But I Cassell winning in 1:12.8. was running simply to win and knew ho much I bad left for the fin Other winners were Rob in Lingle, in a 2:11.4 1000 over de ishing kick, " Grelle said. Day finished about six - yards back in fender John Dmkleberg and Ed Duchini; Charlie Mays in a 49. 9 second place (4:03. ), while Divine posted a personal best of 4:08.4 quarter squeaker over Ed Roberts ; and Frank Tomeo, who repeated for third. m the 8 0 in 1:55 .6. O'Brien continued hi s mastery over Oregon's 265-pound eal The mile was something special. Josef Odlozil led (if that's Steinhauer. The two-time Olympic Games titlist heaved the iron ball the word) the field through a 66. 2 quarter and a 2: 14. 4 half. He 63'9 ", a personal best indoors and one inch short of his foremost then picked up (if that's the word} the pace, Ergas Leps grabb ing the outdoor toss . Steinhauer finished second at 61'9". O'Brien's series lead as the hit the three -quarters in 3:19 .4, with Odlozil, e was 61'0 " , 63'9" , foul, 60'1 ", 59' "a nd 59'6". Zea lander John Davies and Villanova soph Dave Patrick in pursuit. Gerry Lindgren, now a sophomore at V ashington State and Leps led the sprinting quarter until the gun, when Davies grabbed a particular! a magical name at the box office in the Pacific orthwest, four yard lead which he held to the tape . Patrick almost caught Leps bad the two-mile all to himself. He led all 22 laps and nearly lapped at the end, as Odlozil faded. Davies' final 440 \ as run in 55 . 0. second place finisher Doug Brm n of Montana, at the finish line. John Pennel added to his fast gro ing collection of meet re Lindgren clocked :39. 2, 5 .2 seconds off bis Portland performance cords with a good clearance of 16'u¼" , and Richard Ross won a four a week earlier. His splits were 61.2, 2:05.2, 3:09.8, 4:15.5, 5:22.5, way countback in the high jump at 6 1 10 " . Sam Perry won a close 50 6:29 .5 and 7:36 .5. from Richmond Flowers (who thought he won} and Jim Ste van (who For the second consecutive week, evada 's Otis Burrell demon thought he won). In the 50 highs, Courtland Gray had a slightly larger strated why he is regarded as one of the world's top high jump ers. margin over the ubiquitous Flowers nine minutes later. He passed to 6'6" and didn't have a miss until 7'2", after scaling Best relay of the night was Maryland State's upset of George 6'6", 6' ", 6'10 " and 7'0". The evadan cleared 7'2" on bis second town at two-miles, featuring third leg carries by Ricky Urbina of jump but missed badly three times at 7'4" . the Hoyas in 1: 51. 4 and Carver King of Maryland State in 1: 51. 7. Lennox Miller, Southern California's freshman from Jamaica, Georgetown returned the insult by beating favored Maryland State in posted his second impressive 60-yard dash triumph within a week. the mile relay. Maryland State took the two-mile baton event in He clocked 6 .1, the same as he recorded in Portland. 7:42.6, and Georgetown the mile in 3:23.8. A trio of high schoolers also drew raves . Larry Scheurer of 50 (Open), Perry (Ford) 5.4; 2. Flowers (fenn Fr} nt. 50, Bellevue's ewport High School, ran a sizzling 6. 2 in the 60 prelims. Frazier (PPC} 5.4. 600, Casse ll (unat) 1:12.8; 2. Farrell (St John's) He won the final in 6.3, two -tenths under the meet record . It also 1:12.8. 1000, Llngle (unat) 2:11.4 ; 2. Dunkleberg Car TC) 2:11.8; appears another little Spokane distance star is on the horizon. Rick 3. Duchini (NYAC) 2:12.2; 4. cCleane (Ire) 2:12.6 ; 5. Panzer (Ger) Riley of Ferris High ran a devastating 4:11.5 mile, with splits of 2:14.8. 62.0, 2:05 and 3:10. He nipped Terry Dooley of Vancouver, B.C., Mile, Davies ( IZ) 4:15.1 ; 2. Leps (for TC) 4:15.6. 2 ile (0), who was clocked in 4 11. 6. Ron Stjern of Snohomish took the two Young (unat) 8:50.0; 2. Baillie ( Z) :53 . 2; 3. Ellis (for OC) :54.6 ; mile all alone in 9:11. 0. 4. Moore (So Ill) 8:56.4; 5. Brouillet (Quantico) 9:07 .2. 2Mile, Lynch Results on following page. Page 62 Februa ry 10, 1986
60, Miller (So Cal Fr) 6.1; 2. Hermen (San Jose St) 6.2; 3. tie, WESTER.'\J MICHIG OPE , Kalamazoo, Jan. 29 (d)--60, Hurd Kjolso (C Wash) and Hickman (Wash St) 6.2. Heats: ~l. Hermen (ND Fr) 6 ~O. 300, tie H. Williams (Bowl Green) and Grasley (E Mich) 6.2; 2. Kuller (So Cal) 6.3; 3. Questad (Stan) 6.4. Il-1. Miller 6.2. 31.4; 3. Gottlieb (WM) 31,6; 4. Missig (WM) 31.7; 5. (tie) Burnley 500, Knowles (San Jose St) 59.2; 2. Payne (Ore) 59.3; 3. DuPree (AATC), Lloyd (C Mich) 31.8. 600, Mason (Huron TC) 1:11.3. 1000, (Wash) 59.4. 1000, Van Dyk (Ore) 2:13.9; 2. Breckow (UCLA) 2:13.9. 1000, Dean (ND) 2:09 .2; 2. Farrell (ND) 2:11.8. 2M, Hazilla (WM Mile, Grelle (Multnomah AC) 4:02.8 ; 2. Day (UCLA) 4:03.8; 3. Fr) 9_:10. 2. 1320, Coffey (ND) 3:02 .9. HJ, Broderick (ND Fr) 6 '8 "; 1 11 Divine (Ore Fr) 4:08.4; 4. Mewett (Ore St) 4:08.8. 2Mile, Lindgren 2. tie, A Littlejohn (unat), J Littlejohn (unat) 6 8 • L], Holland (Wash St) 8:39.2; 2. Brown (Mont) 9:02.6; 3. Price (Cal) 9:06.8. (unat) 24 '2½" . 60HH, Kerry (So Cal) 7 .3; 2. Blum (Ore) 7 .3. Heats: I-1. Kerry ILLINOIS INVITATIO L, Champaign, Ill., Jan. 29 (d)--60, 7 .3; 2. BllllD 7.3. II-1. Miller (Ida St) 7.3; 2. Roe (Wash) 7.3. Freeman (Murray St) 6.2; 2. Flowers (Tenn Fr) 6.2. 440, Travis HJ, Burrell (Nev) 7'2"; 2. Shinnick (unat) 6'10"; 3. Johnson (San (Ill) 49.4. 600, Selmer (Tenn) 1:11.2. 1000, Hartmann (Ill) 2:11.0. Jose St) 6'10"; 4. Heat (So Cal) 6 1 8";. PV, Chase (SCVYV) 16'6¼"; 2. 2M, Moore (SIU) 8:46.0; 3. Redington (Tenn) 9:02.0. 70LH, Flow Fosdick (So Cal) 16'0 "; 3. Savage (UCLA) 15'6". LJ, Shinnick 24'7£"; ers 8.0. 70HH, Mu~hy (Tenn Fr) 8.5. HJ, Livingston (So Ill 6'8". 2. Kennedy (Cal) 23'9 " . TJ, Sanuels (So Cal) 50'8"; 2. Fergus (San PV, Davis (t.mat) 15 '3.i;". Jose St) 48'2". SP, O'Brien (PAA) 63'9"; 2. Steinhauer (Ore) 61'9½"; MICHIGAN STATE 101, OHIO STATE 53, KE TUCKY 17, Colum 3. Smith (So Cal) 58'9½"; 4. McDonald (Ida) 57'8½"; 5. McLaughlin bus, O., Jan. 29 (d)--LJ, Garrett (MS) 24'½". 300, Summers (MS) (Whitworth) 55'10½". 31.7. 70LH, Washington (:MS) 7.8. MileR, San Jose State 3:18.8 (Hermen, Knowles, Shacklefo rd, WISCO SIN 93, INDIANA 48, Bloomington, Ind., Jan. 29 (d)-- Smith); 2. California 3:22.8 (Beaty, Shafer, Hengl, Sm ~ch) . 2MileR, 440, Whipple (W) 49.5. 70HH, Dakin (W) 8.6. 300, Brooks (I) 31.8. Southern California 7:36.8 (Bess, Carr, Buck, Wolff) ; 2. Washington INVITATIONAL, Jan. 29 (?)--Mile, H. Germann (S Hall) 4-:07 .0. State (Bennett, McBurney, Benson, Miller) '7:40 .6 ; 3. San Jose State 600, Doyle (S Hall) 1:11. 5. 1000, Scbaldenko (S Hall) 2:11. 9. 7:42.6 (Berridge, Neff, Channels, Noel). MASSACHUSETTS HIGH SCHOOL, Boston, Jan. 29--Carter 5, .3. High School Events: Mile, Riley (Spokane) 4:11.5; 2. Dooley EW MEXICO 80, NEBRASKA 37, OKLAHOMA STATE 31, Al (Vancouver, BC) 4:11.6. 2Mile, Stjern (Snohomish) 9:12.0;. buquerque, M, Jan. 29 (c)--60, Greene (N) 6.1; 22. Rivers (NM) 6.2. 60LH, Caminiti (NM) 6.7; 2. Headley (N) 6.8; 3. McDougal (OS) 6.9. 440, Linn (OS) 49 .3; 2. Carter { M) 49 .4. 600, Crook (N) 1:10.6; 2. Mitchell (NM/F) 1:10.6. 880, Von Ruden (OS) 1:54. O. Foreign News MileR, ew Mexico 3:16.1 (Matison 48.4, Mitchell 49.6, Head 49,0, Carroll 49.1). LJ, C. Robinson (NM) 25'4½"; 2. I. Robinson (NM) MELBOURNE, Jan. 16--DT, Selvey 184'1½". HJ, Sneazwell 6'10. 24'3". HJ, Loughridge (NM) 6'8¼ " . GEELONG, Jan. 18--5000, Clarke 13:31.2 (13:06.6 three-mile); MISSOURI 66 2/ 3, OKLAHOMA STATE 55 1/3, Columbia, Mo., 2. Coyle 13:38.0; 3. oble 13:59.0. 100m, Holdsworth 10.3. Feb. 4-(e)--H], Herndon (M) 6'9¼". 1000, Von Ruden (OS) 2:10.9. MELBOURNE, Jan. 20--10,000, Clarke 28:41.0. SP, Crews (M) 60'6¼". 60, Brown (M) 6.2. 600, J. Perry (OS) 1:11.7. GEELO G, Jan. 26--2M, Coyle 8:25.2 (third fastest time ever); DELE ARE VALLEY INDOOR SCHOLASTIC (HS), Philadelphia, 2. Clarke 8:25.6. (3000m, Coyle 7:53.6, Clarke 7:53.0) Feb. 3--50, Gaines 5.2. MELBOURNE, Jan. 22--Mile, Clarke 4:07 .8. KENT STATE, WEST VIRGINIA, Kent. 0., Jan. 22--50, Rich ADELAIDE, Jan. 22--JT, Birks 252'10½". burg (Kent St Fr) 5 .4. PV, Linta (Kent St inel) 15'6". ALL-COl'v1ERS, Columbus, 0., Feb, 4 (d)--440, McGrady (Cent · St) 48.7; 2. Lipscomb (Cent St) 49.2; 3. Ross (Cent St) 49.9; 4. Harris (Cent St) 49. 9 . Indoor News EBRASKA 61, OKLAHOMA 48, KANSAS STATE 41, Lincoln, ebr ., Feb. 5--SP, Beltzer (N) 57'0 ". HJ, Tull (0) 6'8"; 2. Krebs WISCO SIN VARSITY VS. FROSH, Madison, Dec. 16 (d)--1000, (N) 6'8". 440, B. Calhoun (0) 49.5. 60LH, Harvey (N) 6.9. Arrington (Fr) 2:08. 5; 2. Peterson (Var) 2:08. 8. COLBY 58, BOWDOIN 54, Brunswick, Me., Jan. 8--35 Wt, Schulten (B) 58'9¾". NAVY 76, WILLIAM & MARY 24, Anna.polis, Md., Jan. 8 (d)-- Errata , Ad denda 2M, Johnson (WM) 8:58 .4. Corrections to the ovember 11, 1965 Track ewsletter: HARVARD 78, BOSTON C 31, Boston, Jan. 8- - 35 Wt, Fiore (B) CAA POINTS TOTALS FOR SCHOOLS & CONFERENCES 58'4". 40HH, Lynch (H) 5.4. 40, Cochrane (B) 4. 7. 1, AAWU 4732-plus; Stanford 775 17/28; Oregon 570 53/80, HIGH SCHOOL REGIONAL, Camden, ]. Jan. 22--50, Gaines moves from 5th to 3rd in AA WU. (Clearview) 5. 4. 2. San Jose State bas scored 334 3/ 5 points, and assumes BATES 70, MAINE 52, Lewiston, Me., Jan. 15--35 Wt, Pang- first place in the non-conference schools. burn 56'10½": ' 3. SCIAC 227 58/70 points with these members: Occidental 201 9/70, PRINCETON 71, FORDHAM 38, Lawrenceville, J, Jan. 14- Cal Tech 14, Redlands 12, Pomona 7/10, Whittier and Claremont Mile, Fath (F) 4:09.6. 2MR, Fordham 7:43.6 (Steinberg, May, Don Mudd O. lon, Groark). Corrections to the December 9, 1965 Track ewsletter: MARYLAND 59, NAVY 41, Anna.polis, Md., Jan. 15 (d)--HJ, CAA POINTS FOR SCHOOLS BY YEARS Costello (M) 6'9¼". SP, Hearon (M) 57'2½". 2MR, Navy 7:45.8 (Box 1. Oregon's last five years (297 points) were not added to its total er, Ht.mter, Warfield, Bickley). Oregon bas 570 58/80 for sixth place, moving from 11th. TENNESSE~, VMI, VIRGINIA TECH, Lexington, Va., Jan. 18- All freshmen: 60HH, Murphy (T) 7 .2. 60LH, Murphy (T) 6. 9. PV, Owens (T) .15 '3¾". - Electr ical Timekeeping ALL COMERS, Boston, Mass., Jan. 18--35 WT, Wallin (NEn TC) As from the 1964 Games, electrical timekeeping is the offic 59'0". SP, Wallin 58'5½". ial form of timing at the Olympics, with human timekeeping used AVY 79, PENN STATE 29, Annapolis, Md., Jan: 22 td)--2MR, only as a check. navy 7:45.5 (Logan, Couch, Dimmig, Knode). As most electric apparatus times to 1/ 100 second, the fol BATES 71, COLBY 42, Lewiston, Me., Jan. 22 (c)--35 Wt, lowing conversion table is used for returning tim es to the nearest Pangburn (B) -57 '7½". 1/10 second: MEET OF CHAMPIONS, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Can., Jan. 22-- 60, Jerome (VTC) 6 .1. 500, Cassell (unat) - 56 .9; 2. Bernard (Trin) . 95 sec. to . 04 sec. to be returned as . . 0 57. 3; 3. Tobler (unat) nt. 1000, Peterson (Wis) 2:11. O; 2. Ducbini . 05 sec. to .14 sec. to be returned as .1 (NYAC) 2:11 . 1; 3 . D. Perry (Okla St) 2:11.6. Mile, Leps (Tor TC) .15 sec. to . 24 sec. to be returned as . 2 4:08 .8; 2 . J Camien (unat),4:08 .8; 3. Cunningham (Miami 0) etc. 4:10.0. 2M, Ellis (Tor TC) 8:53.6; 2. Scott (NM) 8:54.4; 3. 0. Where timing is required to one-fifth s econd, the followin g Moore (S All-Time Greatest Sprint ers Seri es Revi sed 233 points abov e Carr and 28 0 over Morrow's total which now drops into third place; Carr beats Morrow 1:,_yr47: by Maxwell Stiles Hay e s Carr :-.1ove over, Bobby Morrow, you have been displaced'. 605 Achievement Points 402 At the request of the editors of Track & Field ews and some 94 Victory Points 66 of their readers I have brought up to date the ratings of the great 699 468 sprinters of the world which I first brought out in 1934 and repeated -11 Defeat Penalties -13 in 1949, 1958 and 1961. 688 Total Points 455 Two names- -those of Robert Hayes and Henry Carr--were Actually, Hayes lost only nine races in hi s career- -one at missing from the lists. People wanted to know how my "yardstick " 100-yards to Roger Sayers, brother of famed Chicago Bears' foot would measure these two champions of the XVIII Olympiad at Tokyo . ball star Gale; one at 100-yards to Harry Jerome; one at 200-meters Would Hayes top Bobby Morrow? ould Carr? to Henry Carr; one at 220-yards to Adolph Plummer; one at 220- I wondered about that myself rut didn 't have the time, as I yards to Paul Drayton; one at 220-yards to Homer Jones for which he had in the old days, to look up and log every race run by these two suffers a two-point penalty; three at 200-meters to Drayton, in one men as I had done with more than 100 other sprinters dating back of which be also lost to Dick Stebbins and ran third. He was never to the 1880's. defeated at 100 -meters other than in a trial heat. After this had been done by Peter Matthews, Don Potts and Hayes defeated Carr in four out of five races--twice at 100- Jack Barlow, with an assist from Dick Drake as editor , it was pos meters and twice at 200-meters; he lost to Carr only in the 200- sible for me to accede to the many requests to update the ratings. I meters at the 1964 Los Angeles Coliseum Relays. have not included Frank Budd because it just takes more time for re Following is a corrected tarulation of the top 30 all -time search than a sports editor in 1965-66 has to go through all the re great sprinters through the 1964 Olympic Games: cords with the fine-tooth comb used in earlier years. AP VP DP TP It does not require the services of a "system" to recognize R. Hayes (US) 605 94 11 688 F. Wykoff (US) 120 49 38 131 Hayes as not only the fastest rut the greatest sprinter the wor_ld has H. Carr (US} 402 66 13 455 G. Simpson (US) 116 41 28 129 yet known. One might suspect that Carr would battle orrow for se B. Morrow (US} 394134120 408 E. Tolan (US) 122 47 41 128 cond place under the point system I drew up so many years ago. R. orton US) 287121 89 319 L. King (US) 100 39 28 111 Robert Hayes not only just about made my system obsolete; R. Metcalfe (US) 243 66 29 280 M. Germar (Ger) 127 36 54 109 he made all the other sprinters in the recorded history of the world D. Sime (US} 238 59 54 243 I. Murchison (US) 155 48 99 104 obsolete. J. Owens (US) 168 64 8 224 J. Scholz (US) 115 32 52 95 It was therefore no surprise to me when he and Carr both C. Paddock (US) 180 57 38 199 A. Bragg (US) 89 55 52 92 outscored Morrow, who in his day had taken the top spot away from L. LaBeach {Pan) 177 51 40 188 B. Wefers, Sr (US)88 88 Ralph Metcalfe who had held it for a quarter century. B. Ewell (US} 192 61 71 1s2· cD. Bailey (GB} 114 15 43 86 But I was astonished when I added up all the points and came . Patton (US) 173 37 29 181 H. Koernig (Ger) 79 13 14 78 to the final tabulations - -astonished by the tremendous total of 688 H. Davis (US) 154 24 6 172 R. Craig (US) 67 12 5 74 points scored by Hayes as opposed to the 455 by Carr, 408 by Mor A. Stanfield (US) 165 62 56 171 H. Drew (US) 77 7 14 70 row, 319 by Ray orton, 280 by Metcalfe, 243 by Dave Sime, 224 by T. Baker (US) 163 64 66 161 H. Houben (Ger) 69 7 8 68 Jesse Owens, 199 by Charles W. Paddock, 188 by Lloyd LaBeach and A. Hary (Ger) 149 29 22 156 J. Golliday (US) 64 28 25 67 182 by Barney Ewell along with 181 by Mel Patton, 172 by Harold Da v is and 1 71 by Andy Stanfield . BOBHAYES Hayes crushes the field in this mathematical rating system Achievement Points: 605 quite as convincingly as he crushed some of the fastest sprint fields 9 9.4;Tallabassee 3/25/61 8 20.7t;Carreraslnv 8/10/63 ever assembled anywhere, at any time. 8 9.5; Tuskegee Rlys 5/ 6 /61 6 world's best lO0man(non-Olym) I have seen sprinters since Paddock in 1920 and, until Hayes 14 20.ls; Atlanta 5/13/61 10 9.l(+.2w=9.3)Miami 1/ l/64 came along, the best sprinters in the world would usually win or lose 10 h9.3;NAIA(Sou.ixFalls)6/ 2/61 10 20.ls(+.2w=20.3)Mia 1/ 1/64 a 100-yard or 100-meter dash by a few inches, a foot or two or may 12 9 .2; Coral Gables 2/17 /62 9 9 .4; Miami 3/14/64 be a yard in competition against the other great sprinters of their day. 9 9 .4; Coral Gables 3/17 /62 15 9 .1; Orangeburg, SC 4/19 /64 Hayes took on men who were just as good or maybe better 10 9 .3; Tallahassee 3/24/62 10 9 .3; Penn Rlys 4/25/64 than those fellows who in days gone by had come within inches or a 9 9 .4; Hollywood, Fla 3/24/62 9 20 .6t; Penn Rlys 4/25/64 foot of the world's number one man--and rarely did he ever fail to 9 h9 .4; Drake Rlys 4/27 / 62 15 9 .1; ashville, Tenn 5/ 2/64 beat men of this caliber by at least two yards. 9 9 .4; Tuskegee Rlys 5/ 5/62 12 9 .2; SCIAC (Atlanta) 5/ 9/64 You could see Hayes as the greatest when you saw him com - 10 h9 .3; SCIAC (Atlanta) 5/ 11/ 62 9 9 .4; Ga AAU (Atlanta) 5/23/64 pletely destroy his contemporaries. You can see him again as the 10 sf9 .3; SCIAC 5/11/62 9 10. 2m; AIA(SouixF) 6/ 6/64 greatest in the accompanying tarulations . 10 9.3;SCIAC 5/12/62 10 20.5t; CAACol(Fsnq6/13/64 In case you just came in, my system is l::ased on the following 9 10.2m; Coliseum Rlys 5/18/62 9 b20 .3mt; NCAA(+.2w) 6/19/64 five factors: 10 h9 .3; Modesto 5/26/62 10 20 .4mt; CAA (Eugene)6/;W/64 1 . Pure, blazing speed as caught by the stopwatch. In this 10 9 .3; Mcxlesto 5/26/62 6 1st CAA 200m 6/20/64 category Hayes was predominant with four 9 .1100-yards, two 9 .2, 9 b9.4;Nat'lAAU 6/22/62 6 1st at 'l AAUl0Om 6 / 27/64 13 9. 3 plus their equivalent twice when converting a wind-blown 9 .1 10 9.3; at'l AAU 6/ 22 / 62 10 10 .lm; FOT LA 9/12/64 by adding 0.2 seconds, one 10.0 100-meter, two official at 10.1 plus 6 1st Nat 'l AAU 100 6/22/62 7 20. 7mt; FOT LA 9/13/64 a converted 9. 9w, one 20. 3 on a tum and one 20 .1 on the straight. 4 2nd at'l AAU 220 6/23/62 2 3rd 200m FOT, LA 9/13/64 2. Competitive ability. A record of whom you beat and who 8 10.3m; vs Poland(Chi) 6/30/62 10 sf9 .9m(+. 2w=l0 ..l)Olyml.0/15/64 beat you . I give a man one point for every great sprinter he beats in 9 10.2m; vs USSR(Stfd) 7 /21/62 15 10 .Om;Olympic Gmsl0/15/64 any race, subtract one point for every time he loses to a great sprin 10 10. lm; Hassleholm, S 8/17 / 62 10 ·1st OlympicGmsl0O!n].0/15/64 ter, subtract two points each time he loses to anyone other than a 9 10.2m; Malmo,Swe 8/30/62 4 made USOlymTean, :00m grea t sprinter. Trial heats are counted only if a man is eliminated, 6 world's best 100 mar(non -Olym) 5 reached finals Olym Gms 1 0Om in which ca s e I figure either you beat him or he beat you. 9 20.Smt;PtaPre, Trin 2/ 2/63 2 madeUSOlymTeam400mR Hayes is charged with only 11 defeat penalties where Morrow 9 9 .4; Tuskegee Rlys 5/ 4 / 63 605 s uffer ed 120, orton 89, Carr 13, Metcalfe 29 and Davis only 6. 10 9 .3; Colisewn Rlys 5/ 17 / 63 Vict ory Points: 94 3. Championships won. Hayes won five, Carr four. They 7 20 .St; Coliseum Rlys 5/17 / 63 4 Henry Carr tu rn ed to pro footm.11 too soon to measure up to Ewell, Paddock, 10 h9.3; Compton Inv 6/ 7/ 63 14 Paul Drayton et c . , in this category. 10 9 .3; Compton Inv 6/ 7 / 63 3 Harry Jerome 4 . Durability over the years. Here Ewell and Paddock were 8 20. 7t; Compton Inv 6/ 7 / 63 7 Roger Sayers pre-e min e nt. Like Owens, Hayes and Carr turned pro too soon to 10 h9 .3; at'l AAU 6/ 21 / 63 3 Dick Stebbins pro ve th e ir durability. 15 sf9 .1; at'l AAU 6 / 21 / 63 1 Adolph Pltrmmer 5. Opportunity to prove one's greatness. Hayes and Carr 10 9.1(+.2w=9.3)NAAU 6/ 21 / 63 2 GerryAshworth ha d it but would have had more if they had remained amateurs through 6 won at'l AAU 100 6/ 21 / 63 2 Seraphino Antao another Olympiad. Examples of those who had little opportunity to 9 10.2m; vs USSR(Mos) 7/20/63 1 Frank Budd prove their true stature, through living in some remote part of the 9 10.2m;vsPoland(War)7 / 26 / 63 1 Enrique Figuerola world or through washott: of the Olympic Games, include Daniel 9 10.2m; vs WGer(Han)7 / 31 / 63 1 Marian Foik Joubert of South Africa, J. A. Carlton of Australia and Hal Davis. 8 20 .6mt; vs W Ger 8 / 1/ 63 7 John Gilbert Here is how Robert Hayes scored his fantastic 688, which is 9 9 .4; Carreras Inv 8/ 8/63 2 Charlie Greene Page 64 February 10, 1988 2 ate Adams 1 Heinz Schumann 2 Trenton Jackson 1 Paul inder CALIFORNIA OCCIDENTAL 2 Dave James 2 Ove Jonsson l0Oy 9 • 3 Leamon King, 56 9 .4 Doug Smith, 60 1 Dennis Jolmson 1 Sergio Ottolina Steve Haas, 62 2 Stone Johnson 1 Arquimedes Herrera 100m 10.1 Leamon King, 56 10.3 Doug Smith, 60 1 Berwyn Jones I Bob Lay 220t 21.0 Forrest Beaty, 65 20. 7 Steve Haas, 62 1 W ieslaw Ma.niak 94 440y 46.3n Dave Archibald,62&6446.9 Bill Parker, 50 6 Jolm Moon Defeat Penalties: 11 Forrest Beaty, 65 Steve Haas, 62 1 Ira Murchison 1 Henry Carr 880y 1:47 .2 Don Bowden, 57 1:47 .6n Steve Haas, 63 1 Darel ewman 4 Paul Drayton Mile 3:58. 7 Don Bowden, 57 4:05.4n Leroy eal, 63 4 Mel Pender 1 Harry Jerome 2 Mile 8:59 .8n Bob House, 57 9:04,2 Richard Jones, 62 3 Bobby Poynter 1 Roger Sayers 3 Mile 14:11.0 Alan Gaylord, 61 14:14.6nRuss Bennett, 59 2 Larry Questad 1 Dick Stebbins 6 Mile 30:46 .4* Bob House, 56 29:38. OnBill Peck, 60 1 Peter Radford 1 Adolph Plummer 3000mSt 9:09 .4n Bill Peck, 60 4 Bernie Rivers Q) Homer Jones 120yHH 14.2 Tom Moore, 35 14.0 Clarence Treat, 59 4 Edwin Roberts 11 330yIH 38.8 Rich Harding, 63 36 .4 Vance Peterson, 65 2 Tom Robinson Total: 688 400mIH 53.3 Greg Stout, 36 50.0n* Ron Whitney, 63 HENRY CARR HJ 7'½" Gene Jolmson, 62 7'0 " Joe Faust, 60 PV 15 'l" Marc Savage, 64 16 '¼' Mike Graves, 65 Achievement Points: 402 4 madeUSOl Team200m LJ 25'3 " Arnold utting, 37 24'5½" Phil Presber, 55 8 9 .5; Tempe 4/ 5/62 5 reached finals Olym Gms 200m Rick Schmidt, 58 8 20 .4s; Tempe 4/18/62 2 made USOlyml600mR TJ 49 '11¾'' Tod Gaskill, 63 49'4½ " Rich Lazaro, 64 9 9 .4; Tempe 5/ 5/ 62 402 SP 59'8¾' ' Dave Maggard, 62 61'2¼' ' Jolm McGrath, 63 14 20.ls ; Tempe 5/ 5/ 62 Victory Points: 66 OT 1 0 '10" Don Schmidt, 64 193 '4" Bill ev ille, 64 8 10.3m; ColiseumRlys 5/ 1 / 62 1 Robert Hayes HT 146'0 " Roy Wheeler, 30 9 h9 .4; Modesto 5/ 26 / 62 3 Dick Stebbins JT 229 '11¼" George Roseme, 50 23 '5 " Dick Hollis, 5 9 20.6t; Tucson 3/ 9/63 8 Paul Drayton Dec 6334OT Brayton , 1orton, 54 9 20.6t; Alroquerque 3/ 16/ 63 2 Larry Questad 440R 40.3 Adams, Archibald 40. Tunney, Logan, 13 20. 3t; Tempe 3/ 23 / 63 2 Adolph Plummer Brinkworth, Beaty, 65 Smith, Bixler, 59 9 10.0(+.2w=I0.2)SACR4 / 27 / 63 3 GerryAshworth OR 1:26 .On Rhoades, Shipnuck, 1:25 .3 Alston, Bambauer, 10 20. 5t; Tucson 5/ 4/ 63 1 ate Adams Finck, Davis, 42 Zetzman, Tunney, 5 7 20.Bt ; Coliseum Rlys 5/17 / 63 1 Ed Colleymore MileR 3:07 .4 Courchesne, Fishback,3:10.1 1cKibben, Ruprecht 12 h20 .4t; Tempe 5/25/63 4 Jolm Gilbert Beaty, Archibald, 64 Barnes, Parker, 50 10 20 .5t; Tempe 5/ 25 / 63 1 Dennis Johnson 2MileR 7:21.0 Orme, Siebert, :21.6n Haas, . oon, . eal, 9 h9 .4; Tempe 5/ 25/ 63 5 John foon Y erman, Bowden, 5 \ hitney, 63 10 9 .3 ; Tempe 5/25 / 63 1 Ira urchison 4MileR 16:53 .6 Reisbord, White, 8 h20. 7t; CAA(Alroq) 6/ 13/ 63 4 Bobby Poynter Hadley, \ ray, 57 10 20 .5t; CAA 6/ 15/ 63 7 Bernie Rivers Spr edR3:1 Yerman, Upshaw, 3:21. Zetzman, Alston, 6 1st CAA 220 6 / 15 / 63 2 Paul '\Vinder \ hite, Bowden, 5 Baumbauer, Hadley, 58 4 2nd CAA 100 6/ 15/ 63 1 Seraphino ntao Dis edR9:42 .4 Stewart, Orme, 9:49. Baumbauer, Reisbond, 9 sf20.6t; t'l AAU 6/ 22 / 63 1 Livio Berruti House, Bowden, 57 Hadley, \ ray, 57 9 20 .4(+.2w=20 .6)AAU 6/ 22 / 63 4 Larry Dunn 5 tied for lstAAU 220 6/ 22 / 63 2 rian Foik 6 world 's best 220 man(non -Olym) 1 Harry Jerome EW MEXICO BYU l0Oy 9 .4 Bernie Rivers, 64&65 9 .5 Dick Millet, 5 9 9 .4; Tempe 3/ 14/ 64 1 Da id Jones Tim Russell, 65 7 20. t; Tempe 3/ 14/ 64 1 Sergio Ottolina 100m 10.3 Bernie Rivers, 64 8 20. 7t; Tucson 3/21 / 64 1 Peter Radford 220yt 20.6 Adolph Plummer, 63 21.0 Tim Russell, 65 8 20. 7t; Tempe 3/ 24 / 64 2 Edwin Roberts Bernie Rivers, 64 15 20.2t; Tempe 4/ 4/ 64 1 Roger Sayers 440y 44 .9 Adolph Plummer, 63 46 . 0 Bob Tobler, 63, 64 9 9 .4; Tempe 4 / 16/ 64 2 Heinz Schumann Oy 1:50.4 Jim Dupree, 60 1:50. On Dean Lundell, 63 9 10.2m; ColiseumRlys5 / 15/ 64 1 el Pender e 4:09 . 5 Jolm Baker, 65 4:02.4n BoiJ Delaney, 65 8 20.6mt; Coliseum R· 5/ 15/ 64 1 Bob Lay 2 9:09 .2 Ed Coleman, 65 9:0 . On Gary Griffith, 5 9 h9 .4; Salt Lake City 5/22 / 64 1 Roger Bambuck .me 3 ~le 15:26 . 0 Lloyd Goff, 62 14:24.4rr'Daryll Beardall, 65 10 9 .3 ; Salt Lake City 5/ 23 / 64 1 Jocelyn Delacour 6 Mile 30:09 .6nDaryll Beardall, 65 12 20.4t; Salt Lake City 5/ 23 / 64 66 3000mSt 9:45 .2 Ed Coleman, 64 .6n Dick Krenzer, 64 9 20.5mt; Compton Inv 6/ 5/ 64 Defeat Penalties: 13 120yHH 14.1 Fred Knight, 65 13 .6n Al Rockwell, 65 20.6mt; at'lAAU 6/ 2 / 64 4 Robert Hayes 330ylH 36. Fred Knight, 64 36 . 7 Mike Douglas, 65 6 1st at 'l 200m 6/2 / 64 2 Die k Stebbins 440m1H 50.4 Dick Hm ard, 59 51. n ike Douglas, 65 7 20. 7mt; SFOT, York7 / 4/ 64 1 Paul Drayton 1 HJ 6 '10" Jeff Brannon, 65 6 11 " Ed Costa, 60 7 20. 7mt; Cologne, Ger 7 / / 64 1 Larry Questad PV 15•3· • Jon Caffey, 65 15 '6 " Paul Skowron, 65 9 20.5mt; vs USSR, LA 7/ 25 / 64 1 Adolph Plummer 1 1 " Clarence Robinson, 65 24 '10½" Emmett Smith, 64 sf20 .6mt ; Olympic Gmsl.0 / 17 / 64 2 Frank &idd LJ 26 9 Clarence Robinson, 65 4 '6½" Greg Cramm, 64 12 20.3mt; OlympicGmsl.0 / 17/ 64 ~) Hubie \ atson TJ 52' ¼" 10 1st 1964 Olympic Gms 200m 13 SP 5 '10 " Larry Kennedy, 65 60'3 .i!•· 1ike Bianco, 65 Total: 455 OT 1 5'2½ " Larry Kennedy, 64 1 0 '6" Ron 1ickle, 62 HT JT 245'9½ " Frank &irgasser, 65 250'3" Charles Higgins, 56 Dec All-Time School Records 440R 40.ln Carter, Caminiti, 40 .5n Ree es, Redfearn, compiled by Tom Gleason Matison, Rivers, 65 Turner, Russell, 65 This is the last in a series of features listing the best -e ver OR 1:23.6 Carter, Little, marks at the top 14 schools in the US. The final four schools include Lloyd , Rivers, 64 California , Occidental, ew Mexico and Brigham Young. Carter, Matison, As reported in the first installment, the marks do not always Caminiti, Rivers, 65 correspond to the actual school records, since for the purposes of MileR 3:0 .ln Carter, Garcia, 3:0 .2n Reeves, Cramm this research we have included non-winning marks as well as all marks Lloyd, Plummer, 6~ Pierce, Tobler, 64 recorded from the moment the athlete enters as a freshman through 2 1ileR 7:37 .4 Singleton, Stew art, tile AAU meet of his senior semester. Summer marks as an under BrO\vn, Baker, 63 graduate are accepted. If an athlete is ineligible any semester, his 4MileR marks are not accepted. SprMedR We extend our thanks to Jack Shepard for verifying the marks DisMedR9:5 Baxter, Cox, 9:36 .2n Tobler, Cummin gs, in this compilation. Please send amendments to T&F · Coleman, Baker, 65 Richards, Delaney, 65 *- -converted time. Williamson, Jeffrey, 40