OFFICTAL PUBIICATTON OT THE UNITI,D STATf,S TRACK AND FTNLD TEDf,RATTON )o'{! 7/:tt,/73 rz,,t"'i.". 4r* L R"* VOLUME 18 July 19?3 Numbe r 211 MARK GIBBNNS SHOWN N RECORD 20 KII,O AT {]T}I ANNUAL PANTHER PANT. .1:0,1:33, July 28, L97 3. TEZ -a dneane 6*'sare .&. NEW Featur* ft the 70's: "Anti-wear plug' at heel fot niles THE CORTEZ STORYI the 1972 U S Olympic Coach' the "Cortez was conceived Originally designed in the mid-sixties bY BillBowerman' asthesupremetrainingshoeforthe|ongdislancerunner.Thecortezcombinedathicklong.wearingo!terso|ethe road shock and reduce leg fatigue' simultaneously elevating with a Iutllength sponge mio'sote cusnlorito absoru a new concept in distance training shTj-,lvllL heel to reduce Achilles tendon strain. The Cortez was lit""Il"j] evolved the Cortez intoa line to meet the varying n€€ds ence of the 60's as a base, Bill Bowerman and NIKE have of all runners, The Athletic DePt. 3 THE LONG DISTANCE LOq Iy Southeh California Stridels) to a nearly udreald A PUBLIC,{TION FOR RUNNERS BY RUNNERS per{ect score in the teafr race (6 points). volEe 18, No. 2ll .Iury 1973 Bilr Gookid, Sa! Diego TC, {inished r9th i! Z:3r:52, a Publi6hed molthly sde! the au6pices of the United new u.s. age-40 best by 206 (old hark was by Wart States Tlack & Field Federation, lZ25 N. loth Ave., Renaud). The race was sponsored by tie We6t Yatley TC Tucson, Aiizona 8 5? 02. & San Mateo Recreation Dept. Amual Subscription Rates: $5. 00. Add $3.00 foi lsl Teah: l. Beverly Hills Stiiders 6; 2. West Valley TC-A ( -a6b Va:l o! b5.00 Ior Ai. M";r ir U.5, A, & Cdnada, 24; 3. Big Vailey Harriers, Stockron, Calit. 35.,4. WV- sihgle copies and back is€ue6 - 50f. TC-B, 50; 5. Fresno Pacific College 5l; 6. West Valley S".o,d..a_' pos agc pa:o a lucsor, Ar:zona, J&S 'rA' , 76: 7. Cuher City AC, 79; 8. Staifold RC,87; New 6ub6cliptions and renewals should be sent ilirectly 9. Northern Cali{orhia Seniors ',A" 96; 10. SFoc, 103. to the USTFF, c/o Calr W. Cooper, Executive Director, 1225 N. 10th Ave., Tucson, Arizona 85?02. Plea€e sead .ac ra6ulr. ard a!ri.t.6 for pub' "ar:oh ,o H. B. Ross, Edito!, 306 We6t Center St., Woodbury, N.J. 08096. CLASSIFlED ADVERTISEMENTS - Adve!ti6e youl ev€nt ro increase your entries, or your product to increa€e sa1e6. ($3.00 per in6ertion). Full or 1/Z page advertis- ing rale6 sent upon !eque€t. CLUB SPECL{L| 5 o! more paia o{ Nikc Nylon Boston r?3 to one addless - $r5.00 per pai!. Nike Marathon - $r1.00 per pair. Add $1.00 pe! pai! po€tage. Imhediate delivery, 6-12. Write: Th€ Jog Shop, Jam€s Morris, 1203 E. Warren, Brownfield, Tef,.?9316, ANNOUNCING- Third Amual Sr'itchback Scamper - Suq- day, October 21, 1973 2.Ql P, M. 7.8 miles alons the hi6totic S\ritchback Txail Jrotu Sfrdit Hill to the top of Mo@t Piggah overlooking Jie Thorle, Pa. AAU san- ctioned, Sponsored by Carbon Coutyrs Rec!eatioa Auth- ority. I.formation from Edward Gildea, The Valley Gaz- eiite, 102 lV. Watea St., Lan610rd, Pa. 18232. MEET 1NFORMATION - TI'IRD ANNUAL MASTERS INDMDUAL AND TEAM A.A.U, 10,000 Meters l9?3 Cross Country Running Championship, November 1?th at 2:00 F. M. EST, Lorain Costy Cotuuhity College, r00q\orrti ^bb-Road, yrrr, ot.o. ^cF c.oL 5 40_ra, 50-59, 60-69, ?0 and over- Team lace can includ€ aiy combination oJ age groups, Entry Fee: $3.00 ler indi- , oLa . 5 c.00 pc. rczn 18 n a- pd. r.\: I tn\, Fac- D:.-.ror: ia, l,11rlh-lm, C-., ro!s-.orrr) DOUG SCHMENK WINS NATIONAL AAU MARATHON san V"L-o, .a I., -s" 7- DoLg S, hmen , l asr l A tC, Zz-yea!.-old, lecolded a per6onal be6t and era!ed Don Kardongrs cour€e mark o{ z:18:05 with a stelting 2:15:48, second best by an American this yea! and sev- enth be6t ever by an individual, His hargin of wictory was over 4-minutes, certainly a spectacuLar achieve' heht considering the quality of the lield he had just de- ].]'Is?iu,(]'[rIj!6 leated, Joln Vitate dsplicated his 1972 Iihish by a narrow hargin ol lour seconds over .urpri6e third-placer Don Kennedy! North Calolina TC, who imploved hi6 PR by €ode seveb dlnute s. !!. ku ur N {rrJ rE fri A gloup oI ter lunner6 pa6sed by the lirst checkpoint in a swilt 25:45, but five mile6 later it was only six oa €eveh. By the {ifteen mi1€ mark, the group was cut to ju6t three: scbaenk, Vitale, abd Bernard Alten of Ens- landrs Pover Athletic Club. Shoatly lhereafte!, the Lo6 Angeles math teacher took coomand {oa good. Hi6 pace didbrt laltel a bit as he pressed on lo his imDres6ive maigin of victory, Don KeEedy, rho wa6 never too tar behind the leade!6, but had never ru4 in the lead pack, cloeed the gap on Vitale by 6ome 30s in the 1a6t mile, aad jrst missed €ecood place by fou! 6ecoods. Phil camp (4th) led the Beverty Hit16 Striders (former- 4 (Joh ihe Elder), Les Pawson & Don Heinicke _ all Iamiliar nades lo readers ol the Lohg Di6tance Los. It is a16o usuauy suPposed that Clarence DeMar was our mo€t €uccessfut oLtrnpic marathoner but i{ we in- clude the so-called 'uofficial' o1]mPic6 ol 1906 then Joe Forsha{ outshone DeMar. 1896 - A. Blake DNI l9!q - 6. A. Newtonj ?, J. creean :.999 - r. T. Hicks: 2. A. core,vr 3. N€f ion L9!q - 3, w. Flanrj 12. i. F.rsha(; lvl. Slring DNF .!.2!g - l. J. Hayes:3. Foishalrr:. n. iIalton;9" Louis Tewanidat 14. S. rlatch. T. \1olrissey and M.J. Rya DNF. There ie.e 1c !h!ee rLnne! 1i6its dtil 1932. _1914- 3. G. Stlobino;4. A. Sockaieis; 8. J. Elxreben 10. For6haw; 12, c. D€r'iari :. -..raoima; 17. H. Smith; r8. T, LilLey. J aer:oids and M.J. Ryan are listed aB 'uPlacei 4 !3L- 7. J. Orgaai U. C. Linder, 12 c r'1€1Lo!. A. Roth DNF. !4- 3. c, DeMali 16. F. wendlinei lE F zlhai % 23. w. Chulchill, ?5. MeUo!. R .illiams DNF l93g - 5. J. Rayi 9. A. Michelse.; 2?. De\lari 31. J. Henigan;,1I. H. Flicki 44' W. Agee l93Z - ?. Michelsen; u. H. Oldagi (Henisan' DNF) lil6 - rs. .1.e. Kelley. ELlison 'Tatzan Brovn aid Wtu. McMahon are listed as I'withdr€1'". -llSq - J.A. Kelley, L. Pawsoa, Do. Heini.ke entrants. Olrspics canceued. 1948- 14. Ted Vogeti 21. J,A. Keltey; 2'1. O. Ma@jne! 1952 - i3. V. Dtygall;36. Tom Jone€r 44. Ted corbitt lt3; - 20. Nick coste6; 21. Jobn J. Kellev, Deaa Thack' lrray, DNI 1960 - 19. i, J, KeLley; 30. Alex Breckentidgei 'l8 G- vcKenzie. Mc- .l9g: - 6. Buddy Edelen;11. Billy Nt![sj 23. Pete 1968 - 1'1. Ken Moore; 16. Geo. Yougr 22. Ron Daws' @-- ,, Shortelr 4. K. Moore j 3. Jack Bacheler. In I90,!, the". year the Americans swept the three maiot places, the fralathon times hit thei! all-time lot'^ Hick's rvinaing tide was 3t28t53. I have left all times out ol the above re€me because I co46ide! timeB worth' less a6 method o{ comPaaiag runnets in even sligltlv iliffelent eia6. For example, anyohe who doesnrt ibilk that Emil zatopek i5 at lea6t rhe '{30th be.t 5000 metet !wne! of all time and at least the 10th be6t Czech run- ae! at 5OoO doesn't know too ouch about lllning but st"ictly on a time basis ZatoPek doe6 not rate among the top,l3O in the wo!1d hor among the top 10 in Czech- 0610!"1:a. Do, o". o\e_ ,\ar 'o. zwhil. --Srd ce"d n-- 4-MILE ROAD RUN (SHORT), ACTON, MASS. June 20, l9?3. (course Record: 17:56 bv Fat McMahon' L. Jerry LaFla]rde, Ba., l8:25i 2. loo crundy' una' Moore and Bacheler in the 1972 Games and it is comon_ t8:33r 3. Bruce Lehane, uha., 18:37; .1, Howard sclib- 1v but mistaketlY believed that this was the be6t Amefr- ner, Ea., l8:,13r 5. Teray Gallagher, ua , IE:'18; 6' ca shoving ever in aa OI)dPic marathon- It is a16o Perer Stipe, BAA, 19:oo; 7. Bernie Lancaster, BAA, erroneouslv believed that Ar.ericans have not us@1lv 19:02; 8. Albelto Sarazar, NMC, 1!:09r 9. Joe Caiarano' dore keu in the marathon. The following lesud€ Bhould BAA, 19:2.1; lo. Terry McCoy, cSIr', l9:32j tl. Kirk correct tbat earor- Americans swePt the medaL6 in 190'l Pl?ang1e, Tnfts AA, 19:3r; 12. Chuck Rilev, CSU' 19:47 &il almost did it again iD 1908. r9l2' 1920 and 1932 {ere 13. Johr Babington, NMc, 19:56; 1'r. Chet Fortie!, NMC other very strong year6 And, but lor a couple oI mis- 19:5?r 15. Kenneth Gurski, una., zo:ol; 16 Glean char- fortEes, 1964 could have been a veav strong vear' boneau, LAC, 20:OZ; L?. Thomas Knatr, NMC, 20:07; It.tt is rotaot generallyeeneraly lnovDeo that the g'S had an Ollmpic 18. Steven Sweeney, Ea. , 20:11; 19. Richard soirh, ua. 'had e f ."- is+o ahd rhe olympic s b€ en held our iep! - 20:12 j 20.