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Vol. 10, o. 8 ovember 20 , 1963 Page 57 Valeriy Brumel: My Coach Good Field Ready for NCAA Mee t by v aleny Brurnel (Reprinted from Soviet _\ eekly, courtesy Athletics Weekly) If all of the nation's top collegiate cross country runners show I met Vladimir Dyachkov in 1959, at the Central Sta dium in up at East Lansing for the CAA championships. ov. 25, it could be oscov, during the Soviet People's Games. I was doing badly and one of the fastest mass finishes in history. feeling fed up when thi s well-known trainer came up and assured me: San Jose State looks like the best bet for the team champion - "You'll jump '. You've all the attributes for it - vig or, temperament, ship but it's very difficultto pick an individual winner. As far as we boldness - but your technique i wron g. know T om O'Hara has not run a cross country race all season but he · ou '11 have to work very hard, and it's no good putting it off i& the defending CAA champion and could well repeat. Jim Keefe, until next summer. You must tart in the v inter .... ·· Jeff Fishback, and Vic Zwolak have all run in international com peti - At the end of the season I was included as a candidate for the tion. And then there is Danny Murphy, John Camiem, Ireland Sloan, USSR team , and the following January - Olympic year'. - met and Julio Marin (providing he runs) . Dyachkov in the gym. The top 22 collegiate harriers (by ov. 17) would probably It was difficult for me then to under tand the essence of include (in alphabetical ord er) Paul Acevedo (Kansas), Jack Bacbeler D achkov · s technical methods . I \ asn 't able to sen e the difference ~ami, 0), Elmore Banton (Ohio), Bruce Burston (Western Michigan), between correct and in orrec t movements. Jim Byard (Cornell), John Camiem (Emporia State), Al Carius (llli­ Dyachko ·s vigilant eye followed my every mo e, however. nois), Frank Car.ver otre Dame) , Bill Clark ( otre Dame), Laurie He noted each detail of incorrect movement and \ ith enormous Elliott (Houston), Jeff Fishback (Sm Jose State), Jim Keefe (Central patience untiringly explained to me the essence of my mistakes. (Connecticut), Robin Lingle (Missouri), Joe Lynch (Georgetown), Graduall . I learned to control my actions, and things moved Stephen Machooka (Cornell), Julio Marin (South ern California), Danny more rapidly. I a impatient to compete but Dyachkov was em - Murphy (San Jose State), Tom O'Ha ra (Loyol a), Andy Schramm (Miami, 0), Ireland Sloan (Emporia Sta te), Dick Sharke y (Michigan State), Bill phatic : ··, 10 competition until you have ma tered the correct run up anJ correct technique of pu h -<;ff".·· Str~ub (Army), Geoff Walker (Houston), and Vic Zwolak (Villanova). ·· ore im rtant than any vic tory at pre ent, · he aid, "i to otre Da me, rather than Villanov a, appears to be San Jose's merge the ne, technique into a single mooth sequence of movement, toughest rival. The other top teams includ e Cornell, Houston, Kan- to give them peed and se ure their performance in a new rhythm.· · sas, Miami, ·chigan State, Ohio, and Western Michigan. Dail · training ontinued \' ith unremitting hard work ... the trainer' demand grew all the time . There were theoretical di - cu ion - everything wa cientifically ba ed, everything planned, Cross Country Results everything ta en into a ·count. Oya h ov follo, ed e ery detail of a Jump, entering hi re - FLORIDA 22, MIAMI 35, Coral Gables, Fla ., Oct. 2& (4.2 mar· and opinion in a notebook. When the training ses ion ended, miles, perfectly flat) 1. Payne (M) 21:11; 2. Opperman (F); 3. he vor ·ed on hi note . ummarizing them in tables and graphs and Harrell (F) ; 4. Brown (F) . ·erving them up for further work. He taught u . too, to analyse our TERMO TAI R , Salt Lake City , Oct. 31: (3. 0 miles) a ·tion , our ·ondition. 1 . Paterson (MSC) 14:59.5 (new cou rse record); 2. Krenzer (PCCC) ; For in ranee, to determine my condition in the cour e of 3 . Baras (BYU); 4. Kocherhans (U); 5. Morgan (BYU). (no other training, it "a · ufficient for me to perform three jumps upward times available) Team Scores: 1. BYU 52; 2. Utah 59 ; 3. Utah St. from the ·pot. The height of the leap told me >1hat changes were 7 ; 4. ontana State College 79; 5 . Provo CC 96 ; 6. Weber 112. taking place in the functional tate of my nerve -mu cular y tern. HARVARD 20, PR CETO 39, YALE 76, ew Haven, Conn., 13 the end of the , inter my movement had improved. In my : ov. 1: (4 .45 miles, CR 23:06; cold damp, light rain) 1. Hewlett fir·t ·ompe titi on I ·ucceeded in improving m_ individual record, and (H) 23:09. 7; 2. Somers (P) 23 :32 ; 3. Crain (H) 23:47; 4. Meehan (H) al an athletic. mat h be een the Rus ian Federation, the Ukraine 23:59; 5. Bun ell (H) 24:02. and the citie · of Mo· ~ow and Leningrad. 1 experienced the joy of COLORADO I VITATIO AL, Boulder, Col., ov. 1: (3.0 vi ·tory for the fir t time in my life. miles, flat co urse, cool) 1 . Baker M) 14:37 .5; 2. Weighton (C) 13ut ucce · ·e · and joy· are not the athlete 's only companions~ 14:3 9. 5; 3 . Courkamp (D) 14:45. 7; 4. J,imes (D) 14:52. 5; 5. Cole­ he i. al ·o ac ·ompanied b_ di ·ap l).>intmen t . A leg injury so insigni­ man ( M) 15:03; 6. Griffith (C) 15:04.5. Team Scores: 1. ew Mexi­ fi ·ant that in ortlin ary life I would ne er ha e noti ed it prevented co 44; 2. Color ad c 46 ; 3. Denver 56; 4. Wyoming 77; 5. Col St 126. m frnm fulfillin g a mo t important detail in the new te -hnique. in a RUTGERS 19 , COLUMBIA 44, Van Cortlandt Park, Y, ov. movem nt during the tran ·ition to the push-off. 1: (5 .0 miles, CR 24:47 .3, cold and raining) 1 . Vanderveer (R) T imc wa · pent on treatment , m re ult deteriorated. 26:52.4; 2. Conway (C) 27:10; 3. Hennings (R) 27:28; 4. Badgley (R) failure folio, ed failure. and with each ne, ·ompetition my chances 27:30; 5. Vasey (R) 2 :20. of going to Rome le · ·ened. 1AVY26, MARYL 030, College Park, Md., ov. l: (4.1 l wa · worried. but the trainer remained calm. Training miles, CR , 20 :32. , wet and slippery) 1. Krueger (M) 20:02 (new .·e ion ·ont inued, and they included e ery exercise which did course reco rd) ; 2. Serm ie r ( ) 20:09; 3. Williams ( 20:17; 4. not aggravate in injury. Horton ) 20:29· 5. George (M) 20:46. Of great importance , a the moral support Dyachkov gave me. KA1 SAS FEDERATIO , Lawrence, Kan., ov. 2: (3 miles, Hi ·en iti iLy. care and ·alm ·onfidence in m power had their old CR 14:49.0, dry and fast) 1. Camien (ES) 14:11.8 (new CR); 7 effe ·t, and l u ·c cded in rea ·hing 2. 03 (6'7 "). 2. Sloan (ES) 14: 17; 3. Acevedo (K) 14: 27; 4. Hadley (K) 14: 38; 5. Toda . of course. thi. figur·e seem· mall. but at the time Lawson (K). Team Scores: 1 . Kansas 25; 2. Emporia State 41; 3. it markeJ a leap forward. At the trainer ' coun i1 hich , a select­ Kansas State 72. ing the Olympic team, Dyach ·ov declared that he had confidence in . ORTH CE TRAL CO FERE CE, Brookings, SD, ov. 2: me. At the la t competition before going to Rome I jumped 2 .17 (4. 0 miles, 20 to 30 mph wind) 1. Offerdahl OS) 21:20.7; 2. (7 · 1 ~ ") - a ne, European record. Rust (SDSC) 21: 27; 3. Pritchard (I) 21:41; 4. Kleinjan (SDSC) 21:46; nd here is another intcrc ting detail : I didn't manage the 5. Engel (I) 21:50. Team Scores: 1. South Dakota SC 40 ; 2. orth record immediately - m fir t t\ o attempt \ ere failure . I Dakota State 45; 3. Io, a 57 ; 4. South Dakota 10 ; 5. Augustana 134. en ed drnt I could do it. but omethi ng, I didn't know what, was BROW 23, PRIVIDE CE 41, FORDHAM 59, Van Cortlandt pre enting me. Par ·, Y, Nov . 2: (5.0 miles, cold and ra~g) 1. Farley (B) 26:06 ; 'Techni ally e erying ~eems to be correct. " Dyachkov com - 2. Brown (P) 26:12; 3. Boog (B) 26:21; 4. McGovern (F) 26:25; 5. mented, "but ou are too trained at the tart. Run in more freely. O'Donnell (B) 26:41. (Continued on page 59) (Continued on page 58) (Continued from page 57) ST A1 FORD 24, SOUTHER 11 C LlFOR. IA 34, Griffith Park, MICHIG ' FED ERA TIO . , Kalamazoo, Mich. , ov. 2: (3. 0 '-'ov . 9: (4. miles, very hilly, , arm and clear) 1. Marin {SC) miles, old CR 20:1 .0) 1. Sharkey (MS) 20:15 (ne w CR)· 2. Clark 25:5 ; 2. McCalla {S) 26:39; 3. Bes (SC) 26:51; 4. Kirkland {S) (W 1) 20:27; 3. Burston (\i M) 20:42; 4. Zemper (MS) 20:46; 5. Bow - 27:0 ; 5 . S hlicke {S) 27:25. en ( ) 20:47. o team score available. AIR FORCE 15, COLORADO STATE 4 , Air Force, , ·ov. 9: WHJT 23, LEWIS A D CLARK 35, \ alla, Wash., ·ov. 2: {4.0 mile , good weather) 1. urphy {AF) 21:02; 2. Foley {AF) (3. 9 mile ) 1 . Miller (L&C) 1 : 59. 4 (ne, CR); 2. Rect or (W) 19: 3 . 21:51 · 3. Hall (AF) 22: 54; 4. Sammon {AF) 22: 35; 5. Brown (AF) 3. James (W) 19:56; 4. Buell (L&C) 20:1; 5. Thompson (V-/) 20:3. 22:43. 1 ALL-OHIO COLLEGES, 0v . 2: (4. 0 mile , sunny and lear) R TGERS 16, COLGATE 41, Hamilton, 'Y, 1 ov. 9: {5.0 1. Schramm (M) 20:14. · 2 . Banton (0) 20:39; 3. Bacheler (M) 20:49; miles, c:ool and raining) 1. Badgley (R) 26:50 .5: 2. Va ey (R) 26:55; 4. Cunningham (M) 20:55; 5. oore (CS) 20:57; 6. :i3erendsen (0) 3. Dzelzkalns {R) 27: 00; 4. Hennings (R) 27: 0 ; 5. \ illiamson {C) 20:5 ; 7. Heller (0) 21:05; . Smith (0) 21:14; 9. Bartel (M) 21:20; 27:12. 10. Steury (BG) 21:22 . Team Scores: 1. Miami and Ohio 30; 3. Bowl­ AIR FORCE 26, UCLA 29, Air Force, ov . 9: (4 . 0 miles, ing Green 76; 4. Akron 140; 5. Mount Union 16 . good weather) 1. Murphy (AF) 21:02; 2. Day (UCLA) 21:31 ; 3. COR ELL 1 , ARMY 3 , West Point, ·y, ov . 2: (5 .0 Weeks (UCLA) 21:34; 4. Foley {AF) 21:51: 5. Carter (UCLA) 22:16. miles, cold, windy, hail) 1. Byard (C) 26:37 .5 ; 2. Machooka (C) MID-AMERICA . CO , "FERE. CE, Bowling Green, 0., ov. 9: 26:37.5; 3. Straub (A) 27:2 .l ; 4. Cunningham(C) 27:34.6; 5. Con­ {4.0 miles) 1. Schramm (M) 19:56 . 0; 2. Bacheler ( 1) 20:05; 3. ' ay {C) 27:4 . 7 . furston (\ M) 20:11; 4. Banton (0) 20:15; 5. Smith (\i 20:22; 6. TEXASINVITATIO AL, Austin, Tex., ov. 2: (3.0miles) Browne {WM) 20:25; 7. Smith (0) 20:30: . Heller (0) 20:31; 9. 1. Elliott (H) 13:55; 2. cLatchie {LT) 14:00; 3. Walker (H) 14:03; Steury {BG) 20:36; 10. Cordova {BG) 20:3 . Team Score .:: 1. \ e r- 4. Romo (T) 14: 10; 5. Thomas (HP) 14: 11. Team Scores: 1. Hou - em 1ichigan 37; 2. Ohio 47; 3. iami (0) 56; 4. Bowling Green ton 42; 2. Howard Payne 63; 3. Texas 69; 4. Lamar Tech 107; 5. 6; 5. Kent State 145; 6 . Mar hall 1 3; 7. T oledo no c_,re. Texas A&M. LO G BEACH STATE 26, OCCIDEr TAL 29, Long Beach, ov . TE ESSEE 15, GEORGIA TECH 49, Knoxville, Tenn., . ov . 9: ( 3. 5 mile , CR 17: 20 by Danny urphy, hilly, -ool weather) 1. 5: (4. 0 miles, light rain) 1. Storey {T) 20:55; 2. Shelton {T) 21:43; t eal { 0) 17: 15 ( ne\, course record). 2. Dua rte (LBS) 17: 1 : 3. 3. Sc ott {T) 21:52; 4. Heiskell (T) 22:00; 5. Ellington {T) 22:1 . Davi ( LBS) l_~:45 ; 4. Lacy (LBS) 17:46; 5. , eighbor (0) 1 :51. FLORIDA 22, AUBUR 33, Gainesville, Fla., ov . 4: (4 .3 ll\:DIA A ST ATE FEDERATIO. 1, ov . 9: (4 .0 mile ) 1. Car­ miles) 1. Goodyear (F) 22: 24. 5; 2. Patterson (A) 22: 55; 3 . Harrell ver { .. D), Clark (ND), Welch ( D), Coffey (1 D), Dean(. D) 20:04. (F) 23: 02· 4. Opperman (F) 23: 14; 5 . Lynch (A) 23: 35. 5. Team Scores: 1. otre Dame 15; 2. Indiana 7; 3. Valparaiso 97. METROPOLIT TERCOLLEGIATES, Van Cortlandt Park, OR EGO . FED ERA TIO. , Eugene, 1 'ov. 9: (4. 5 mile ) 1. ov . 5: (5.0 miles, cloudy} 1. Loeschhorn YU) 26:20.7; 2 . Van- Story (OSunat) 21:24; 2. Steinke (0) 21:42; 3. Lehner (0) 21:49: 4. derveer {R) 26:29; 3. Bo\ e {M) 26:45; 4. Hennings (R) 27:00; 5. oore (0) 21:52; 5. Burle on (EEAA) 21:55 ; 6. Tonn (0) 22:20; 7. Dzelzkalns {R) 27: 06; 6 . cGovern (F) 27: 0 ; 7 . Badgley (R) 27: 11; Forman (0) 22:41; . T. Smit h {OSFr) 22:4 ; 9. onenson (0) . Dugan {l) 27:12; 9. Vasey (R) 27:15; 10. Germann {SH) 27:1 . 22: 55; 10 . Gr oth (OS) 23: 09. Team S ores : 1. Oregon 22; 2. Oregon Team Scores: 1. Rutgers 27; 2. Fordham 73; 3. Manhattan 4; 4. State 73 ; 3. Starers 73: Oregon State Roo · 105: 5. Oregon Fr 122. Seton Hall 92; 5 . fYU 12; 6. Iona 130; 7. St. John's 1 0. GEORGETO\\'~ 20, . HATTA. 43, FORDHA 65, J V. 9: HEPTAGO. ALS, Van Cortlandt Park, 1ov. : Straub (A) (5.0 mile) 1. Lynch (G) 25:2 : 2. Duchini (G) 26:23; 3. Bowe (M} 25:29.7; 2. Byard (C) 25:35.5; 3. Machooka (C) 25:3; 4. Farley 26:30; 4. Perry (G) 26:34; 5. 1 Cann (G) 26:45. (B} 26:00; 5. eehan (H) 26:0 ; 6. Williams CK)26:16· 7 . S~rmier \ EST VIRGI 1 U 19, PITTSB RGH 39, Schenley Park, Pitt , 1 . 26:40; . O'Donnell {B) 26:45; 9. Crain (H) 26:47; 10. Cunning- . ov . 9: (4. 2 miles, damp bu unny) 1 . eador {WV) 22: 23. 5; 2. ham {C) 26:55. Team Scores: 1. Cornell 57; 2. Brown 5 ; 3 .. :avy Beiley {P) 22:32: 3. Kubic {WV) 22:34; 4. orr1 ey {WV) 22:50; 5. l; 4. Harvard 96; 5. Army 134; 6. Princeton 136 ; 7. Penn 144. Fiertz {v V) 22:52. · WESTER KE. TUCKY STATE 17, TE.·. ESSEE 44, Cooke­ VA COUVER OLY PIC CLUB 36, \ ASHii GTO. ' STATE 36, ville, Tenn., ov. : {4.0 miles) 1. Mahurin (WK) 21:32. ; 2. \ ASHNGTO,' 65, BRITISH COLUMBIA 73, Briti h Columiba, . 1ov. 9: Graham (WK) 21: 39. 6; 3. tie between Beazley and Holden (\ K) (4.25mile, CR 21:09 ., cloudy) 1. aliant (\ S) 20:40.4; 2 . Kyle 21:56.5 ; 5. Wolfe {TT} 22:05.0. (Calgary TC) 21:05 .4; 3. Westman (WS) 21: 16. ; 4. Ru tad (VOC) BIG EIGHT, Lawrence, Kan., . ·ov. 9: (3. 0 miles, slight 21:21. ; 5. Hampton (VOC) 21:30; 6. Seferovich (W) 21:36; 7. Ber- \ ind) 1. Lingle {M} 14: 19. ; 2. Acevedo (K) 14: 23; 3. Lawson (K) toia (VOC) 21:49; . Trethewey (VOC) 21:53; 9. Dziurzyn ·1 {VOS) 14:27; 4. Wighton {C) 14:31; 5. Griffith {C) 14:32; 6. Donner (K} 14:4 ; 7 . Hadley {K) 14:50 ; . Holm (K) 14:51; 9. Cortes (OklaSt) 14:53; 10. Farmer {OS) 14:55. Team Scores: 1. Kansas 26; 2. Addenda, Errata-US List Oklahoma State O; 3. Missouri 2; 4. Colorado 5; 5. Oklahoma 130; 6. ·ebraska 143 ; 7. Kansas State 166; . Iowa State 214. These are correction and addition MISSOURI VALLEY, Wichita, Kan., . ov. 9: {3.0 miles, to last i ue 's first in - stallment of the All -time US List. sunny, no wind) 1 . .Kragie (D} 15:0 .7 ; 2. Riepe (D) 15:12; 3.Schuck 440-Yard Dash {C} 15:23; 4. Elmore (W) 15:43 (bad foot); 5. Raveling {D) 15:47; 6. Add: Correct: ~nderson {D} 15:49. Team Scores: 1. Drake 23; 2. \ ichita 54; 3. 46.3 Hall {CalP oly) 60 Cincinnati and orth Texas 75; 5. Bradley 132. 13:40. 9 _ Dellinger (USAF) 5 John on { oCarC) 61 WESTER ATHLETIC CO. 1FE RE CE, Salt Lake City, ov.9: Six- ile Run Archibald (CalFr) 62 (3. 0 miles, grassy, hilly, overcast) 1 . Coleman (NM} 15: 24; 2. Add: Correct: Singleton (A) 15:30; 3. Baker {KM) 15:33; 4. Scott (AS) 15:41; 5. 2 :41 .Ji Sargent (LATC) 63 46. 3 Str ong (Okla St) 62 29:19 . 5i Stieglitz (US.) 60 Kocher hans (U) 15:41. Team Scores: 1 .. ew exico 34; 2. Arizona 0-Yard Run - 54; 3. Utah 94; 4. Arizona State 9 ; 5. Wyoming 100; 6. BYU 103. 29:45. 5 Spilman (SFSt) 63 Corre ct: "ORTHWEST CO1 FERE . CE, Salem, Ore., ov. 9: (3. 5 Correc : 1:47 .3 Dupree {Strider miles) 1. Miller (L&C) 1 : 3 . {course record); 2. Rector (\lh) 29: 1~. 5 Breckenridge S C) 62 1:47 .6 Haa (Striders) 19:09; 3. Thompson (W) 19:14; 4. Jones {Wh) 19:40; 5. Buell {L&C) 100- eter Da h 1:4 . 3 Bork --- Add: 19:26. Team Scores: 1. Willamette 3 ; 2. 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Box 296 , Los Altos, Colif. S6.00 per year (24 iuues ) by first doss moil in the U. S., second doss Connelly (Str ider ) 63 3:44. Camien (rlm pSt) 63 mail elsewhue . 13:55.0 Hughe LA TC) 63 Correct: Diclc Dr~lce1 M~naging Editor; Cordner Nelson , Editor; Bert Nelson , Publ ish.er. 13:56 .o Grelle (LATC) 63 3:41.9J. Seaman (Lr\TC) 62 21:57; 10. Weiser (W) 22:01. Thomas - that being the biggest sensation of the Olympics. CE TRAL INTERCOLLEGIATE, Hays, Kan., ov. 9: (4.0 (\ rang, Thoma was 3rd and Bolshov 4th, both at 'O¼''/ miles, 4 mph wind) 1. Camien (ES) 19:23; 2. Sloan (ES) 19:32; 3. 2.14-- .\\'.} Lakin (FH) 20:13; 4. oelk (ES) 20:4.7; 5. Smith (FH) 21:02. Team Many experts were surprised at our success . But it was no Scores: Emporia State 27; 2-. Ft. Hays 30; 3. Omaha 73. -- accident - Dyachkov sa, to that. Long before the Olympics he pro­ AUBURN 19, ALABAMA 40, Tuscaloosa, Ala., ov. 9: (3.5 phesied precisely the results which we produced in Rome. That was miles) 1. Patterson (Au) 1 :17.2; 2. Lynch (Au) 19:01; 3. Terrill the real sensation - a sen at ion which remained unknown. (Al) 19:05. ; 4. Anderson (Au) 19:21.5; 5 .. Bowden (Au) 19:31. My trainer was undismayed by John Toomas 's enormous suc­ BIG TE , Champaign (SavJy Golf Course). 1 ov. 11: (4. 0 cesses . In the \ inter of 1960 , Thomas started his attack on miles, old CR 19:44. 5, 15 to 20 mph wind, cour e excellent) 1. Car­ Stepanov ·s world record. \ e prepared to meet him , ith a varied ius (Ill) 19:39 .4 (ne\ CR); 2. Shark ey (MS) 19:43; 3. Manley (W) and difficult training programme. 20:10 ; 4. Benedict(Mich): 20.15;5. Peter on ( ·nn) 20:16; 6. Mur- The psychological aspect is just as important as physical and ray ( 1ich) 20:27 ; 7. Assenheimer ( ) 20:30; . Day ( inn) 20:35; technical training. It is µnpossi ble to achieve anything without in - 9. \i einert (W) 20:36; 10. Bowen (MS) 20:39. Team Scores: 1. Michi­ destructible calm and unsbakeabl e confidence in your own powers . gan State 46; 2. V isconsin 7; 3. Minnesota 91; 4 . Indiana 103; 5 . The l i ghtest confusion and you can no longer act i ndepend - Illin ois 106 ; 6. Ohio State 133 ; 7. Iowa 153; orthwestern 153. ent ly, determine precisely the cause of any particular mistake you 1ichigan and Purdue did not enter full teams. have made - and a jumper is only permitted to make t\ o mistakes at A CO ER OLY PIC CLUB 15, ROYAL CA ADIA 'AVY each height'. ~ ov. 11: (1.4 miles) 1. Bertoia (VOC) 6:19.2; 2. Hampton (VOC) Dyachkov fills his pupils with confi de nce, firmly foumled on 6:22; 3 . Dooley (VOC) 6:27; 4 . Davie (VOC) 6:30; 5. Tighe (VOq lmowledge. How can you help havin g confid ence in such a trainer? FLORIDA 16, IA I (FLA) 44, Gain-::sville, Fla., ov . 11: He plans the whole of the varied tuition process in such a way that (4 .3 miles) l. Goodyear (F) 22:21.3 (new course record); 2. Har ­ at the moment of decisive competitions, his pupil is in tip-top form. rell (F) 22:46 .2; 3. Opperman (F) 23:17 .5 ; 4. Funk (F) 23:26.6; 5. I would like to say a few words about the battle with John Payne ( ) 23:52. 6. Thomas that developed after the Olympics. Thomas had been de ­ (IC4A Result appear on page 64 .) feated at Rome, but we were unable to sh a ke his world mark of 7'3¾" / 2.. 23. (Continued from page 57) After a short rest, we resumed training in the winter of 1961 . don' tense up '." How good wa hi advice'. I was to meet Thomas in ew York and once more Dyachkov bril ­ Dyach 'OV knows everything . He is able to select the most liantly realized his plan. important thing at the most e ential moment. He u ed to be an In Leningrad that winter I jumped 2. 25 (7'4.§.") indoors and in ou tan ding all -r ounder - gymna t. footballer and athlete. 'ew York I defeated Thomas three times. In Tbili i, Dyachkov and his brother Bari , al o today a well - Returning home we started training again, everything being known trainer, appeared on the running track as far back as 1924. su rdinated to one object - to repeat the winter re ult, this time in And my future rainer won the high jump'. the open air. True, by today' standards hi result wa very modest, only Our training ses ions took everything into account, and train - l .6_5 (:-i:;j·) - but then, the young Dyach ov didn't have an experienced ing loads alternated periodically with rest. Jumps are the most tramcr. difficult part of training, and since more than any other exercise In 1925 Dyach ·ov moved to lo cow and entered the Institute they tire the jumper's nervous system - this has been established by c,f Phy ical Culture. For twenty year hi name ha been linked with Dyachkov 's research- they had to be reduced to the minimum. a hleti · · . 1 ore than once he ha won the title of ov iet champion. During the whole of 1961, outside of competitions, I made He ha. won international co1,te t a, · 13 time et hurdle records. only 362 jumps . Dyachkov introduced special exerci es to devei0p He ha been particular! v ucce sful i1, .he le vault. a powerful push-off. Like o her a hlete of hi period, Vladimir Dyachkov had, The 1961 results are well known to all. Thanks to such cal - however. to abandon r for long period . There wa nowhere cul ated training I succeeded both summer and winter in maintain - for win er wor . o then gymna tic came to hi aid. ing the ame adequate form, breaking the world record four Long months were pen on ma tering new gymnastic exer- time and jumping higher than 220 (7' 21 ") eleven ti mes. i e and combination . In 1933 he came third in the US R champion - \\' el 1, that fruitful and hard-working season ended and many hip in the ma ter ' group. experts prophesied that the fol lowing summer I would be unable to Ad1letic in the ummer and gyma ti in the winter without show such high results . a brea ·: the e were the training methods of Dyachkov. At 41, he Bearing in mind the heavy load of the previous season , on the national le-vaul title. Only then did he hand over the !X)le­ Dyachkov planned the training for 1962 differently . bamboo then - to hi be t pupil, ictor Knvazev. First part of the preparatory period was arranged in such a Fini hing hi care r as an athlete ·he fa ·ed another ta k- to way as to enable me almost to forget that I was a jumper . High hand on hi accumulated experience. Dyachkov returned to the jum ps were completely excluded from the winter plan. Re ear ·h In titute of Phy i ·al Culture in 19-!7 a a trainer. The content of the training sessions was extreme! y varied, There he wor ·ed on the te hnique of pole vaulting. Then he and after these se sions in the spring I felt such an exc ess of arted to st udy the long jump and finally the high jump. During energy and strength as never before. thi · period Oya ·hkov ha publi hed more than a hundred works. ·ot till April did I make the first high jumps . After such a That' how my trainer divide him time bet\ een cience and long break I did not at first sense the rhythm and restoration of re - pra·tice, and that's hO\ he under tands training. For him the sul ts was lo\\ . But Dyachkov kept calm. At the appropriate time m iet athletic team i . a it were. a living laboratory. Continuous all he did was to include exercises for rhythm, for runni ng in and experiment - thut i ~ hi di tinctive characteri ti . push -off technique, and when the last trainin g session before ln our joint , or- . Dyach ·ov ha made wide u e of equipment the departure of Palo Alto for the match against the American for ·pecial phy ical training. and in particular we have cbne a lot of athletes took pl ace Dyachkov said: ' ow you are ready for a ne, or· with weightlifting. record'." Oya ·hkov draw up hi· training plan according to the abilities And so it , a - the first world record of 1962 was set by me of ea ·h of hi· pupil·. He played an important part in the conque t of on American soil: 7 · 5 "/2 . 26. Later, at the end of the season, by the wo-metre mark by our jumper . jumping 2. 2 ( '5½"), I completely refuted the relapse theory. ln 195.J ix pa ed thi mark. in 1956 ten, in 1957 twelve, in I am often a ked: hasn 'r, the athlete approached his limit in 19;j t\ enty- even. in 1959 thirty-four. in 1960 t\ enty-eight and in the battle for height? Surely the time must come when no inno­ 1961 fif y-nine. vations in training. no device can help him. The higher the bar Dyacl1 ·ov ha many pupil · who have attained high re ult in rise the more difficult is each half-inch. port: Degtyarev. Ka hkarov, itkin. Chenchik, Dolya. Bol hov ... Ye t, that i true. In my first year with Dyachkov I 1 fany oviet jumper have prepared under hi coaching for su · ·eeded in adding nearly 7½ inches to my record, and t\vo in - international com tition . Fir t to appear in the world arena was che in the econd year . But in the past sea on only three­ Igor Ka hkarov, who fought bravely at 1elbourne, winning the quarter of an inch has been cap:ured from height '. Olympic bronze medal. 1 everthele we are rising higher and higher. Personally At tho e Olympic our team acquired a point from another I believe that 2.30 meters- 7'6.§." - will be vanquished, if not by D:achkov -trained ·ompetitor - itkin, who came i>..'th. my elf then by another athlete . At th Rome Olympic . along ide havlakadze - the fine leanwhi le we continue our creati ve search. y trainer Tbili i jumper " ho, on the gold m dal - two other pupil of i eeking new, ay of battling against height, and I help him in Dyachk o climbed the pede tal of honour, Bo! hov and my elf. whatever way I can . And in this creative co -operation is the chief \\' e had all three beaten Am r i ·a' prev i ou ly unbeaten joy of m_ life . ALL-TIME U . S. TRACK AND FIELD PERFORMERS by D . H . Potts 26 ' ¼" Owens (OhioSt) 35 DISCUS THROW This is the second and final installment of the all -time US per- 26 '71 " Roberson (PhilPC) 60 205 •5~·· Oerter (NYAC) 63 formers list. ext issue will contain the first installment of the all - 26 '7" Bell (Indiana) 57 204 '7 }" Silvester (Unatt) 63 time US performances. All corrections and additions should be ad­ 26 '6'' Steele (SanDiegoSt) 4 203'9'' Babka (PasAA 63 dressed to the compiler, at P. 0. Box 95, Goleta, California . 26 'd" Range (FtOrd) 55 202'4½" Humphreys (PasAA) 63 26'4 " Horn (USAF) 63 194 '6" Gordien (LAAC) 63 10, 000-METER RU ay (Indiana) 59 26'3½ " Bennett (FtWood) 55 193' 2" ·o'Brien (PasAA) 62 28:50 .2 Truex (USAF) 60 23 .0 Vickery (USC) 39 26 '3¼'' Brown (UC LA) 52 Weill (Stanford) 60 29:28.4 Keefe (CentConn) 63 23.0 Stucker (KansasSt) 59 26'3 " Peacock (femple) 35 191' 5~" Cochran ( o) 60 29:33 .8 Larrsen (LATC) 63 Groff (Mo) 59 Herman YPC) 60 191'2~" Ellis YAC) 57 29:39.2 Sargent (LATC) 63 Haddox (OklaSt) 59 26'2½" \\'iley (LASt) 59 190 ' 9~" Passey (UtahSt) 62 29:46. 0 McArdle (Unatt) 63 Ca, ley (HSMich) 59 26'2" 1liller c:-.1c urry) 63 190' 6i" \ ade SC) 60 29 :46. 8 Gutknecht (BaltOC) 61 26 ' 1¼" Shelby (Pierce) 56 19o •oi .. Iness (USC) 53 400-METER HURDLES 1 29:56.4 Edelen (Chelmsford) 63 49. 2 Davis (OhioSt) 5 26 ' 1 " Watson (Okla) 61 1 5' 5" McGrath (Oxy) 63 30;14.2 agee (LATC) 63 49 .3 Cawley (USC) 63 26' ' arfield (OhioSt) 62 1 5' 3 i .. Shaffer (Shi tworth) 61 30: 19. 2 Stieglitz (US avy) 60 49. 6 Cushman (Kansas) 60 25'11¼'' Clark (OlympicC) 36 1 5'2½'' Sinclair 1TC) 63 30:26. 5 Soth (Striders) 60 49. 7 Southern (f exas) 56 Renfro (Oregon ) 62 1 4' 5½°' Johnstone ( ri z) 63 30:27. Higgins (Unatt) 63 49. * Howard (Striders) 60 25'11" Hamm (GaTech) 2 13•3i" Burke (Ariz)60 30:30 .4 Robertson (Striders) 60 50. O* Styron ELA) 60 \' right (\ ayne) 4 1 2· 9f ' Egan (USC) 5 30:31. 9 Tyl er (US avy) 56 O* Tarr (Oregon) 62 TRIPLE JU 1P 1 1' d" Sanders (\\'hi tt ier) 63 30:33.4 Stone (NYAC) 52 * Whitney (Occidental) 53'10" Davis (PhilPC) 60 1 o· st· Roberts (fexA& ) 63 30:38.1 Peck (Occidental) 60 50. 1 Allen (\\i ashSt) 63 52 '10¼" Floerke SArmy) 60 JA VELU' THRO\\' 30:41.2 \ ilt ;yAC) 52 50. 2 Culbreath S C) 57 52 '5}" Andre\ s (Strider ) 59 2 2' 3~" Cantella (Quanti o) 60 30:41. 7 McKenzie (NYPC) 60 Atterberry (LATC) 62 52'4~" Sharpe (PhilPC )61 273' 1oi"All ey (Kansas) 60 30:45.3 Benjamin YAC) 60 50. 5 Lewis otreDame) 57 52'2i.. Stokes (Strider 61 2 7 0' Held (SITTFA) ;;6 30:46. etcalfe (Ok:1.aSt) 62 * Farmer (Occidental) 61 51'9f' Haye SC) 61 267'3" Stuart (USC) 63 30:47.0 Breckenridge (US C) 62 Miller (Colorado) 63 51' ½" Horn (USAF) 63 266 · J· 1il ler (CPendlcton) 5-+ 3000-METER SfEEPLECHASE 50.6 Hardin (LSU) 34 51' " \' oods (CalHS) 63 265. 2" \\' inningham(USArmy) 62 :3 . 0 Young (FtLee) 61 Rogers (11dSt) 62 51 '4½" Boston (Striders) 63 264 · gt · Co ell i (ArizSt) 63 :40. Coleman (UCTC) 5 Stauffer d) 63 51 '2f Danna natt) 63 261' 3~" Sikor cy (USC) 62 8:42 .4 Jones (FtLee) 61 50 . 7 ore YAC) 52 51' l ·i' John on (Compton) 61 260' 11i "Stenl und (OreSt) 63 :45 .4 Ashenfelter AC) 52 Wyatt (OreSt) 63 51 ' {" Tate • oCarColl) 63 260 ' 1i·· Red (Rice) 63 :45. 6 Traynor (Villanova) 63 50. * Luck (Yale) 62 50'11½ " Brown (L ) 41 259' ~ .. Young (( l mpicC) 56 :47. Schul (LATC) 62 ( =converted) 50'11¼" Cooper tJohn ) 61 25 . Ulri h (Pa ) 63 :51.1 Forman (Oregon) 62 HIGH JUMP Alexander (UCLA) 62 257 ' 1" Fromm (Pacifi ·Luth) 5 :52.3 Oakley (Arkansas) 60 7'3f Thomas (Boston ) 60 50'11" Ahearn (IllinoisAC) 11 256 ' 10~" Sbordone (USC) 60 :53 .4 Zwolak (Villanova) 63 7'14" Faust .. t AC) 62 50' ¼·· Romero natt 36 255·11· · Beu·her(Kansa ) 60 :53. 7 Fishb ack (Sanjose) 62 7 '½" Dumas (Compton) 56 50 ' 7f ' ousiades 'YAC) 63 254' 6~ " Dyes ( bilChr) 63 : 54 .4 Lehner (Oregon) 62 Johnson (Calif) 62 50'6 " Ashbaugh (U Army) 52 252 ' .. Due-' orth (Atlanta t) 60 :57. Krenzer (LA Valley JC) 63 Hoyt (USC) 63 haw (Columbia) 52 251 ' 9f ' John on trider ) 60 :5 . 3 Clark (Sanjose) 60 7 ' Avant (USC) 61 251' 51 " \' o ile C) 57 8: 59. 6 cCalla (Stanford) 63 Gardner (USMC) 62 5 2 Long (l.J C) 62 251 ' l " C onl e (CaLTc h 56 :59.7 artin (LATC) 62 Burrell(LA alley) 63 65'10" 1 ·ieder (U Army) 60 HA, MER THROW :59. Hughes (LATC) 63 Rambo (LBCC) 63 64'11" Gubner ~y ) 62 231' 10" Connol l (Pa TC 62 9:01. 0 Best (CentJersey'fC) 63 Stuber (Oregon) 63 63'5" 0 'Brien ( trider ) 60 220 ' .. Hall 'Y AC) 5 9: 02. 9 Basha\ (\\ estMich) 63 6 '11½" Davis (AdaOilers) 53 63 ' Davis (CPendleton) 63 216'-+t " Blair (I3o tonU) 36 9: 03. 1 Steinke (Oregon) 62 6'11¼" Shelton (USC) 55 61'5½" Silve ter ( Y ) 61 209 ·4· · Bagdona. Arm·) 60 9: 06 . 0 Davis (San Jose) 62 Smith (UCTC) 57 61 '2¼" i.1cGrath (Oxy) 63 203 ' ~ .. 1\lc\\'illiam · 1 ~my 60 110 -METER HURDLES 6'11" Steers (Oregon) 1 60'9½" Butt trider ) 59 203' .. Pagani G\Y, C 60 13. 2 Calhoun (Unatt) 60 \ yborney (\VSO) 60 60'6'' Joe (V illan0 a) 62 202 "6~ ·· Engel . 'YPC GO · 13. 3"' Tarr (Oregon ) 62 Costa (BYU) 60 . fats n (f exHS) 63 201';J~ .. 13ac·u ,·YAC ."i9 3 13 .4 Davis (US avy) 56 6' 10 " Stewart (S ) 57 60'½" Bantum ( 1anhattan) S6 200' Bailey (Har ard) 62 ay (UCTC) 60 6°102" Fehlen (US C) 61 60' laggard (SCVYV) 63 19 · 10· · Frenn (Pa·\ ) 63 1 13.4"' Campbell (US avy) 57 Hicks (USArmy) 63 59'11 " \ inters (Stanford) 60 197' f' orefield (l\1IT 36 Gilbert (\i instonSalem) 57 6'10¼'' \ alker {OhioE~) 37 59_'11" Castle (FoothillJC) 63 Doten (Har ard) 60 Jones (Unatt) 62 Stewart (SCAA) 41 59'10" \ illiams (FlaSt) 63 196 · 3" Thom on (, Y C) 61 1:t. 5 Attlesey (USC) 50 Grundy (Striders) 60 59'9" Branson CLA) 61 195 ·9" age (Na ) 61 * Lindgren (PasadenaAA) 63 Llewellyn (Oregon) 63 59'5f' Lampert • YPC) 54 Burke ( C\ YV) 63 Hicks (USArmy) 63 POLE VAULT Owen ( 1ichigan) 57 195'3-~" Keerd ( Y C) 61 13 .6 Stevens (f ennA&I) 57 17';1 '' Pennel ELA) 63 59'd" Price (Cal\\'estern) 63 194 · l De noyers (no ·rnnC) 63 Robinson (Fresno) 58 !" 16' •· Sternberg CWash 63 59•3!'1" Robens (f exA 1 1) 63 193 '9~ .. Pryde (SB C) 62 * Dillard {Baldwin\ al) 4 16 •~.. orris (Striders) 63 l 9' 11" Bal Larc! (Army) 63 * \ ashi:!lgton (SCVYV) 61 16 '3" Uelses (Unatt) 63 13 . 7 Towns (Georgia) 36 16 '2½" e ers (Unatt) 63 olcott (Unatt) 41 16 '2'' Tork (US C) 62 Cobb (US avy) 60 16' 1¼" Brattlof (Rice) 63 * Shankle (Unatt) 56 16 '1" Hansen (Rice) 63 Jim Ryun in Rapid Rise to Fame * Styron (Som; , ,n 16'½" Pratt (rexSo) 63 Boston (fennA&I) 61 * Rose (ArizSt) 63 The meteoric ri e of Jim Ryun (\! ichita, Kan sas, E t High) * Rogers 1dSt) 63 15' 10¼" Davies (0 klaSt) 61 bet\ een his freshman and S•>phomore year · mu t constitute ·ome 200-METER HURDLES (furn) 15 '9¾" Gutowski (Oxy) 57 sort of record. 22. 5 Davis (Ohi oTC) 60 Plymale (Army) 62 His best mile as a fro h wa 5: 3 . 0 (Sept . 7). Less than nine 22. 6* Tidwel 1 (Kansas) 5 Cramer (Wash) C3 months later he ran 4: 0 . 2 (May 25, 1963), which he followed \ ilh a 22. 7* Gilbert (WinstonSalem)57 \ atson (Oregon) 63 1:54 .5 half-mile 105 minutes later . On June he lowered his mile Jone (EMich) 59 15'9¼" Bragg (FtDix) 60 time to 4:07. , which i the sophomore and international age 16 mark. Tarr (Oregon) 62 15'9" Flanagan SC) 63 His first O of 2:00.5 was on S~pc. 11, 1962. On June 1, he 22. Calh oun oCarol ina) 5 Hein (USC) 63 \i ashi ngton (V instonS) 5 was clocked in 1:53 .6. Even more remarkable Ii as hi improvemen t 15' ¼" Belitza ( d) 62 Howard (Striders) 60 over two-miles. On Sept. 17, 1962 he ran 11:51.0. On ov . 4 of 15'7¾'' V armerdam (OlympicC)42 22.9 \ olcott (Rice) 39 this year he zipped to a 9: 11 . 5. His only try at three miles \ as on BROAD P Dillard (Bald\ in\ al) 46 J!!.. July 21, 1963, henheranl4:53 . 2. 2~ Boston (fenn A&I)61 A champion in the ma.king? TRACK .EW SLET1ER ovember 20, 1963 History of Pole Vault pole was unveiled by a firm in Southern California that was in the by Ray Kring busine ss of manufacturing masts of laminated fiberglass for sail Track Coach, Pittsburg (Calif.) High School boats . These poles became the rage of the country, and the firm Part XVll was selling them by the hundreds . Their popularity died as quickly The 1 uremberg war crimes trials, which began in 1945, as it was born, however, when it was found that the poles were fine ended in the spring of 1949 with the convictions of 19 former offi - when new, but with constant use they became more and more limber cials of the. azi Foreign Office. In 1949, V . M. olotov was re­ until they would snap. lieved as Soviet Foreign Minister and replaced by Deputy Foreign The year 1951 saw \ armerdam 's private realm invaded by : 1inister Andrei Vishinsky . On July 29, 1949, Bob Richards of the three different vaulters . Fifteen feet, once looked upon as imposs­ 1 Illinois A . C. sailed 14 '9 " in the pole vaul t, for the highest vault ible, and a height heretofor scaled only by the incomperable Warmer­ in the world that year . John omgomery of USC went over the bar dam, was cleared by two college vault ers the same day in two different set at 14 '7''" while George Rasmussen of Oregon University cleared meets, separated by thousands of miles. 14 '6" for the third best mark of the year . On April 21, at the Kansas Relays in Lawrence, ebraska's The fourth best height of the year 1949, was turned in by Donald D. Cooper, whose best previou s outdoor mark was 14'1", Walter Jensen of the Modesto Junior College, California, when he sailed over 15 '-f' . He established a new intercollegiate mark, hut set a new 1ational Junior College record with a leap of 14 '3½'' . it did not last long. Robert Smith of San Diego State College, whose uncle was ational That same afternoon, in the Los Angeles Coliseum, USC champion and whose father was junior champion in 1927, vaulted was meeting the Universities of Illinois and Michigan in a triangular 14 '3" in the. CAA meet in Los Angele , to score an upset victory. meet . Bert els on, in bis fine magazin e the Track and Field ews, Tom Bennett of he University of Wisconsin, cleared 14 '2{" that r ..:ports the action : year, while an unknown youngster from the University of Illinois, Two hours after the public addr ess system told of Don Donald Laz,, as leaping 14 ' 1J" . Cooper's new national collegiate vault record, blonde On July 3, 1950, at Tempere, Finland, Bob Richards of the Don Laz of Illinois stood beyond the end of the n.mway, United States leaped 14' 11~" , for a non-\ armerdam '\ orld record" . looking at the cross bar 145 feet distant. The second best of the year went to a European, Ragnar Lundrerg of s, eden, at 14 '51", a new record for Europeans. Bobby Smith of San He nervously spat on his hand seven.times, tucked his Diego State College did 14 '5" . head against his shoulder in a moment of calming con - Two other top vaulters had best marks of 14 '5 " during the templation, then grasped his newly taped pole, sped 1950 track and field campaign; Bill Carroll of Oklahoma and the dO\ n the rum ay and soared into the air . As he tumbl ed musician from San Jose State, George Mattos. to the pit the roar of 91 7 voices told him the cross The ninth best height of 1950 belonged to Don Laz of Illinois, bar remained on its pegs, 15' l¾" above the ground. a 14 ':3:5". However, during an intersquad meet held in the Illinois fieldhouse in early March of 1950, Don Laz unofficially vaulted 15 feet, to come the second man in history to clear that height. The Noted with Interest "This \ orld" section of the San Francisco Chronicle, relates the Jack Yaggy of the Ft. Wayne Journal-Gazette in Indiana incident: writes about an interesting approach to summer training combined A hunch paid off for Don Laz last week. The 0-year­ with travel for high school boys. old Uni ersity of lllinoi junior had just cleared 14 '4" Two miles is a long way to run. A long way, that is unless in the pole vault during an intramural track meet \ hen you're one of Dwight Graber's swift pedestrians from Ashley High the inspiration seized him. \/ ithout trying in between, School. Then, two miles makes just a good sprint. he asked the officials to move the bar up to 15 feet, Ashley's cross country team surprised the big schools last the cove cd dream height of all pole vaulters . year and finished second to Gary Roosevelt in the state harrier meet after winning the sectional here and the regional at Anderson. The There had been only one man who had ever cleared . Aces will defend their sectional title Friday in a two-mile race at that height. Cornelius (Dutch) armerdam had done Shoaff Park ··Jith four of last year's all-star cast still running. it first in 19-!0 when he was 26 and had succeeded in They are a favorite to repeat the championship here, and doing it 43 times, rea hing 15' !", befor~ he retired. could do it again in the regional. \ hat then? Ashley will be seek ­ . 'o one else had come dose. ing to become the •· ilan" of cross country. There's an interesting story behind it all. Laz mi scd his first two at empt last week. But on At the end of the summer last year, Coach Graber to ok a the third he found the extra push and vaulted easily group of his top runners on a trip to Yellowstone ational Park, o er the bar and rnto fame. For him the explanation partly for pleasure, but mostly on business. The boys took part , as imple: "I JUSt felt like I could do it this time, " in various training exercises during the trip which was a':xmt he said. And in Fresno, Calif., armerdam greeted 3,600 miles to\ yoming and back. Some of the miles were the world's only 15-footer calmly: '1t couldn't last covered on foot and many of those by running. fore er, " he said. This summer, Graber, assistance coach Rex Hile and Ten other pole vaulters cleared 14 feet or higher during that townsman Joe Campbell tookl4 harri er hopefuls on a two -week, tr ck season of 1950. 4, 000-mile jaunt to the eastern Canadian province of ova Scotia During 1950, Bob Richards introduced another ne, metal and back. During the two weeks, each boy ran about 70 miles. aulting pole, the Giltal Vaultmaster. This pole, as made in Am­ '\Ve have a summer conditioni ng program for the cross erica by the Harry Gill Athletic Company of Urbana, Illinois, and country runners," Graber said last night . 'The trip is what might was made of a special alloy . It was not as small in diameter as the be called a reward for those who have run the best and who have im - s, edish steel pole but resembled more the old bamboo poles both proved the most during the summer workouts. " The Aces run to­ in performance and shape. It , as very flexible and possessed a get her at least one night a week during the summer and an improve - great deal of action and snap . H . B. Mlrett relates the Giltal story ment chart is kept to determine who '11 make the trip ·. in the Harry Gill Company athletic catalog, of 195 -59: Before they le ave, Graber and the others plan a route and ..... The Gill Co . first introduced an aluminum vault­ also set up a training schedule. 'The boys keep track of the miles ing pole in 1932-26 years ago, in a search to find a that are run and get on me g ood when they thi nk the y are being over - metal material that \ ould replace bamboo. The early worked," Graber said. metal poles were unsatisfactory and little progress This summer only half of th ose who took part in the training as made before \/ orld War II. program could be includ ed on the _Canadian trip. Yet , all worked so that the trip was possible. 'W e had several pr •)jects- -m aking and In 194 Gill engineering and Alcoa developed an alloy selling cider and washin g cars, etc. - -at which we all worked," tu.be of brass and aluminum \ ith just the right amount Graber went on. "Every cent that was spent during the trip was of delayed snap action for vaulting . Dozens of trial from what we made on these job s . " poles were made up in the next two years and it was A group of 17 adventurous males can be economical on such in April of 1950 that our company was proud to an - an excursion. In the two, eeks total expenses were 400 . - - mostl y nounce a pole had been developed-The Giltal Vault­ for food. They camped out whenever and whe re ver they could. master -chat would revise the 15' vault . The summer's -end trip is becoming very popular with cross This pole, like the s, edish one, was immediatly accepted by country aspirants of the Ashley-Hudson area and will probably be the vaul ters of the country, and was destined to be the one used by continued each summer, Graber said. It 's beco !ue a goal for the the ne, ·world champion . conditioning program and is, in reality, a pre-season "training Also at about this time, a revolutionary new laminated glass camp" for the Ashley cross count r y var sity.

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International Age List by Hugh Gardner 392 Johnson Rome 9 5 / 60 JAVELIN THROW 426 Yang Chuan -kwang (For) 7 / 10/ 33 Eugene 7 / , 60 357 Vasiliy Kuznyetsov (SU) 2/7 / 32 Moscow 5/ 16/ 59 14 177'3" Egil Danielson or) 11/ 9/ 33 / / 4 709 Phil . ulkey (US) 1/ 7 / 33 emphis 6/ 16/ 61 15 209'10" \ ill orman (USA) 1/ 26 / 46 ontclair 5/ 20 / 61 24 Yang Tulare 6/ 29 / 62 16 222' orman ewark 5/ 7/ 62 29 9121 Yang \ alnut 4/ 27 / 63 17 251'10" Terje Pedersen or) 2/ 4/ 43 Kristnsnd / / 60 30 · 026 Kuznyetsov Belgrade 7 / 21 / 62 18 250'3½" Alf Mitchell (Aus) 5/1 / 41 elbourne 1/ 24 / 60 31 7 54 Kuznyetsov Moscow / 20/63 19 260'4½" Gary Stenlund (USA) / 7 / 40 Fresno 5/ 14/ 60 32 7165 Walter 1eier (Ger) / 3/ 27 Schweinfrt 7/ 16/ 60 20 276'4" Pauli evala (Fin) 11/ 30 / 40 Vaasa 9/ 1/ 61 "' indicates a mark never fully recognized although seemingly 21 270 '7" Rolf Herings (Ger) 7 / 10/ 40 Cologne 9/ 22 / 61 legal in every way. 22 283'2½" evala Helsinki 7 / 16/ 63 In a legal decathlon, all marks must be on successive days. 23 284'7" Carlo Lievore (Italy) 11/ 10/ 37 ilan 6/ 1/ 61 To save space, only the first date is given. 24 274'5" Lievore Innsbruck 5/ 31 / 62 Janis Lusis (SU) 5/ 19/ 39 Berlin 6/ 23 / 63 25 26 '11 " Janusz Sidlo (Pol) 6/19 / 33 Warsaw / 1/ 5 26 2 o· ½" Sidlo Berlin 9/ 5/ 59 27 2 2 '3½" Al Cantella (US) 6/ 9/ 31 Compton 6/ 5/ 59 Addenda, Errata-International List 28 272'4½" Michel acquet (France) 4 / 3/ 32 Paris 10/ 2/ 60 100 Yards 29 277 '7" Cantella Stanford 7 / 1/ 60 13 10 .2 Don ebster (US) / 25 / 44 Kennett Sq. I / 5 30 277' •· Viktor Tsibulenko (SU) 7/ 13/ 30 Rome 9/ / 60 30 date for O. Davis also for his 440 / 11/ 62 31 280 ' 11½" Vladimir Kuznyetsov (SU) 4/ 2/ 31 Baku 9/ 23 / 62 100 Meters 32 274 •1½ " Saini ikkinen (Fin) 7 / 19/ 23 Kuhmoinen 6/ 24 / 56 16 delete Fis her -Smith, who was 17 33 233' Herbert Kaschel (Ger) 12/ 9/ 21 Koblenz 9/ 24 / 55 200 .1eters (furn) 34 255'3" Kaschel Cologne 10/ 14/ 56 Comment on short course age 23 mark already has 1/ lOth added. 35 254'10½" Kaschel Duisburg 10/ 6/ 57 Seye was 26 when he tied Germar 's Cologne track record. 36 240'6" Steve Seymour (US) 10/ 4 / 20 Long Beach 6/ 22 / 57 220 Yards (Straightaway) 37 251'1" Seymour El ante / 1/ 5 13 22. Don Webster (US) 7 / 25 / 44 I 5 3 250' Seymour Costa Mesa 7/ 4/ 59 00 1 'leters - - 0 Yards 31 1:49.2m 1oens apier 7 / 25 / 61 32 1:49. 4m \ int Helsinki 7 / 22 / 52 34 1:53 .4m Roger Verheuen (Bel) 2/ 2/ 27 Goteb org 9/ 13/ 61 HAMMER THROW 35 1: 52. 6m V erheuen Brus els 7 / 29 / 62 36 1:52 . 3m I aria Lanzi (Italy) 10/ 10/ 14 , ilan .6/ 30 / 51 1 193'3" Hans Fahsl (Ger) / 15/ 41 Duisburg 7 / 10/ 60 37 1:56.6m Lanzi / 52 19 201 '3" Fahsl \\ arsaw 10/ 1/ 60 42 1:5 .6m Egisto Pederzoli (Ital y) 4/ 12/ 14 / 56 20 210'4½" , ikolay Dobrivecher (SU) 11/ 12/ 37 alchik 10/ 19/ 5 1000 Meters 21 2) l'9-½" Mike Ellis (GB) 9/ 3/ 36 Hannover 9/ 15/ 57 17 2:35. 9 Jean Luc -Sal om on (France) 2/ 27 / 4-! 61 22 224'2" Heinrich Thun (Austria) 9/ 1/ 3 Brussels / 20 / 61 32 ?.:24 .4 Roger Verheuen (Bel) 2/ 2/ 27 Barcel ona 10/ 25 59 23 22 'lj'.' Gyula Zsivotsky (Hun) 7 / 25 / 37 Budapest / 14/ 60 33 2:26 .9 Verheuen Vierzen 6/ 5 '60 24 21 '1 " oburo Okamoto Gap) 2/ 19/ 37 Tokyo 6/ 30/ 61 34 2:25. Verheuen Lille 6 1 61 25 231'½" Zsi otsky Budapest 9/ 23 / 62 1500 leters 26 226'7½" Zsivotsky Stockholm / 12/ 63 17 3:53. John Whett on (GB) 9/ 6/ 42 / / 60 27 22 • ½" Hal Connolly (US; / 1/ 31 Walnut 6/ 13/ 59 21 3:39.3n Jurgen fa y (Ger) 6/ 1 / 42 Bu harest / '63 2 225 '½" Connolly Walnut 4/ 23 / 60 '' * " sh ould precede Ryun 16 and Snell 23 marks, both during a 29 230'9" Connolly Walnut / 12/ 60 mile race. 30 231'10" Connolly Stanford 7/ 21 / 62 2 Miles 31 223'6 " Connolly Lahti 5/ 22 / 63 15 9:20. Ralph Gamaz (US) 4 6 / 4 Stan ford 11/ 9/ 63 32 217 '2 " Birger Asplund (Swe) 7 / 21 / 29 Ostersund 6/ 21 / 62 3 iles 33 222 '6" Josef atousek (CSR) 9/ 7/ 2 Tatabanya / 19/ 62 39* 13: 5 . 5 orris 34 225 '8" atousek Prague 7/ 21 / 63 "'indicates run during 5000m ra ce. Add: " "Dunkley, age 20 . 35 204 ' 11½" Sverre Strandli (Nor) 9/ 30 / 25 Bergen / 20 / 61 6 .Wes 36 2 0 '6" Strandli Oslo 7 / 25 / 62 17 31:59.0 Lyman Pease (US) / 6/4 3 Everet 6/1 0/ 61 37 209'7 " Strandli Trondheim 10/ / 62 32 imoun time should be 2 :37 . 6 38 195'7-½" Karl Storch (Ger) / 21 / 13 Goteborg / 6/ 52 120 High Hurdles 39 199'4½" Storch Karlsruhe 9/ 2 / 52 16 14. 9 Giorgi o Mazza (Italy) 9/ 27 / 39 I3re cia / 3/:':i6 40 195'7½" Storch Stadthagen / 1/ 54 220 Low Hurdles (Straightaway) 41 195'9 " Storch Frnkft/ / 7 /55 32 23.4n* Harrison Dillard (US) 7/ / 23 Bakersfield 6/ 23 / 56 42 193'7½ " Storch eu Isnbrg 5/ 13/ 56 indicates metric time plu 1/ lOth, also for age 17 co -holder 43 181 '3" Storch Dusseldorf / /57 200 eter Low Hurdles (furn) - wrong heading used before. 44 192'3½ " Storch Menden 5/17 / 5 27 23. 5 Dorofey Blinov (SU) / 14/ 33 Leselidze ;.,/ 11/ 61 45 173 '½" Karl Hein (Ger) 6/11/0 / / 53 2 23 .2n Yuriy Petrov (SU) 7 / 16/ 31 Tula v/ 21 / 60 46 1 8' " Storch / /59 29 23. 5n Petrov Kiev 5/ 2 / 61 47 176' Storch Fulda 7 / 19/60 440 Yard Hurdles - - ·»rang heading used before. 48 173'4 " Hein Berlin 8/ /56 Broad Tump 50 177'11" Hein / / 58 14 23'10" Lennie Harper (US) 3/2 / 41 Shreveport / / 55 51 181 '4" Hein Stockholm / /59 52 173 '6½" Hein Hamburg 7 /31/60 Zwolak Captures IC4A in Record Time Van Cortlandt Park, Y, ov. 1 --Vic Zw olak, br.:..vinga stitch in the last mile, finished 100 yards ahead of the field in the IC4A cross country championships as he broke his own course and DECATHLON meet records by five tenths in 24:46. over the five mile course. However, Villanova was shunted to fourth place as otre Dame, pla - 16 5496 Dixon Farmer (US) 2/15/41 Kingsburg 6/ 2 /57 cing two men in the first five scored 55 points to runner-up Brown, 17 6456 Bob Mathias (US) 11/17 /30 Bloomfield 6/ 26/ 4 tallied 133 points, followed by Michigan State with 134 . Results: 1 7054 Milt Campbell (US) 12/9/33 Tulare 7/ 1/52 1 . Z wolak (V) 24:46. (ne meet and course record); 2. Ma - 19 79 5 Rafer Johnson (US) /1 /35 Kingsburg 6/ 10/ 55 chooka (Car) 25:0 ; 3. Clark ( D) 25:09; 4. Sharkey (MichSt) 25:13; 20 7 00 Paul Herman (US) 3/7 / 41 Walnut 5/26/61 5. Carver D) 25:2 ; 6. Lynch (George) 25:34; 7. Straub (Army) 21 176 Dave Edstrom (US) 9/10/38 Eugene 4/ / 60 25:41; . Brouillett (Mass) 25:47; 9. Meehan (Har) 25:49; 10. 22 302 Johnson Moscow 7/ 27/5 Hyland (Vil) 25:50. 23 7764 Janis Lusis (SU) 5/19/39 Tashkent 10/ 1 /62 Team Results: 1. otre Dame 55; 2. Brown 133; 3 . Michi - 24 6 3 Johnson Eugene 7/ 8/60 gan State 134; 4. Villanova 159 ; 5 . Rutgers 193 ; 6. Georgetown 217.