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RACEWALKER VOLU¥.EVIII, NUHaER10 C\JLUMaJS, OHIO DE.CEl-!5R, 1972 EUCKBJ~ Ai-rl..k.DTO LAMY YU,;NG nte 6th Annual Dr• John mackrurn A'flard, giTen tr.rthe Ohio Race Walker each year for the outstandine sinele perfo=ance . in U.S. race walking, goes to Larry Young for 1972 . Larry's 4:00:46 !or 50 Km in Munich was far and away the best perfor::iance of the year and probabl,y the greatest walk eTer by an .Ameri can. ETen if Larry hadn't perfo:-:::ed so well in Munich, he would still ha Te walked off with the· a-.rard 'With his l:J0:10 on the track or his 4:13:04 Trials Tictory in .bugen's heat. ~ In winning the award, Larry joins past winners Larry 0 ' !,eil, 1967; P.l.:dy <", ,;<, .:s Ha luza, 1968; Bob Kitcehn, 1969 and 1971; and Goetz Klopfer, 1970, and _[ can look forward to receitlng the handsane plaque sCJ111etirr.ein the next 0 ,- ..., 8 or 10 months. (The ORW is not not ed for 1.bs pranptness 1a these mat 1) ters, as pretlous wi.Mera will testify.) \,, .... .:,- ~ - * ~ * * * * • * • • n, tr" <:. MISCEU.ANYFROM THE RACEWALKING WOHLD ,, --- Being short on race results at this tL-:ie of year and de Tot 'ing thia issue largely to statistical-type trash (witness next seTcral pages), we will start the monthly hodee-podre of news ite:ns and triYia on page nwnero uno ••••• First, all you chair:nen and scheculin~ cooroinators get your schedules for 1973, or as much of it as you ha-.e\• a\ soon as possible. There is no schedule of upcoming races in this 1s~ue, because I haTe little infomation on 1973 races at this ooint. ( t:ot nen frcr:,. Ohio ; Chairman Jack ~lortland ha Ti ng done nothing · about a schedule at this point . ) I did haTe a complete schedule for 1973 fr~~ Colorado, one of our most eff icien t associations, but in -;;ry own usual efficient manner seem to haTe misplaced eTen that. The prcbable fate of all schedules sent rrr:y way, I suppose , but giTe it a try al'IY"-ay•• ••• The fi~t National of the year, and not listed in last month's schedule of l:a.t -r, ional races, is the Ir.door 2 Hile in !,'ew York on February 2). "nlis onu will qualify you for the us-ussa Irdoor ir,eet (3 }'J.les) in Ricrmond, Va. ·. :0 C/) The first Junior J,;a.tional under the new age 14- 19 classification will be --l tt:e 1 Hcur in Reno on !-'.arch .); Ji.r.l Eentley is out to make this a big (j one, aiining for o-rer 50 entries, and points out that the new cla ssific r ation will be a success only we all get out and recruit new Junior walk )> ers. He plans awards for all finishers, local transportation, housing · ~ for those confirming early with him ( entries will be out in late Januarj, s: and both local and regional TV coYcraRe • •• • Women•e Senior t-:ationa.ls thi11 )> year will be at l and 2 Miles with the National track meets, and a 5 K:n r to be held in DenTer or Arkansas during the su:r.mer • . •• Also in regard to the women, it was ruled at the AAU corITention that \o,o:r.enand men can run together--startif18 from a c01m1on line and with a common gunshot.- ( Contim1ed on page 8) r. ' PA::Z 3 DECEl-iEE?.,1072 Ti-iIRD AhhU..U. Oil.ii WLtlLil RAI.KI:-;GS ti,. C,.s-./ For the third consecutive yea~,presents its rankines of the world's race wakere at 20 and 50 kilcmeters. These are purely subjectiTe and based on one obserTer' s opinion--mine. HoweTer, the 01.y;Dpics r:,a'.<e the task relatiTely simple this year. Followine is the way I ra,.k the top 10 in each eTent, with each athlete's ca:ipetitive record giTen, and a few corrrnents as to why they are ra nked as they are. Fol!cwing the rank ing in each eTent, I h,ne li!;tcd the top 20 perforr.-.ers in each e'fent !or the yea r. Nur.,bers in parenthesis followine ti.,, .es indicate the athlete' fir.iming position in the race. Races on the track are so indicated. Races on known short coorses are not included. 1. Peter Frenkel, East Gemany 6. Nikolai &~aga, USSR 1:27:39,2 (1) Nau:noorg 5/1 l:29:22.2 (3) USSR Ch~T.p. 7/17 1:28:54,0 (3) Paris 6/4 1:28 :16.6 (5) Y.unich 0ly. 8/31 1:25:19.4 (l) Erfurt 6/24 (T) 1: 26: 42 .4 ( 1) l-'.unich 0ly . 8/31 G-CR7. Bernd Kannenberg, W. Ger.r,any 1:26:22.4 (1) Y.almo, Swed. 4/23 2. Vladimir Golubnichiy, USSR 1:29:35.2 (1) Frankfurt 5/7 1 :28:54.2 (l) USSRCha.~p. 7/19 (T) Dt-.F }-:Uni.ch0ly. S/31 1:26:55.2 (2) V.uni.ch 0ly . 8/31 8. YeTgeni.y lychenko, USSR J. Hans-Georg Reimann, E. Gennany 1:29:02.4 (2) USSR Ch.amp. 7/17 1:26:13 .4 ~1) Dresden 3/25 ~ !-!uni.ch 01.y. 8/31 -1 1:29:36.8 (3) Na~~berg 5/1 1 :27:28,4 (1) Paris 6/4 9. Jan Ornoch, Poland 1:25:19.4 (l) Erfurt 6/24 (T) ( 5) l,aumberg 5/1 1:27:16.6 (3) ¥.unich 01.y. 8/31 1:30:13.0 (1) Pol. Chainp. 6/18 1:32:01,6 (7) ~uni.ch 0ly. 8/31 4. Gerhard Sperlinr,, E. Gezmany l:27:39.2 (?.) Jl:au:nberg 5/1 10. Larry Young, USA 1: 27: Li9 .6 (2) Fari.s6/4 1:32:43,2 (l) USA Cha:::p. k/23 1:25:37.8 (3) Erfurt 6/2 4 (T) 1:30: 10.0 (1) Col~~ci.a 5/7 (T) 1:27:55.0 (4) Nunich 0ly. 8/31 1:31:59.0 (l) Sharon 5/13 1:35:51.4 (1) US 0ly. Tri.al 7/1 5. Paul ~:!hill, Great Britain 1:32:53.4 (10) Munich 01.y. 8/31 1:26:55.0 (1) Isle-of-}'.an 2/27 1:43:15.0 (1) Independence 10/8 1:28:45.0 (1) Redditch 5/13 1:33:52.0 (1) 0ttejon, Swed.7/2. 1:32:58.0 (1) Dancl'fiken, Sw.7/9 l:37:33.0 (1) An....al, Swed. 7/15 1:24:50.0 (1) Isle-of-l,:a.n 7/30 ~;b l:28:4lh4 (6) Nuni.ch ol-y. e/31 1:35:33,0 (1) Rouen, Fr. 9/24 Benjamin Soldatenko, USSR, and Bernd Kannenberg, West 1:)5:55.2 (2) Paris 9/30 Ge~many, match strides in the Munich Olympic 50 km, which Kannenberg eventually won in a startling 3:56: 11.6. Frenkel·, who hM often failed in the major races in the past.,. vas sup erb with his ~orld record race on the track and a strong finish to win The German's earlier 3:52:44.6 at Bremen has now been in Hun:ich•••• Theold warhort:e, Golubn:ichiy, was his usual, masterful confirmed as official, the course measuring a full 50. self following up his SoTiet championship with his fourth 0lyn::pi.c medal Reimann shared the world record with Frenkel, had t~o other fast races, and finished a strong third in Huni.ch•••• Sperling had a great set of times, was close in the world record race , and !onrth in }:Unich as he is here •••• Nihill marks the first deTi.ation fran the Y.un:ich placings offhie hyper-fast time on an accurately measured course. This is not Dl.Cl:J·~~'l, 1972 b\ G.&:4 enwgh to moTe him ahead of any of the first fwr but does rank him D1C,E;,;ffiit, 1972 ahead of Snaga who wasonly third in his national ia ce and did not really challenge in Munich•••• 'l'hese first six were well outin front, The first four are obTious from their trf'-11er:dous perforn-,ances in J.:Unicl 1:oth in Munich and in our rankir.ga, Kannenberg wouJ.<iprobably have The Bremen course on which Y.annenberr, did his 3: 5i:44.6 has been con been hif.h amonp: them had he not fallen and dropped out of the Olympic firmed aa accurate, so he is obTiously unchallen.,ed at this tiT.e, Sol• race .•• ITchenko i1 ranked next off his defeat of Smaga in the USSR atenko solidified his Hunich race with a world record on the trc.ck a race ••• • Ornoch beat the rest in Munich and had a fast race in his month later ••• ,Hohne had a fast early race, slu~ped bodly, includir.g a f~tional •••• Yau1g ia ranked ahead of his Hunich conquerors, Visini and subpar race in J.:Unich, but had two fant races in Octo bcr to capt~re th , OliTeros, off hie wuperior oTerall record. Visini finis hed only 14th fifth spot ahead of countryman Selzer ••• . ~eidner had two other quick in 1:39 in a race in Faris and Oli Teroo Vd& only ' fifth in 1:39:38 in times to support Ms fine Munich perfor.r.ance ar.d Vidni looked Tery the Sharon race that Larry won.