OHO RACE WALKER VOLUl~lEVI, Mrivi.BLR5 COLU.hBUS,OHIO JULY, 1970 FANTASTICJ! Havir~ already questioned the validity of Gennadiy Agapov's 1:26:45.8 world record 20 Km of la.ct year_, what is this cynic to say upon learning of the fantast:i c performance of East German, Peter Frenkel at Erfurt on July 4. On that date, the 30-year-old Frenkel covered 20 kilometers on the track in 1: 25: 50--6: 54. 4 per mil:: 1 And only 17.8 seconds back wa::; countryman Hans-Georg Reimann. Gerhard Sperling, probably the ni.oct consiGtent of the strong East German 20-km crew, followed in 1:27:0404• World 5Q-km record holder, Christoph Hohne , suffered the humiliation of being lapped nearly three ti.mes while recording a fine 1:31:08.6 in fifth.
I'eter Frenkel first came into prominence in 1967 wehn he finished fifth in the Lugano Cup 20 Km. However, he w~s only 10th in 1·iexi co City and did not canpEite in la&t year's European cha.rnpionship. Even bef'ore the Erfurt race he was in the . midst of his finest season with several fact 10 kms and a smashing victoriJ over Agapov (1:27:22.6 to 1:34:lJ.2) on the track in Ea.Gt .Berling on Hay 1. That was an Ea:::t German record and the race upheld Aga11ov's reputation for flaking out when the chips are down. At this point, I might return to my lea d sentence. I find it much easier to accept the Frenkel performance, incredible as it is, and, in fact have little doubt of its &uthenticity, which must indicate some deep- seated irrationaJ. prejudice. I just have this suspicion of old Genna.diy turning in those fantastic t~nes on saJe secluded track back in the woods in the USSR. Ee that as it may, Frenkel will certainly have t he chance to prove himself come the Lugano Cup this October , a race for which he must nmr be considered the favorite. That is a race I would very dearly like to see.
Hans-Georg Reimann, 't'Jho apparently gave Frenkel such a tunole in this race, has a long career near the top. At age 23, he had the fastest time in the world in 1964, but could only m.a.na~e 12th place in the Tokyo Olympics. He was then 7th in rifexico City and 5th in laut year's E1,1ropean Champion:;hi ps. Sperling has a more · :impressive record with 9th in Tokyo, 4th in the 1967 Lugano Cup, 5th in Hexico City and 4th in the 196~ European Championshi!. ~s. The results of this outstanding r ace : 1. Peter Frenkel 1:25:50 (world record) 2. ,Hans-Georg Reimann 1:27:04 . 4 3. Ger hard Sperling 1 :27:04.4 (Re~nann was 1:26:07.8) 4. Siegfried Zschiegner 1 :28!13.6 5. Christoph Hohne 1:31:08.6 6. Lutz Lipowski l :33:43 .2. This puts the firut three in fir:_t, second, and fift on the t.11- Time list. Vladilld.r Golubnic ~1iy' s 1:26:13.2 in 1959, which was never recognized,is. third and Agapov' s 1:26:45.8 of la:...t year is fourth. Others in the top ten are: 6. Grigoriy Panischkin, USSR 1: 27: 22.1-8, 1959; Mikhail I..avrov, USSR 1 : 27:58.2, 1956; Leonid Spirin, USSR, x l:2 8:01 .8, 1956; Bruno Junk, USGR 1:28:04.8, 1956; and Alexa nder Bilek, Czech. l:2n:04.8, lc/J.7. -;r;~-i~~H(~h~-;;-ih'H(~f-~~~->~-;~~:~.<;~~r',f1H~*',~c-X-YrlH~-iHHH~-1~;~~H~-~~-~J"~~~-¼-}H:-;HH :--'k-~:i:-;~;~"'1HH-:-~Y8H}-!~~~H:-;HH~~("""~~-~HHHH~~HH?nt.~~ OUR MEN ABROAD After succecaes in Paris and Stuttga .rt, both the U.S. track team and our t11ro stout race walking representative::; fell on bad times in Leningrad. In a dual meet with the USSR, we found that Dave Romans1cy, tough as he ia, still wasn't quite ready to beat ttie Soviets on their hameground. Unfortunately, I have no detail other th.at the final t~nes yet, so I can't tell you where Dave faltered, if you can say he faltered when waJldng hio faotest race to date. But despite his fine 1~29:50 effort, he could still count three of those Rusl To start at the start., we go to Pario on July 8. This was a 20 km welk on the tartan track, which was not scored as part of the track meet. Romansky won easily in 1:31: 5608, despite slowing appreciably in the second half ( 45: 02 at 10). Tom Dooley 1rms fairly close at 10 (45:4?), but slowed even more and wound up with a creditable 1: 34: 54.4, well clear of the first Frenchlran, Jean-Ch. ude Decesse in l:40:06e8 . The great young French hope, 17-year-old Olly Caviglioli,w-as sick t·rith dysentary for a week before the race ani struggled home in 1:42:07,,21. Of c01rse t his isn 1t bad for a youngoter in his .first International, but well below his pot$ntial and what we will see from him in the near future . The Tartan surface may have been at least partly reposnsible for the slowed pace in the second half of the race. Tdn, at least, found it too softJ not having been on it since 1968. Dave ·apparently ran into a little trouble with the judges and vras told he ,·iould have been DCJ1 d had it been a scoring event. Att ention to ntyle between meets paid off ,-ri.th a new Americ an record fer 10 km in Stuttgart a week l ater. In this one, Dave turned in 43 :03.8, after an appar ent hard fight i,d.th Peter Schuster, who cai._11.eacross in 43:21.2. In another even closer battle, the Gennan veteran Eern.~ard Nen neri ch nos ed out Tom Dooley 44:25 to 44:28.6, a time bettered only by llomanslcy and Ron Laird among U.S . walkers. In the Leningrad meet, the venerable duo of Vladimir Golubnichiy and Iu ..kolai Smaga proved too mu.ch for Rananslcy, but by only 15. 6 seconds . ThiG is the closed; we have ever ca ne to beating the Rucsians. (Ron Lind was 16 Geconds back of Gol ubnichiy in Los Angeles i-.hile beating Smaga. Paul Nih.ill won that race.) This Soviet t wosome .finished 1- 2 in the 1967 Luga.no Cup, 1- 3 in f·iexico City , and Smaga was third in last year's Buropean Championship. Golubnichiy, of course , has a gold 111edal from the 1960 Olympics and a bronze .from Tokyo. A pair obviously cap able of providing worthy oppooition, as indeed they did. A third Russ ian, Yakov]y' competed as a non-scorine competito r and finishe d just back of the other two. He was seventh in laot year's European rneet. So the results read: 1. Golubnichiy arrl Smaga, USSR 1:2 9:34.6 3. Yakovlev, US R 1:29:.37 4. Ror.ia.ncky, USA 1:29:50 5. Dooley, USA 1:32:31. Perhap8 we will have more detail on this race next month. -;t-H-;~~{-)(-"h-~<-~h"HH:"'?t-3~;:~(""1~~;-;H!~~~H<-X-~-'~~H'dP~~{-;H~~H:-~H:~HHHH~;H8''--}P~-K-}r~HHH~~H(~*X-~~~ -,,-,HH~-1HHHH!-',..(_;~-!~~H~~~~X~H~* DOOLEYIN TWO MILE P.akersfield, June 27-- Tom Dooley warmed up for his trip abroad with a National Championship in the 2 Hile at the :NA.AU Track 1-:ect . In a tightly ju dged race, Tan dayep. out in front after Dave Rorr.ansky .-,aa di :. qualifie The meet is divided into three divisions ( I for 40-49 year olds, II for 50-59, ard III for 60 and over. Division II provided the best competition. Henry Lasle. u, who hc>.s won more nation21 titles than anyone other than Ron Laird, wetm through a 7:36.3 mile on Saturday to take second overall. However, in Sunday's longer haul he succambed to Shore AC veteran, Don Johnson in the last two miles. Bothe these men are 53. It n:arked Henry 1 s first competitive appearance in some years. In Division III, Larry 0 1 Neil dropped dol'm from Montana to win as usual. The results, with ages in parenthesis, were: 1 lfile, Div. I-1. John Kelly, Striders 7:12.5 2. Justin Gershuny (43), ~Jestside J.C.C. 8:20.8; Div. II-1. Henry Laskau, un. (53) 7:36.3 2. Don Johnson (53), Shore A.C. 8: ll.2 3. Bob Long ( 51), Striders 8:28.3 4. Joe Wehrly, Striders 8: 34.8 5. Don Jacobs, Portlar.d TC 9:43.2; Div. IIT--1. Larry 0 1 Neil, un. 9:26.5 2, Alfred Guth, Seniors TC 10:57.1 20 Km, Div. I-1.John Kell~r 1 :42:55 2. Justin Gershuny 2:08:32 3. William }Ja.chey f-:22:02 4. Dale 1-lcNa.ir 2:55:17; Div. II--1. Don Johnson 1:57:10 2. Henry Iaskau 1:57:42 3. Chris Clegg 2:03:ll 4 .• Phil i'iooers 2:10:21 5. Joe Hehrly 2:18:03 6. Don Jacobs 2:22:33; Div. III--1. Larry O'Neil 2:11:08 2. Martti Laitenen 2:27:z:J 3. Grabwn Kelly 3: 03: 00 ?HH~...,Pr(-3(~H~A½~~~~~}Hf-}Hf-~:-¼-¾HHH!-~Y~;...}~~('-i8'YH,-H--;HHHHHH~~~~~ "")8~~=--:nHrX~~~-i~~HH:~HHt-}HP .....YHHt-!(-~-¾h~-~~~-'~-X-~X~HHHHB~~Y,.!.. JUNIORCHAMPS Two more walkers gave up their eli : ibility to compete in Junior Nationa l races by annexing titles during July. On July 5, the Army's Bruce Adair journeyed to t·iiles City, t1Lontar.a to take the i Hour and on the 12th, Steve Geiver, of Seattle, captured the 15 Km in Spokane, v1ash. The latter race featured the debut in chal'llp ionship walking of one Gerry Lindgren, a hometown boy of some repute in the running ~mrld. In the 1 Hour, Adai r led. from the start, with a well - traveled Iv1a.rkAchen in close pursuit . In the final half -mile , Achen was passed by the Denver TCr s ll!ed Amstutz for second place. Not far back of these two was another wel l - treveled ym ng competitor, 14-year-old J~nes Eentley, Jr., up from Oxford, }iisciscippi. This fel- 101,;- looks like a real prospect, with an enthusi, -'.stic father backing him. Results i3 f the two races: 1 Hour: I.Bruce Adai r , U.S. Army 7 miles 100 yards . 2. Ned P.ms tutz , Dehver TC 7 mi 33 yds J. ~:iark Achen , Columbia TC 6 mi 1733 yds 4. James Bentley, Cbcford TC 6 mi 100 yds 5. Ken la t.ting, Spokane TC 5 mi 1320 yds 6. Randy Pittman, Pine Hill School 5 mi 880 yds. 15 Km: 1. Steve Geiver , Seattle OC 1:21:47 2. Gerry Lindgren, Spokane 1:27:33 3. David Spe:ery 1:30:49 4. Jon i•.-almin 1:32:56 5. Ken Latting 1:34:16 ..,,H~;r}f-!HHH!-iH~-~~HHHHH~·-{(-;!-3H<4!~--1~-i*-!H(-;(-½H~...,~~HH8(-l~#~~~-!H~~Y88~~-¾-i8'YHPA--;HH ~X_J~~~~HrhYH:-~~;B,-~H~-;~~/4-'A'7HHHHHHQS"" And the monthly potpurri of results: 2 Mile, Miles City. Mont ., July 4-1. Bruce Adair 15:40 2. ~ark Achen 16:38.5 3. James Bentley 17:10 4. Ken Lat: ing 18:22.5 5. Brad Bentley (age 13) 19:07 6. Dixon Curly 21:16.5 5 Km, Long Branch, June 15--1. Greg Diebold 26:13 2. Bob himm 27 : O? 3. Rich Airey 27 : 39 4. Don Johnson 29 : 56 5. Randy .iYtilnm30: 55 5 Km, Long Branch, June 22--1.Ron Dani.el 23:58 2. Ray Somers 26:16 (Good to see Ray ba:ck in it. Let's hope he can stay healthy .) 3. Eob hi.Jrur..27;22 4. Ri ch Airey 27:21 5. Don John son 29: 57 6. Randy Ffumn 30: 19 5 Km, Long Br<,,nch, Jun e 29--1. :Bob j\funm -4·- 26: 50 2o Rich Airey 27:05 3, Randy ~ii.min30:05 4. Brendan Elliott 30:54 ~. Elliott Denman 31:06 6. Don Johnson 31:06 i'~. Jer. A.AU 2 Mile, June 21-1. Greg Diebold 14:l~5.2 2. Fred Timcoe 15:30 3. Rich Airey 4. Terry Anderson N.J. Jr. 1 Mile- 1. Rich Airey 7 :38.3 2. Hare Atkins 8:08 .3. Bob Dell mbily 8:28 2 Mile, Freehold, N.J. , July 2-1. Ron Daniel.14;52.6 2. Ron Kulik 15:13 3. Fred Timcoe 15:20.6 4. Bob ~ 15:46 5. Howard Palamarchuk 6. Bob Delambily 4 Mile, Des Moines, July 4-- 1. B.J.tch Ha.Jruner32:14 2. Dave Eidahl 34:35 3. Darrell Palmer 34:37 4. Paul Ide 34:59 Mo. Val. AAU 15 Km, Independence, Mo. 2 July 18--1. Paul Ide, Col umbia Colle ge 1:18:52 2. v~rk Achen, Col. TC 1:21:06 3. Darell Palmer, Col. TC L21 :45 4. Fred Y~ung, KC Pace:f;s 1 :25 5. Bob Young, KCP 1:28 5 Km. Loa Anr;eles, July 19--1. Larry h alker 24:22.5 2. Ray Parker , Striders 25:39 3. Dick Ortiz, Branford 1,C 28:13 . 4 .. Chris Clegg , Striders 28:15 5. D. Reille 28:18 Novice l! li le (same Place)-1. Eric Zuck er, Branford AC 16:37 2. t1ark Zucker 18:30 Girl's l ½--1. Lorrie Sidensticker 17:15 :t Mile, Allendale-, NJ, July 9--1. Ron Kulik 6~31.9 2. Greg Diebold 6:32 3. Fred Timcoe 7:05.5 4. Jack Tannachion 8:33 1 hlile. fuiep endence, Moo, lJay 31- -1. Larry Green, US Arlny 7:05.6 2. Steve Nelson 7 :21.0 3. Paul Ide 7:30.4 4. Fred Young 7:41..l 5. Bob Young 7:47.2 6. John Rose 8:J.4.8 16&17 Year Old Nile-1. Nel son ?:43.3 2. Steve Jar r et 8:36.8 3. Jim Thoburn 8:'51.3 4. Ron Riegel 8 : 45 . 8; 14&15 Hile-1. Steve Herrman 8:ll . 8 2. I.ark Schmidt 8:29.5 3. Bruce Renberger 8:31,.7 4. Hik e Starks 9:10.5; 12&13 }iile - 1. Phillip Ardrey 9:00.4 2. Denton Hoyer 9:17.8 J. GartJ Dutton 9 :21.3 4. Rayi#ond Chapin 9:23.4 5. Lou Hoyer 9 : 26.2 · 6. Rick Woods 9:35.8 7. Gary Runberger 9:39.8; ll & under Mile-1. Steve Dutton 9:12.5 2. Rodney Harms 9:L!-4.l 3. Greg Dutton 10:25.2 'Wisconsin AJtU 3 Km, June 13, l!ilvJaukee-1,. Larry Larson, Iti.lwaukee TC 15: 03.2 2. Brian llirphy, hil . TC 16:16. 8 3. Mike DeWitt 16:55.4 2 Hile, Green lay, Wis., June 27- 1. Larry Larson 15: 26.8 2. John Berg, Hil. TC 20: 32.6 5 ~.ti.le, Montclair, N.J ., July L,-- 1. John Knifton, .NY.11C32 :10 2 . Ron Daniel 34:10 3. Dr .. Shaul ladany , Israel 35 :50 4. Greg Diebold, Shore AC 36:25 5. Fred T:iJncoe, Shore AC 36:30 6. Eob Mimm, Phil . AC 36:55 7. Howard Pal c:Jmarchuk, .Ambler OC 37:00 8. John ivfarkon, LIAC 37:23 9. Rich Airey, Shore AC 38 : 00 10 . Larry S~n ons, Phil . Pioneers 39:54 ll. Rober t Delainbily, Shore AC 39 : 54 12. Randy }DJJun, Phil. AC 40:25 (18 finishers- estimated to be about 4,.7 miles) Women• s 5~: J:.file Handicap, 'I'aunton, i,Jass. 2 June 2.8- (actual til!l.cs eha·m) 1. Jeanne Bocci, Wolverine Parkettes 49: 18 2. Cheryl Gall , WP 57: 53 3 . Lynn Olsen, \!JP 53: 44 4. 1-:iar-y ii.efalos , WP 57: 02 ( 3 finishel:'s) 12i: :Mile, Taunton, r-'facs, June 28~1 . John Knifton , NYAC1:34:08 2 . Shau l Ladany 1:34:43 3. Jerry Bocci, Motor City Striders 1:35: 52 L;.. Phil l"lcGaw, r!NC 1:41 :59 5. Paul Schell, NMC1:43:56 6. Pob Hershey l:Zi-5:57 (25 finishers) 2 hile, Gardena, Cal . , June 22--1. Jim Hanley 14:56 2~ Bruce Adair 14:56.4 3. Gerry Willwerth 14:56.4 (A planned race to qualify Willwerth for the AAUL eet) 4 Nile Handicap, le.wndale, July ll,(actual times shm,m)-1. Joe 1lehrly, Striders 37:15 2. Ray Parker, Striders 31: 15 3. Paul Roosev elt , Striders 35: 17 4. Steve 1·1e:rilees, Striders 31: 51 5. Chris Davis 36:12 6. Gerry Willwerth, US Anny 33:27 7. Eric Parker 36:13 a. Harold HcWil liams 38:15 9. Chris Clegg 36:47 10. Larry Walker 31:33 10 Mile, Ll.t t leton. Colo., July 18-1. Steve Hayden 1:23:31.6 2 . Ron Laird 1:24:56 3 . Bryon Overton 1:25:33 4. Gar'IJ i/est erfield 1:26:13 5. Greg Diebold 1:26 :35 6. Gerry Eocci 1:27:14 7. Larry Ne1,nnan 1:28:13 B.. Floyd Godwin 1:28 :40 9. Ned Amstutz 1 :28:50 10. JjJn Lopes 1:30:33 ll. Howard Palamarchuk 1:33:48 12. Gerry Ianoing 1:38:53 13. Gerry Willwerth 1:41:19 ( Most of t hese guys are gat :i.ered for the Olympi c Committe Training Camp in Boulder, as described later. Race wan held at 5300 feet with three very tough hills on the course.) FOi:EIGN: 20 Km,(road), Vilnius, USSR, £·'.!aY24--1 . Pet er Selzer, E.G. 1 :29:22.4 2. V. Bachan, USSR 1:29:38.S 3. Christoph Hohne, E.G. 1 :30:04.2 4. Vytautas Zurnia, USSR i:30:43.8 5. Eu.rkhard Leuschke, E.G. 1:31 :04 6. Algis Saialis, USSR 1 :3 1:31 7. Viktor Nefedov, us:)ll 1:32 :19.2 8. Va.si lly Kolodotska , USSR 1:32:19.2 Cuban 20 Km -1. Lucas Lara 1:3 8 :20.8 2. Euclides Calzado 1:41:27 3. Angel Torrez 1:41 : 52 l0Km trac ' ·) Trinec, Czech., i.ay31- - l. Alexander Bilek45 : 00 0 8 2. Juraj :&ncik 49:5 .8 20 Km road, Trnava, Czech., June 7--1. Eencik 1:30 :20.2 9600 ~ter, (trac k To.nstra Evstrica Czech June 14--1. P.encki 42:18.2 2. Bilek 43:15.2 (the lap counters must hav e goofed 10 Km t:;.,ack) l-:elbourne iYia.rch 15-Ql 0 Graeme I'ficholls 44 :26 Australian 3 Km Champions hip--1. Nicholls 12: 56.6 2. Noel Freeman -5- ]2: 57 .8 3 Km, Sydney, ~'.ia~~ch_J:=lo Frank Clark 12: 26e8 Hungarian 20 Km Cham.piom.h ip Tatanabya, June 7--lo Janos Dalmati 1 :33:20 2. Antal Kiss 1:34:46.6 20 Km, fuch arest, Humania, liay 21.:.--1. Peter Frenkel, E.G. 1:28:26 and Hans-Geor g Reimann, E.G. 3. Siegfried Zscbiegner 1 :29: 29 4. Vasile Ilie, Rum. 1 :31: 04 5. Juraj Eencik, Czech. l:31: 26 6. Lntal Kins, Hung. 1: 31: 34 10 Km track Dalmenhorst W.G. June 6-1. Gerhard Heidner, H. G. 45:07 2. Abdon Pamich, Italy 45:14.8 supposed:gr retired') 3. Paul Nihill, G. B. 45: 41.6 ( not supposed to be back in coiill)etition far neveral months after bout with yellow jaundice) 20 Km, Schwaig. \i . G., June 27 (\'i. Ger.--49, Fra..nce 22, Switz. - -21)--1. Bernhard Nermer ich 1:35:13 2. Peter Schuster 1:36:25 3. Gerd Schuth 1:37:27; 50 Km,June , 28-lo Horst-Rudig , r M3.gnor 4:22:27 2. Dr. I~ieier 4:25:37 .4 3. 1'1:tnfred Aberhard, Sw. 4:36:11.2 15 Km (Junior which in under 20, l'I. Germa.ny-22, Great Britain- - 13, Italy--ll), l. Peter Schuster, l.f.G. 1:08:0304 2. Chris Eyi~e, d-.B . 1~10:22.6 Homen' s 2500 meter, London, June 20 - - 1. Judy Farr 12:34 2. Betty Jenkins 13:04 3. E. Lewis 13 :0).2 4. J. Peck 13:25.4 British 20 .Mile, Redditch , June 13--1. Wil.f ~leach, W. G. 2 :38:15 2. Ron Wallwork 2:40:27 3. notert Dobson 2:41:36 4. Shaun Ligh~nan 2:41:59 5. Peter Fullager 2:42:35 6. Ray Middleton 2:43:15 5-Km, Stretford, Eng., June 16--1. Ron Wallwork 21: 46 ~ 0 10 Km (track) 2 Potsdam, E.G. -June 3-l. Lutz Lipkowski 44: 39 2. Heinharl Ammon44:44 E. Germagy:-48, Sweden--18, I1aumbur.c:, E . G. June ll~:: Junior' 10 Km (road)- · 1. Lutz Lipkmrsld.., E.G. 43:58,.2 2. Karl-Heinz Stadtmuller, E.G. 44:53.4 3 . Reinh ?~d Annnon, E.G. 46:13.6 4. Eckha rd Paulicks, E.G. 46:55.6 5. Ove Hem- min .sson, Swe. 47:59.8 6. Lermart Lundgren, Swe. 48:16 (Some rather promioing young talent coming up for the Eaot Germann); 20 Km ( road )- 1. Hans-Georg Reimann, E. G. 1:28:05.2 2. Gerhard Sper li ng , E.G. 1:28:55.4 3. 3. Christoph Hahne, E.G. 1:31:03.2 4. Siegfried Zschiegner, E.G. 1:32:47.6 5. Lennart Pack, Swe-.1:35:l.p; 50 Km-- 1. Peter Selzer, E.G. 4:12: 43.6 2. ilinfried Skotnicki, E.G. 4 : 16~ 52.2 3 . furkhard Leuschke, E.G. /+:20:15 4. Kurt Sakovrski, E.G. 4 :22:22.2 5. Orjan Andersson, Swe. 4:23:10.8 6. Joachim Dumke, E.G. 4:26:41.2 ?. Ralph Flugner, E.G 4:26:54.6 8. Stig Lindberg, Swe. 4:27:4$.6 TEE OHIO SCENE Three races in the Secon d Annual Tour of Ohio series since our last iosue. On July 12 , · a field of seven wao at the starting line for a 15 Ion. in Dayton. Ten minutes a.rrl 53 seconds after these seven started, latecoming Paul Reback took off, Paul took off at a blintering pace, particularly considering the very hot . and sticky weather and by 3½ miles was 51 seconds up on leader Jack i-iortland I a time, From there, Paul slowed gradually e.nd Nortland went a bit faater on each cf the jlL t - uncler -t-wo-mile laps. fut at the finish, it was still Rebe.ck by 7 second, on time, and in third place overall despite his handicap. No real decision was made at the ti: ne as to who was the official winner, but I' 11 conced to Paul who probably walked his bent race ever in hi a last Ohio effort. It's back to 1'J.orida for t he Reba.cks. Jerr- .t Br-own went ·with r.ortland for the first 1~ miles but was forced to slow way do,,m by the end. Dale Arno1e,;., gettine in some training now, led Doc Blackburn in the early going but had to conced · to t:1e tough old man in tle seco nd half. Clarr Duckh~m did an unheard of t hir1g f or him--dro pped out. He sort of panicked ..men he looked dm-m and saw blood all ayer his leg - -thought he was sweating blood, or ~omething. After stopping and investigating the situation clonely- !le found that his wrist watch had rubbed his wrist raw and that he was throwing blood on hio leg as he swung his arm. The hazards of walking. Results: 1. Paul . Reback 1:16:04 2. Jack ~ortland 1:16:11 3. Jerry Brown l:25:30 4. Doc filackburn 1:34 : 56 5. Dale Arnold 1:40:24 6. Larry James 1:47 : 00 7o Pob Smith 1: 59 :06 Two weeks later (July 26), Jack Blackburn had ua up to Van Hert for a 10 1niler. Two outlanders shovred up for this one, h:B:i..ll Halker from Detroit and the nema.dic l·ia.rk Achen, taking summer clasaes at · the U. of .Jvfi.chigan. Bill just made it to the starting line, but no one needed a warmup on thio day. The race was on a 2 ~f4 mile road lap, which st emed to be quite accurate. How.ever, 3 laps of this make ~, leaving 1 3/4, which was walked at t he start. I covered this in 12 :43 with \-/alkEE> close .behind and . no I wasn't going a sub 14 :40 2-mile pace. Thus, Jack old boy , I am g oing to subnit that your course was about 220 short. Nonetheles:.;, Bill Walke:- -6- put in a very strong race in th e steamy conditions and had things all to h.i.lnself after your old Nort decided. it wao n I t worth it at 4t miles . Bill has been train:in g with Bocci, putting in good milea ge and it iD real ly otarting to pay offo filackmrn si.u--prised hiJnself with his second place ti me, rut ju::,t held off a fast - charging Hark Achen, who went faste r on each lap . Dale Arnold continued to improve and went faster than fo r 15 lan. two weeks earlier . However, the good doctor otill hai t oo much for hi m in the last two mile s . ma ckburn had thr ee local novices in tl'B race , one of whom did quite well for hi s first try . This was Don Johnson ~iith 1 : 54:2 5. I--ary Jo , of course, came through with a tremendouo fe ed afte r the race. 1. Bi.ll Walker, Motor City St riders 1:21:24 2. Jack Blackburn, O'fC 1:25: 56 3. Mark Achen, Col. TC 1:26:37 4. Doc filackburn , OTC 1 :39 :23 5. Dal e Arnold, O'IC 1: 40 : 17 6. Clair Duckham, D~on AC 1: 48: 45 7. I.aryy James, OTC 1: 53 : 15 8 . Dm Johnson , Van {fort 1 : 54 :2 5 9o Ray?, Van \/ert., 2:06:58 D!!F- - Jack Mortland, Bob Snith, and Hax Gamble . Finally, th is afternoon ( Aug. 2 ) it was 7 l; km. at a Larry J a.mes course in a new park on th e Eastside of Columbus . A rather nice., but picky as I am, methinks Larry made this a bit long. A broiling hot sun for this one, but the humidity seemed to be dmm from its norm so it was n' t too bad . The r eal race wus for seccd, ,•there \Jayne Yarc ho and Doc filackburn went in tandem for the las t 2½ miles before ~lay.ne lengthened out in t~1e final 100 yard s for a 5 yard victory . The results of this one: 1. Jack Ifortland 38:15 2 . ~/ayne Yarcho 44 :37 3 . Doc Blackburn 44:JB 4. Clair Duckh~n 46:4l 5. I.arry Jrunes 50:04 6. Bob &nith 55: 45 hORE RESULTSJUST IN (It ' s now i'fonday 8/3 , f our day s after I started thi:::;) British Com onwealth Games 20 Hi.le llalk , Edinburgh , Scotla nd , July 18 ( T'ney went metric in all other events this year but le ft this at 20 rrd.les for some reas on) -- 1 . Noel Freeman , Australia 2 :33:33 2 . Bob Gardiner, Aust. 2:35:55 3 . Bill Sut h erland, Scotlan d 2:37:24 4. Bob Dobson ., Eng. 2 :39:55 5. Ron t'lallwork, Eng . 2:40: 10 6 . Len Duquemi n, Guernsey 2:42 : 48 . In US- USSR meet , Svechinikov of t he USSR was fifth in 1 :31:42 and Doole y 6th . 10 Km. W. Long Branc h , N.J • • July 12--1. Ron Daniel 51:10 2. Bob r{i)mn (In 30 an d aver events, Fred Timcoe won the 440 run in 58 . 5 ,-r.ith Bob I·.dJnmsecond ani Sandy Kalb third. Mi.mmwon the mile i n 5:26 .7 with Don Johnson third in 6:13 ) 5 Km Handicap , Lom Eranch - -1. Dave Proven , L,eavittown , Pa . 34 :47 2 . Don Johnson 29: 21 fast time-- Bob hi.l'11n27 :07 3 bile Ocean Township Ii . J . J ul . 19- 1. Ray Saners 23:31 2 . Shaul Ladaey , rYPC 23:37 without a beard 3. Ebb iri.mm 24:42 4 . Don Johnson 26: 54 ( Bob 1-:.innnwon t:aster ' s Hi.le in 5:32 . 4) Age Group walk::; to : 16-17 3 J.iile- - Eric .Ma.ltzman 30:21; 14- 15 3 i1iile- Bill Diku n 29:04 . 5; 12- 13 2 Hile-- Todd Cars on 22:10 ; 10-11 440--Clifford Mimm 2:26 . J, 9 and under 440-Hichard Cestero 2:15 . 5, Drugl as J.':iJ11)n2 : 18 5 Km Handicap . Long Branch , July 20-- 1 . Ed Rios , Ft . Dix 32 :0 1., fa:;t t ime Bob I.d.rnr,127:17 2 Mi.le , Ocea n Twp. , July 26- 1. Ron Daniel 14:53.6 2 . Shaul Lad.any 15:00 3 . Fred T:i.mcoe 15:11 4 . Jo hn J,a.rk on 15 :5 5 5. Bob Mirmn 16:34 6. Don Joh nso n 16: 54 ( lVI:iJnmt hird in 30 and over 440 wit h 62 . 5 and won Mile with 5:25 .9 , r.i.th I.e.dany s econd in 5:27.2. Age Group L'alJcs: 16-1 7 hile -- Jack Tannachion 8:37; 14- 15 f All things come t o he who waits (and who fid dles around) . And in today's mail came a let ter fran Tom DooleyJ pooted in 1-ioscow t wo day 's after t he Lening r ad meet. Tom wrot e befo re he had a chance to read Sports Illu st rated and find out what a lousy time he had . He thought he had a good trip . Anyway, he provideo more detail on both the German ani Ru~::;ian races . In Stuttgart, the race was on Tartan on a cool rainy evening . A frantic st art, with Ner merich hol ding back as he generally does . The ot her three hit the mile (1600 meters, rather) in 6:53 and 3200 in 13:53. At that point Dooley was dropping -7- off. Fermerich, despite a, -vl!!.rning, passed Dooley just after 12 laps in 21: 00. Romansky stepped up the pace the second half to get clear of Schunter, who is ve-ry good at just 19. Herinerich just held on to beat To:n with very questionable style indeed, according to other people than Tom, including Bill Granby. i'Jo disqualifi cation, however. In Leningrad, Yakovlev and Svechinikov got things wingj_ng with a 1:43 Jap on the track before starting on a double out - and-back course . The pace stayed hot and Romansky got a ,·1hite flag at 2 lan. and had to drop off a tit. At 5 km, the four Hu::iaians were t~ether in 21:45 with Romansky at 22:lf/ and Dooley 22:15. Dooley lo ~t contact with Dave shortly thereafter and as they went through the Stadium at 10 km the Ru::rnians were about 44:00, Romansky 44 :27, and Dooley 45:17. The Russians all cooked very smooth. Svech. dropped oo.ck after leaving the Stadium and Dave caught h:iJUat 12 km. At 15, the other three Russians we1'e together in the 1:06 1 s, Dave was 1:07 : 07, and 'F:im 1:08:52. Poth Dave and Tom were very much irnpres::;ed with the style arrl power of the Russians and agreed that more races o.f this type would be most beneficial. Tom spent quite a bit of time with the RuLsian contingent, also m,·eting Yevgeniy Lungin, a top 50 man_., and Gregoriy Kl:imov, a form.er 50 man ( 4: 01 sup '0 osedly) and now a trainer. This included a training session the day after the race and a sauna ta.th that afternoon, which is an integral part of their training. (As is vodka, beer, and wine, a great deal of which was con sumed the night after the race. I could hav e viarn ed Toin to beware of the drunken Russians. ) He find these .fellows to be a friendly and accomodating group and tra t Hr. Golubnichiy is very much the ldngpin and evidently much admired and respected by all the athletes. 1*- ~-x-;:¾~-i~-!~!~--;p"YH{~rif-->~4HC~~H:~H~X~C-X~H~-/4-i~;HHHH*7~~-i0H(-'-,H~-+J~h~--,Ht~H:-X~HH~X~~)Hr~~~~-~~-~X~r;H-~~HH~-~~h~~f-¼-,t~~-iH~;f-~i} UPCOr-J.INGPi.ACES NA!\.UJR. 25 Km, LAiill ERIE ASSUJIATION 25 KM, ANDl'/ vHW- tHDE OPEN 25 iQj CH..1-ti-.J'IONSHIP (Chuck Herman does things big .) -- Niles , Ohio , Saturday, August 22, 12 noon, Eastwood Nall on Rt. 422-Entries to C.A. Heria.an, 5001 Loug ean Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. 152lf/-That noted rabble rouser, Goetz Klopfer, is evidently responsible for the follo'v>.ring statement ap:rearing on the entry blank: 11ALL Vfa.LKERSl"iUbT V/EAB.THE NUi-!.&R ASSIGI~D on fron and 1::e.ck of shirt so the Lap Recorder can check you . coming or going. DO NOT DEFACE T!--IENUMB ER. Une four (4) pins on front and back so all three nwnerals are visible. Violation of this order wi ll dit..qualify the Contestant. WE PnEDICT ( OR PP.EDICTlt,N OF TEE L01ITH)-- As we did before the International 25 Km. at Eastland Shopping Plaza in McKeoGport in 1965, we boldly predict that Vladimir Golubnichiy will not show. \rle further pr edict that Goetz Klopfer, sho demands the right to fold, bend, staple, or 1:rutilate numbers., wi ll not smw. On with the schedule: Sun. Aug. · 16--10 Km, Branford nee . Center, Arleta, Calo, 4 p.m. 10 Km and Age Group Ivi:i.le, Lewiston , i-,e., 2 p.m. Zinn Lemoria l 1/alk, Sports Festival, lJalnut California Rock Columbia College (formerly Christian College) in Columbia, Mo. went 120 years without producing a single star athlete. S~nehow it didn't seem L~portant at a women's college. Then last year, the school changed its Lma~e by accepting a handf'ul of male students, and today the two- year liberal arts college has its .firct athlete. He is race-walker Paul Ide (pronounced E-Dee) a freshman from NcCook, Neb., who will be one of 25 men enrolled with the 450 women at Columbia College this fall. Ide holds the National Junior Olympic Record for the 3-mile walk and six Missouri Valley AAUrecords. Last year,aat age 17, he "walked 11 away 'With first place in every :r,t"issouri Valley AAUrace he entered. 'fhe 18Qyear-old mathematics major plans to compete for several national cha.m-:,ionships this year -- weari.ng Columbia College colors. And if past performance is aey indicator, Columbia College will be well represented . The 5 foot, 7 inch , 130-pound sor _ af a .Lutheran mininter is waJld.ng his way through college this year on what is believed to be the first athletic scholarship given a race walker in the United States Pa.ul began walking three years ago after he beca me discouraged with long di ctance running. He credits his sixth-grade school teacher at IaCrosse, Kan, John Hose, .for getting t!im started. Rose, a noted wcl!cer in the Nidwest, entered I'aul in a race -wal k ,,,hen he was fifteen. 11It ca;ne pretty natural", Paul said. "I worked at it a little bit and decided to enter the Junior Olympics. The rest iG history.JI Ide believes his best cham e for ratiori.al acclaim is in longer races. Hin a longer race, I think I can outlast most people," he said. 111 1 111 g etting ::.tronger all the time. IT 1 s junta matter of training. 11 In the pad, the handsome, dark - haired athlete has been able to race only in the smmner. School am part-time jobs kept him from competing during the winter months. After his spectacular season last year, Paul , who is fourth oldest in a family of' nine children, feared he would have to break training almcs t completely in order to work his way through college. 'l'hen Columbia College entered t he picture . President ~.,:. 1'ierle Hill, an amateur race walker himself, began hearing &bout Paul last summer through walking journals and the samll talk of walke r s who had seen him co:.apete. Dr. Hill had 1'.ialked 11rith John Rose a time or two and asked Rot:e about Ide' s college plans at a meet early last spring . Rose conta .cted I.:1e who was delighted at the chance to put h:unself through college- - by walking. :Cecauoe race - walking experts are few and far bebrnen, Paul acts as his own coach. He The wall:ing ca.mp of the US Olympic Co1ruID;ttee in Boulder, Colo. is inhabited blJ the following grubby race walkers --Steve Hayden, Vin ce nt Davy, lany Ne.-nnan, and GariJ Westerfield, L'"'ng Island AC (Pesterfield also US Army); Greg Diebold, Shore AC; Bruce Adair and Gerr:r \till uerth, US Army; futch Hammer, Iowa; Randy }iirrm, Phi.ls AC; Gerry Lansing and Jim Lopec, At hens AC; Steve l:ierrilees and &yon Overton, SC Striders; Ron Kulik and Ron laird, NYAC; Steve ~Jrer, Oregon; and Gerry Pocci, Hotor Ci ty Stride rs. If there are 0U1ers, my apologies. Bruce l·Ja.cDonald is -9- serv-lng as coach, with asci ctc:,.nce from Ron laird- A lot of people who ·v1ere elig:ible couldn't make it becauce of jobs.,. but this seems good in a Wc),y since it gave a lo t of the younger fel~m!s a chance for this intense training and e~-posure to the sorre of the top cato. ( And one young guy I did misc who is there is Howie Palamarclmk, from Ambler , Pa .. , apparently accompanied by sister Stella.) This experience will be invaluable to these younr •er walkers and can I t help but strengthen our program. In addition to his coaching chores out there, Bruce is also :::·esponsible for setting up the meet with Canada and for seeing that money was provided to get our team to J:rank.furt for the Luge.no Cup in October. The AAU and USOC have each ldcked in ~;i2500, which will allo w us to send a full 8- man team plus a manager-coallm and an International judge. The four 20 kilometer walkers will be Ro;r..ansky, Dooley Kulik, and Hayden, provided all can make it. The 50 kilometer men will be picked at the 50 in Carpenteria, Cal. on Sept. 12. Tne manager - coach and the judge have not yet been selected. For those who were so peosi1i.tistic about the ::.,election of John Deni an National Chairman, please not that we are as ctrong as ever and still moving fo rward. John apparently has been quite content to sit back and let Bruce fia cDonald contL"'lue to do the ,rork and,as illuctrated above, Bruce has continued to do an outstanding job . About the only thing John could mess up no would be the L'J.gano Cup trip should he decide he is the man for the manager .-ceach pooit ion. Some of the walkers have indic.?- .ted that they would not go if either Jo:m or Phil Jachelski were in the official party. This is a rather juvenile a ttitude, but at the same t:iJne wither of these men is quite capable of botchir>.g up the trip pretty well and things wouJd be much better handled ~ someone like Bruce, Charlie Silcock, Elliott Denman, etG Which brings us to the point that Iarry l1alker has initiated a campaign to insure that John Deni is serving his final term. I :iJnagine you are all aware of ,.. this, as Larry hit all knovm addresGes with his letter. If not, the gist of la1ryts suggections is that the Chairman be elected b3ra nationwide mail ballot . The hope is to make this effective this year by showing a strong voice in fc..vor now. If you have not heard from Larry and care to express an opinion on this :11atter cont a ct h~n at 13760 Bes~emer , Van Nuys, Calif. 91401. He is also seeking opinions on top candidates for the Chairman's job. OFF'ICIAL ~·IORLDR:i. CE hALKi dG RECOJ.illS: 20 Km 1:26 :45.8 Genadiy Agapov, USSR., Simfero)_)ol, D-SSR April 6, l969 ( 1: 25: 50 by Peter Frenekl pending) 30 Km 2:17:16.8 Anatolly Yegorov, USSR, Leningrad, July 15, 1959 50 km 4:10 :51.8 Christoph Hahne, i.i:. Germany, l_.ot::,dam> iVIay16, 1965 (4~0$:05 by Holme on Oct. 18, 1969 pendin&) 2 hrs. 16 mi 1743 yds J\natoliy Yegorov, US R, Leningrad_, July 15, 1959 20 Hiles 2:31:33 Anatoliy Yegorov, US R, hoccow, Aug . 23, 195$ 30 miles 1~:02:33 Chriotoph Hahne , E. Germ., Potsdam, f·ay 16, 1965 (4:00:06 by Hahne on Oct. 18, 1969 pending) Never Ratified: 20 Km 1:26:13.2 -Vladimir Golubnichiy, USS1, Cdes ua , Sept . 15, 1959 2 Hrs. 16 mi. 992 yds P.oris Khrolovich, USbR, Ivunsk, Sept. 27, 19 66 Eest Performances, non- r ecord events (Track): 3 Km 11 : 51.lt Bruno Junk, US.::>R,1952 5 Km 20:26.8 Verna Hardmm, Sweden , 1945 10 Km 41 : 35 Grigoriy fani:....chkin, USSR, 1959 15 Km 1: O~.:22 Grigoriy Panischkin, USSR 1959 25 Km l: 52:23 Boris Khrolovich, US~TI1966 35 Km 2:4.8:22.2 Christoph Hahne, E. Gerrn 1964 40 Km 3:19:13.2 Christo ~.,h Holme, E. Ger. 1969 l Hr. 8 nti. 129, yds Grigoriy Paniochk in, USGH 195S -10- 1 Nile 6:l!ito1i- Dave Romansky, USA 1970 2 Miles ]2: 45.0 Verno Hardnm, Sweden, 19h.5 5 Hiles 33:56.2 AleY.ander 1ilek, Czech., 1969 7 .Hiles 4-8:15.2 Verno Hardmo, Sweden 1945 10 ivJ.les l:09:40.6 Ken H3.tthews, GB, 1964 15 }ules 1:50:46.6 Alexander Bilek, Cz.ech., 1967 25 Niles 3;20:1 1.4 Christoph Hahne, E.Ger., 1969 OHIO RACE l :1.LI~ER 3184 Swami t St. ColUJnbus, Ohio 43202 FJR ST CLASS MAIL