TRACKNEWSLETTER SupplementingTRACK & FIELDNEWS twice monthly. Vol. 10, No. 2 August 28, 1963 Page 9 Pennel Sails 16'6" in Sternberg Be·n·efit Pennel Clai 1mant to First 17-Foot V,auh Seattle, Wash., Aug. 17--John Pennel soared 16'6" but had Miami, Fla., Aug. 24--John Pennel had hardly cleared his­ a futile attempt to become the first man over 17-feet with.three miss­ tory's first 17-foot vault when he began speaking of 18-feet. es at 17'1". "I'll be shooting for 17'3" or 17'4" now. &it the first 17-foot­ Pennel was vaulting at the University of Washington Stadium er was the big thing." the Northeast Louisiana State 1College senior during the half-time attraction of the Kansas City Chief- -Oakland said. Raiders football game . A percentage of the profits from the sports Penn~!, 23, cleared 17'0!" on his first attempt during the attraction were to have been presented to Brian Sternberg toward Gold Coast AAU championships. He later failed in three tries at his rehabilatation. &it the sports spectacle, which also included 17'4". The new mark erases his own pending height of 16'10¼" set a Brian Sternberg Mile, lost $35,000. Nevertheless, Brian will in London during the U.S. - -Great Britain match. receive a guarantee of $3000--$1000 from each of the teams and The record vault actually came under pressure of a threaten­ Greater Seattle . ing thunder storm; Pennel appealed to officials: "Let's get it over John Uelses cleared 16 '1 ", as both he and Pennel busted Stern - with before it pours . " The storm never did materialize and he was -~ berg's own stadium record of 15.'7½". able to make three attempts at the higher height . Jim Grelle took the mile in 4:04 .4, wiping out the stadium re­ He has now raised the world mark six ti1ues this year and cord of 4:06 .9 which he set while at Oregon in 1959. He beat Keith matched it another . Forman who was timed in 4: 05. 9 . Pennel explained he had the uprights moved forward slightly . Brian was able to view the proceedings by closed-circuit in order to put the bar under him at the very peak of his leap. television in his University Hospital room. During 'tiie half-time, "I rocked back when I went up, too, more than normal. he expressed his appreciation to all concerned. Heretofore, I've been using theruprights a little too far back. About missing 17'4" a half hour later, I simply cooled out while they were measuring the record." ·Distance Runners Shine in USSR Champs He didn't have much competition. John Uelses did not parti­ Moscow--The USSR national championships had a few out­ cipate, and former high school teammate Henry Wadsworth dropped standing, world-ranking performances but it was the quantity of good :out under 15'0". marks in almost every event that was impressive. The 3000 meter steeplechase was remarkable in that only .Americans in Europe 4.4 seconds separated the winner, who was timed in 8:37 .6, and · _the eighth place finisher. Fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth placers (Bd: With thanks to correspondent Sven Ivar Joilansson.) all achieved the best non-winning marks for those places. The 5000 was nearly as outstanding. Yuri Tyurin• · recorded VASTERAS, Aug. 9-.;..200, Drayton 20.8; 2. D. Jones (GB) ~ a 13:48 .4 for first, while sixth place was 13:58. 8. Leonid Ivanov, 21.2; 3. Foik (Pol) 21.2. 400, Fernstrom (Swe) 47 .O; 2. Williams who was second in 13:49 .2, also captured the 10,000 in 29:08 .8. (US) 47.0. 800, Salinger (Czech) 1:50.8; 2. Frawley (USM1:51.6. The Soviet athletes are continuing to show more strength in 1500, Valentin (EGer) 3:43.6; 2. Tultser (Aus) 3:46.4; a. Rindetoft the shorter races. Three men, led by Valeriy Bulyshev in 1:47. 7, (Swe) 3:47 .6. 3000, Roelants (Bel) 8:01.8; 2. Hellmich (Czech) completed the 800 under 1:48. 0. Vadim Arkhipchuk took the 400 in 8:07 .2; 3. Ibbotson (GB) 8;12. 0. HJ, Czernik (Pol) 6'8f"; 2. Johll­ 46. 5 while Edvin Ozolin won both the sprints, his 20. 9 being faster son (US) 6'81". PV, Morris (US) 15'5¾''; 2. Cramer (US) 15'5¼". than his 10 .5. TJ, Schmidt (Pol) 53'3". HT, Thun (Aus) 215'7½"; 2. Connolly (US) In the field events, Valeriy Brumel and Igor Ter-Ovanesyan 212'9½". _ had only fair performances although both won their specialties . Bru - LEVERKUSEN, GERMANY, 100, Moon (US) 10.4; 2. Hebau.c mel scaled 6'10!" while Ter Ovanesyan went 25'11". Bliznetsov re­ 10.6. 200, Moon (US) 21.2; 2. Ottolina (It) 21.2; 3. Foik (Poland) corded a new Soviet record in the pole vault with a mark of 15'5". 21.3. 400, Saddler (US) 46.9; 2. Kalfelder 47 .3. 800, Kinder Varanauskas, who did not compete against the U.S., won the shot 1:47.6; 2. Balke 1:48.3; 3. Scholl 1:48.7; 4. Cbatelet (Fr) 1:48.9. put at 61 '4!", followed by Karachev and Lipsnis at 61 'i" and 60'4½". 1500, Norpoth 3:43.1; 2. Doerman 3:45.2; 3. Weisiger (US) 3:46.4. In other competition, Gennadi Kondrashov won the hammer 3000, Traynor (US) 8:14.0; 2. Boguszewslci (P~l) 8:14.2; 3. Clo­ throw at 220'6" in an event in which sixth place was 210'9½". Gara­ hessy (Australia:) and Keefe (US) 8:15.8. ll0HH, Willimczyk 14.2; iev upset the field in the triple jump with a 53'7¾" mark. 2. Emberger (US) 14.4. 400IH, Haas 51.0; 2. Janz 51.7; 3. Neu­ 100, Ozolin 10.5 (lu.4 by Kasanov in the semi-finals). 200 mann 52.0. SP, Urbach 57'11". Jr, Sidlo (Pol) 269'7"; 2. Salo­ inon 252'3"; 3. Herrings 249'1½". -PV, Reinhardt (who recently Ozolin 20.9; 2. Archipchuk 21.4. 400, Archipchuk 46.5; 2. Sver­ betov 47 .2; 3. Anisimov 47 .3; 4. Frolov 47 .6. 800, fulichev wem: 16'1!") 14'5¼". SP, Urbach 58'7½". OSLO, Pedersen 275'3"; 2. Rasmussen 265'7½"; 3. 1:47 .7; 2. Tolp 1:47 .9; 3. Krivocheiev 1:47 .9; 4. Savinkov 1:48.2; JT, Arntzen 249 17"; 4. Covelli (US) 248'3". 3000, Thomas (Czech) 5. Simbirchev 1:49 .8; 6. Gonchariev 1:50 .1. 1500, Savinkov 3:44.9; 2. Belitski 3:45.3; 3. Karaulov 3:46.7. 5000, Tyurin 13:48.4; 2. 8:08.4; 2. Clohessy (Australia) 8:09.2; 3. Tellesbo 8:09.2; 4. Ivanov 13:49.2; 3. Samoilov 13:49.4; 4. Yefimov 13:53.2; 5. Dmi­ Benum 8:11.4; 4. Kidd (Can) 8:11.4. triev 13:57 .6; 6. Orentas 13:58.8; 7. Dutov 14:04.4; 8. Potiekin CLUJ RUMANIA, 200, Moon (US) 21.1. 5000, Barabas 14:07 .8. 10,000, Ivanov 29:88.8; 2. Khuzin 29:21.~; 3. Yefimov 14:19.4; 2. Reefe (US) 14:34.2. Hf, Dragulescu 203'8"; 2. Frenn 29:33.8; 4. Skripnik 29:44.8. 3000St, Sokolov 8:37 .6; 2. Osipov (US) 197'6". 8:38.6; 3. Naroditski 8:39.6; 4. Alekseyunas 8:40.6; 5. Komarov LUCERN. SWITZERLAND, 100, D. James (US) 10.4. 200, - 8:40 .8; 6. Orentas 8:41.4; 7. Syromolotov and Dmitriev 8:42 .0. James 21.2. ll0HH, Mikhailov 14.1. 200LH, Ozolin 23.3; 2. Anisimov 23.5. NUREMBERG, 100, Moon (US) 10.3. 200, Moon 20.9. 400, 400IH, Anisimov 50 . 9; 2 . Klenin 51. 6 . Kinder 46.6; 2. Saddler (US) 46.8. 1500, Weisiger (US) 3:45.6; 2. HJ, Brumel 6'10!''; 2. Bolshov 6'8!"; 3. Valchuk, Chavlakad­ Traynor (US) 3:45.8. 5000, Kubicki 14:12.6; 2. Keefe 14:20.0; 3. ze., Slabchuk 6'8¾''. PV, Bliznetsov 15'5" (national record); 2. Pe­ Yokomizo (Japan) 14:20 .0. DT, Reimers 189'4½". _ __ trenko 14'5¾". BJ, Ter Ovanesyan 25'11"; 2. Barkovski 25'3¼"; 3. HELSINKI, Aug. 23--HT, Horppu (Fin) 201'7f"; 2. Connol­ Vanpsas 24'10!"; 4. Grevchev 24'10½". TJ, Garaiev 53'7¼"; 2. Alia­ ly (US) 200'7½". W• Morris (US) 15'11"; 2. Jonasson 15'5!"; 3. Ny­ biev 53'6¾"; 3. Kreer 53'1!"; 4. Fedosseiev 52'9½"; 5. Dementiev stroem 15'-5!"; 4:''Ankia 15'5!". 3000, Larsson (Swe) 8:04.6; 2. 52'21'. SP, Varanauskas 61'4!''; 2. Karachev 61'¼"; 3. Lipsnis O'Riordan (lrl) 8:06 .8; 3. CloheS'sey (Australia) 8:08 .3. 400H, Tho­ 60'4½''; 4. Georgiev 59'3!". DT, Bulchantsev 178'7". JT, Lusis niemi 52.9. 3000St, Roelants (Bel) 8:33.6. HJ, Hellen 6'9f". _Page_~ , HUNGARY 111, SWEDEN 101, Stockholm, Aug. 12 & 13-- OSLO, Aug. 15--200, Hayes (US) 21.0; 2. Drayton (US) 21.1. 400, Gyulai (H) 47 .5; _2. Johansson 47 .9. 800, Rindetoft 1:50.1; 2. 1500, Crothers (Can) 3:47. 8; 2. Salinger (Czech) 3:47. 9; 3. Dupree Parsch (H) 1:50 .5. 1500, Larsson 3:43 .8. 5000, Larsson 14:11.2; (US) 3:49.7. HJ, Thomas (US) 6'8¾"; 2. Johnson (US) 6'6¾". 2. I. Kiss (H) 14:13.2. 400R, Hungary 40.7; 2. Sweden 41.0.