POWELL GRABS WORLD RECORD MEET THE TURKEY HE RUNS FOR PLEASURE IN the athletic department 2114 Addison Street Berkeley, California 94704 (41 5) 843-7767 HOURS: Mon - Fri (10 to 6), Sat (10 to 5) shoes and apparel for your sporting needs IN SAN MATEO TRACK POSTERS OLYMPIC Full-Color Posters. $2.50 each Rick Wohlhuter Ben Jipcho Dwight Stones Steve Williams Tony Waldrop SPORTS Frank Shorter Steve Prefontaine Jim Ryun/Kip Keino Dave Wottle Black & White Posters. $1.50 each Steve Smith Al Feuerbach Lasse Viren Randy Williams Please give name o f poster (s) when ordering. All posters are 23 x 34” Order from Track & Field News, Box 296 (365 First St.), Los Altos, Ca. 94022. Add 25tf for postage & handling. Calif, resident add 6% sales tax. On the Cover Pacific Coast Club's John Powell, who was ranked second-best in the world by Track & Field News last year, un­ leashed a world-record 226’8" heave on May 4 at Long Beach to wipe out John Van Reenen's recent mark by two feet. The San Jose policeman has ano­ ther world-record holder as roommate; 75-foot putter, Brian Oldfield. /John Marconi Photo/ MAR./APR. 1975 •••No.53 Staff & Rates CONTENTS EDITOR: Jack Leydig ADVERTISING: Bill Clark THIS & THAT 4 SPECIAL ARTICLE ll PUBLISHER: Frank Cunningham RESULTS: Penny DeMoss LONG DISTANCE RATINGS 6 MEDICAL ADVICE COLUMN 12 MEDICAL ADVICE: Harry Hlavac, DPM PHOTO EDITOR: John Marconi CLUB NEWS 6 SCHEDULING 13 ARTIST: Penny DeMoss CIRCULATION: Dave Shrock CLASSIFIED ADS 9 RACE WALKING 14 ADDRESS LABELS: Peggy Lyman & Dave Himmelberger LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 9 NOR-CAL PREP BESTS 15 RUNNER-UP 10 TRACK & FIELD RESULTS 16 STAFF WRITERS: Bill Clark, Jon Hendershott, Harry Hlavac, Len NOR-CAL PORTRAIT ll LONG DISTANCE RESULTS 20 Wallach, Jack Leydig, John Marconi, Chris Kinder, Tom Jordan. WEST VALLEY PORTRAIT ll CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS: Dennis O ’Rorke, Mike Shaughnessy, George Beinhorn, Dave Stock, Wayne Glusker, Jay Marlowe, Jim Hume, Jeff Searls, Paul Cooper, Jim Watt, Jeff Zimmerman. PRODUCTION & MAILING: Greg Marshall, Brad Nave, Bill Weller, Larry Main, Marc Lund, Dave Shrock, Dennis Tracy, Dave Robert son, Phyllis Olrich, Vivian & Charlie Harris, Jack Leydig, STEVE PREFONTAINE, in death as much a champion as Bill Clark, Mike Haniger, Harold & Penny DeMoss, Peggy Lyman, he was in lif e . Doug McLean. Even in death, he went it alone as h e did in achieving LDR RATINGS: Art Dudley (NorCal); Stan Rosenfield (SoCal). his records in life. A REGULAR CORRESPONDENTS: (NorCal) Roxy Andersen, Fred Baer, Even in death, he looms as that a nt hero to young run Dawn Bressie, Dr. Harmon Brown, Marshall Clark, Dave Colburn, ners a ll over America who emulate not only his running Bob DeCelle, Ruth Dettering, Roger Duran, Dick Gilchrist, style, but his fierce personality as well. Wayne Glusker, Frank Hagerty, Jon Hendershott, Jim Hume, Roy V / . -5 :- Kissin, Joe Mangan, Dick Meyer, Phyllis Olrich, Mark Payne, Even in death, he leaves the immediate past with a fresh Robyn Paulson, Bob Rush, Mike Shaughnessy, John Sheehan, Em victory and a life filled with exuberance and excellence. mett Smith, Walt Stack, Dave Stock, Joe Taxiera, Bob Vincent, Len Wallach, John Wenos. (SoCal) Wes Alderson, John Brennand, One could ponder in to in fin ity w h y Steve should Bill Cockerham, Tom Cory, Kaj Johansen, George Ker, David have been cut down ju s t at t he apparent m o m ent o f his Pain, Stan Rosenfield, John Wenos. (Nat'l & Internat’I) Long greatest potential. I t ’s so damnably frustrating to ask, Distance Log, Runner's World, Starting Line, Track & Field "Why him?", as there is no possible ra tional answer. News, Track Newsletter, Women's Track & Field World. ' ^ But you just can’t help asking, and worse yet, you just MAILING: Third-Class Bulk Rate from San Mateo, CA, at inter can’t stop thinking about him. vals of from 5-8 weeks. No issue should require longer than two weeks delivery in the United States. First Class § Air Even in death, controversial, and mail rates available (see below). NCRR IS NOT FORWARDABLE!! one can’t get him out of your mind. There he is , bigger than li f e , gnawing, away, on your sorrows. RATES: $5.00 per year, 3rd class bulk rate. Multiple year subscriptions: $9.25 for 2 years; $12.75 for 3 years; and The incomprehensible hashappenedtothe young champion is $20.00 for 5 years. Add $2.50/year for 1st class in the U.S., dead. I t a ll seems so Canada 5 Mexico. Add $3.50/year for airmail in the U.S. 5 Ca nada. Add $1.00/year for 3rd class to Canada and $1.25/year I t ’s so useless to try to tally records. All those for 3rd class to all other foreign countries. Foreign airmail victories that he won...it doesn't help at all...he's rates available on request. Special rates for newsmedia, li­ dead, and that death is such a profound tragedy. so over braries: $3.00/year in the U.S. only. Dealer rates ($30.00 whelming, that all of us seem so unimportant.. s o p iti per year per 10 copies/issue). fully helpless. Contributors This Championship (PA-AAU Men's Track & Field ) i s dedica ted to him, and this particular event (3 mile) is our fu All news, features, results, photographs, and other correspondence tile gesture o f respect, or b etter yet, a ffe c tion. But should be sent to: NCRR, P.O. Box 1551, San Mateo, CA i t rea lly much; nothing could. 94401 (Ph. 415/342-3181, after 8 pm). Due to irregularity of won't help publication dates, all information should be mailed as soon as The simple truth is that Steve is dead. I t ’s almost un possible for consideration. Prospective photographers and vo bearable, as he was so a live. What can we say here ex lunteer correspondents should request details from the above cept that we loved you Steve. We loved you for what address. Everyone is encouraged to submit meet results and you’ve done for runners and running. We loved you for scheduling. Credits are always given for any materials used. having the guts to speak out in protest. We loved you Please request permission for the use of any NCRR materials because you suffered in the training lik e the rest o f us. other than scheduling information and meet results. PROSPEC We loved you because you were one o f us. We simply loved TIVE PHOTOGRAPHERS: Our small staff of regular photographers can't get to every meet, so please send any prints you may you. have for consideration. We can't pay you for your shots, but We always w ill. /By Len Wallach/ will give full credits. Thank you for your help! V______________________________________________J - 3- EDITOR'S MESSAGE • 15.00 FOR COVER PHOTOS!! - Starting with the next issue, • MEET INFORMATION: - The Pan-American Games Trials site we will be paying this amount for any photo that is used for a has been moved from Bakersfield to Eugene, Oregon, still being cover photo. All prints should be submitted in 8 x 10 format held on the same weekend (Aug. 15-16). The one exception will if possible...and should be of good contrast and quality. I be the marathon, which will be on the following weekend in know that $15 isn't much, but it's really all we can afford at high-altitude, Flagstaff, Arizona (about 7500 feet, similar to present. Hopefully, this will encourage more of you to send in Mexico City, where the Pan-Am Games will be held in October). photo material for the NCRR. Despite my plea in #52, we are The exact date is not yet set, but it will be either the 23rd still very short on track & field photos for this issue...so, or 24th of August. It still appears that a 2:23 qualifying let's see more of you help out in this area for next time. We time is necessary to compete there, with the top ten times na­ seem to be doing much better in the long distance area. tionally receiving travel funds to the trials from the U.S.O.C. — The U.S. Masters (40+) Marathon site has been changed from Gresham (near Portland) to Medford, Oregon...and the date will ★ PHOTO QUIZ* also move (from July to Oct. 12). Those interested in secur­ ing additional information should contact the Southern Oregon Sizzlers T.C., c/o Jerry Swartsley, Box 1072, Phoenix, Oregon 97535. — The Felton Race to the Redwoods, listed in the LDR Handbook as being July 6, will be moved to July 13 so that the race me be centered around other town festivities taking place the same day. Also, the distance (and course) will be differ­ ent from the previous years it has been held (now a 7-mile course with much of the run on trails). — Mt. Tamalpais Rail road Grade Run: - At the time of printing we had been informed that Kees Tuinzing was trying to put together an uphill run from Mill Valley to the top of Mt. Tam via the old railroad Battered Feet after a Boston Marathon: - Match the feet with grade. This was to be in early July, but nothing definite had the bodies! Identify feet as (left, top, bottom, right). been set. Those interested in finding out more information Pictured at right: Hans Roenau, Frank Nolan, Judy Gumbs, Jack should contact Kees at 456-0415 in San Rafael.