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1978 NCAA Nationals Madison WI
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Thanks for sending this information out. I too was at the 1978 nationals in Madison, driving with the Indiana
team which did quite well: Jim Spivey (15th), Randy Stoneman (37th), John Gustafson (44th), etc. It was truly
cold and I remember it being almost balmy once we returned to Bloomington when the thermometer crested
at 38. In looking at the results, I saw lots of people I knew at the time. It was an outstanding race even though
Henry Rono was defeated by the weather. That race was on a golf course whereas the race tomorrow will be
on their dedicated cross country course which winds back and forth with many switchbacks on the side of a hill
much like a road or a railroad track would go up a steep mountain. It is an outstanding spectator course and
a cross country course fair to both "flatland tourists" as well as "hill jacks."
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Great writeup and links!
In the 1978 Madison results I noted Mike Beacraft, Ohio Northern U, d3 or college div guy,
placing bit over 100th.
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This time in '78 I was finishing up my first season coaching football at Willamette U their great
track coach Chuck Boles was doing everything he could to get me on faculty ( run a small human
performance lab and teach ex phys classes) in that era as you know coaches also taught
Don't know if you've been to the new Hayward field yet, but one does even breathe Salazar's
name there. no history of him with all the Oregon track legends
I remember the Jonestown deal forgot it was this time in the fall
Good afternoon George,
I hope you have a wonderful day and that you keep my good friend and NCAA Official Gary Wilson out of trouble.
Dick Daymont (former Cortland State teammate)
From Jeff Milliman, North Central College, now owns running store in Columbia, SC. Mentions brother Dave who encouraged me to move to Gainesville.
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From: Jeff Milliman
Subject: Re: Cross Country Nationals in Madison Tomorrow, What It Was Like There in 1978
Very, very cold that day…Dave and I sat down with Jimmy Carnes that morning for breakfast before the race and worked out the details for Dave buying the Athletic Attic in Galveston…Henry Rono and Samson Kimobwa were at the table next to us….We had run D3 Nationals in Iowa on Saturday….I was coming back from a back injury that season from a bad accident….so I was really sore in that cold weather….Danny Henderson’s performance that day was amazing considering he had also run D3 on Saturday…..D2 was the week before…so they had a bit more recovery time…Thanks for the memory…very cool
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