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VOWME XXI NUMBER10 COWMBUS1 OHIO DEX:FMBER1984 HAPPY~O LIDAYS! THE ORWRANKINGS FOR 1984 The Ohio Racewalker is proud to announce :.ts annual world and U.S. rankinRS for both men and womenat theprimary distances. As usual, the whole world has been impi.tiently awaiting the momentous announcement of these prestigious rankings. Of course, those honored receive absolutely no reward and may never even hear of their eelection--only a few hep individuals read the ORW,but how much glory is their in race walking anyway. This marks the 14th consecutive year the ORWhas ranked the wor'.d •s top male walkers at 20 and 50 kilometers, the 12th time we have ranked U.S men at the sameutwo distances, and the seventh year for rankin g women, both world and .S, at 5 and 10 kilometers. (Actually, we have not ranked U. s . womenat 5 Kmthis year, because there was just too littl e action, at least repcrted to us, to justify rankings.) The rankings ar e based on the athletes• record over the season and represent a consensus of opinion between your editor and absolutely nobody else -- they are subjective and arbitrary. Criteria used are times, record in major competition, head-to­ head competition, and personal bias. The rankings at each distance are fol.lowed by lists of the top times for the yaar. 1984WOBLn 20 KMRANKINc:3 1. , Mexico 5. Ralf Kowalsky, Ger. Dem, Rep. 1:26:13 ~2) Guadaljara 4/1 1:22 1)6 !1)Naumbur g 5/1 1:18:4ot 1) 5/5 l :25fOJ J~ 5/12 1:23:13 1) Olympics 8/J 1125 _56 2 5/26 2. , German Dem. Rep. 1120:35 l Berlin 7/20 1:21:13 !ll Potsdam 3/24 6.Sergei Protsisin, USSR 1 :20: 59 1 Copenhagen 5/12 1:24:17 (3) Sov. Champ. 6/8 1:24:JO 1 Stockholm 5/26 1:21:57 (l) Moscow8 /1 6 1:22 :16 1 GDRChamp, 6/2 1 19:56 l Berlin 7l27 7. Ni kolai Polozov, USSR 1:23:22 (1) Armaviv 4/22 J. Raul Gonzales, Mexico 1:23153 (1) Sov, Champ. 6/9 1:25 :15 ~1) Guadalajara 4/1 1:26:15 (2) Pihtipcdas 6/2) l:21 :49t 4) Bergen 5/5 1:22=4o (J) Moscow8/16 1:23:20 2) Olympics 8/J 8. Anatoiliy Solomin, USSR 4, Maurizio Damilano, DNF Bergen, 5/5 1 :20:09 (1) It. Champ. 5/13 1:23:57 (2) Sov. Champ. 6/9 1:23·)6 ( 1:22:21 (2) 8/16 · 3) Olympics 8/J PAGE2 DECEMBER1984 PAGE) The Ohio Racewa.llcer (USPS )06 -050) is published monthly in Columbus, Ohio . 1984 WORLD .50'KM RANKINC:S Subscription rate is $5,00 per year ($7 .00 for First CJass Mail, $10 .00 for Overseas Air Mail.) E>iitor and Publisher: John E, (Jack) Mortland, l. Ronald Weigel , GDR G. . Italy Address all correspondenoe regarding both editorial and subscription J :4Ji2.5 ( 1) Na.urnburg,5/1 3:44,02 (2) It . Champ. J/18 matters to: Ohio Raoewa.lker, Jl84 Summit St. , Columbus, Ohio 43202, J :)8:Jl ( 1) Berli n 7120 3 :53.45 (J) 01.YJ!lpics 8/11 Second Class Postage pa.id at Columbus, Ohio. RJSTMASTER:Send address 2 . Hartwig Cauder , CDR changes to the Ohio Racewalker , Jl84 Summit St., Columbus , Ohio 43202. 7 , Valeri Suntso v, USSR 3 :45 37 (2) Naumburg 5/1 J :48 :18 (.5) Naumburg 5/1 J ' .54:24 (1) Stock holm 6/26 3 47 :44 (2) Sov. Champ. 6/9 9, Erling Andersen, 10 . Rei.ma Salonen, Finland 3 =41 124 (2) Berlin 7/20 l120:J7t(2) Bergen 5/5 1:23 104 (1) Russe 4/15 8. Martin Bermudez, Mexico 1 1:25:54 (8) Olympics 8/3 1:25 15 (1) Pihtipadas 6/2) 3, Raul Gonzales , Mexico 3:58 :32 ( J ) Cahp. 4/8 1:2 5:42 (1) Valer 9/1 5 l :-24:40 (5) Moscow8/16 3:50 :54 (1) Chapult epec 4/8 3 148 :03 (4) Naumburg 5/1 3 :46 :Jl (J) Naumburg 5/1 DQ Olympics 8/11 Note: t .. track race , !!IF= did not finish, DQ:.disqualified 3 :47 126 (1) Olympics 8/11 9 . Pavo 1 Szli.kora, Czech. Cant o , second behind Czech Josef Pribllinec last year, is an obvious choice 4. Andrei P~rlov , USSR with his world reco rd on the track and win in the 01,ympics. , ,Weigel has 3 :49 :38 (6) Naumburg 5/1 J :47 :4o (l) Sov. Champ. 6/9 3:45 :53 (2) Moscow 8/18 an outstanding se ason, going undefeated, winning two international races , J :43 06 (1) Moscow 8/18 and posting the second fastest time, It ' s unfortunate he was not able to 10 .. Reiaa. Salonen , Finland compete in ~s Angeles . .• Gonzales and Jl::lmilano get the next two spots 5. Bo Custafsson , 3.5J :J9 (2) Olympics 8/1 1 3.52 :18 ~7i Naumburg 5/1 off their Olympic finish. • • Kowalsky won··t he annual prestigious race in J i5? :42 l Finn. Champ. 6/2 Naumburg and had one very fast t ime, but could not match Weigel. • . The J .58 :JO 4 Olympics 8711 three Soviets flip-flopped positions in the4" two races again st each other , J 148 :J6 (1) Tserb . 9/ JO but P.rotsisin had the better time and a win~the Alternative Games . •• Anersen was very impress ive in the Bergen race, bea {in g Gonzales among tithers , but The two East Germans beat Olympic Champion Gonzales in Naumburg and then didn ' t do as well in LA, • • Salon en won in the Bu~rian international walked even faster in their national race and earn the top two spots . • • race, had a win over Polozov, and did well in the Alternative Ga.mes. Gonzales' Olympic win clea rly stamps him f or t he number three spot . Weigel and Gonzales hold the same positions as last year . Ga.uder moves up 1984 WORLDLIST - -20 KH from fifth . , .Perlov had. two excellent races to ra nk ahead of the other l:18 :4ot Ernesto Canto, Mexico 1:2)'07 Seggei Avlralo, USSR t wo Olympic medalis ts ..• Suntsov s howed well in Naumberg and then impro ved 1:19:,56 Ronald Weigel , GDR 112) :08 Artur Sumak, USSR his time in his national. .. Btrmu~c.. b,;iat SUnt sov in Naumburg, but is hurt 1 :20 :09 Maurizio Damilano , Italy 1.2) 108 Vyat. Popovitsch , USSR by hi s DQ i n the Olympics , • .Szl.kora did well in t wo intern atio nal races , 1:20:18 AJessandro Pezzatini, It. l:2J :12 Andrei Perlov , USSR Salonen , afte r a sl ow start in Naumburg, did well in LA and then put in a 1 :20 :35 Ralf Kowalsky, GDR l:2Jt1J Nikolai Ma.rveyev, USSR fast lat e s eason time . l :20 1J7t Erling Andersen , Norway 112):lJ Ser~ei Kostyukevits, USSR 1984 WORLDL:ZST - - 50 KM 1:21:17 , Australia 1:2):16 Andrei Evel , USSR l:21:24t Pa.vol Blazek , Czech . 1:2 J 119 Vlad imir Obuhhov, USSR J :J8 :31 Ronald Weigel , GDR J :55 :16 ttarcel Jobin, Canada 1121149t Raul Gonzales , Mexico l:2J122 Nikolai Baskirts ev, USSR J :41 :24 Hartwig {sauder, GDR 3 :55 :l!l Pavel Karchardin , USSR 1 :21148 Ivan Sankovski , USSR 1:2) :22 Antanas Griga l iunas , USSR J :43:06 Andrei P rlov , USSR J :55:/.JbB'?rnd Bummelt, GDR 1 1 :21 ,57 Serge i Protsisin, USSR l:2 J 126 Anatol iy , Gorskov, USSR 3 :4J :JJ Diet mar Meisch , GDR J '56 16 I.asz lo Sator , Hungary 1:22:0J Ljubomir, Bulgaria 1:2)126 Aleksandr St.artsenko, USSR 3 =43 :53 Pavol Szi kora, Czech, J :56 :J2 Bengt Simonsen , Sweden 1:22:07 , Italy l:2Jt27 , Aust ra lia 3 :46 :41 Raul Gonzales , Mexico J :56 148 Vya tche sla v FUrsov, USSR 1 ;22 :14t Gerard Lelievre, Franc e 1 :2) 129 Oleg Andreyev, USSR J :t"7 ,44 Va.leriy Snutso v, USSR 3 157! 18 Paolo Crecucci , Italy 1 :22:21 , USSR l:2J :29 Marat Ako~an, USSR 3_48: 0J Ma.rtin Bermudez, Mexico 3 '57 :18 Walter Scjq,..,oche, WC 1 :22 :J I , USSR 1: 2) :)0 Aleksandr Hmelnit ski, USSR J :48 :)6 Reima Salo nen , Finland 3157:55 Arturo Bravo , Mexico 1 :22 :Jl Al eksa ndr Boryaschinov , l :23 I JO Yevgeniy Saik in, USSR 3 '49 :38 Veniamin Nikolayev, USSR 3 .58 :02 Manuel Alcade, Mexico USSR 1:2)1)0 Aleksa ndr Amelnitski, USSR J ,49 :59 Valeiiy Yar ez, USSR 3 :58 : 16 Ivan Sakovit s , USSR 1,22140 Nikolai Polozov, USSR l :2J .4o Vyatsch es lav Fursov, USSR J 50 :12 Jose Marin, Spa.in 3158 :18 Valeriy Nefedov , USSR 1 :22 :4) Roland Weisse r, GDR 1:2) :41 Sergio Spagnulo, Italy 3 150: 51 Vlad.irnir Duschko, USSR 1 J ;.58:J.5 Serge i Soroka., USSR 1:22 4) Aivars Rumbenieks, USSR 1123 :44 Alfons , Schwarz , WC 3 :51:44 Oleg Andreyev, USSR 3.58=48 Ivo Pitak, Czech . 1:22 15) , CDR +:2J t46 Vitaliy Popovits, USSR 3 :52 :16 Fr ancoi s LaPointe , Canada J :59: 16 Jo sef Hudak, Czech . 1122:.57 Viktor Mosto vik, USSR i:23 154 , Italy 3 :53: 16 Erl ing Anderse n, Non,ay lt~J:04 , Finland J ;59 :21 ~at Olich , USSR 112);59 Aleksandr Udalov , USSR 3 :53:19 Bo Gu.stafsson , Sweden 3 :59:24 Roland Nils son, Swed. 1123 :05 Stavi sla v Vazel , USSR 1 :24·02 Vladimir Rssayev, USSR 3 :53 :1J5 Sandro Bellucci, Italy 112)106 Vladimir Stikulin, USSR J ;59 :26 Rafaello Ducceschi , Ita ly J :53 :5) Viktor Dorovski , USSR J :59 :46 Carl Scheuler , USA 1984 WORLD.50 KM RANIClliGS J :54 :2.5 Leonid Sivakov , US~R ) ;59 :47 Heinrich Schubert, WC 1. Ronald Weigel, Cer . Dem. Rep. J :54 :Jl Ernesto Canto, Mexico 2. Hartwig Gauder , GDR J :54 :53 Iars Ove Moen, Norway 3 :59 :50 Aleksandr Kitanov, USSR J:41:25 (1) Naumburg s/1 1 J :45 )7 (2) Naumburg ; 3 : 55 :13 Viktor Grodot schuk, USSR J .59 :56 Aleksandr Udalov, USSR J :)8 :) 1 (1) Berlin 7120 5 1 4 J:S4124 (l) Stockholm 6/26 ioo:17 Pyotr Gauss , USSR J :lq :24 ( ?) Rerli n 7/?.n FACE ,5 PAGEu DECE~IBERl 984 ... 1 Paul Malek 4:00:19 Jan Klos, Poland Note: The Italian Championship was l:J2 :42t Troy Engle 1 )8:57 4 :00:24 Varosl av Makorec, C~ech~ on a short course and limes 1:33:54 Ed Bouldin 1:40:J8 Bra in Savilonis ~- ., ~ . Bruce Ransdell f. • 4:00:41 , GDR are not included here, 1 :J4 :08 Bob Ke~ting 1:4o:58 Dale Sutton ~ 4 :00 :46 Ale ksandr Potasov , USSR l:J6;02 Wayne Gluskeri:)7,($ l :41 :07 1:38:08 Mike Morris 1:41 1 19 Juan Santana 1984 U.S . 20 KM RANKINGS 1:38:JO Butch Ostrander 1141:27 Allen James l. Marco Evoniuk 6 , Tom McMillan "'20 Km time recorded during longer race, l:26 :59 !J) Santa Mon, 1/8 1:J0 :42 (1) St. Louis 4/15 l:26:4Jt ll)Bergen 5/5 1 ,29:37 (5) ~ebec 5/12 1984 U.S. 50 KM RANKINGS 1:25 :53 5l Copenhae:en 5/12 DNF U.S. Trials 6/16 1. Carl Schueler 6 . Ra.ndy Mimm 1:26 :17 1 u.s. Tri.a.ls 6/16 l :J0:29 (5) Dearborn 9/Jo 4:07:23 !11 US. Champs. 4/29 4: 19:38 (5) U.S. Trials 6/2) 1 :25 :42 7 Olympics 8/J 7. Ray Funkhouser 4 :15:06 J u.s . Trials 6/2) 7. Troy Engle 2. Jim Heiring 1:34=o4t(2) Mass. 3/3 J:59:46 6 Olympics 8/11 4:18,11 (4) U.S. Champs 4/29 1:26:16 (2) ~ebec 5/12 1 : )2 : 21 Lexington 5/ 5 lf;20 :56 4) Columbia 11/4 4:25.00 (6) U.S. Trial s 6/23 1:27:18 (2) U.S . Trials 6/16 l :Jl :48 ll) U.S. Champ. 6/8 2, Marco Evoniuk 8. Tim Lewis 1:)0:20 (2J)Ol.ympics 8/J l:32:53 7~ U.S. Trials 6/16 4 :02:25 (1) U.S. Trials 6/23 4 :16 :JO (1) Wash. DC J/18 1:28:4o 1 Eugene 8? J . Dan O' Connor DNF Olympibs 8/11 DNF U.S , Trial s 6/23 l :JJ:41 6 Columbia. 11/3 1:26:lJ (2) Santa Mon. 1/8 3. Vincent O'Sullivan 9, Wayne Glusker 1:25:56 (1) Long Beach J/10 8 . Todd Scully 4 :10:00 ~2) U.S . Champs. 4/29 4,J6:J2t(l) San Fran . 2/12 1:28:48 (1) Walnut 4/29 DQ U.S . Champ. 6/8 4 :I 4 :o4 2) U.S. Trials 6/2J 4 27=57 (6) U.S . Champs 4/29 l :28 :04 ~ l) Santa Mon, 5/l;J 1:)2 :21 (6) U.S . Trials 6/16 4 :22 :51 14)0lympic s 8/11 4;J0:58 (7) U.S. Trial s 6/2) 1:29:12 J) U.S . Trials 6/16 9 . Steve Pecinovsky 4. Tom.Edwa.rds l:J5:12 JJ)Olympics 8/J 10. Mark Fent on 1 :27:09t(l) Dearborn 4/14 4,14.39 (3) u.s. ChamJJG4/29 4,26:17 Champs 4/29 4. Sam Shick DQ U.S. TriaJ.s 6/16 4.16:) 8 (4) U.S. Trials 6/23 (5) u.s . l :J 0 :25 (4) U.S. Trials 6/16 4 '46:45 (1o)u .s . Trills 6/23 10. Larry Wa.lJ:EMBER198u 22:40 Sally Pierson , Australia 23 :lJ Julia Lisnik , USSR l984WORLD l{C)~SN'.3 5 KM RANKIN~ 22 :41 Galina Yezeva, USSR 23 :14 Hong Xiao, C},ina 2J :15 Irina Prissekina, USSR 1 , Olga Kristo p, USSR ~- ~osa Underova, USSR 22 :42 Nadezda Prod.in.ilr.ova, USSR 22 :17 i2) Alusta 2 :25 22:51 Irina Subina , USSR 23 :16 Rachel Thompson, Australia 22 '22t( 5) Bergen 5/5 23 :16 Raissa Tsy:pyrko, USSR 21 :5Jt 1) Krasnodov 4/ll ?.! :51) (2) Tsokobsa.ry 5/13 22 ,.54 Yan Wang, China 22 '09 1) Arroviy 4/22 22 56 Heping Yu, China 23 :16 &rraine Young, Australia 21 ,lt6 (1) Tookob6ory 5/13 7. Ping Guan, China 22 i.5.5 Soya Ban"d inova, USSR 23 :18 Sirrka. Oikarinen, Finland 2} :37 (1) Penza 8/4 22 :Li1 lJ)Beijung l/r/7 22 :56 Siv Vera- Ibanez , Sweden 23 :19, Fengyun Song, China 21·57 1) Copenhagen 23 :20 Irina Lesnikova , USSR 2 . Hong Yan, China ;5/12 22 :59 Marina Supilo, USSR 22 :40t J) Varnarmo 5/19 22:.59 Sujie Li , China 23:20 Spiridonova , USSR 22 ;04 (2) Beijun~ V7 22 •Jl J) Fuxin 9/25 23 :22 Svetlan Kasina , USSR 21:4lt(ll Ber~en 5/5 23:00 Monica Gunnarsson , Sweden 22:17t(l Varnarmo 5/19 e. 01~ Yarutkina, USSR 23:0J SuJfia Bardinova , USSR 23:23 Ann Miller, Australia 23 ,23 Lyudmila Mityaatavskaya , USSR 22:25 (1 Vaxjo 5/20 22 :41 Alusta 2/25 23 ;03 Yulian Yan, China 22 :18 (1 F'uxin 9/25 22. 57 l6l1 Moscow 5/2 23 :09 YUJ11pidaIvanova, USSR 23 28 Kazimira Mroz , Poland 22 '42 1 Mos cow 5/13 23 :29 Tatyana Kricukiza , USSR J . Yongju Xu, China 23 :12 Maria Diaz , S~in 21 159 J Ts 25 :43 Debbie I.a.wrence 6el''16 hhsa 111an1 2l '59t(J B r~n 5/5 10 . Vera Osipova , USSR 2.)~.JS~ carol Brown 28 ,46 Vishla Sedlak2.,:s ., J.... : ..... '4 ,1~•Y 22 :07 (4 Tsokobsary 5/lJ 22 :21 (3) Alusta 2/25 26 : 13 Paula Kash . . · 29. 08 Alexa !r aft . 22 :!4 (1) Russe 4/15 11 5 , Ann Peel, Canad, 6 :22 Jeanne Bocci u:,$ ,._.,,,_ -... " 29 :22 Suzette Garcia • ...... 22 :25 (2) Armavip 4/22 6 :56 Kathleen Huddleston '"'l~•"l, 29 :25 Norma Arneson CJ. · sc.t\ t•II'' ~ 22:16t(4l Berg9n 5/5 0 2~:11 (5) Taokobsary 5/lJ 27 .o-iKerry Bratton a.Y.-' ~ ' " 29 :JO Roberta Ba.ldini llia S ..v, , e 22 :Jl (4 Copenh~en 5/12 • .J 6 · f. t- r f Y"'' • 22:26t(2 V,rnarmo 5/19 27 :05 Karen Stoyanowski_ \ 29 :J Jenm.fer Green ._;: n ,,,.. .,.., 2J:J6 (1 Winnepeg 6/JO 27 :05 Gail Plew l. 1:1 11 L,s .. v .. • 2Q•45 J enni-fer Macera. . . 27 :21 Donna. Goldstein.,,.o ..~~-..., , 29 :50 Jane Janousek _.1.-.::{\. )t~ ...... l ,u .. . Both of the first two suffered earl,y sei1son defeats , but then came on to go 27 :41 Lori Maynard 2-1 · v,~~ 'i 29 :.56 Deborah Gestw1ck 1.-.:t-, ~o\• trl• &,1 ..,.. undefeated from there . Both broke the world record , but Kristop had the 28:02 Tal!IJl\yMcPoland f aster time and an other quick one to be.ck it up. , .Xu pressed Yan in her 28 :02 Lori Goldberg . 6._"1> 11•"\-. fastest race and had another very fast tL,e, Despite one off race, whe 26 :46 Syoil Perez '2--,.1! earns third . .• Serbinenko ~at a lot o~ ~ood women in the fast Bergen race to take fourth .. . Peel had no rea~:y fast times , but competed very 1984 WOMEN' S WORLD10 KM RANKINGS well in Europe . .. Underova competed well in Bergen and then beat all l . Olga Kris top , USSR 6, Ann Jansson , Sweden her countrywomen, except Kristop in a do~estic race .•. ~1th her good win 46 :1.5 (1) Sot.chi 6/9 46 :49 (1) Lomello 5/1 in Copenhagen, an ttgunent could be mad'.! for having Guan ahead of both 1!4:56t(l) Penza 8/4 48 :19 (J) Norrk oping 4/28 Underova. and Peel , and indeed, these three are very close ... Yarutkina had 44 :.52 Pen?.a a poor earl,y se ason race, but the n came on very strong and is also (1) 8/8 7. Siv Vera-Ibane z , Swed~n close to the three above her. These four could be put in 111ostany order 2 , Hong Yan, China 47:39 (1) Spain 4/9 with some justification • . . Cook, always ranked very high , did not compete 47:55 Peking 3/10 47 :35 (1) Norrkoping 4/28 as well this year and can do no better than ninth . .. Osipova. is a clear 47 :02 ~ll2 Lomello 5/1 tenth ahead of Italy's Giuliana Salce, t he former world record holder. 3 , Giuli.ana Salce , Italy 45 :40t l Copenhagen 5/lJ 47108 (J) Lomello ;5/1 1964 WOMEH' S WORLDLlBT - -5 KM 47:59 (2 Fuxin 9/25 ~:30 (1) Ostia 7/22 3, Vera Osipova, USSR g 21 :)7 Olga. Kris top , USSR 22:21 Polina Bisnya , USSR 46:15 (1) 6/J • Monica Gunnarsson , swed . 21 :41 Hong Yan, China 22: 2:!.Nina Feseenko, USSR 46:25 (2.) Sotchi 6/ 9 47 :55 (6i Lome~lo _5 11 21:42 Olga Yarutkin a, USSR 22 127 Dana Varacova , Czeoh. ~ 1J7·58 (2 NorrKopmg 4/82 21 142 Yongju Xu, China 22:29 Giuliana Salce , Italy S'. Rosa Underova, USS~ \ 47 :4{) (1 Fredrikstad 6/9 21:50 Rosa Underova, USSR 22:3} Regina Belkosrskaya, USSR 47 :12 (1) Moscow 5/2 Li. Olga Ya.rutkina , USSR 21:57 Ping Guan, China 22:34 Valentina Filina , USSR 46 :41 (J) Sotchi b/9 46:ul (4) Sotchi 6/9 21:59 Natalia Serbinenko , USSR 22')9 Lidia Levandoskaya, USSR 45 :o4 (2) Penza 8/ 8 22:05 Sue Cook, Austral ia 22;)9 Natalia Ya:ruschenko, USSR 22 :14- Vera Osipova , USSR 22:4o Alla Ahmetzqnova, USSR 22 :18 Ann peel , Canada 22 :4o A.nn Jans son , Sweden PAGE8 DECEMBE:R1984 DEDEMBER1984 PAGE 9 10. AM Peel , ~nada 51 :29 {2) EmpirP Games 8/18 8 . Liz Kemp 49 :36 (1) ~iag . Falls 7/14 '1&", ... "'I .!>,.4._ .. : . 'rt,, 54 :lJ (8) Columbia 11/3 57:48 (1) San Die'o 1/22 p~ v -t.•la " ' 47 :10 (1) ~ull 10/20 5. Gwen Robertson 55,15 ll) Indio 2 26 53111 2) Walnut /29 49 :41 (1) Columbia ll/ 52 :06 !1) Seattle 2/20 Kris t op is e~sily on top with her t wo world bests .. ,Yan had two losses , 52 :,56 1) Issaquah j/4 55. o4t 5) u .s. Champs 6/3 53:14 28)Lomello 5/}\ 55 ,23t 7) 6/23 but beat a good field in fast ti me in the Corenhagen race .. ,Osipova took 54 46 1) San Diego 6/17 second in t he Soviet t hampionships and earns third , . . Yarutk in a , only 52 :_54 1) Issaquah 7 15 fourth in Sotchi , had a super - fa.st time behind Kristop in Penza and is 6. Chris Anderson 9, Jeanne Bocci .four th ahead of Underova • .• Janss on beat Yan in an Inte rnatio nal in .56:17t(8) Los Angeles 6/23 _54sll (ll Sterling 4/9 Italy , but t~en fin ished only third in her National , • . Vera- Ibanez won that 54 06 (1 Chestnut Hill 4/19 54 :17 (6) Niagara Falls 7/14 race and had :1- good t ime in Spain t o edge Salce , third in th e Lomel Jo race , 53 :07 {1) Dearborn 9/8 :02 Lexington f or seventh . . . Gunnarsso n had consistent t imes and beat Jansson in the 55 !3 5/5 53 : 5l t 4 U. S . ChampG6/8 10. Sam Miller Swedish national . - . Peel did not compete against the ot hers at 10, but 53 :1at 4 Los Angeles 6/23 51 :58 (1) Seattle 1/21 had a fas t ti~e and won t he Pan-American Cup. 55 :10 U) Columbia 11/3 52 :.50 (2) Seattle 2/20 1984 WOMEN'S ~~RLDLIST -- 10 KM 7 , Carol Brown 53,26t ~l) Seattle 4/.l 51.113'1 20)Lomello 5/1 44 :52 Olga Kristop , USSR 48 :21 Hong Xiao, China 52 :47t!2l Lexington 5/5 57:53t lO)Los Angeles 45 :o4 Olga Ya.rutkina, USSR 48 :22 Suzanne Creisbac h, France 52;09 2 Quebec 5/12 6/2J 57 :13t 8 US Champ,. 6/8 57:45 (4) Issaquah 7/ 15 45 :29 Ludmila Hrust ova, USSR 48 :22 Sujie Li , Chi.na 55:09 (1) Seattle 10/6 45 :40 Hong Yan, China 48 :22 Kerry Saxby, Australia 54:17t 5 Los Angeles 6/23 46125 Vera Osipova , USSR 48 :22 Fengyun song, China 52 ,41 3 Empire Games 8/18 46 :41 Olga Yarutki na , US3R 48 :24 Anonelli Marangoni, Itl'lly Lopez beat Vaill all three times they met and is clearly number one . .• 46 :41 Rosa Uncerova, USSR 48 :24 Lorra in e Young, Australia Vaill had the best set of times and easily ranks second . . . 1.e.wrence had 46 '43 Olga Ch..."iJstye=, USSR 48 :32 Sally Pierson , Australia a fast race in Italy and won the U.S . title,but then hai:3sub;r.ir races 46 :43 Natalia Serbine nko, USSR 48 :51 Maria Diaz , Spai n to end her season .. ,Liers i mproved as the seas on progi:-essed and with 46 ;49 Ann Jansson , Sweden 48 :55 Reyes Sobrino , Spain thirds in both big races (National and Olympic Trials exhibition ) is easily 1.16:52 Yougju Y.u, China 48 :57 Regina Balkovskaya , USSR fourth ... Robertson did not get to any of the im porta nt domestic meets , 47 :08 Giuliana Sal ce, Italy 48 :58 Yulia n Yan, China but did wel l enough lorolly to rank fifth • . ,Anderson oom:petec ~ell, with 47 :10 Ann Peel , Canada 49 :01 Yan Wang, China her best times of the year and fourth place finishes in both of the major 47 :32 Janice McAffery , Canada 49 :05 Yan Xiong, China races • .. Brown was somewhat below p.;r in the big ones , but had a good 47 :J5 S 11P. Cook, Aust rl'lli a 49 :06 R. Sinyarena , USSR set of tim es otherwise •.. Kempbroke even with Brown the two tir.er they \ 47 :35 ~ iv Vera-Ibanez, Sweden 49 :55 Ingrid Adam, W. G, met, but did not have the i mpressive times that Carol posted , . ,Bocci 47r4o Ping Guan, China 49 :12 T. Kri cokiza , USSR i mproved as the season went on and edges Mi]ler , who had some ~tte~ times , 47: 4() Moni ca Gunnarsso n, Sweden 49:lJ Lan Yo, Chin a but fell way off when it counted . 47 :42 Rachel Thom-pson, Australia 49 ,15 Joan Bender , Canada 1984 U.S . WOMEN'S LIST--10 KM 47 :49 Tere sa 'la ill , U.~ . 49 :15 Dana Vavr~cova, Czech. ,;f ; ''- I.,. , ., V .' . ,, -47 .58 ~ 'tie!f' Lr.'!191lI JI S 49 :21 Mia Kjolberg , Norway 47 :49 Teresa Vaill 55 :42 Bev L3.Veck 48 :0J AJl i son :3a.ker , Canada 49:2L~L in zhen Wu, Chi na .l+'r-::,8 Ester b.>pe&" 55:31 Kathleen Huddleston 48 :10 Nin a Fessenko , USSR 49 :26 L. Levandovskaya, USSR 50 :08 Debbie 1.e.wrence «,h , L.r • -i. 1 56 :02 Jolene Steigerwalt 48 :11 Maria Cogoli , Italy 49 :28 Shuyuan Li , China 51 :05 Susan Lie r s Sc: '- .s6:lJ Sybil Perez c...,, ., 48 :16 Hepin g Yu, Chin a 49:29 Nat alia Dmitvitsenko , USSR 51: .58Sam Mille r .56:31 June MacDona~ ~1,; , l<.011 '.c."' 52 :06 Gwen Robertso n 1 19~ U ,S . WOMEN'S 10 KM RANKINGS 56 53 Lor i Maynard • ~ ut 52 :09 Carol Brown 57;05 Trisha. ReillY 4- ,1:, J c. ~J., l . Ester Lot>ez 3 , Debbie Lawrence 5J:07 Jea nne Bocci 57: 22 Tam.myM cPoland 51 :29 (1).Walnut 4/ 29 1 5J :18 Chris Anderso n 57 :38 Cynthia Costa 53 39 (I ~ Willia msbur& 3/1 0 i>o.-on., I<.._rl • 'I 51 :16t (2) U.S . Champs 6/8 53 :29 Karen Stoyanowski 57 :41 Kathy Curti s4'-.., !,7'. , -, 54 :22 (1 St , Louis 4/15 Jo.r, ., "4..L.,..tJ..,. 'f..""# 50 :42t (1) Los Angeles 6/23 53 :.56 (1 Fa.yett eville 4/2 1 53 :31 Li z Kemp 58 :10 Mary Ba.rbeau4<:""p•'., i y,.,,r-t L~7 :58(1) Los Angeles 10/28 53 :43 Paula Ka.sh Jt ""':{ ,... 50:08 (17)Lomello 5/ 1 59 :18 Kathy Donley .,.,~~· ,'\Ar,,<--t .,-Q. 50:55 (3) Columbia 11/3 51 :0lt(l) U.S . Champs 6/8 53:45 Norma Arneson 59 :26 Nancy Novak 54 :Jl Mary Howel l 2 . Teresa Vaill 54 15i t (6) Los Angeles 6/23 5"1', s-~ L,,.. ;~ G. ,I\.•"', 59 :26 Jearu1ie Mendelson 52 :46 (5) Niag . Falls 7/14 s .. -.~~ J~ .1,. .r.. ., t ,1, . 49 :o6t(l) I,,,..xington 5/5 1981,1,WOMEN ' S WORLD20 KMLIST t.•:.,.., L. - "'1- Ft t.".-t• '-L DQ U.S . Champs . 6/8 l~. Susan Lie.rs 1 :36 :23 Sue Cook, Australia 1 :50 :43 Ingrid Adam, West Gerl!l2..~Y 5l :17t (2) Los Angeles 6/23 53 :4AWt(2 ) Piscatawa.y 4/21 50:55 (2) Niag. Falls 7/14 1 :45 :20 T~ esa V~i l l ! USA 1: 51:09 Sarah Miller , Australia , · 53 :2ot( J ) u .s . Champs . 6/ 8 1 ·47 :16tsu-rka Oikan nen , Finland 1 :51 •26 Jana Zarubova cz :h~-- ~ 47 :49 (1) Empire Ga.mes8/18 53 :0lt (3) Los Mgeles 6/23 l :49 :23 Micheline 03.neau, Canada '/',; : ; Anna :Bok, Pol~nd ec~ 51 :29 (6) Columbia 11/3 51 50 ~~ 51 :05 (21) Lomell o 5/ l 1:49 :52 Rachel Thompson, Australia : 12 \ i :51 46 49: (l) 10/21 52 :08 (4) Niag . Falls 7/14 GwenRobe r tso n, USA PAGE10 DECEMBER191¼ ~~SMBER~l-P4 _1 ______..:.P~~=GE"'-'l:;,.:l:... 1 :52:52 Carol Brwwn, USA 1 :58:08 Liz Kemp, USA

1:56 :05 Christine Ostiguy , ea;__aa.~1:•~:Jti:.58,i\l&Bev laVeck , USA ·~:-:en's 'i Km Facehaven 1 Eng. 1 June 2§--1. Virgi ni a Birch 23 =]1) women' s 100 ( 1 :57 :26 Sam Miller , USA 1 :59 :02 Paula Kash, USA ~:~ Leicester, Sng. , July 27- 2g: - l. Sa=h Brown 18 :)6 :29 2 . Marleen r.~ -,~i. ~ J:it, gt. Stt -,• ~"#r:. # # # # 'ii"i3.mt5 , Neth. 2):19 :29 J . H . Krols , Neth . 23:20 :14 Women's 10 Km (track) ., 11 A!'::~n WG Se t. 22- - ). Suzanne Greisbach, France 413:5J 2, Ingt"id Adam AND NOW. . • .SOMERACE RESULTS ;::23 20 Km track , Ahlen, Seµt . 22--1. Alfons Schw'll'Z 1:25:14 Women's 10 ¥.~, Rahnstatten , WG, Aug. 2 - -1 . Ingrid Adam 49 : 11 ~omen' s 10 Km, Kiev , USSR, ~_ Hour, Lexington , Nass. , Oct . 27--1. Tom Knatt 11,205 meters 2 . George ==e:-•.. 8- - 1. R. Sinjavina 49: Q6 2. T , Kricohhiza 49 :12 J. L. Levandoskaya Iatta:rulo 11,WJ J. John Gray (age 65) 9816 4. Pa.ul Schell ':1?595. Pa.ul ~~:26 Women' s 5 Km, Riga , July 4- - 1. Spiridon owa 23 =20 Soviet Cyp 50 Km, West 9566 6 . Ralph Cardarelli 9)77 Km, Sterling , Mass. Nov, 17--1 . &5 ,~ crho~sary 1 USSR, Sept. 30-~Reima Salonen, Fin . J:48:'.}6 ,20 Km, Moscow. Ju:U, Steve Vaitones 1 :20 ;2) 2 , Will DesRosiers 1:22,17 J . Chris Anderson l:2J:44 7- - l. Aleksandr Boryasohinov 1:22:57 2. 1 :2} 07 J . Vyatch­ 4. Fred Looft 1:25:16 5, George Iattarulo 1 :27 :47 6 . Herb Beall 1 :)1:58 esl;;,v Popovitsch 1 :2J ;08 4. Ivan Sankovski l 123 :12 5, Nikolai Marveyev 1 Mile 1 Farmingdale , NY~ Dec . 2-- 1. Ed O' Rourke 6 :29 ,5 2 . Tom Wimmer7 :11.2 l :2) :lJ 6. Frantz Kostyukoyevitsch 1:2) :lJ O Km same lace -- 1. Valeriy ), Jack Boitano (age 52j 7:19 .8 4 . Ed Leitz 7 :J0 .9 5. John Shilling 8 ,0) Ne:1yedov ) ;58:42 2. Kikolai Pokatov 4 10)_47 Women' s Km track same 6 . Darren Swenson 8 :12 7 , Paul Bellam.v 8 :22 8 . Bill Omeltohenko (age 55, ;:~ce - -1 . Polina Bisnya 22 ;58 2. Galina Yeshova 2J ;OJ ) . Julia isnik 23 11) or thereabouts) 8:J2 9 . Linda. Morrs 8 :54 TACSouth Sectional O Km A ken , 5~ Km, Penza, USSR, Aug. 4- - 1. Pyotr Gauss 4 :00 :17 5 Km ~track) , Grodno, South Carolina , Nov . 17-- 1, Charles Blackburn age 50 3:04 : 2 . Steve rss~ Pyot.r Kachnovits 19 :24 .5 O Km track, Klaipeda , US R, Aug, 19-- 1. Sparrow 3 :12 :30 J . Charisse Henriquez (a.ge 16) ) :41 :12 1~. Bill Davis (66) A:-fvanovas 1 :25 ;06 2, K. Sta s iunas 112 :)2 Hun ian 20 Krn m • Ozd Ma J:44 :02 5. Ellen Merry (.54) ") :45 :33 6 . Bill ·Farrell J:55:2) J Km, Salem, 2~--1. Janoz Szalas 1 :26 :00 2. Imre Stankovics 1:2 :12 20 Km track , Falk - Oregon , Dec. 8--1 . Randy Jacobs 17 :17.8 2 . Philip Dunn 18 :59 .4 3, Don Jacob en~•.ir Swed,, J 15--1. Bo Gustafsson 1:26 :50 2. Jan Staaf 1;29: 20 143 .9 4 . Troy O' Donnell 20 :44 .1 Km Seattle Nov. 18-- 1. Guy Ott 24:20 2~ :~, track, Sol eftea , Swed. Aug, 19-- 1. Bo Gust.afsso n 1 :26:50 (the prev­ 2 , Andy Whittick 27 :30 3. Mary HOwell 29 112 19 finishers) 5 Km (Indoors) , ious was on e ro , no rac .. an Staaf 1128 :.56 Women' s 20 Km. Gross­ ,Toronto , Nov . 24- -1 . Helmut Boeck 22 156 2 . Jaan Roos (age 47) 23 :20 J. ,:Pnu . WG, Oct. 20- - 1. Ingrid Ad~m 1:50:43 2 . Adelh'!:11 Zschiesschang 1:57 :12 Mike Freeman 26 :35 4. Max Gould (67) 27133 l 00 meter s same lace -- 1. (t ~.'!:re's a.nibther I forgot on the list) Chinese Championships , Beijing , March Natascha Buchan (age 15) 8 :02 2. Tanya Oegema 11 9?10 3. Renee Poupard 10: 20 Km-- 1. Ya.nlong Zhang 1 :27 :10 2 , Jianli Liu 1 :27 =12 ) . Li Tang (1.3) 9 :17 4. Christine Bailey (11) 9 :23 1''7 :14 4. Guangzin Li 1.27 :30 5. Chiming Han 1127:37 6. Niao~ang 1:28:01 ~r K..~-- 1, Fuxin Zhang 4;04:16 2, Ku Qian 4 ;04:22 W9 men' s 5 Km~rack) -- OVERSEASRESIJ'LTS - -OLD AND NEW 1 . Yongj i u Xu 22:06 .8 2 . Hong Yan 22 :07 J . Guan Ping 22:4i 4. Y~lia.n Yan 20 Km Lublin Poland June 2 -- 1. Ja.n Klos 1 :24 :17 2 . Zdisl.aw Szlapk.in 2),17 5. Feng Yuan Song 2).18 6. Yan Wang 2g:25 7, Hepin Yu 2)'26 8. 1 :2 :3 Women' s 5 Km, same place - - 1. Beata Baczyk 24 :21 W_o.;,;mc:.ce:..:.n:..'.;;s-""'"...:.:.:::...)...:=..=Ho~ Kiao 23 :53 Women' s 10 Km-- 1. Hong Yan 47 :55 2 . Ping Guan 4'?:57 3, Poznan , Pol. , July 13-- 1. Beata Bexzyk 24;)7 Women' s Km trac W s , Yone:jiu Xu 47 :58 4 , Heping Yu 48:19 5, Hong Xiao 48 :21 6. Peng Yan Song July 15-- 1. Kazimie.ra Mroz 24 120 Women' s 20 Km, Puck, Pl .and , J uly 29- -1. u~:42 7- Yulian Yan 48 :58 8, Yan Wang 49:0l 9 . Yan Xiong 49 :05 10. Ian Anna Bak 1 :51 :50 5 Km ( track) , Warsaw, Sept . 19-- 1. Zdislaw Szla.pkin 19 :53 Yu ~ :13 (13 under 50 :00- -the 5 Kmabove was on March 12, not March 10) 2, Stanislaw Rola 19 :54 Women' s 5 Km, Warsaw. Sept. 22- -1 . Barbara Ni ewojt 20 Km, Banska Byst.rica , Czech. , Sept . 15-- 1. 8. Mrazek 1:26 148 2. Pavol Szi ­ (age 15) 24; 42 2 . Gunhild Kristiansen , 24;28 Women' s 10 Km, same ko?,L 1:28 :50 Women' s 20 Km, Stromovka, C~ech., Oct . 27-- 1. Jana Zarubova place -- 1. Grazyna Madura. 51 :08 20 Km, Winnipeg, Can., June 30 (not really 1:5: :26 pwiss 100 Km Champ., Chiaso , Oct. 14- - 1, Michael Holmes, GB 9 :55 :50 overseas , I realize) -- 1. , Austra lia 1 :26 :32 2. Marcel Jobin 2. Wolf Warrin 9 :58:06 Women' s aKm (tra.ck) , Fuxin , China , S~pt. 25- -1 , Hong Yan22i18.2 2 . Yougjiu Xu 22 :18. J . Ping Guan 22 :30,7 Yan Wang 22 ' 5).9 1 :27 :48 W men' s 5 Km. sa me pl.ace- - 1 . Ann Peel 23 :J7 Women' s Km track , 4, , Jun; 2-- 1 . Ma.namiKojimi 25:05 (Japanese record Tour de Romandia, ;. 3ujie Li 22 :58.7 6. Yulian Y'l.!l23=02 .7 (10th pa.ace2):45) Women' s 10 Km, Fuxin Sept . 2J-- 1. Yongjiu Xu 46:52 2 . Hong Yan 27:09 ) . Ping Gl:an 47 :55 Switzerland , Aug. 11 to Sept . 8 (307 ,5 Km in stages over t he 9 da.ys) - 1, 1 G, Fen~ Song 48:22 5. Suji~ Li 48:22 6. Haifen Hu 48:55 (10th paacP- Gerard I.elievre , France 26 :09 :22 2 . Janos Szalas , Hung. 26 118 :52 3 . lazlo 49:IUJ) Sator , Hung. 26~39 134 4, Jaq ues Lemontani er , France 26 :46 :35 100 Miles , Pedenrode , Neth ., Sept . 20- - 1. Manfred Losch , WG18 :54 :15 2 . A :a,/ RACESIN THE FUTURE 1 T. Bielke, Belg . 18 :58 48 J . V, Wakere n, Neth , 19 :4.3:38 4'. v .d. Witteboer , FTi, Jan . 11-- 1 or 2 Mile, Amherst Col ., Mass. , 6:30 pm (X) Neth . 19:51 :22 Womens 1 . Sarah Bro11n, GB21 :05 :07 Women' s 24 Hours , Rouen, S~t . Jan 12-- 5 Km, Atla nta (E) France 1 Apri l 28- 29-- 1. Anni e v .d. Meer , Neth. 202,230 meters 50 Km1 Ma.p,de­ s~i. Jan . 19-- 10 Hile Handicap , Pasadena , 8:30 am (C) burg , EG, Oct . 14- -1. Axel Noack 4 :00 :41 2 . Bernd Gum.melt4 :02 111 Women' s 15 Km, Pine M<>untain, Ga, (3) 5 Km ( track ). Santiago , Spain . Sept. 9-- 1. Oikarinen , Fin . 23 =58.5 1 Hour, Women' s 1 Mile , Boston (F) Sotteville France J 21-- 1. Gerard Lelievre 15,094 met ers (39 :Jl ,4 at Sun. Jan . 20-- 2 Mile , Boston (F) 10 Km 1 Km t rac k ~ez idon France J une 24- -1 . Steve Barry , GB 61 :11 Masters 1 Mile , .Providence (F) 2 . Martial Fesselier , Fr. 2 :03 French 100 KmCha mp,, lava ,1 1 Oct . 7-- 1, Sun . Jan , 27- -1 Mile, Boston (F) Gerard Lelievre 8 :58 :12- -world's road best bettering 9 :15 of Christoph Hohne Fri. Feb. 8- - 1 or 2 Miles , Amherst , 6 :JO pm (X) set in the 196o' s . 4;28 :20 at §0 Km) Women ' s 20 Km ( tra ck ), Rais i o 1 Fin ,, 4 Miles , (E) Sept . 29-- 1. Sirk ka Oikarinen 1.47 :16 2, Mirva Hamalainen l :49 :33 J . Monica Frc. Feb. 22-- NA'l'ODNALATHLSTICS OJNGRE3S WOMEN .' F l MILEAN D MEN'S 2 MILE, NEW Robertson 1 :53 ,09 4 . Vi eno Heik kila 1 :58 :oo (Stupid me , I didn' t add the York CITY (G) Sat . Feb, 23-- 5 Miles , Atla nta (E) last three to the 20 Km.list on page 9) W0men' s 5 Km, Boras , Swed., Oct . 10:- 1. J-Pnica. Gunnarsson 23 . 00 20 Km Vale r Nor. Se t. 1 -- 1. Erling Andersen 1:25 :42 2. Lars Ove Moen 1 :25 : Women' s Km track , I.anovio , Italy , July 5--1. Giul:ia na Salce 2) , ' . ·u1· s ,,,... ., Gr ·10 CWQ.IDeP s JO,.Km Ostia , It a l y:, Sept , 22- - 1. G1. iana a 1ce -r;,:., 0 2 • azia ~go.n : .)1 :I u ' PAGE12 DECEMBER1984 PAGElJ Contacts: Sr ., Jr, , Masters Men's and Women's 15 Km, Santa Monica, Cal. , Sept . 1. C--John Kelly, 1024 Third St. , Santa Monica, CA 9()4<)3 Contact John Kelly, 1024 'Thi.rd St ., Santa Monica., CA 9040) E--Wayne Nicoll, )535 Gleneagles Dr., Augusta , GA J0907 Sr. , Ma.sters Men' s and Women's 2 Hour, Paramus , NJ, Sept . 8. Contact Randy F- -Steve Vaitones, 15 Chestnut St. , Waltham, MA 021,54 Krakower , JOJO F.dwin Ave., Apt, lE, Fort Lee, NJ 07024 G--Heliodoro Rico, P.O. Box 150L~, Ansonia Sta ., New York, NY 10023 Sr. and Masters Men's 40 Km, Fort Monmouth, NJ, Oct . 1). Contact Elliott X-- Bob Kitchen, 122 Pine St ., Northampton , MA 01060 Denman, 28 N. Locust Ave., West Long Branch, NJ 07764 Sr. and Jr. Men's Indoor 5 Km, Princeton , NJ, Dec. 22 . Contact Tracy Sundlun , NE.'wS FROMTHE RACEWAI.KING OOMMlTI'EE AT THE NATIDNA.LATHLETICS CONGRESS P .O. Box 1512, Ansonia Station, New York, NY 10023 CONVENTIDN Sr,, Jr ., Masters Men' s and Women' s 1 Hour Postal , Jan. 1 to Nov. JO. C~ntact Ray Funlthouser , 37 East Acres Dr., Yardville, NJ Sal Corrallo has osen elected to replace Bob Kitchen as National Race Sr Men's 100 Mile, Columbia , Missouri, date to be announced , Contact Jo e Walking Chairman. Bob Has served two terms (2 years each) during whlch he Duncan, 2980 Maple Bluff Dr., ColUJ11bia, ID 65201. has moved the sport ahead , communicated well , and al ways acted only in the The JO, )5, and 100 KmChampionships have not yet been awarded . best interests of race walking and race walkers. There will also be a women's 10 km and Men's 20 and 50 km in the.Natio nal Sal is already moving ahead and has appointed an Executive Council to help Sports Festival , to be held in Baton Rouge, La. , from July 26 to August 4. him come to grips ;,ith the need s in al.l as-pects of the sport. Lori Maynard, # # # # # # Redwood City, Cal. is Operations Chairperson , her duties includ newslette-c, records , and national championship scheduling . Gary Westerf'ield is National REFORTON THE FlRST TAC RACEWALK Team Coordinator in charge of team selection , training , coaching, tr avel , SR)RTS MEDICWE ANDSCIENCE SEMINAR and equipment . Ga..ry is from Smithtown , New Y<>rk. Frank Soby, Detroit , is From Dr. Howard Pa.la.marchuk the Finance Chairperson heading up budgeting/aud i ting and fund raising. Howie Jacobson, , is Development chairperson where he wHl Frid ay , November JO witnes se d the first organized sports medicine and oversee promotion of walking , conduct of clinics , and college , high school , science seminar devoted to race walking. The site ~as the Athletics Congress and club contacts . lawrie and Gwen Robertson , Redmond, Wash. a.re Program National Race Walking meeting in San Diego. Chairperson and Assistant Program chairperson , respectively . Their respo ns­ The se minar was well attended and well received by the r:1.ce walk enthus­ ibilities include officiatinf , course certification , rules , law and legisla­ iasts. Dr. Palamarchuk gave a J5 -minute presentation using slides to dem­ tion, youth, masters , and special 01ympics , Sports Festival , sports medicine , onstrate colllJllon~ thletic injuries and how to treat them, shoe construction and women's advisory affairs . Bob Kitchen is a member of the counci l for and features t.o look for in shoes, foot biomechanics and orthotics, and injury special events, primrily Luga.no Cup competition . Speca.al Advisors to the prevention. A question-and-answer period followed. Council are Dean Ingram, Seattle , the Representative to the TAC Bard of Directors; Ron Daniel , Pasadena, Cal ., also Representative to TAC~BOardof Leonard Jansen , race walker and computer genius , took the podium next Di.rectors ; a.od Bob Bowman, Oakland, Cal. , Representative to the IAAF. The and absolutely dazzled and astounded the audien ce with his presenta .tion of Council will include two athlete members to be named, and Carl Schueler is r ace walking biomecha.nics. Through the use of high-speed fil111, computer Acting Chairperson. analysis , and old-fashioned Newtonian physics, IP.aoa.rd demonstrated that, through motion analysis, individual training progr-a~s for more efficient The other major item to report at this time is National Championship walli:ing technique ca.n be developed . There are ideals of !'loti on that can Races for 1985. They are: be Ja tterned into a racewalker in training . Leonard demonstrated that the Men' s Indoor 2 Mile and Women's l Mile, New York City , Feb. 22 . Standards; elite East German wal kers ' strides do not vary by more than a ½-inch through­ Men- - 6 !15 (mile, 5:.50 11500 meters), 13 :30 (2 Mile), or 12:35 (3 Km) out an entire 20 Kmrace , and that this is no accident. It is scientific Women--7:.50 (mile) or 7!20 (1500 m) methodic al training . Leonard then demonstrated the erratic stride lengths Men' s 20 Km and Women' s 10 Xm (both track) , Indianapolis , June 14-16. of the American walkers in the same race . Standards: Men--1:)5!00, Women-- 55 100 Leonard also proved beyond a doubt that race waThing is a "push" Men's Indoor 3000 M, New York City , Jan. 25 , Contact Tracy Sundlun , P.O. Box action r at her than a "pull" motion, as widely believed . 1512, Ansonia Station , New York, NY 1002) , (212) 741- 2774 Jr. Men' s J Km, Foriham Univ ., Bronx, NYt Jan . 27. Contact Gary Westerfield , Finally , thanks to the work of Jansen, Mark Fenton, and Fabian Knizacky, the world ' s largest raw data bank on race walking biomechanics has been P.O . Box 44-o, Smithtown, NY 11787 (516J 979- 960) Sr . , Jr., Master M9n' s and Women' s Team 20 Km, Carmel , Cal ., March JO. assembled. Le9nard boasts that if all the data were to be printed out it Contact Giulio de Petra , P.O. Box 2927 , Carmel, CA 93921 . would be the equivalent of JO volumes of ''Lord of the Rings !!" This astound­ Sr. Women's 20 Km, Washington , DC, APril 14. contact Sa.J. Corrallo , J156 N. ing work wil l yield valuable in.formation for the future, Pollard St ., Arlington, VA 22207 Dr. Jim Coots , psychologist by day and race walk theorist by night, Sr . Men's 50 Km (also Masters), New York City, May 11. Contact Howie Jacob­ gave a 15- minute presentation on his ideas of applying biomechanics to actual son , 4/.!5 E. 86th St, , New York, NY 10028 training and how one could teach these principles to aspiring race walkers. Sr . , Jr,, Masters Men' s and Women' s 5 Km, Denver, Col., May 25. Contact Jim was also elected to chair the s_ports scie nce of race walking, Joe Barrow, Jr ., Suite 700, 55 Madison St. , Denver, CO 8o206 Sr . , Jr., Masters Men's and Women' s 10 KmTeam, Niagara Falls , NY, Ju],y lJ , Frank Alongi , noted scientist for NASAand Ford, reviewed his pa.per on ground strike .forces and tee height of foot fall as it relates to injury Contact Dan Stanek , 281 MeadowviewLane, Williamsville, NY 14221 prevention . PAGE15 DECEMBER 1984 PAGE14 DECEMBER19¾ elected to the National Weightlifting Hall of Fame and will be inducted in In clos ing, the sports medicine and science committee has ma.de great May, 1985. He was also inducted into t he Colu mbia Bowling_Hall of F~me l~t. strides in the past 2 ye;u-s. The 1.Jenefit of all the work will be system;i.­ spring . He continues to scout for the Cincinnati Reds, edits two w~ightliftlllg ti zed tr 1ining , improvcc fitnevs Md injury prevention , and better perf or­ publications, and was featured in the July editio n of Audubon. Magazwe as mance th at will hopefully elev ate our position in the walking world come the non-typical birdwatcher -- he edits his State's Audubon Socie ty quarterly, 1988. Bill keeps his finger in a few pies, FROM KEEL 'IO ros OLY. 20 & 50 K WALKVIDEOS AVAILABLE,-, ALSO TRIALS Seaso~greeting and best wishes for the New Year to all ORWsubscribers. Bauchet St. Prod. h':lve finished edi~1.ng of the Many t hanks to those of you ~ho have sent holiday greetings our way and l ong awaite d L,A. Ol ympic 20 K Walk Videotape (VHS for the many kind words recei ved from readers throughout the yea:r .•. & BETA), The 50 K will be ava ilable aroui:id Dec, 14 An added note to our bit on Bill Mihalo la st month. Chri s Clegr in Sant~ -ju a t in time for C~rist~as. The tapes_ include , a Monica sent alo n~ th e followinr 1948 news item : Detroit , Sept. 26 (UP)-­ four mi nute intro wi th p ictures of prior Olympic Chris Clegg of Toronto won the National AAUJO-kilometer walk today, setting wa lks from 1948 on to the Olympic fanfare musi c , a new course record of two hours 51 minutes and two seconds . John Deni of the s t art on the track, the road coarse from J Pittsburgh caffie in second , five minutes behind him. Bill Mihalo of Detroit cameras (with running time shown on screen) , the was third . . . Ray Funkhouser is doing his pa.rt to promote our sport . He fin is h on the track, the awa rds ceremony (20, k sends the following not e : "Thought you might enjoy seeing two of the letters only), and 4 minut e closing sequence to music, I received fron my daughter's second grade class , Ti,ey were st udyin g S0uth Documentation also included has map of coars~, America when I got back from Colombia and I went to school to show slides list of judges , dossier of each athlete , split of the country and the races. It has been amazing how the kids are enjoy­ times a nd newspaper co vera ge of race (20 ~ on~y) . ing learning to race walk. The principal (who had me show him th e techn ique Copie s may be purchased by mail from Dennis_Reil~y in the boiler roo m) has really been talking up race walking. Will be going @ 322 Monte Vista Ave. #205 , Oakland , tack to spend time with the different classes teaching them how to walk. 9461 1, Price is $44 . 00/tape or $8) , 00 ~or ooth 20 There is a good possibility t.hat race walking will be part of their spring & 50 k tapes , Also available is the videotape of field day. Guess it shows what a little education can do durin g kids ' form­ the 20 & 50 k Olymp ic Trials rac es on o~e tape at ative years ." One of the let te rs read: Dea.r Mr. Funkhouser , Thank you for $25,00 per tape , Specify tape format with orde~, coming to show us your slid es . We apprec iated it. When I grow up I want Make checks payable to Dennis Reilly, The Olympic to be a ra ce walker . Thank· you , Micha.el Kope. • . The first World Indoor t apes are a COMPLETE ~ecord or ~hese events a~d_of Games will be held in . on January 18-19 , and reportedly there will be great value fo r trainin g , clini cs , fund raising walking races, apparently for both men and women, We don' t know what (last 4 minutes) & P.R . distances or how the U.S. representatives, if any , will be selected. There may be a walk in the US-West -France-Italy Internation meet in Monaco on May 11- 12 and a walk i s scheduled for the US-West Germany meet in Germany on June 29-J O. The World University Games in Kobe, Japan, Aug . 29-Sept . Li wil l incl ude a women' s 5 Km walk and a men' s 20 Km, Walks are scheduled for a men' s and women' s meet between t he US, USSR, and Japan in Tokyo on Sept. 20-21 , but distances are not specified yet. Finally , the Race Walking World Cups (Luga.no for Men and Eschborn for Women) will be held Sept . 28-29 ALL in Douglas , Isle of Man; 20 and 50 Kmfor men, 5 Kmfor women, The U.S ., as JO\/OUS NFW YEAR ,o usual , will send both men' s and women' s t eams ... Unsettling news comes from A larry larson , who tells us that Fr ank Alongi was seriously injured in a very freakish way while prepar ing to lea ve San Diego fo l lowing the Athletics Congress Convention. I.arry says : "He was picking up his suitca se, when all of a sudden his leg gave way and appa.rently tore the ligaments in his knee. Policeman (and race walk er) Bob Hickey happenad to be right there and helped to get Frank to the hospital . His leg was 1n tr actio n for 2 days , and it w~s not until the third day that he and his wife were able t o return to Detroit . He has been at home since and is not able to go back to work for some time. Tt will be 5 weeks before the doctors wil l be able to make final decisions about just how much damage was done and what approac h to take r egard ing surgery . It was a sudden thing , and real ly puts Frank out of commission for a while," Friends can write Frank at 26530 Woodshire, Dear born Height s , MI 48127 .. ,Bill Clark , a lo ng time friend of race walking in Columbia, Missouri , is now a double Hall of Fa.mer. He was