TRACKNEWSL£TTER SupplementingTRACK & FIELD NEWS Vol. 13, No. 21 June 15, 1967 Page}~ Ryun Fights 12 Man Field to 1:47 .2 Half kessel (N, Shawnee-Miss ion , Kans HS) 53.0, Heats: I-1. •Pickett 51. 8; 2. Carlson 52, O; 3. Hardwick S2, 3; 4. Robinson 52. 3; 5. by Jack Shepard Utecht (SMU) S2 . 8. II-1. Bomkessel 52. G; 2, !lager 52. G; 3. Ad- Albuquerque, N.M., June 9-10--Jim Ryun didn't even break kins S2. 7. · the meet record (he's excused since it's -his 1:44. 9 world best). l:ut HJ (b). Carnthcrs (Ariz) 7'}"; 2. Kastens (llighline JC) 6'8.l"; his high-altituc.le 1:47 . 2 half-mile was the most exciting happening at 3. Gaines (Kans) G'S,}". PV (b). Burnette (Ia) 15'6" , LJ (a).(no win the National Federation championships. Ryun, \\110 had spent the Arel (Kan s) 25'2~"; 2. Chilton (Knox TC) 25'2¼"; 3. C. Robinson last week training at 7500-foot Alamosa, Colo. , came down to mile­ (NMTC) 2·l'8''. TJ ,(!J). Baxter (NM) 52'4"w (50'8". 52'1~", 52'4"w high Albuquerque to record the best tiri1e in the world this year. He 50'9"w, 50'7'', 51'8"); 2, C, Robinson 52'1"w/5.1'8~" legal; 3. II. added a 4:0!l. 3triumph in the mile, the event he likely will concen­ Jackson (Wn Ky / Fr) 50'9,\" Jcgal; ·4 . Ard (Kans) 50'G~" legal; Gaine trate on in the NCAA and AAU meets. 49'8" legal; G. T. Robinson (MN) 48'5" leg-al. 111e 880 was a whiz-bang affair as 10 men ran 1:52. 0 or bet­ SP (a), Harvey (Mich) 58'9}"; 2, Mooney (Tex Tech) 57'21"; 3 ter. Ryun was content to lay well back in the field of 12 with 220 Reslcy (Tex A&M) 56'2;;"; 4, Holli.day (Wich St) 56'0": OT (b), Lii splits of 26. 9 and 26.5. Texas' Ilob O'Bryan Jed through the quarter te r (Okla St) 174'2 ; 2. Staley (Utah St) 173'1"; 3 , Schwartz (Hock· in 52. 6 with Jim striding up through the pack with a 53. 4 clocking. ingValleyTC:) 171'10"; 4 . Roost(UtahSt) 171'1", JT(a), McNabb Around the turn, Jim continued to go between men. avoiding a deve­ (LSU) 26G'3"; 2. Stcnlund (Hock Val TC) 249'1"; 3. Collins (Clem­ loping box, then moved outside and away from the crowd clown the son Fr) 232'6''.. I-IT (a) , B. Narcessian (RI) 200'0", backstretch. His third 220 was only 27. 2, but still the pack faded. .44 0R (b), Rice 40.4 (Brown, Cloud, Belzung, 13ernauer); 2. Ne· Jim sprinted through the final furlong in 26. 6, but seeing the race l'\'lexico TC 40. 9 (Caminiti, Singer, Matison, Plummer); 3, Colorac (.'----rwas won he eased off down the straj.ghtaway. Ray Arrington of Wis­ State 41. 1. MileR (b), Iowa 3:05. 2 (Ferree 47. 5, Frazier 47. 0, , _,-' consin sped to a 1:48. 8 clocking, well under his lifetime best of Mondane 45.1. Reimer 45. 6); 2, Rice 3:05. 7 (C asey 47. 3, Cloud 1:50. 0, and Oklahoma State's Jim Metcalf ran 1:49. 0. Ryun won the 47, 0, Bernauer -15. R, Brown 45, 6); 3. Lamar Tech TC 3:07. 0 (Tho mile easi ly after running cleep in the pack unti I 330 from home. 111as•17,8. ravazza47.1. Clcw is4S .8, llan:ison·16.3); 4. Kansas The intermediate huntlcs saw the first seven finishers re ­ 3:10 . 6 (Oli snn 47. 3); 5. Abilene Christian 3:12, 7; 6. Oklahoma cord lifetime bests in either a heat or the frnal. Alabama's Dave Ad­ 3:13. 6; 7. New 1\lcxico 3:14.5 (Matison 46 , 7), kins moved to tl1ird in the nation with a he:iutiful 50, 5 to nip Hous­ Tca111 scores: 1. New Mexico TC 85 1,/3; 2. Jayhawk TC ton's Tony Pickett (50. 7) in a thrilling stretch run. Even at the fi­ (Kansas) G0; 3. Colorado State 34; ,t, Ric e 32; 5. Iowa 28; 6. Ok · nal barrier, Pickett came off the hurdle bailly and tliat was the ·race. l;1ho111a State 2G 1/3; 7. Utah State 23; 8. Kent State 20; 9. tie, Biggest surprise was seventh-placer Bob Bornkessel. TI1e junior \Vi sconsin and Alab,1ma 18 . from Shawnee-Mission North High School in Kansas ran 53. O. but won his !~at in 52. 6. Adkins had quite a weekend as he also ran a 47. 0 heat in tic •140 and then ran 46. 9 behind l owa·s~atc's Steve Car­ Wow! Matthews 45.4, Boggess 45.6 son (46.'1). Kansas' Dwight Peck was tl1ircl in ·17. 0 after a 4G. 8 heat. The high hurdle final was a swifty as the top three recorded from Bob Tracy personal be s ts. Wisconsin's Mike Butler caught early leader George Sioux Falls, S,D., June 9-10--Vince Matthews, the Arkans;i Byers of Kansas at the finish as th ey and Ric e 's Jimmy Wilkerson all :\i\ ·l&N mile, rel,1y team, Jim !lines and Van Nelson starred at the ran 1:l. 7, Arizona's Dale Fr ecleiick, SMU's Jerry Utecht and ACC's lGth annual NAIA meet. John McGuire all fell, l\1atthews passed up this me e t last uear when Theron Lewis The mile relay was another sizz lin g race. Rice. without the 440 in ,H;. 2, b.1t he showcc.l up at Sioux Falls this time looking fo lead-off star John Moss. improved its all-t im e best to 3:05. 7 with a fast 440 tii"ne after a brief outdoor campaign on slow eastern trac 45. B and 45. 6 legs from Dale Bernau er and Conley. but they could His best of three open 440s was 46, 3, rut he had spun a 44. 9 ancho1 not stave off the closing rush of low a , which won in 3:05 . 2 off final lap .at th e l'ellll Rela ys and was a four th-place finisher in last year' i legs of 45. 1 and 45. 6 by Mike tvlondane and Jon Reimer. The Lamar AAU quart er. After prelirris of 48c and 47, 3 on Friday. he went Tech TC improved its best to 3:07. 0 witl1 frosh Randy Clewis run­ out fast in Saturday's 440 final. Prairie Vi ew A&M frosh Thurman ning a 45. 8 tl1ird leg, Boggess made a strong home stretch bid, but Matthews held him off. (a =I'riday; 1J=,Sat11rd:iy) · The final ti111es were splendid. Matthews finished in 45 ,4 with Bog­ ( 7 lOO(b. 1.3mphaidingwind). I'reem:in(MurraySt) 9.5; 2. gess cro ssing th e line in 45. 6, making them sixth and tied for sever ' - Richburg (Kent St) 9. 6. 220 (a, no wind), Richburg 20. 7; 2. Ol ison on the all-time quarter-mile li ,st. Boggess' time broke Lee Evans' (Kans) 20. 8; 3. Belzung (Rice) 20. 9; 4, Columbus (Colo St) 20; 9; 5. frosh record of 45. 8 set last year. lvlatisnn (NM) 21. O; G. C. llight (LSU) 21.1. Heats (no wind) 1-1. The Arka n sas AM&N mi.le relay team finish ed third, fourth, Brown (Rice) 20. 8; 2, C. (!j;ght 21. 0. Il-1. Richburg 20. 8; 2. Bel­ fifth and sixth in the open 440 . Elbert Stinson' s 45. 9, Harold Fr an· Zl111g 21. O; 3. Columbus 21. 1. : 440 (b). Carson (la St) 46. 4; 2. Ad­ cis' 46. 0 and frosh Henry Smothers' 46. 0 are the fastes t-ev er third kins (Ala) 46. 9; 3. Peck (Kans) 47. 0. Heats (b) 1-1. Carson 46. 8; fourth and fifth-pl ace finishes ever, and added to frosh Walter 2. Bush (Auburn) 47. 0; 3. O'Bryan (Tex) 47. 0 . Il-1. Peck 46. 8; 2. Smitl1's 47 . 0 in sixth place total 3:04. 9. However, when tl1at same Acllcins 47. 0. · foursome r eturned to the track "iess than two hours later, they l1ad 880 (a). Ryun (Kans) 1:47. 2; 2, Anington (Wisc) 1:48. 8; 3 . to run witl1cn1t good competi tion tut sti ll clocked 3:05. 4. 1l1is fine Metcalf (Okla St) 1:49. O; 4. O'Brya11 (Tex) 1:50 , l; 5. DiOrio (NM) time continued tl1eir pattern of one fast race per month. "fhey ran 1:50 . 1. lvlilc(hl .Ryun 4:09 . 3; 2. Wieczorek (la) 4:10. 8. 3Mile (bl. 3:07.5 (April), 3:06.1 (May) and 3:05.4 (June) but could place only G. Scott (N1\1) J.l:~2. O; 2. 11:inison (Colo St) 14:26. 8; 3. Stenburg tl1ird in the Texas So uth ern Relays (3:12. 8), win the Civ it an llelay s (Duke) H::l7.0 ... S. ll:iir (Kent St) lS:18.4. GMile (a), llarri son college division race (3:11.4) and place fifth at the California Re­ 30:29. O; 2. Eller (NM) 30:41. O; 3 . Tarry (Kan St) 30:42. 0. 3000St. lays (3:10. 3). (a) Nii:,,t1tingalc (Kans St) 9:05. O; 2. Loudat (NM) 9:05. O; 3.