SupplementingTRACK & FIELDNEWS twice monthly. ;:,~:";"'":~~~--:-:::-=---------------------~~....;..;.,__ ______ -:-,,-____________ ..;;...._,.;;.._.~, Vol. 10, N6. 23 July 8/ 1964 Page 1'1 -&osto"rttiStretches27'5 1-2" at Olympic Semis O'Hara Beats Burleson; 8 Better 3:4liti.AA~-a Mew York City, July 3 & .4- Seventeen athletes earned tick- by Dick Drake ets to.Tokyo, another five in each event got a final chance to make New Brunswick, N. J .• June 26-27--Tom-O'Haradecidedthat.,. :·tne Olympic team,. and a large number of outstanding performers the AAU 1500 was an important race. So, a week before the race, wi;;..? ~,'~.,!their Olympic hopes shattered in the heated competition and like before previous encounters with Dyrol Burleson, he ea~ed up:m '1;~ t dnuna that :marks a United States Olympic trials. his rraining. And it paid off. · Not only did he run away f~om Burle-:- :t:. · -· ; ·-The occasion was the semi -final trials at Randalls Island, son in the stretch to win by seven-tenths in 3:38 ,1 but he also ma:tefte(t'-: Witry the winner of each event becoming a member of the team pro­ Stan Jungwirth as the third swiftest 1500::-meter man in history. The :v~di;nghe shows he is in shape during the Sept. 12 and 13 final time equalled the fifth fastest ever run. and established a US record·~- . trials. · The next five finishers all qualified for the finals and two After the first 220, O'Hara was never worst than fourth. As p!them will become Olympians . the pack of nine athletes came by the 440 post in. 58 .1 with ,Eiigl.and's , ; . No world records fell although Ralph Boston had two windy John Boulter leading, no more than four yards separated fir_stfrom · jllmps over the international mark. In the outstanding performance last. It was the same way when Cary Weisiger led at the 889'_Illadc _ · r,::of the meet the 1960 Olympic titlist leaped 27'5½" on his last jump. in 1:59.5. Immediately after this point, O'Hara began to move up· ·. On previous efforts he created a superb series of 26 '8½", 26 '8½", and with a little less than 600 yards remaining he surged into the />26'5¼", 27'4" and 26 'lo½",the last two with excess wind. Five lead. Burleson was close at his heals in second,. and it remained < · -others bettered 26 feet with and without too much breeze. this way for a full lap. When they entered the home stretch O'Hara Marks generally were good although the heat and humidity steadily drew away from Burleson and gained his first victory in lru-rtthe five kilometer runners, the javelinists complained of the seven tries over Burleson. tun\Vay, and the 1500 was a fast finishing tactical affair. Five Americans surpassed C_ary Weisiger's US national re-- , ,;. Two major and one minor upset were recorded by winners, cord of 3:39.3. After O'Har9- and Burleson came.fast-f~~~h1gJ~m .but there were surprises all down the line, including the conclusive Grelle (3:38.9), high schooler Jim Rywi (3:39.0), and John Ca.mien Jlefeat of athletes expected to at least make the final trials. (3:39 .1). Altogether it was the fastest mass 15.!)0-rneter race in hi.st · Jim Stevenson, the inelgible transfer at Penn State, pulled tory, surpassing even the 1960 Olympic Garnes. The third, f9urtJ1, · ~j1.shocker when he won the javelin with a mediocre 242'8". He had fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth place finishers ran the fastest place, ';\):iot qualified for the meet but appealed to the Olympic track and field times ever recorded, After Camien were Boulter (3:40.4, who es.a.: ('committee and was admitted. Jay Luck, always a good hurdler at tablished a British national record), Ben Tucker (3:40.8-)., andCary ~ Yale but without signs of greatness, ran away from a top class inter­ Weisiger (3:40. 9). Peter Keeling of England was ·ninth in 3:44 .•3. · ~,~,$ediat~ field to triumph in 49.4, only two tenths off the world mark. The 1500 was the highlight of the meet but almost every _,-.,Andinthe 100, Trenton Jackson continued his late season rush by was won with a good mark and many produced upsets. Only three ; , wimimg in 10~ 1 as Charles Greene went lame while leading. running events were won in comparatively slow times: the 190 and , ... Those making the Olympic team were: 100, Jackson; 200, high hurdles because of the new, unconditioned track and the 10~000 ••, Heney--{;Jarr 20-. 7; 400, Ollan Cassell 45.9; 80(1, Jerry Siebert 1:47. because of the hot, htunid weatber. · ~}1500, DyrolBurleson 3:45.4; 3000 steeplechase, Jeff Fishback, Inthe field event.s,. one of the best marks,and b~sur•. - 8:40..'.4; 5--000, Bob Schul 14: 10. 8; HH, Hayes Jones 13 .4; IH, Luck; prises was turned ,in by Randy Matsen. He pushed the 16-:-poundshot 0. HJ, John Thomas 7'1"; PV, John Pennel 16'6"; BJ, Boston; TJ, Ira 64'11" for a life-time best and his first victory over Dal~,Long, ..-- · :~1-t)a:vµ;52'10i";·SP, Dallas Long 64'9¼"; DT, AlOerter, 20i'll"; who could manage only 63'd". Parry O'Brien and Jol:m McGrath both.· ];-IT, Hal Connolly 225'4"; JT, Stevenson. hit 61 'll½", but O'Brien had the superior second mark and was a~=-~, · · Missing from the Los Angeles trials will be such stars as ed third place. ": \j Betnie Rivers (200), Dave Archibald, Adolph Plummer, Jim Dupree, Fred Hansen won the pole vault with his third 17_..,foot jurnp:ili ;'ti Cary Weisiger~ Ben Tucker, Robin Lingle, Pat Traynor, Jim Beatty, four wedeksd. Thhe seven hour an_d 5_3minu~kse masrathonh competition aj.;.. ._,_t__,_:_;_~.i,. Willie May, Gerry Cerulla, Willie Atterberry, Paul Stuber, Gene so pro uce t e greatest non-wllllllng mar • _ ix at letes reached·· - Johnson, Don Meyers, John Uelses, Godfrey Moore, Sid Nickolas, 16'4½'' and eight did 16'0". Dave Tork, who had never exceeded :~:_#_:_!_~ L -J-.tormTate, Gayle Hopkins (TJ), Dave Maggard, Dick Crane, Bill 16'2¼" (which he did indoors), and had done very little since bis t>aj;1f1.. '1:, " ~Neville, JohnMcGrath (DT), Les Tipton, Glenn Winningham, Phil American G_ames win in 1963, pushed over 16'8" fo:r_sec~nd place. '··?c:,~f > Conl~y. Bob Hayes will be there on special dispensation of the Floyd Manning, who had done 16-feet only once previously, grabb~d ,,.,,,;__,~ t; ~committee and a few other "exceptional cases" may make it. third at 16'4½" to beat Ron Morris, John Pennel, and Gerald Pratt :: · '. ,k.:i;; " · 100- -Hayes, who pulled in the AAU, was advised to sit this (who had been injured most of the year). John Rose and Mel HeiJl ~Isd ))::~ ;~;-~ne out and it was· Greene who_had a commanding lead with 15 yards cleared 16'0". _.-~~ (:: to~_go. But. he pulled a harnstrmg and hopped home in third as Jack­ EddCaruthers missed on!y.~nce (at 7'0") in the high jutnf) as· -_:;,:_~_:_~ ~t·son .equalled the American record with a windy 10. 1. h e r~c he a life-time_ best of 7 1. and beat John Rambo and John, . .- ,:_ · 200--Carr's 20. 7 win was built on a quick burst of speed Thomas, who also cleared 7'1". It was the first time three men· S'· 11.ndwas no surprise but there was a bit of surprise in second. had made 7'1" or higher in one meet. Seven-footers Richard Ross ~ Dick Stebbins returned to his mid-season form to defeat Paul Dray­ and Gene Johnson failed to place. t;,:~m as. highly regarded Berµie Rivers ran last. George Young and Jeff Fishback ran about a yard a part for ,~ • : _ 400- -Ollan Cassell, who won a disputed AAU 200 title way most of the steeplechase before Fishback passed and gained three 1 ,~:hack in 1957 and has been off and on the stardom route since, con­ yards on Young over the last water barrier. Fishback, only a 4:13. :;-,.µnued to have a fine season as he turned back Ulis Williams by a miler and not known for his fast finishes, blazed over the last hur­ ' ,.tenth_. _The surprise was third placer Theron Lewis of Southern. dle and swept down the home stretch to win in a life-time best of 8:43 .6. Young faltered and finished second in 8:49 .4. ~-:-'·.:;.J:f "'"><_ ·. _ 800- -Jerry Siebert thought he was beaten with 100 yards to Pre...;S-eE\_~oo· .H"gpbut he continued to drive and won a closey from Morgan Groth favorites Keith Forman and Pat Traynor both- fared poody. Forman ts,ndBarry Sugden- .. The first six were within a half second as sur­ finished 11th and last and Traynor dropped out. ~c:t.-p:dser Fi-~n Smith took the last qualifying spot in 1: 4 7. 7. Mike Larrabee finally accomplished what he had been.tryi~ · ··: - 1500- - Robin Lingle and Ben Tucker were eliminated in to for ten years: win the national AAU 400-meter title. He went but 1t&e:tical heats and the final also was slow paced. When the real fast and was never behind although Britain's Robbie Brightw.ell did .. :'tung ~tarted on the final circuit it was Jim Ryun who pushed it close well to finish in the same time as Larrabee (46 .O).