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CONTENTS EDITOR: Jack Leydig CIRCULATION MGR: Dave Shrock THIS & THAT 4 SPECIAL ARTICLE 10 PUBLISHER: Frank Cunningham ADVERTISING MGR: Bill Clark LONG DISTANCE RATINGS 6 MEDICAL ADVICE COLUMN 10 CARTOONIST: Lee Holley PHOTO EDITOR: John Marconi CLUB NEWS 7 SCHEDULING ll MEDICAL ADVICE: Harry Hlavac RESULTS REQUESTS: Penny Tomei CLASSIFIED ADS 8 RACE WALKING 12 ADDRESS LABELS: Dave Himmelberger LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 9 CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS 13 RUNNER-UP 9 TRACK & FIELD RESULTS 19 STAFF WRITERS: Bill Clark, Jon Hendershott, Harry Hlavac, Jim NOR-CAL PORTRAIT 9 LONG DISTANCE RESULTS 20 Valenti, Jack Leydig, John Marconi, Chris Kinder. WEST VALLEY PORTRAIT 10 LATE NEWS 26 CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS: Dennis O ’Rorke, Mike Shaughnessy, George Beinhorn, Dave Stock, Wayne Glusker, Jay Marlowe, Jim EDITOR’S MESSAGE Hume, Jeff Searls, Paul Cooper, Jim Watt. • TRACK SCHEDULES NEEDED: - This issue lis ts a few early- season track meets, but our next issue (out in early March) NCRR LDR POINT-RACE EDITORS: Art Dudley (NorCal), Stan Rosen will attempt to list a very comprehensive schedule through the field (SoCal). middle of May. BUT WE NEED YOUR HELP!.' Coaches and athletes, please send us your spring track schedules (high schools and PRODUCTION & MAILING: Vivian and Charlie Harris, Bill, Ellen, colleges) so that we may compile a complete list. Thank you Teresa and Willie Clark, Bobby and Harold DeMoss, Phyllis Ol for your help. rich, Jack Leydig, Dave and Kathy Himmelberger, Tom Jordan, Marc Lund, Ken Paul, DaVe Shrock, Dennis Tracy, Dan Anderson, • MORE PHOTOS NEEDED: - This spring we will need a lo t of John Marconi. volunteer 'contributing photographers' in order to bring our readers good coverage. If you think you'd like to contribute REGULAR CORRESPONDENTS: (NorCal) Roxy Andersen, Fred Baer, to the NCRR on a fairly regular basis, please write immediately Dawn Bressie, Dr. Harmon Brown, Marshall Clark, Dave Colburn, for full details. Bob DeCelle, Ruth Dettering, Roger Duran, Dick Gilchrist, Wayne Glusker, Frank Hagerty, Jon Hendershott, Jim Hume, Roy • NEXT ISSUE: - We will feature a 1975 'Prep Preview' in is Kissin, Joe Mangan, Dick Meyer, Phyllis Olrich, Mark Payne, sue #52, listing all the top returnees in Northern California Robyn Paulson, Bob Rush, Mike Shaughnessy, John Sheehan, Em in all standard events. Chris Kinder, our statistician, will mett Smith, Walt Stack, Dave Stock, Joe Taxiera, Bob Vincent, compile this list, and the following two issues we will run a John Wenos. (SoCal) Wes Alderson, John Brennand, Bill Cock listin g of top 1975 NorCal Prep Marks. - If anyone is in te re st erham, Tom Cory, Kaj Johansen, George Ker, David Pain, Stan ed in compiling a similar list for JC's and/or colleges in the Rosenfield, John Wenos. (Nat'l & Internat'l) Long Distance area, please let the editor know immediately. Log, Runner’s World, Starting Line, Track & Field News, Track Newsletter, Women's Track & Field World. ★ PHOTO QUIZ* MAILING: Third-Class Bulk Rate from San Mateo, Calif., at in tervals of from 5-8 weeks. No issue should require longer RULES: (1) Submit your guess (one per than two weeks delivery in the United States. First Class § person) on a postcard and mail i t to: Airmail rates available (see below). 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He was none other than All news, features, results, photographs, and other correspondence previous world-record holder Pat should be sent to: NCRR, P.O. Box 1551, San Mateo, Matzdorf. Our winner by drawing was CA 94401 (Ph. 415/342-3181, after 8 pm). Due to irregularity WVTC member, Joe Mangan (Fremont High of publication dates, all information should be mailed as in Sunnyvale), who gets $5 knocked Name this top local soon as possible for consideration. Prospective volunteer off his 1975 dues. *** Bet we don't Masters road runner correspondents and photographers should request details from get too many correct answers for this the above address. Everyone is encouraged to submit meet re ^(1945 photo!). month's photo Quiz! sults and scheduling. Credits are always given for any ma terials used. Please request permission for use of any NCRR PLEASE LET US KNOW YOUR NEW ADDRESS! materials other than scheduling information and meet results. PROSPECTIVE PHOTOGRAPHERS: Our small staff of regular photo ★ Since the NCRR -is mailed 3r d Class graphers can't get to every meet, so please send any prints Bulk Rate, your issue w ill not be forward you may have for consideration. Thank you for your help. ed to a new address I & you move. J Don't miss an issu e . .. keep us Informed - 3 - THIS & THAT • PA-AAU Long Distance Handbook & Schedule: - The 1975 Edi tion is now out (and has been since around Xmas). It is usu • PEOPLE NEWS: - Harold DeMoss was unanimously re-elected as ally available at road runs in the Bay Area, but is also av the PA-AAU's Long Distance Running Chairman for men on returns ailable through the mail. If bought at a race, i t costs 35<£ from a ballot that was sent to representatives from all District (up 10<£ from last year due to inflation in printing and paper clubs. Well, actually your editor received one vote, so it was costs), or send 50<t for mailed copies to: Harold DeMoss, Box not Quite unanimous. — The Bay Area Road Runners Club elected 967, Los Altos, CA 94022. Copies are also available at the Joe Henderson as its 1975 President. Bill Flodberg was selected PA-AAU Office in San Francisco (942 Market S t., Suite 601). as VP; Bob Anderson (not of RW) is Treasurer, and Jim Woodruff All profits from this booklet goes into the LDR travel fund is Secretary and editor of the Bay Area RR bulletin. Flodberg (although it's not all for travel...some of the monies go into will also act as their racing chairman. — Former Humboldt the warehouse that stocks items that can be of use to meet d i State star, Gary T u ttle, now competing for the Beverly Hills rectors). S triders, won the National A.A.U. 20 Kilo Championships, held • AAU Cards for 1975: - Something new this y e a r...th e addi in Massachusetts on Oct. 20 in a time of 62:16. Gary was the tion of a 'Sports Participation Fee' of $1.00 (on top of the winner of the 1974 Bay to Breakers Race. — Norman Bright, now regular AAU registration fee of $2.00, which went up 50<£ this living in Santa Barbara on a somewhat permanent basis, recently time— f ir s t time in about 10 years). Whereas, normally the competed in a 10 Kilo race for runners over 60 years of age in regular $2.00 fee gets swallowed up in administration, the ex Japan (Miyajima, near Hiroshima). He outsprinted his only real tra $1.00 will be put right back into our sport, helping to competition (Kumamoto of Japan) by a mere two seconds in the send local and national teams to meaningful competitions. So, final few hundred yards of the race, recording a 41:04.