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Of particular note was the traffic-free course. /Lani Bader/ Staff t Rates CONTENTS EDITOR: Jack Leydig RESULTS: Penny DeMoss THIS & THAT 4 WEST VALLEY PORTRAIT 17 PUBLISHER: DeMoss Designs CIRCULATION: Jack Leydig LONG DISTANCE RATINGS 6 MEDICAL ADVICE COLUMN 18 MEDICAL ADVICE: Harry Hlavac, DPM PHOTO EDITOR: John Marconi CLUB NEWS 7 SCHEDULING 20 ADVERTISING: Ron Alvarado PROD. MGR.: Harold DeMoss CLASSIFIED ADS 12 RACE WALKING 23 PREP EDITOR: Keith Conning ADDR. LABELS: Jack Leydig GUEST EDITORIAL 12 PREP RAMBLINGS 24 ARTIST: Penny DeMoss LDR POINT RACE: Art Dudley LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 13 TRACK & FIELD RESULTS 25 "THE HUMAN RACE" 15 LONG DISTANCE RESULTS 28 STAFF WRITERS: Bill Clark, Harry Hlavac, Len Wallach, Jack NOR-CAL PORTRAIT 17 LATE GNUS 38 Leydig, Jack Wiley, Keith Conning, Doug Rennie, Harry Cross, Dan Hints, Bill Reinka, Richard Doty, Celeste Scanlon. EDITOR’S MESSAGE PRODUCTION & MAILING: Ken Israel, Jack & Judy Leydig, Joe & Meg Green, Dick Fugett, Ken & Val O'Neil, Ken Paul, Dave Bos • OUR APOLOGIES: - Many of our readers probably noticed the ley, Joy Scott, Pete lid, Dick Shelton, Sonny Reynaga, Tom & poor quality of our photos in last issue. This wasn't the Tricia Dooley, Boh Henderson, Wayne Glusker, Harold & Penny De fault of our photographers, who submitted generally very clear Moss. copies. Our printer had problems with the plates that we sup plied him with, which were not made for his particular press. CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS: Kevin Kirby, Lorraine Rorke, Lani As a result of the extra thickness of the plates, many copies Bader, Dennis O'Rorke, Dave Stock, Wayne Glusker, Jim Hume, got too much ink on them, making photos a lot darker than they Jeff Searls, Jeff Zimmerman, Jim Engle, Keith Conning, John should have been. We will be using different plates this time Marconi, Len Wallach, Lois Gowen, Sue Perry, Jay Marlow, Don and hopefully the photo quality will be much better. Melandry, Mike Fenner. • NEW STAFF WRITERS: - We got good response from our read REGULAR CORRESPONDANTS: Fred Baer, Dr. Harmon Brown, Marshall ers in regards to our pleas for a new 'staff writer' to take Clark, Tom & Louise Bums, Keith Conning, Harold & Penny De over Tom Jordan's position as NorCal Portrait editor. In fact Moss, Wayne Glusker, Bill Mensing, Dick Meyer, Phyllis Olrich, we had six offers to help. We have decided to rotate these Grover Prowell, Walt Stack, Len Wallach. (SoCal) John Bren volunteers at random (based on geographical location of the nand, Bill Cockerham, Shirley Davisson, Dave Pain, Stan Rosen athlete who's being interviewed and the specific backgrounds field, Al Sheahen. of the writers...e.g. - certain writers are more familiar with track & field, or high school, long distance running, etc.). MAILING: Third-Class Bulk Rate from San Mateo, CA...at inter This will distribute the workload and also make for more var vals of from 5-8 weeks normally. No issue should require any ied reading. Doug Rennie of Citrus Heights (near Sacramento) longer than two weeks delivery in the U.S. First-Class rates is doing this month's article. Doug is an avid 'track nut' available (see below). NCRR IS NOT FORWARDABLE...Unless you who has subscribed to Track & Field News for 19 years! Our pay for forwarding postage. Let us know when you move! other volunteers, who will get their turns too, are: Harry Cross of Oakland, Bill Reinka of San Bruno, Dan Hintz of Berk- RATES: $6.00/Year or $3.00/Six-months... 3rd class bulk rate. eley, Richard Doty of Stockton, and Celeste Scanlon of San Multiple-year subscriptions are no longer available. Add Francisco. Thank you all for making the NCRR a truly 'volun $2.50/Year for lst-class in the U.S., Canada § Mexico...these teer' effort. will automatically be sent airmail in the U.S. Add $1.50/Year for 3rd-class to all foreign countries, including Canada and • PAYMENT FOR ALL NCRR PHOTOS? - We only got one reply to Mexico. Foreign Airmail rates on request (generally $10/Yr). our suggestion that we give something for all photos used in Special Rates: $3.50/Yr for newsmedia 8 libraries in the U.S. each NCRR, vs. giving just $15 for the cover photo and nothing Dealer Rates: $3.60/Yr for each issue ordered (5 copies per else. Don Melandry, one of our contributing photographers, issue minimum)... this is a 40% Discount on cover price and in was very much for giving something (it would be $1.00 most cludes postage! Please inquire at above address if interested. likely) for every photo we used, regardless of whether it was a cover photo or not. If we did this, we'd be giving out Contributors quite a bit more money (we average 25-30 photos per issue at present). I'd like to get a bit more positive feedback be All news, articles, photos, etc., should be sent to the NCRR fore we go ahead on this. If I don't hear from more of you at the above address. Due to irregularity of mailing dates, out there, I'll just assume that you'd rather stay with the all information should be mailed as soon as possible. Pro all-or-nothing system ($15.00 for the cover shot and nothing spective photographers and volunteer correspondants should re else for other photos). So let us know before next issue. quest details. Request permission for materials used from the Speaking of photos, we still don't get much in the way of NCRR other than scheduling 5 results (please give credits). track & field photos, as this issue obviously shows. We'd We pay $15.00 for cover photos (nothing for other photos used like a few volunteers that cover college, high school, and at present... except credits, of course). Readers are encour women's (& other) in track events next spring. We get pretty aged to submit results. good roadrace coverage, but other areas seem to be lacking. Please send us cross-country photos for next issue...all types UNPAID STAFF: - All profits go to West Valley T.C. treasury. of meets. We need pics of top runners and any other interest No individual staff member is salaried. ing photos. Cross-country is great for unusual photos. MAILING DATES: - This issue should he mailed on Sept. 20th if • CROSS-COUNTRY SCHEDULES: - We got schedules from about all goes well. Look for #68 in late Oct. or early Nov. 30 coaches and other individuals from throughout Northern Ca lifornia. We could have used more! Thanks for your help. Pittsburg (Los Medanos College); Terry Albritton (Shot Put) PHOTO QUIZ of Costa Mesa (Stanford Univ.); Francie Larrieu-Lutz (1500m) of Sunnyvale (Pacific Coast Club); and Maren Seidler (Shot RULES: (1) Submit your guess to: Put) of Cupertino (Mayor Daley Youth Foundation). Congratu Photo Quiz, P.O. Box 1551, San lations to all (results in next issue). (See Track & Field Mateo, CA 94401 (one guess per Results Section for photos of these athletes.) — We received person please)...all guesses are some tragic news from the Sacramento area recently. Five ex- to be postmarked by Oct. 15th. Jesuit and El Camino High School runners were on their way to (2) All ties will be broken by a a workout in Ancil Hoffman Park when their car was hit broad drawing. The prize is a one- side by a speeding car that was drag racing...at about 80-100 year subscription or renewal to miles per hour! Of the five, only Tim Gagen, a soph at Har the NCRR (or $6 off dues for any vard University, escaped death. Tim has reportedly fully re WVTC member). All of our read covered after being critically injured. The others, who died ers are encouraged to submit almost instantly in the crash, were: Richard Read, Rod Read, Name this 2-time Olympian photos for consideration. We Jeff Bolen, and Tony Strain. The accident took place in late need one for next issue! June. — Hank Patton is the new PA-AAU Board of Athletics 'LAST__________ MONTH** The correct answer for last issue's Chairman, stepping up from the Vice-Chairmanship, which he has quiz was none other than your editor. We got 19 correct an held since 1975. He succeeds Roxanne Andersen. Effie Bur swers. We gave away two prizes. First we drew from the 19 gess is the new Secretary. Roxy is the new editor of the correct answers and came up with Richard Albert of Sunnyvale; Board's newsletter, "Keep on Trackin'". Hank has a sparkling we also awarded John Geer of San Carlos a lifetime subscrip career in the world of business, retiring as Assistant Vice- tion for not only correctly identifying who it was, but also President of Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co.