Natl. A.A.U. Masters X-C FREE MARATHON ADVICE FROM 1974 AAU MARATHON CHAMPION, RON WAYNE. the athletic department SPECIAL TEAM AND VOLUME PRICES 2114 Addison St., Berkeley 843-7767 Coaches: - We bring Nike shoes to Hours: Mon-Fri. 10-6; Sat. 10-5 schools at volume prices... call for an appointment. CALIFORNIA TRACK NEWS A PUBLICATION DEVOTED TO CALIFORNIA TRACK 12 WEST 25th AVE. HOURS: M -TH (10-7) SAN MATEO, CA. 94403 FR! (10-8) PH. (415) 349-6904 SAT (10-6) UP FRO N T (Top) Natl. AAU Masters X-C team champs from the West Valley Joggers (1-r): Mike Healy, Ross Smith, Bob Bourbeau, Ralph Bowles, Bill Flodberg, Kent Guth­ rie, Ken Napier. (Lower Left) At end of lh miles--Darryl Beardall, Guthrie, John Brennand (1st), Bowles. (Lower Right) Miki Gorman won the Natl. Wo­ men's Masters X-C title by over 3h mi­ nutes in 38:54. /Dennis O'Rorke/ Staff & Rates CONTENTS EDITOR: Jack Leydig ARTIST: Fenny DeMoss PHOTO QUIZ 4 MEDICAL ADVICE COLUMN 14 PUBLISHER: DeMoss Designs RESULTS: Penny DeMoss THIS & THAT 4 SPECIAL ARTICLE 15 MEDICAL ADVICE: Harry Hlavac, DPM CIRCULATION: Dave Shrock LONG DISTANCE RATINGS 6 SCHEDULING 16 ADVERTISING: Ron Alvarado PHOTO EDITOR: John Marconi CLUB NEWS 8 RACE WALKING 19 CARTOONIST: Lee Holley, Dave Brown PROD. MGR.: Harold DeMoss CLASSIFIED ADS ll PREP REVIEW 19 PREP EDITOR: Keith Conning LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 12 TRACK & FIELD RESULTS 20 "THE HUMAN RACE" 12 CROSS-COUNTRY RESULTS 21 STAFF WRITERS: Bill Clark, Harry Hlavac, Len Wallach, Jack NOR-CAL PORTRAIT 13 LONG DISTANCE RESULTS 24 Leydig, Conrad Walker, Tom Jordan, Dave Himmelberger, Jack WEST VALLEY PORTRAIT 14 Wiley, Keith Conning. PRODUCTION & MAILING: Dave Himmelberger, Peggy Lyman, Lila & EDITOR’S MESSAGE Dick Shelton, Sharon Furtado, Steve Hehner, Denis O'Halloran, Chuck Frosolone, Ken Paul, Jack Bellah, Wayne Glusker, Mike • NEW PREP EDITOR: - The NCRR is happy to announce that we Duncan, Rick Lyman, Dan Anderson, Charlie Harris, Daryl Za­ have a new high school editor in the person of Keith Conning. pata, Irene Rudolf, Sharon & Len Wallach, Jack & Judy Leydig. Keith helped to put on the California State High School Track & Field Championships at Berkeley last year and is the track CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS: Kevin Kirby, Lorraine Rorke, Den­ coach at Berkeley High School. Keith is also co-author of nis O'Rorke, Dave Stock, Wayne Glusker, Jim Hume, Jeff Searls, the booklet "Highlights of the State Track Meet (1915-1975)", Jeff Zimmerman, Jim Engle, Keith Conning, John Marconi, Len which is available through the NCRR for $2.00 (plus tax and Wallach, Lois Gowen, John Hildebrand, Sue Perry, Jay Marlowe. 25<t shipping). It appears that he will be a great replacement for Chris Kinder, who has done an excellent job over the past LDR POINT RATINGS: (NorCal) Art Dudley; (SoCal) Stan Rosen­ few years, but has decided to bow out of the picture. In this field. issue, Keith has done a great job of choosing, in order, the top prep cross-country runners this past season in Northern REGULAR CORRESPONDENTS: (NorCal) Fred Baer, Dr. Harmon Brown, California (both boys and girls), as well as the top teams. Marshall Clark, Harold DeMoss, Penny DeMoss, Wayne Glusker, In addition, Keith has provided us with an excellent writeup Jim Hume, Bill Mensing, Dick Meyer, Phyllis Olrich, Tim Smith, on the past season. Besides being a great researcher and ob­ Walt Stack, Len Wallach, Keith Conning. (SoCal) John Bren­ vious statistics fanatic, Keith can take great photos too, as nand, Bill Cockerham, Shirley Davisson, Kaj Johansen, David you can tell from the numerous shots in this issue. Welcome Pain, Stan Rosenfield, Al Sheahen, John Wenos. (Nat 'I & In- to the staffl (Note: He is looking for reliable 'correspon­ te ma t'I) Runner's World, Track <fi Field News, The Harrier. dents' this spring to send in weekly or bi-weekly results from various areas...in particular we need help from the Northern MAILING: Third-Class Bulk-Rate from San Mateo, CA...at inter­ Section and the far northern portion of the North Coast Sec­ vals of from 5-8 weeks normally. No issue should require any tion. If you are interested in helping out, turn to the Prep longer than two weeks delivery in the U.S. First-Class rates Review section of this issue for Keith's address. Thanks! available (below). NCRR IS NOT FORWARDABLE...UNLESS YOU PAY FORWARDING POSTAGE. Let us know if you move! • TRACK SCHEDULES NEEDED: - It's that time of year again already! Yup, and we need schedules from all you coaches and RATES: $6.00/Year or $3.00/six-months...3rd Class Bulk Rate. athletes out there. Every year we send out nearly 250 letters Multiple-year subscriptions are no longer available. Add to coaches in the Northern California area, requesting a copy $2.50/year for lst-Class in the U.S., Canada § Mexico...these of their track schedules...usually we get 10-15 schedules! will automatically be sent airmail in the U.S. Add $1.50/Yr. Really, I think that's pretty apathetic, don't you? Think of for 3rd-Class to all foreign countries, including Canada & the extra exposure you'll get for your meets this way! Not Mexico. Foreign Airmail rates on request (generally $10/Yr.). only will you get more spectators...but you'll also get more Special Rates: $3.50/Yr. for newsmedia § libraries in the U.S. entries most likely. And, all it'll cost you is a 13<t stamp Dealer Rates: $18.00/Yr. for 5 copies each issue (minimum)... and about a minute of your time. So please help us out this this is a 40% discount on cover price § includes postage. year, and help your meet in the process...send us your complete track schedule by not later than Feb. 20th (earlier if possi­ Contributors ble), and let us know about any other meets you might have heard about. Remember, if everyone waits to let someone else All news, articles, photos, etc., should be sent to the NCRR do it, we will never get a comprehensive list of meets. Give at the above address. Due to irregularity of mailing dates, us a surprise this year and let's have everyone help out! all information should be mailed as soon as available. Pro- spective photographers and volunteer correspondents should re- • "THIS & THAT" EDITOR NEEDED: - We'd like to expand on our quest details. Request permission for materials used from the ’people' section of the "This & That" column (next page), but NCRR other than scheduling § results (please give credits). we don't ever seem to get that much gossip. Lot's of things We pay $15.00 for cover photos (nothing for other photos used are happening all the time to people in the athletic community, except credits). Readers encouraged to submit results, etc. but we really hear about very few of them. We'd like to get someone who is good at picking up information on others (maybe UNPAID STAFF: All profits go to West Valley T.C. treasury. somebody from the CIA or FBI?) and have thorn write the first part of our monthly column each time. If you think you'd be MAILING DATES: - This issue should be mailed either Jan. 21 or at all interested (no pay of course...just lots of notoriety!) 24... the Jan./Feb. (#64) issue will be out in early March. in doing this, please contact the editor, Jack Leydig (that's me!), as soon as possible. Thanks much. - 3- track and field for the AAU, was awarded the 1976 Robichaux PHOTO QUIZ Award for outstanding contributions to Women's Athletics Na­ tionally and Internationally at the National AAU Convention RULES: (1) Submit your guess and mail last October. — it to: PHOTO QUIZ, P.O. Box 1551, San Mrs. Bobby Shettler Mateo, CA 94401 (one guess per per­ received the Out­ son ).. .All guesses must be postmarked standing L.D.R. Award by Feb. 20th. (2) All ties will be (for Masters) for broken by a drawing. The prize is a 1976 on behalf of her one-year subscription or renewal to late husband, Jim, at the NCRR (or $6 off dues for WVTC the AAU Convention in members). All of our readers are en­ Phoenix. The presen­ couraged to submit photos for consi­ tation was actually deration. We need one for next time! made following the **LAST MONTH** Not as many cor­ local Pepsi 20-Miler rect answers as we thought on last in Sacramento, but issue's quiz. The 1968 'resident' had been awarded at Olympian was intermediate hurdler, the Convention. — Who is this tough Ron Whitney, who lives in Calistoga We have unconfirmed Dipsea racer who is (Napa Valley). We had only ll peo­ reports that Mac Wil­ currently in his mid- ple come up with that one. Taking kins , Olympic Games (Left) Mrs. Bobby Shettler receives 30's? Photo taken in one vote each were: Peter Snell, Dick discus champion, is the AAU's "National Masters LDR Run­ 1962 (Korea). Fosbury, Ralph Doubell, and Dave Him­ currently (or will ner of the Year" award for her late melberger. .Fosbury & Doubell are not soon be) in West Ger­ husband, Jim, from Women's National NorCal residents and I don't recall Himmelberger ever making many, competing for a Masters Chairperson, Ruth Anderson. an Olympic team?! Snell was on the 1960 & 1964 teams, but club in Munich. Any­ not 1968. Better luck next time! The winner was Gib Landell one wishing to write him can contact him (we think) at: 8084 of Aptos, who receives a one-year renewal.