tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80163289854382059992024-03-17T07:22:34.039-07:00Once Upon a Time in the VestBeginning our 14th year and 1,200+ postings. A blog for athletes and fans of 20th century Track and Field culled from articles in sports journals of the day, original articles, book reviews, and commentaries from readers who lived and ran and coached in that era. We're equivalent to an Amer. Legion post of Track and Field but without cheap beer. You may contact us directly at irathermediate@gmail.com or write a comment below. George Brose, Courtenay, BC ed.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1206125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016328985438205999.post-19571278093576296622024-03-16T23:00:00.005-07:002024-03-17T07:22:00.486-07:00V 14 N. 19 Query on Dave and Don Styron<p> Asking any of you who read this blog if you know if Dave and Don Styron who ran at NE Louisiana and Southern Illinois in the early 1960's are still alive. Their 84th birthday is coming up this coming Monday. And a Happy St. Paddy's to all our readers of Irish descent. And to the pretenders as well.</p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhLR9q7pzrWijMB8zOWGytzQcxUe-e-P36sw6RQCDuDNiy3wMCEovZckSkjQqSva4NQT2gDj4wZ07rl0PeRTcEpVgwBj9M0TTtZfdHUKi3KPtphm462t5kymLwcFpr2zwH1IJX3D-UrRGAYlZ_rfoNBnipWQFpdGHkMq8IHQH-D5JferxW7YAq6l5bVDPs" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="349" data-original-width="243" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhLR9q7pzrWijMB8zOWGytzQcxUe-e-P36sw6RQCDuDNiy3wMCEovZckSkjQqSva4NQT2gDj4wZ07rl0PeRTcEpVgwBj9M0TTtZfdHUKi3KPtphm462t5kymLwcFpr2zwH1IJX3D-UrRGAYlZ_rfoNBnipWQFpdGHkMq8IHQH-D5JferxW7YAq6l5bVDPs=w445-h640" width="445" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgo9XUPu57-spsYBvBSApK-RU5Vrr3Ma7ZREy6dMJ_ZSxPDU8TV9gno2HIafOl1qHjjPkiW7MoPlG2mvFFwnrysZ5Gp4stk24TjPqFbx0W-tDvxpzxAWA1fVZyTB-NjW63xf1Or7s0FaxcLUDcfnyFxnN8HGSVhPc336XSQvpmb5Xjj8ubrTWDhwNFU1Bg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4953" data-original-width="819" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgo9XUPu57-spsYBvBSApK-RU5Vrr3Ma7ZREy6dMJ_ZSxPDU8TV9gno2HIafOl1qHjjPkiW7MoPlG2mvFFwnrysZ5Gp4stk24TjPqFbx0W-tDvxpzxAWA1fVZyTB-NjW63xf1Or7s0FaxcLUDcfnyFxnN8HGSVhPc336XSQvpmb5Xjj8ubrTWDhwNFU1Bg=s16000" /></a></div><br /><br /></div> from Albequerque Journal June 18, 1961<br /><br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016328985438205999.post-64948891036059684002024-02-29T09:32:00.005-08:002024-03-03T14:38:46.827-08:00V 14 N. 18 "Enhanced Games" ? What Next ?<p> </p><p>February 29, 2024</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/feb/29/world-athletics-sebastian-coe-moronic-enhanced-games"><span style="font-size: medium;">Coe Suggests Long Ban on Enhanced Games Participation</span></a> link The Guardian by Sean Ingle</p><p><br /></p><p>If you want to read the latest coming from the mouth of Seb Coe, click on the above article from today's The Guardian.</p><p>It's hardly worth the effort, not because of Sean's writing, but because of Seb Coe's statements. It really sounds like someone pushed in a corner and suggesting they are going to tell their Mama if their tormenter doesn't stop. World Athletics seems to be threatening a long ban if someone participates in a competition where you can be as doped as you want. Isn't that already what W.A. has been doing for years to athletes caught doping in clean competitions? If they got caught doping, they got banned for three or four years which is basically career ending for most athletes. Oh, and they had to return their medals. They had to actually go out and find a job then or sleep in their parents' garage. Yes, a few have come back after 'rehab', but they are few and hardly worth mentioning. There will always be doubt when we see their name in lights.</p><p><br /></p><p>And what if an athlete who is clean wants to compete in the Enhanced Games and show those juice heads they can still compete with them? Would Coe want to ban a clean athlete who goes that route? If so, would that even be legal? Something about ..."unfair restraint of trade?" I'll ask my lawyer about that. There obviously is going to be some money to be made, so why make life difficult for an honest, hard working athlete who needs to send his or her kids to school or get them to the orthodontist? Even Noah Lyles needs to maintain his wardrobe. </p><p>The Enhanced Games will not be limited to track and field but may also include ballroom dancing, gold fish swallowing, Nathan's Hot Dog eating, oh and most likely the Donald Trump hair growing relay. Wait, do I smell a conspiracy to raise funds for the former president.? Okay, to remain politically neutral we'll also suggest the Joe Biden vs. Mitch McConnell shuffle relay. Possibly the draw to this sort of competition really would be to see if some super drugged whack job tries to squat 3,000 pounds and his brain explodes or his guts shoot out of his nether regions. </p><p>This kind of stuff comes out when you are given an extra day every four years to do as you wish.</p><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">George,</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">We could avoid all that crazy stuff like </span><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">The Enhanced Games.</span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">A simple solution: Substitute March 0 for Leap Day.</span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Gary Andrus</span></div></div><p><br /></p><p>I like that idea. It gives me an extra day to ignore paying my taxes. George</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016328985438205999.post-88133856768213224602024-02-26T08:05:00.008-08:002024-03-03T09:02:13.040-08:00V 14 N. 17 Now They Wanna Remove the Take Off Board, Daddy ? World Champ Calls Idea 'Dog Shit'<p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/feb/26/world-athletics-long-jump-plans-not-solve-problem-here-is-a-better-idea"><span style="font-size: large;">Long Jump May Become Like Wimbeldon</span></a> <span style="font-size: large;">(Or Worse) </span> Link</p><p><br /></p><p>The above article by Sean Ingle appeared today in The Guardian. If you can bear to read it, Sean is relating that World Athletics and Lord Coe in a move to attract viewership is proposing that long jumpers can jump from virtually anywhere and the jump will be measured from where they leave the earth to where they land back on it assuming they land in the pit. And unlike the latest moon lander, it won't matter if they fall one way or the other. This will attract more viewers? Sean thinks not, and I concur. <b>But Sean offers an option. </b> Turn the event into a knockout, such as playing in a tennis tournament and each jumper is paired with another after a normal qualifying round to select the final eight or maybe sixteen jumpers. That would mean a sort of jump off with the eighth best jumping against the best and the winner moving forward against the other pairings. So theoretically a person could set a WR in an early round and not even medal. I dunno. This might well increase the betting revenues which seem to be making headway in all TV sport. Maybe we could also modify the flight area with hot coals or fill it with water and crocodiles and turn it into one of those game shows that seem to attract a lot of idiots. Anyway, it all seems to be too much of a radical move for my old bones. And how are we to compare Bob Beamon with today's heroes?</p><p>But wait, there may be an option with the technology available at most of our fingertips. Think about going to a live track meet when you are sitting in the stands watching four or five field events scattered around the stadium and racing going on the track. How much do you catch live? Unless your grandkids are performing in an event or there is a potential record throw or jump about to take place and a great announcer brings it to your attention, you are going to miss a lot of action. With all the technology available at our fingertips, a broadcast could give the viewer the option to focus on the event of their choice. Some techie could put one of those little thingees at the bottom of your screen that you could click on or just touch and it would go to the long jump only or the hammer throw only. A small team of 'experts' would be assigned to cover each event separately and you could just dial in live and see what is going on in detail. I don't know where we might assign some of the current announcers, possibly handing out towels in the washroom? You might have a split screen option where you would also see a running event simultaneously. Track is a three ring circus, so you are going to miss somethings live. Playbacks can put you into the whole picture. And to avoid those Euro 990 tickets to the Olympics, the Paris heat, and French snobbery if you don't pronounce things properly, you can get the best seat in the house without leaving home. Door Dash can bring you a nice Beaujolais and croissants and cafe creme to your door. See you this summer, one way or the other. George</p><p>This comment came from the editors of the blog: <b>Track is Not Dead, It's Only Sleeping</b> </p><div> It seems that the attempts by higher ups in the sport of track and field (Athletics to the uninitiated) are hoping to increase interest by simplifying the long jump. They think by removing the take off board the jumpers would not be charged with an unmeasured jump if they went beyond the board on the take off, because there would not be a board. Absolutely freaking brilliant. Thank God for British public schools. Wouldn't this modification of the rules get you to turn on your set to watch what you have been missing for the last twenty years? American Idol and The Voice are already considering lodging protests at the Supreme Court. Sir Billy Bob Hume-Churchill (S.P.C. E.X.T. M.P.A. albeit)</div><div><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /></div><p>And from Jay Birmingham:</p><p>Removing the take off board in LJ and TJ means zero fouls. All the throws would follow: a computer would declare starting and end point. Then crossbar eliminated in HJ and PV. Hurdlers would soon just pretend to hurdle objects and the computer would judge. </p><div><br /></div><div>Read the lyrics to Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots. </div><div>“Those evil-natured robots;</div><div>They’re programmed to destroy us.”</div><div><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /></div><p><br /></p><p>from Mike Waters, Corvallis, OR: <span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;">I could see this happening I worked the horizontal jumps at the 16 trials The lazor overruled the person that was watching the takeoff board. But as we well know this technical stuff costs money. 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By jumping from wherever you want one would determine the best jump, but by watching those jumps from the stands, one would think the jumper landing farthest into the pit would be the winner, but not necessarily so. 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The cover with Bob Mathias got to me right away. Inside a spread about his return home to Tulare, CA to compete in US National decathlon the year after his 1948 Olympic decathlon victory in London as a 17 year old high school phenom. Two Life photographers Bill Wasson and Michael Rougier were there to cover the event. No credit given to the writer. 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What about the senior prom? What about the $40,000 spent on the parade? Her sights seem to be set. (ed.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicDoGRZeQnd7-1dEw49_hWJvvhw2jmgn1Gf_X4uOzQbLOlKelNPaojCXdjcUvDaxQfFElsCPVN_HDMdWlp-EZ1Y-CrMgPKKkh5llEvC5InAFtEzip5nRwBQAONWuCwqLmbNiH_S6mg3WdRk5V8mwlNWR3mZXFPoWQLxs-fkFqOcQ6vvmD4N2vdz9lfi28/s4160/Mathias%20PV.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="1872" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicDoGRZeQnd7-1dEw49_hWJvvhw2jmgn1Gf_X4uOzQbLOlKelNPaojCXdjcUvDaxQfFElsCPVN_HDMdWlp-EZ1Y-CrMgPKKkh5llEvC5InAFtEzip5nRwBQAONWuCwqLmbNiH_S6mg3WdRk5V8mwlNWR3mZXFPoWQLxs-fkFqOcQ6vvmD4N2vdz9lfi28/w288-h640/Mathias%20PV.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pole Vault added 696 points to Mathias' score as he cleared a height of 11 feet 6 inches- amazingly good for a 195 pounder. His all-round excellence in the field events clinched his victory. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifPjrEqDbnQOee0U8pjTL2Y8xvWWjOPsH-wmWS00gl3YcMXmNCp7DmwrI6-bA_W6ow3XY9ksOJc0Mx3PK0b5QTJ-Q7txL1XuUILdq5KwaKvibNUDLvKtAQhZf0NR7MSkApWtBoYo657G6KRH09RWl9pRSzMqQRiH30jIVKEuB4kwLfIO-QoUp9-ugx_Yg/s1872/IMG_20240222_174046987.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="812" data-original-width="1872" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifPjrEqDbnQOee0U8pjTL2Y8xvWWjOPsH-wmWS00gl3YcMXmNCp7DmwrI6-bA_W6ow3XY9ksOJc0Mx3PK0b5QTJ-Q7txL1XuUILdq5KwaKvibNUDLvKtAQhZf0NR7MSkApWtBoYo657G6KRH09RWl9pRSzMqQRiH30jIVKEuB4kwLfIO-QoUp9-ugx_Yg/w400-h174/IMG_20240222_174046987.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguGWZL7g0fvAjEVQRRJfAsTegESCxXJwmH3fcKiUEoDFpr7bMYKXRMJThdr8syLYsZx5hUMm0cb0iHImt8BeH4GpKTRXFruQbhR7qdfWf33kRfomwimvFCwoMyzwGiu8IdGY2X8cGAJaoVFuZfXnVWjuSql3B3KaW-1TpO9SSFz4XLpSmIIvN1Kx42sS8/s4160/Mathias%20LJ.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">Between events Mathias grins at closest rival Moon Mondschein, three times U.S. Champion. Said the 25-year-old Mondschein, "When this kid matures, I retire." </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTEwx1Vi_aXE3Ow-W-r46T6Df0-zITygnjcWg8jU-otcvpWxsISWHvP_3p302T0qnPJE3YKKzpY6zViGemDS_RhoLqlDas_D7MIeYMZXxfChpuGHu0-L4kVic6m7AjNbb0J4AbcUQTLHwMJjgHN8IOdR1YYUnubUsEv4RM3D_KDTmu0EezT8Uj445_s68/s4160/Gov%20Earl%20Warren%20in%20stands.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1872" data-original-width="4160" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTEwx1Vi_aXE3Ow-W-r46T6Df0-zITygnjcWg8jU-otcvpWxsISWHvP_3p302T0qnPJE3YKKzpY6zViGemDS_RhoLqlDas_D7MIeYMZXxfChpuGHu0-L4kVic6m7AjNbb0J4AbcUQTLHwMJjgHN8IOdR1YYUnubUsEv4RM3D_KDTmu0EezT8Uj445_s68/s320/Gov%20Earl%20Warren%20in%20stands.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bob's mom and then gov of California Earl Warren study the form.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I bet he knows all of mom's favorite recipes now. (ed.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidG1Fc56uh8hK4RQs4tgvM2kVeBRZsXACxEHaNpI_-rjeGSF_wpDJ-f31tbP5lwxjnGcNmP6M8awnlo88tGCggNz9k9eGgvCpDEXKJ8pZOdDc7yyfyv2cxkC1CVN8BwpcxGpBqN1_EFng6twRRm_PeqlI43cp2MnGXqTzT3_9rtIk8CnPdsdqCWh9IXNk/s3084/Earl%20Warren%20shakes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1793" data-original-width="3084" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidG1Fc56uh8hK4RQs4tgvM2kVeBRZsXACxEHaNpI_-rjeGSF_wpDJ-f31tbP5lwxjnGcNmP6M8awnlo88tGCggNz9k9eGgvCpDEXKJ8pZOdDc7yyfyv2cxkC1CVN8BwpcxGpBqN1_EFng6twRRm_PeqlI43cp2MnGXqTzT3_9rtIk8CnPdsdqCWh9IXNk/s320/Earl%20Warren%20shakes.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Congrats from the Gov. later to be Chief Justice of Supreme Court (ed.)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl-lk1S0vehQned8_mbQAdPPF3gDPHa3NeDH793SR4KnWWlqtgWlaH9bdLCGQ10JYDTLNlgOirbziQKeLVKPfKwV7vnG67wXIrriwSrdmwwYrboMSsiyEhtqa29BqlOkVsUXaVe1_rUU2cDt_td46u1XjWb0LXadvLWjg3NcNS61iNd8kUzTf8aZ2kc7k/s4160/Mom%20after%20meet.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1872" data-original-width="4160" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl-lk1S0vehQned8_mbQAdPPF3gDPHa3NeDH793SR4KnWWlqtgWlaH9bdLCGQ10JYDTLNlgOirbziQKeLVKPfKwV7vnG67wXIrriwSrdmwwYrboMSsiyEhtqa29BqlOkVsUXaVe1_rUU2cDt_td46u1XjWb0LXadvLWjg3NcNS61iNd8kUzTf8aZ2kc7k/s320/Mom%20after%20meet.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> Momma has some words of advice about that 1500 meters. Out fast, don't look back, I've got blueberry pie in the oven. (ed.)<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTGNesGO5KzPoqVASzmDE40ouGH6PwRwlTkZfKxCJWV2UQDIFGcK8ZV3KcFfvfiHgcNND2tTHSvk1IYoXoTDq0NYIVHtxMUu6KA0ANByRlvYO6wxKsw-vURxXnEsInVaWgq1jbQRVaRH1UFNoqQGz01n8ndo5SGSmcuvAhGc7rsUcI2EQrJ0ZkahSxwzU/s4160/Mathias%20photos%208.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="1872" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTGNesGO5KzPoqVASzmDE40ouGH6PwRwlTkZfKxCJWV2UQDIFGcK8ZV3KcFfvfiHgcNND2tTHSvk1IYoXoTDq0NYIVHtxMUu6KA0ANByRlvYO6wxKsw-vURxXnEsInVaWgq1jbQRVaRH1UFNoqQGz01n8ndo5SGSmcuvAhGc7rsUcI2EQrJ0ZkahSxwzU/w288-h640/Mathias%20photos%208.jpg" width="288" /></a></div> Bob's brother (left) helps him walk it off and talks over their<p></p><p> options for the rest of the evening in downtown Tulare. (ed.)</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Very complete T&F coverage of Bob Mathias before the days when 20-30 "sports" clamored for attention each week and pro sports dominated the cable wires. It was also a time when the decathlon winner was considered the greatest all-around athlete. I believe Bob Mathias later became a US Representative for California. A life well lived! Bill Schnier</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016328985438205999.post-74039543744227306332024-02-15T19:43:00.003-08:002024-02-15T20:05:46.671-08:00V14 N. 15 Not Another One, First Kelvin Kiptum and Now Henry Rono R.I.P.<p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJQgskBDxWylgjjyxSyZJdXvUlcLOiG7OFn2vqBT_BbIJ16TRZ-UEdY2Y8H7NhIhnM5kYsJuJUo2hT7QohWcC_TuyKSBWat4GDLDVDAw8xSwOJ5Af8zkxjOpV8TV30S496ufnIuk8VcqWscU7zYmqSMYtoabPISVKyW3b3n5zCd7mqqkvJDH4zLRrmaE4" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1360" data-original-width="946" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJQgskBDxWylgjjyxSyZJdXvUlcLOiG7OFn2vqBT_BbIJ16TRZ-UEdY2Y8H7NhIhnM5kYsJuJUo2hT7QohWcC_TuyKSBWat4GDLDVDAw8xSwOJ5Af8zkxjOpV8TV30S496ufnIuk8VcqWscU7zYmqSMYtoabPISVKyW3b3n5zCd7mqqkvJDH4zLRrmaE4=w445-h640" width="445" /></a></div><br /> February 12, 1952 - February 15, 2024<p></p><p><br /></p><p> Henry Rono was one of the most devastating runners ever to lace them up, and now he is gone at age 72, the same week as the young Kelvin Kiptum, age 24 the world record holder in the marathon. Rono came on the scene shortly after Kipchoge Keino stepped off the world stage. Had he been a bit younger or a bit older he might have been better known, because in his best years Kenya boycotted the Olympics in 1976 and 1980 to protest New Zealand's sending a rugby team to South Africa. He ran faster hung over than most men ran sober or juiced with PED's. Or so legend has it. He didn't deny this in his autobiography. His mom ran a shabeen or illegal alcohol speakeasy in Kenya, so he grew up in that milieu. </p><p>Eventually Henry found his way to the US and got hooked up in John Chapin's program at Washington State where he won numerous NCAA championships and also happened to break four world records in 81 days in 1978. 10,000 meters (27:22), 5000 meters (13:08), 3000 meters steeplechase (8:05.4), and 3000 meters (7:32.1. Those records have long since been broken. But no one has ever shown such versatility in such a short period of time. </p><p>The current records are 10,000 (26.11) Joshua Cheptegai, 5000 (12:35) Cheptegai, 3000 Steeplechase (7:52.11) Lamecha Girma, 3000 (7:20.67) Daniel Komen</p><p>Yes, today's times are significantly faster, but it's been 44 years since Henry Rono set those times. I think Rono belongs in a small group of all time great Kenyan runners along with David Rudisha, Eliud Kipchoge, Daniel Komen, Kip Keino, and arguably fifty others.</p><p>I was fortunate to see him run one time, but he had a terrible day at the NCAA national cross country meet in 1978 in Madison, Wisconsin. It was horrible weather and he apparently took a wrong turn in the race and never made even into the top hundred runners. Possibly finished 237th. I did get a picture of him in that race and he autographed it when I met him in Cincinnati in the 1990's. He laughed about how bad he was that day. Bob Roncker held a book signing for Henry at his running store. Only two people showed up. He was already a forgotten man. He once got accused of participating in a bank robbery in the Eastern US and spent some time in jail, but he was fortunately acquitted. The last I heard of him he was coaching First Nations runners in a community college somewhere in the Southwest US. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwyDQXjpvcIZkJCPWFm6A3inilHWqNE6m5S5F3FOYmCrMlWpcg4tyEdMbr27miUx4SWWuDdbpQaLs7qgz89ADsuCph0N-90X8UlYSiHPUa8QgqryQGLQ154RuerIh9jeUDXU3rmQ8AI4mewBacA7U6KrWyxbbcZDANw5xDybq0MC4RzPJ6HM-2UEPHjNA/s4160/Rono%20Madison.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1872" data-original-width="4160" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwyDQXjpvcIZkJCPWFm6A3inilHWqNE6m5S5F3FOYmCrMlWpcg4tyEdMbr27miUx4SWWuDdbpQaLs7qgz89ADsuCph0N-90X8UlYSiHPUa8QgqryQGLQ154RuerIh9jeUDXU3rmQ8AI4mewBacA7U6KrWyxbbcZDANw5xDybq0MC4RzPJ6HM-2UEPHjNA/w400-h206/Rono%20Madison.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>The following is a description of Henry's book on the Amazon page.</p><p><br /></p><p><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px;">In a span of 81 days in 1978, Henry Rono broke four world records, committing the most ferocious assault on the track-and-field record books by a middle-distance runner in the history of the sport. This is what Henry Rono is known for. However, it is not who Henry Rono is. Henry Rono was born a poor Nandi in Kenya's Rift Valley. After an accident when he was two, doctors believed he would never again walk. This would be the first of countless obstacles Rono would have to overcome in order to pursue his two life goals: to first become the greatest runner in the world and then to become the best teacher he could be. Rono's first goal was accomplished in 1978, when he was considered not only the greatest track-and-field athlete in the world, but also by many to be the world's greatest athlete period. His second and greater goal, to become a teacher, was more difficult in coming. Once Rono became a star, coaches, agents, meet directors, and corrupt Kenyan athletic officials (whose boycotts of the 1976 and 1980 Olympics turned Rono's dreams of Olympic gold into Olympic smoke rings), wanted him to serve as their personal moneymaker, and so they did everything they could to discourage Rono's pursuit of an education and dream of teaching. The corruption and discouragement Rono encountered, as well as his alienation and exile from his homeland and family, pushed him to 20 years of alcoholism and even occasional homelessness. This is the life story of Henry Rono, whose descent from triumph to abyss, and whose subsequent ascent from abyss to triumph, are perhaps steeper than those of any track-and field athlete in history.</span></p><p><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></p><p><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgtO6zgA1UtslLXTWYdoXv0CruB2Tgc5yK_aCx557W0Rx7gmz14KbpGDqSmJsjxobdkIBrN3074pI_3XUxMxg2zLyjx6Q7y7J-YuRWTVusHqtb8K-WExh4nfi6tDmBR8nXPd_MaecAhev-dmbkgr3lKQpJD9lOrv4bwB3rjrsjBmkv7NXy8I7CKPFgPe6s" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="318" data-original-width="318" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgtO6zgA1UtslLXTWYdoXv0CruB2Tgc5yK_aCx557W0Rx7gmz14KbpGDqSmJsjxobdkIBrN3074pI_3XUxMxg2zLyjx6Q7y7J-YuRWTVusHqtb8K-WExh4nfi6tDmBR8nXPd_MaecAhev-dmbkgr3lKQpJD9lOrv4bwB3rjrsjBmkv7NXy8I7CKPFgPe6s" width="240" /></a></span></div><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px;"> Photo from <i>New York Times<br /></i><br /></span><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016328985438205999.post-14028688595107607822024-02-15T12:48:00.001-08:002024-02-15T20:09:29.531-08:00V 14 N. 14 And You Thought You'd Heard the Last of Horatio Fitch?<p> As if yesterday's piece by Mike Tymn were not enough to spoil you, we just received another story relating to Horatio Fitch. It is awe inspiring how these stories can stir the nether regions of one's brain to draw out things long forgotten from the past. This one comes to us from Russ Ebbetts.</p><p><br /></p><p> <b><span style="font-size: large;"> Into My Office…</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;"> by Russ Ebbets</span></b></p><p><br /></p><p>A long jumper, a javelin thrower and a coach walk into my office…there should be a joke there, but all I’ve got is my own little version of Ripley’s Believe it or Not!</p><p>The door to my office at Union was a funnel for a parade of alumni, prospects and suspects that all came with a story to tell in exchange for a moment of my time.</p><p>The “Marathoner from Miami” was a kid who wanted to come to college to run the marathon. He already had two under his belt with a PR of 3:06. Frank Shorter was his idol and he made it clear he was going to run the marathon. I told him the marathon wasn’t a college event and that there was strong evidence that running a marathon before physical maturity could hinder athletic development.</p><p>“But,” his mother added, “my son is a marathoner.” It sounded more like a learning disability than a mark of distinction. I was getting nowhere with this pair. I thanked them for making the visit, they left and I dropped the athletic questionnaire in the waste basket.</p><p>In the early 80’s track on TV was a more regular event. One indoor season produced a series of great mile races between Eamonn Coughlan and Steve Scott. Coughlan’s clever tactics produced three great wins that highlighted the indoor season and inspired countless people. “I saw the milers on TV Saturday,” began the Pit, “it looks pretty easy, it looks like fun,” then he dropped the clincher, “I think I can beat them.”</p><p>The Pit had black hair, stood about 5’10” and was a fat 170 pounds. The Pit couldn’t beat an egg. But what I remember most about the Pit was his eyes. There was a complete vacancy to his stare. He spoke like a drone. There was an uneasy feeling in my stomach. I had heard enough. I wrote down directions for his physical, practice times and told him to show up when he’s been cleared to run. I never saw him again but for the longest time I found myself checking the rooftops for snipers.</p><p>It seems “The Miler” was making a career out of college. He would surface every few years take a few courses and then disappear. All the while he’d tell anyone who would listen that he’d run a sub-four minute mile. The problem was no one ever saw him run a step. His previous incarnation was during NCAA Champ Kevin Scheuer’s era. Mention this guy to Kevin and he’ll spit.</p><p>But there was a flip side too. Stan Gasorowski coached at Albany High. One day he gave me a call. “I gotta guy you gotta see…” he began. Periodically I’d sneak one of the top local kids into the Field House to train. “He’s a long jumper.” I’m thinking Stan’s got a kid doing 21’-22’. “Russ, I know this is going to sound strange but,” I’d known Stan for over a decade. He is a solid, no BS guy. “Russ, the guy jumped 26’4” in our pit the other day.”</p><p>Downhill? Wind aided? Twenty-six feet is still twenty-six feet. I paused a moment. What could I say? Then Stan added, very sheepishly, “Russ, he really jumped 27’4” but if I tell you that I’m afraid that you’ll think I’m crazy.”</p><p>I was trying to process this. “Stan, do you realize what you are saying?” And before he could answer I added, “That is what Carl Lewis is jumping.” All Stan could say was, “I know.” And then he added that 27’4” would be the fourth longest jump in the world last year. He had looked it up in Track and Field News. I told Stan I’d like to meet the guy. The guy was named Mike Fields. He looked like Willie Banks. He came to the Field House, warmed up and jumped. He ran down the runway with an arm action that was too high, steps that were too long and he jumped 25’6” with a 10-step approach. He said his foot hurt. He didn’t want to jump again. I saw what I needed to see.</p><p>This guy was more than a diamond in the rough. This guy was history, as in “make history.” I looked at Stan and said, “We gotta talk.” Fields was interested in college. He’d jumped 21’ in high school, grew six inches since graduation three years ago and wanted to know if I could help him.</p><p>I wondered where he would fit in. Fields had his own concerns. He wore a gold neck chain that was thicker than a finger. I wondered more. Fields was a professional gambler. In his own brilliance he’d learned how to write a tip sheet for the California horse tracks which he sent daily over the wire to racetracks in California. Gambling and the NCAA don’t mix.</p><p>Nonetheless word got out. Florida State called, then Texas and UCLA. The questions were always the same, “Did you see…?” or “Is this guy for real?” All I could say was what I saw. The guy jumped 25’ and change on a 10-step approach. Even on a bad day that is an NCAA Division 1 All-American. Fields never pursued his talent. I still wonder.</p><p>And there were always the calls out of the blue regarding using the track, getting into a meet or finding a competition. Gary Cudmore of Amsterdam HS called, said he had a foreign exchange student and could this student see me? The javelin is not a regularly contested event in New York State high schools. The kid showed up with his host mother. The mother did the talking, the kid only spoke broken English. It was quickly apparent that all the mother knew about the javelin was that it was thrown. I explained the NYSHS situation, mentioned some clinics Tommi might attend and told her I would make a call on their behalf to Kevin McGill, one of the top throws experts in America, then at Columbia University.</p><p>“By the way, how far does Tommi throw?” The mother didn’t know. She asked Tommi. He pulled a thin, glossy covered magazine from his duffle bag. His picture was on the cover, he stood at the center of a podium, arms raised and a gold medal around his neck. The caption was in a foreign language I couldn’t read but I did notice the “73m” in the title. Seventy-three meters. It took a minute for me to translate the metric into English. My hammer thrower was throwing 60 meters which was about 190’, a meter is 10% longer than a yard…I ran the numbers through my head and figured this kid was throwing close to 240’. That was close to the US national high school record.</p><p>I called McGill. I said, “Kevin, you are not going to believe this…” Every fall Iona College held clinics and competitions for the throwers. We arranged for Tommi to make the trip down. He set the clinic on its ear. McGill still talks about Tommi Viskari. The perfect form, the powerful arm, the blast off the right foot. The kid was videotaped like a movie star. Later that fall Tommi set the US National High School record for the international weight javelin that still stands. You can look it up. His name is on the same list with Jim Ryun, Rudy Chapa, Gerry Lindgren and Renaldo Nehemiah.</p><p>Tommi Viskari, Amsterdam, NY, 241’11”. (Editor’s note – Viskari’s record was broken in 2010 by Sam Crouser from Gresham, Oregon)</p><p>But the man I remember most was Paul Sweet. Tall and almost gaunt Paul entered my office with a regal carriage that belied his 85+ years of age. I had no idea who he was. I had never heard of him. Paul introduced himself and asked if I had the time to talk a few minutes. We talked. He was the track coach for the University of New Hampshire for over 60 years. He’d recently retired and was now living in Scotia, NY. Towards the end of the conversation he invited me to his house for dinner. A free meal is a free meal. I accepted. That three-hour visit has become one of the most fascinating evenings of my life. Initially we spoke about how training has changed. The useful “old methods” were reviewed and the new innovations that have revolutionized the sport were discussed at length. Then he got out the scrapbooks.</p><p>Paul had scrapbooks dating from the 1920’s. His UNH teams had upwards of 120 members. He pointed with his finger and named runner after runner as if he’d coached them yesterday. Of particular note was an athlete named Morcom. Boo Morcom and another teammate once won the IC4A Trach Championships by themselves. I remembered reading about this two man "team” in Ripley’s Believe it or Not. Paul provided the details.</p><p>Paul also coached Jeff Bannister, one of the top US decathletes in the late 60’s. For some reason a picture from Track and Field News of Bannister (about 6’6”) towering over Bennett (about 5’8”) has always stuck in my mind. I asked Paul what he did when he was an athlete. He had a scrapbook for that too.</p><p>Paul ran for the University of Illinois. He had a picture of a relay team, all smiles, standing with a coach, all hands on a baton. He told me his coach’s name was Harry Gill. It didn’t register for a second, then it did.</p><p>“Harry Gill of Gill Hurdles?” He smiled and said yes. The Gill Equipment Company had been one of the major suppliers of track and field equipment in America since the 1920’s. He turned the page. He told me, “This was my best day,” and pointed to a yellowed slip of newsprint with the title, ‘Illinois Quartet Sets World Record in Relay.’ I read on with great interest.</p><p>At the Drake Relays Paul had anchored the University of Illinois 4x110 relay to a world record. I couldn’t believe it. “Notre Dame was there,” he said, “guess who was their coach?” I had no idea. I thought a moment and still had no idea. I threw out the only name I could think of, Knute Rockne. “You’re right.” This was getting weird. He asked if I’d finished reading the article. I read on. After setting the world record in the 4x110 Paul and his teammates came back and set the collegiate and American record in the 4x220, missing the world record by 1/10 th second. Paul anchored.</p><p>Paul was scheduled to run the anchor leg on the 4x440 but strained his Achilles tendon and was replaced by a runner named Fitch. “Do you know who he was?” I had no idea, not even a guess. “Did you see Chariots of Fire?” I had, but I still made no connections. Paul told me that Horatio Fitch had gotten second to Eric Liddell, the Scotsman in the 400m at the 1924 Paris Olympics.</p><p>Paul told me that in the “old days” one couldn’t coach and compete at the same time. That was considered professional. He had gotten married; a family was on the way and he’d been offered the coaching position at New Hampshire. A decision was made. He never said what I thought, but the hint that things would have been different in Paris hung heavily in the next moment’s silence. Paul stood straight against the indignities of old age with 60 years of scrapbooks and the memories they generated. I stood there thinking about Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” and marveled at how strange history can be.</p><p><br /></p><p><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 13px;">Russ Ebbets has taught in the USATF Coaching Education for over 35 years, speaking at Level 1, 2 and 3 schools and the High Performance Summits on distance running. He has served as the US National Team chiropractor to three IAAF World Championships. His documentation and standards of care for on-site sports chiropractic have been adopted nationally. He has directed complimentary chiropractic care at over 250 events, 25 national championships and overseen thetreatment of some 15,000 athletes at events ranging from local 5k's to Friehofer's Run for Women, Utica's Boilermaker and the Millrose Games at Madison Square Garden. Since 1999 he has been editor of Track Coach, the technical journal of USATF. Track Coach enjoys a worldwide circulation and is seen as one of the leading training journals of the sport. Ebbets has lectured throughout the USA, in Canada, Scandinavia and the Caribbean. Since the fall of 1983 he has contributed regularly to Pace Setter Magazine with his Off The Road column.</span></p><p><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></p><p><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Wonderful story by Russ Ebbets. All of us have had such kids come in, some imposters, some talented. My best two gifts were Lewis Johnson (1:47.00) who stopped by one day and said he wanted to be on the team. Another was Rodney Johnson (7' 3") my first year whose HS did not offer T&F but was very talented and is now an actor in Hollywood. A third was James White (6' 10-3.4" and 25' 7-1/2") who was also a basketball player who wanted to be the first NBA player to win the 3-point and slam dunk contest. That never happened but he did win the Drake Relays LJ one year. Bill Schnier</span></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016328985438205999.post-38112209454619949902024-02-14T21:26:00.007-08:002024-02-19T08:53:30.983-08:00V 14 N. 13 Horatio Fitch and the 100th Anniversary of "Chariots of Fire"<p> </p><p> Sometimes the story behind the story, behind the story is as interesting as the story.</p><p> In yesterday's post, one of the respondents Mike Tymn mentioned that he had written an article in the <i>Honolulu Advertiser</i> about the American 400 meter runner Horatio Fitch who finished second to Eric Liddell in that race in the Paris Olympics of 1924. Most of you will remember Liddell as one of the two heroes in the film "Chariots of Fire", the other being Harold Abrahams who won the 100 meters. Fitch actually broke the 400 world record in the prelims. It was only then that I realized that this year's Olympic Games to be held in Paris for the second time will also be the 100th anniversary of that first Games so depicted in the movie. </p><p> Mike's note set me off on a search to find his article. With a weapon on my computer like Newspapers.com, that kind of search was not too difficult. I tracked down Mike's story with a few strokes on my keyboard. It appeared on February 23, 1984, forty years ago and then already sixty years after the race. Mike was fortunate to find Fitch still alive and conscious in Colorado and get an interview. He writes about some interesting aspects in those games, including the atmosphere and compares it to the how they were depicted somewhat differently in the film. Ah, poetic license of directors and screen writers. Fitch describes some things in the film that just were not there in real life. He also mentions how he was a bit befuddled by the cords or lane separators strung along each lane line to keep the runners from drifting out of their lanes. And he makes note of the reception of the athletes. There was some confusion in the film giving the impression of 'docking' in Paris. The ocean liners can't come up the Seine River. So there was a train ride to finally arrive in Paris. Mike also mentioned that a member of the women's swimming team, a diver named Aileen Riggin connected with Mike after reading the article and noted an error in the film not in Mike's report, and how he got to know her from that connection. I will put that bit at the end of this post. So here is that wonderful article by Mike Tymn written forty years ago this month.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ1Q8ElF3os4I1M-QYok_ti2D0sSl4BPi38g3JylpNi9cHshEolM3qZppxYPfNU22QYmIaZ4J-A8JqzSupdjKh8W5-f12QTNVYvWijn61g3yTDV0pxiQwiNhtWVfQaeGQT5yuYXUcq2OQUgoUdjUt4R2uKAdbznrCcgikjiQF3l-5mFoxJ7WIlHt1Hgr0/s6327/Fitch_trying_again.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6327" data-original-width="846" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ1Q8ElF3os4I1M-QYok_ti2D0sSl4BPi38g3JylpNi9cHshEolM3qZppxYPfNU22QYmIaZ4J-A8JqzSupdjKh8W5-f12QTNVYvWijn61g3yTDV0pxiQwiNhtWVfQaeGQT5yuYXUcq2OQUgoUdjUt4R2uKAdbznrCcgikjiQF3l-5mFoxJ7WIlHt1Hgr0/s16000/Fitch_trying_again.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p>tThis is a continuation of the article on another page and unfortunately cannot be maintained at same type size.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiNKu5baTlWsmywg8Nf9VsCYf99pCraOpTpXlKeovdelXvt9_hXJXlRVp7PElxScIES4bxnTLvb4vvS8z0FF2DXqut-CbLsYCesOqA8zb4Yt2DC9mAYLLcGt92gJplIEXG5X444vinxWuD7aECVTvOqSec0QKMxYWGG676n4FwKEvTQbFTHG1USEA08XUY" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="434" data-original-width="700" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiNKu5baTlWsmywg8Nf9VsCYf99pCraOpTpXlKeovdelXvt9_hXJXlRVp7PElxScIES4bxnTLvb4vvS8z0FF2DXqut-CbLsYCesOqA8zb4Yt2DC9mAYLLcGt92gJplIEXG5X444vinxWuD7aECVTvOqSec0QKMxYWGG676n4FwKEvTQbFTHG1USEA08XUY=w640-h396" width="640" /></a></div><br />Finish of the 400 meters 1924 from <i>The Guardian</i></div><br /><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">George,<br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><div style="font-size: 10pt;"> </div><div style="font-size: 10pt;">I got to know Aileen Riggin fairly well during the last 20 years of her life. We often lunched together. Aileen won the gold medal in diving in 1920 and took silver (diving) and bronze (backstroke) in 1924. After the Paris Olympics, she turned professional, which involved giving swimming and diving exhibitions around the country. The stigma of turning professional was such that she could no longer enter the front doors of various sporting clubs. She had to go in the back door. Much shame involved..</div><div style="font-size: 10pt;"> </div><div style="font-size: 10pt;">I got to know Aileen after the movie 'Chariots of Fire" was released. I interviewed Horatio Fitch, who took second in that historic 400 at Paris, for the morning paper. Aileen called me to correct something I wrote about those Olympics, but I don't recall what it was. See my photo of her attached.</div><div style="font-size: 10pt;"> </div><div style="font-size: 10pt;">Aloha!</div><div style="font-size: 10pt;"> </div><div style="font-size: 10pt;">Mike</div><div style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQkf_ANawQQOLpReYVZekJeCMSZ9K0Wk_nOEcAeb2F4AxoyXbtnRYcuDf_yak27jjCRhajf7ZqI9UjPb4b3zkQm5UB2kkrbQT7Quz46BlgJWhKGFOvQspa8sEaZUnO0ZOU6rME9orhGHz8NpOnkaPPrrR7j_avXnZD1IzBqIDU_ckiBjBieJNbfN65q2U/s978/Aileen%20on%20her%20bike.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="732" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQkf_ANawQQOLpReYVZekJeCMSZ9K0Wk_nOEcAeb2F4AxoyXbtnRYcuDf_yak27jjCRhajf7ZqI9UjPb4b3zkQm5UB2kkrbQT7Quz46BlgJWhKGFOvQspa8sEaZUnO0ZOU6rME9orhGHz8NpOnkaPPrrR7j_avXnZD1IzBqIDU_ckiBjBieJNbfN65q2U/s320/Aileen%20on%20her%20bike.jpg" width="240" /></a></div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Aileen Riggins</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">I sent the article to Mike. This was his reply.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">George</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">I had not read my article for many years and I forgot about several things, including his (Fitch's) fear of running into the lane separators. I was trying to visualize running with those stakes and flags separating lanes and I can appreciate his concern about running into them. Then, again, it may have helped them better pace themselves, i.e., not go out too fast. </div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">I was thinking Aileen's initial call had to do with the ship docking in Paris, but I don't know what she might have added to what Horatio already said. </div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Aloha!</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Mike</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(<i>My son recently watched the film with this "Paris docking" error in mind. He notes that the scene clearly depicted it was Le Havre not Paris. So it must have been something else that got Aileen's attention) ed.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">George</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Aileen's correction had something to do with the movie, not with my article, but I don't recall what it is was. She was only 14 in 1920 and 18 for the Paris Olympics. I recall that she told me she was I infatuated with Charlie Paddock, but It was in 1920. I don't recall if he made the team in 1924. Attached photo is of her on victory stand in 1920.</div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Mike</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTFDZI1Or7fZUO_uXILqyWVMTVNtdvTMVTUDSmWjI5rUFPIcWlAHxmKCNgK8HEtXvLAmN7iiCvMwZ-zV4N7QOAIvzUUhuMX8vLpPfCzWoJRHZWrXw_OiqAfnWSwse4_3cf9LiIw8JWAAO1hj_P7tCVuMsveB8rIhADPnPNtcBriiLa7jytMkw1xC4C9Hc/s500/Aileen1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="369" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTFDZI1Or7fZUO_uXILqyWVMTVNtdvTMVTUDSmWjI5rUFPIcWlAHxmKCNgK8HEtXvLAmN7iiCvMwZ-zV4N7QOAIvzUUhuMX8vLpPfCzWoJRHZWrXw_OiqAfnWSwse4_3cf9LiIw8JWAAO1hj_P7tCVuMsveB8rIhADPnPNtcBriiLa7jytMkw1xC4C9Hc/s320/Aileen1.jpg" width="236" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">An anonymous contributor added the following:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Looked Aileen Riggin up in the Wallechinsky Olympic book. Both she and the silver medalist in diving in 1920 were 14 years old. Aileen was all of 4' 7 inches and 65 lbs. They had a chaperone but no coach go to the Olympics with them. No hot showers also. Competition was outdoor in a moat filled with cold muddy water. Riggin's said the stress of competing was not her main concern. She was worried about sticking in the mud at the bottom and not coming up due to getting stuck and no one would miss her and she would die a horrible drowning death. The book has a picture of the two girls and the silver medalist, Helen Wainwright was heftier and quite a bit taller.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Riggin was 5<sup>th</sup> in the 1920 platform diving too.</span></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>From John Telford in Detroit, MI former All American 440 runner for Wayne State University.<div>How the DNA must overlap in these two men, Telford and Liddell. ed. <br /><div><br /></div><div><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 16px;">What a wonderful article about the 1924 OLympic 400. It brings back memories, because . Eric Liddell was my father's cousin on his mother's side. Liddell and my father--John "Scotty" Telford --were both born in Scotland in 1902. Liddell stayed in Scotland, and my father came to America through Ellis Island with his parents Francis "Frank" Telford, Margaret Telford, sisters Margaret and Letty, and brother Dan--and they became naturalized citizens. A second brother--my uncle Frank--was born in this country. I learned about Liddell's 1924 Olympic 400-meter victory from my grandmother in the early 1940s--long before the movie 'Chariots of Fire.' </span></div></div><div><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: x-small;">THE BEST NON-RELAY TIME I EVER RECORDED WAS 45.9 AT THE 440-YARD DISTANCE RUNNING FROM SCRATCH IN THE WNY SCOTTISH GAMES IN WILLIAMSBURGH, NEW YORK IN THE SUMMER OF 1959--BUT I RAN UNDER ERIC'S 1924 FAMILY RECORD OF 47.6 FOR THE SLIGHTLY SHORTER METRIC DISTANCE SEVERAL OTHER TIMES AS WELL. John Telford</span></span></span></span></div><div><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 16px;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 16px;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: small;">George,</span><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">A special thanks for this post. My love of this movie and the inspiration it gives is only increased. May 2024 treat you well. EARL YOUNG</div></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016328985438205999.post-30380207803089041082024-02-13T12:14:00.007-08:002024-02-14T21:27:08.905-08:00V 14 N. 12 College Sport and the Media in the Early 20th Century<p> February 8, 2021</p><p><span> The committee has decided to allow me to drone on about sport other than track and field this week, so here goes.</span><br /></p><p> Last week we saw in <i>The New York Times </i>that something like 148 college quarterbacks this year elected to go in to the 'transfer portal' hoping to be picked up by another school where they might have more playing time and a better shot at getting a professional contract. The money that many of these kids are earning through the Name Image and Likeness (NIL) system, makes me a little bit envious but really, in my day I would not have merited any NIL money, so I got over that envy really fast. But money has truly changed the face of college sport in the last few years. We may have forgotten that once, the University of Chicago Maroons played in the Big Ten and then one day the college president Robert Hutchins decided that they were first and foremost an academic institution and dropped football in 1939 and completely bailed out of the conference in 1946. "Hey, we developed the A-Bomb under our grandstand and won World War II, so who needs football?" They still have sport today but only at the D III level. </p><p> And once Centre College of Danville, Kentucky, 'The Praying Colonels' with an enrollment of less than 300 students won the Rose Bowl in the 1920's before disappearing from the headlines. They beat teams like Auburn, Clemson, Kentucky, Texas Christian, and Arizona and are still a DIII program and just known as the 'Colonels'. I guess their prayers were answered. That said, it seems that even at other schools, the idea that sport could make not just money, but big money to line the university coffers was not even a pipe dream.</p><p> Then while going through my favorite thrift store I came across about 20 copies of an old monthly magazine called "The Literary Review". The issues covered a wide variety topics of the day from the rise of Hitler in Germany, the early days of the New Deal and FDR, writers, book reviews, a bit of sport, and some poetry. I browsed through them but didn't find anything mentioning our sport and declined to buy even one of them at $5.00 CDN per rag. I did see one article of interest on American college football and how a number of schools were declining or reducing or even eliminating radio coverage of their games for fear that gate attendance would go down. People would stay home and listen to the big game and not buy a ticket. They had not thought of advertising and syndication. Two days later I went back to find that issue and they were all gone. Ah well. So I did a little Google search to see what came up. I didn't find the article but I did find something to corroborate it in the archives of Michigan State University. It is more or less an outline of a history of radio and sports events without much description, but it still says a lot about the thinking on campuses across the nation at the height of the Great Depression. </p><p> Here are those chapter headings, some of which I have edited out and or highlighted. While not detailed, you can still see the trend through the early 20th century and they haven't even discovered television with one exception. My comments are italicized and photos added:</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>COLLEGE SPORTS & RADIO BROADCASTING, 1912-1939 OVERVIEW </b>• </p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>from Michigan St. University archives.</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>First how the newspapers had the handle on sports coverage. ed.</i> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">1870-1920 PRINT MEDIA DOMINANCE • MADE COMPETITIONS INTO COMMERCIAL ENTERTAINMENT FOR MASS CONSUMPTION</p><p style="text-align: center;">NEWSPAPERS REGULAR COVERAGE OF SPORTS EVENTS. • </p><p style="text-align: center;">SPORTS SECTION DEVELOPMENT • </p><p style="text-align: center;">READERSHIP & CIRCULATION LEVELS ASSOCIATED TO SPORTING EVENTS •</p><p style="text-align: center;">BOXING, BASEBALL, COLLEGE FOOTBALL • </p><p style="text-align: center;">NEWSPAPERS CORPORATIONS TAKE ON SPORTS BASED ON: • </p><p style="text-align: center;">EVENT PREPARATION (“SELLING THE FIGHT”) • </p><p style="text-align: center;">EVENT DESCRIPTION (“BLOW BY BLOW”) • EVENT ANALYSIS & CRITICISM • </p><p style="text-align: center;">EVENT SIGNIFICANCE • EXPERTISE + HUMAN CONNECTION • </p><p style="text-align: center;">UNDERDOG PLOT STORY MEDIA & SPORTS • </p><p style="text-align: center;">1870-1920 NEWSPAPERS UNCONTESTED HEGEMONY ON PACKING SPORTS EVENTS FOR FANS. • </p><p style="text-align: center;">PRE-EVENT REPORT, FREE ADVERTISING •</p><p style="text-align: center;"> “NEXT-MORNING” REPORT, FREE ADVERTISING FOR FUTURE SPORTS EVENTS.</p><p style="text-align: center;"> • EXPERTISE “INSIDE-DOPE” FORMAT, PLUS “PERSONAL DRAMA”, STANDARD FEATURES ELECTRONIC MEDIA-RADIO ERA • ELECTRONIC MEDIA, UNWELCOMED TO SPORTS (BOTH COLLEGE AND PRO). • </p><p style="text-align: center;">INDIRECT SPECTATORSHIP, SEEN IN DIRECT CONFLICT WITH DIRECT ATTENDANCE AND GATE REVENUE. • </p><p style="text-align: center;">INDIRECT SPECTATORSHIP, CONSIDERED EQUAL IN SIZE AND SOCIO-DEMO PROFILE AS FANS WILLING TO PAY FOR THE TICKET. ORIGINS • </p><p style="text-align: center;">1912 RADIO BROADCASTING ACT: BROADCASTING LICENSES, TIME-LIMITS FOR BROADCASTING, WAVELENGTH DISTRIBUTION & ASSIGNMENT. • </p><p style="text-align: center;">1912 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA 9X1WLB BROADCASTS FOOTBALL GAME. • </p><p style="text-align: center;">1920 WTAM COLLEGE STATION BROADCASTS TEXAS A & M FOOTBALL GAME “FIRST” EVER. • </p><p style="text-align: center;">1921 KDKA BROADCAST PITT VS WEST VIRGINIA, FIRST GAME WITH A COMMERCIAL SPONSOR. • </p><p style="text-align: center;">1922 OVER 70 UNIVERSITIES GET LICENSE TO CREATE RADIO STATIONS IN THE U.S. • </p><p style="text-align: center;">1922 AT&T WEAF STATION <b>FIRST IN SELLING ADVERTISING TIME ON RADIO 10 MIN FOR $100</b> RADIO BROADCAST • </p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>This week's Super Bowl ads went for $7 million for 30 sec.</i></p><p style="text-align: center;">1922 PENN, CORNELL, NOTRE DAME, HARVARD, YALE, GAMES BROADCAST. • </p><p style="text-align: center;">1924 WGN CHICAGO BROADCAST OF BIG TEN GAMES, PLUS USC, NEBRASKA AND PENN • </p><p style="text-align: center;">1925 ROSE BOWL RADIO BROADCAST • </p><p style="text-align: center;">1925 ROSE BOWL, NOTRE DAME-USC, BROADCAST TO NEW YORK CITY. • </p><p style="text-align: center;">1927 NBC COVERS ROSE BOWL • </p><p style="text-align: center;">1927 CBS BIRTH IN NEW YORK • </p><p style="text-align: center;">1927 DEMPSEY-TUNNEY 100 MILLION FANS MARK • </p><p style="text-align: center;">1928 NBC COAST-TO-COAST NETWORK • </p><p style="text-align: center;">1930 BBC BROADCASTS HARVARD-YALE GAME RADIO & COLLEGE SPORTS • </p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgkVZsWUOm07YFuYyMmzG3qyPl0yO5GDNAcrIWdqZHFhIR2qyI9WL7Pqm8YF1T9_8ptsh4RwKIPmGL5vhfPJJlGefI1qI_OFIZejsY-uCz9zfO0HE2KUMzdSPpxIZALtAI0ZxSFG1tkxH0-lZg85V_Aw_zFNzNKxISQTyuUbp7uaSwH-dH1Zm4VWf3Rcis" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="205" data-original-width="246" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgkVZsWUOm07YFuYyMmzG3qyPl0yO5GDNAcrIWdqZHFhIR2qyI9WL7Pqm8YF1T9_8ptsh4RwKIPmGL5vhfPJJlGefI1qI_OFIZejsY-uCz9zfO0HE2KUMzdSPpxIZALtAI0ZxSFG1tkxH0-lZg85V_Aw_zFNzNKxISQTyuUbp7uaSwH-dH1Zm4VWf3Rcis" width="288" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>Hey what's beginning to happen here? Damned radio broadcast, now we can't sell all our tickets tickets. ed.</i></p><p style="text-align: center;">1930 EASTERN INTERCOLLEGIATE ASSOCIATION <b>BANNED RADIO BROADCAST</b> OF FOOTBALL GAMES. • </p><p style="text-align: center;">1932 SOUTHERN CONFERENCE AND SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE JOINED THE BAN • </p><p style="text-align: center;">1932 NCAA RULES “HOME RULE” STANDARD FOR BROADCASTING COLLEGE SPORTS • </p><p style="text-align: center;">1932 <b>NCAA DECLARES RADIO BROADCASTING “HURTING” FOOTBALL REVENUES</b> RADIO & COLLEGE SPORTS • </p><p style="text-align: center;">1934 SOUTHERN CONFERENCE BANS ALL REGULAR SEASON FOOTBALL BROADCASTS • </p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>Ahh the Wolverine AD has been talking to the profs in the business college. ed.</i></p><p style="text-align: center;">1934 <b>UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SELLS ITS FOOTBALL BROADCAST RIGHTS TO WWJDETROIT FOR $20,000. CHEVROLET SPONSORS ALL THE TRANSMISSIONS</b>. •</p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>But aren't we confusing things with the two words Chevrolet and Transmissions?</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>Big Ten Commissioners, "Hey we're not so dumb we don't see what's happening." ed.</i> </p><p style="text-align: center;">1935<b> BIG TEN PLAN TO SELL FOOTBALL SEASON BROADCASTING RIGHTS FOR $100,000 RADIO & COLLEGE SPORTS</b> • </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>Monkey see, monkey do. ed.</i></p><p style="text-align: center;">1935 SOUTHERN CONFERENCE ALLOWS RADIO BROADCASTING AGAIN. • </p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>Dust Bowl days make for profiteering. ed.</i></p><p style="text-align: center;">1936 <b>ORANGE BOWL BROADCAST RIGHTS TO CBS FOR $500</b>. • </p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>The Eli's are a lot smarter than those boys down in Miami. ed.</i></p><p style="text-align: center;">1936 YALE UNIVERSITY SELLS ITS BROADCASTING RIGHTS FOR $20,000 • </p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>Colgate? Are you freakin' kidding me? ed.</i></p><p style="text-align: center;">1936 DUKE-COLGATE GAME, FIRST BROADCAST COAST-TO-COAST EVER. • </p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>In their infinite wisdom the NCAA takes a stand. ed.</i></p><p style="text-align: center;">1936 NCAA DECLARES RADIO BROADCASTING RIGHTS PROPERTY OF UNIVERSITIES, NOT CONFERENCES RADIO & SPORTS • </p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>What have the Fightin' Illini got up their sleeves? Let's see, $100,000 divided by ten....? ed.</i></p><p style="text-align: center;">1937 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS VETOED BIG TEN PLAN TO SELL CONFERENCE BROADCASTING RIGHTS IN A SINGLE PACKAGE FOR $100,000. • </p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>College baseball on TV? Who'd a thunk? How many TV's in homes then? ed.</i></p><p style="text-align: center;">1939 FIRST COLLEGE TELECAST: PRINCETON VS. COLUMBIA BASEBALL GAME • </p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>Who got to the lads in Champaign-Urbana? ed.</i></p><p style="text-align: center;">1939 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS ACCEPTS COMMERCIAL BROADCASTING OF FOOTBALL GAMES, BANNING IT FROM ALL OTHER SPORTS. RADIO BROADCASTING IMPACT • MULTIPLICATION EFFECT • </p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>Junior, you better be home to listen to the Fight'n Illini. ed.</i></p><p style="text-align: center;">RADIO BROADCASTING REACHED MILLIONS OF AMERICAN HOUSEHOLDS, WHERE ENTIRE FAMILIES LISTENED TO SPORTING EVENTS. • </p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>Our halftime report will be coming to you straight from Mary Jane's Barbeque and Pancake house in downtown Mudflats, Tennessee on the banks of the <span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Loosahatchie </span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #5f6368; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">River</span></i><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"> </span><i>. ed.</i></p><p style="text-align: center;">LOCAL & STATE & REGIONAL RADIO STATIONS BECAME THE IDEAL VENUE TO REACH MILLIONS BY CAPITALIZING ON <b>REGIONAL, HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL DIFFERENCES</b> RADIO BROADCASTING •</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"> CRUCIAL ROLE IN TURNING ELITE SPORTS COMPETITIONS INTO ENTERTAINMENT FOR MASS CONSUMPTION. • SPECIALIZATION IN BROADCASTING ROLES • </p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>We got this boy, Harry, what's his name, just outta high school to do the Cubbies for 5 bucks a game. Yeh but his guy Howie Cosell might have a future with the East Coast intelligensia. ed.</i></p><p style="text-align: center;">PLAY-BY-PLAY GOLDEN THROAT ANNOUNCER • “HOLY COW” GUY, OVER-THE-TOP, EXCESSIVE, HYPE-BUILDER. COLOR MAN. •</p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>Why don't we give this guy Cronkhite a chance? I like his wardrobe that hat, OMG. ed.</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi_R2curySwuUvyWUahgiGFCZXOcBN2rToMKHvu-EhoP8b_IDjVyIO9P-nwtq_inzCA4O9M184seNYRBcz-O27D6JA4Uac_rh2KynRZ4veC1qx9h0vDNkq6Hj_gm7xr_Qq5Sv9WalaJj53shFbmOjog63XSphmmjxYXUBF1OZXriqYg8yFW8LdaeJma_Ps" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="206" data-original-width="150" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi_R2curySwuUvyWUahgiGFCZXOcBN2rToMKHvu-EhoP8b_IDjVyIO9P-nwtq_inzCA4O9M184seNYRBcz-O27D6JA4Uac_rh2KynRZ4veC1qx9h0vDNkq6Hj_gm7xr_Qq5Sv9WalaJj53shFbmOjog63XSphmmjxYXUBF1OZXriqYg8yFW8LdaeJma_Ps" width="175" /></a></div> Walter Cronkhite at Owen Field<p></p><p style="text-align: center;">Norman, OK 1937<br /><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">EXPERT “INSIDE SECRETS” COMMENTATOR, ANALYSIS, MODERATION, PROFESSORIAL. RADIO BROADCASTING • </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgvJ31isxvtv722j7Iji7HSvWi_wmULwExyi93vA-edSSx98wtm77wHyZKyl3jqEm7UR0pKJEPYJo3WMUH3Ur3gAYn1uqEoxGITeNDTPfeCoMqR0XsXW_eU3b_C3MsEkqliKoc9k1Wo5eFv8GcQ7Fa6OB_zFIbod3qz-nyPGcq3eh4k7C8m7oIr5koaXbc" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="553" data-original-width="700" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgvJ31isxvtv722j7Iji7HSvWi_wmULwExyi93vA-edSSx98wtm77wHyZKyl3jqEm7UR0pKJEPYJo3WMUH3Ur3gAYn1uqEoxGITeNDTPfeCoMqR0XsXW_eU3b_C3MsEkqliKoc9k1Wo5eFv8GcQ7Fa6OB_zFIbod3qz-nyPGcq3eh4k7C8m7oIr5koaXbc" width="304" /></a></div><br /><i>Howie, I got this great idea. We can charter the Hindenberg to do fly overs at the big games. It's due in any day now in New Jersey. I'll talk to the ship's captain. I'm sure we can get them for a few cases of Budweiser. ed. </i><div><i><br /></i></div><div> <i>Ooops, scratch that idea. </i></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEic7OEAHx7VeUIow2fsfxx1tLG_K1doCVhbI9kiQ3wdtmJwP5kTjjWD27u5sqtFIuL6vE8g4BVBxVxJkvITyZDuzvJ3cEiXYZ-qdnHg3myQ8xlPAX_SPt7o9YHRmCBgn3Qn2wfM3ArImF9urniSGSVU4VGLMR2dauzJH3uInHrbSqd4BAVH8KE8jbnsyv8" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="851" data-original-width="1188" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEic7OEAHx7VeUIow2fsfxx1tLG_K1doCVhbI9kiQ3wdtmJwP5kTjjWD27u5sqtFIuL6vE8g4BVBxVxJkvITyZDuzvJ3cEiXYZ-qdnHg3myQ8xlPAX_SPt7o9YHRmCBgn3Qn2wfM3ArImF9urniSGSVU4VGLMR2dauzJH3uInHrbSqd4BAVH8KE8jbnsyv8" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <i>Never mind, Woody, I got this great idea, we hook up Greta Garbo with one of those college boys at USC. Fans will come to see her even if it's a track meet. ed. </i></div><div><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiEqhxkm3GE_4_g2ESaob2nRXnN_N4W2afMhh9r_7X7_D472oJcK2WJS68knnWvtDklEpqNSZlnEKUnmVsZqQSGA81e1yNBta_IVaEnkCfh6gFj_ucB5524oS4eSyPXufyy0z3BPcluHEvsXgAoOPFDLSGvd5PXx5usSHtQLq7twSknIcpVRKP0axzN1GQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="403" data-original-width="288" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiEqhxkm3GE_4_g2ESaob2nRXnN_N4W2afMhh9r_7X7_D472oJcK2WJS68knnWvtDklEpqNSZlnEKUnmVsZqQSGA81e1yNBta_IVaEnkCfh6gFj_ucB5524oS4eSyPXufyy0z3BPcluHEvsXgAoOPFDLSGvd5PXx5usSHtQLq7twSknIcpVRKP0axzN1GQ" width="172" /></a></div><br /><br /></i><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">1930S TRASCONTINENTAL NETWORK • </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjAw4CCyu_y5k_d8Aeefl0n5G_1QKaPKthX2otRNRq1EHkvgaPIp5get5ROATewi1EVeuAShFauyg9lxFme22CSyO7X-AqiUlYpN_TfPf_COQqSWnJTAR17XmlDWIwLTOfht00WY4jVJIKrtP4W-Pl0GzpNAFF4ioYjfXO4ZtlH-KobVQNfIusZCnnGLN4" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="542" data-original-width="736" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjAw4CCyu_y5k_d8Aeefl0n5G_1QKaPKthX2otRNRq1EHkvgaPIp5get5ROATewi1EVeuAShFauyg9lxFme22CSyO7X-AqiUlYpN_TfPf_COQqSWnJTAR17XmlDWIwLTOfht00WY4jVJIKrtP4W-Pl0GzpNAFF4ioYjfXO4ZtlH-KobVQNfIusZCnnGLN4" width="320" /></a></div><i> But, Daddy, why don't they have sports for girls?</i><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>Polly, aren't you supposed to be drying the dishes? ed.<br /></i><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">UNLIKE NEWSPAPER READERSHIP, DIRECTED AT THE HOUSEHOLD HEAD IN EACH FAMILY, RADIO BROADCASTING PROGRAMMING WAS TAYLORED FOR ENTIRE FAMILIES, GATHERED IN THEIR LIVING ROOM, TO LISTEN TO MUSIC, VARIETY AND SPORTS. • </p><p style="text-align: center;">MASS CONSUMPTION OF DIVERSE PROGRAMMING ANCHORED IN MUSIC & SPORTS. RADIO BROADCASTING • </p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgdXQlGpIFnQHyST53TOlCiAjNB9nQkXSe0NZg-_UK2VsiqVkDZ74h3ASpvJo9ThRqNCc3y9PwB_ngMECg7IjsXKuvPFklozA3AgqpNp_17Fjzl37ZDVxPmTMHEpqeHB3XE2GiZDX-c8krjmSSHtRKK9NBrd_33BxFxt1CHqLq46H7ROmLzNTyM7QOYvVc" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="3000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgdXQlGpIFnQHyST53TOlCiAjNB9nQkXSe0NZg-_UK2VsiqVkDZ74h3ASpvJo9ThRqNCc3y9PwB_ngMECg7IjsXKuvPFklozA3AgqpNp_17Fjzl37ZDVxPmTMHEpqeHB3XE2GiZDX-c8krjmSSHtRKK9NBrd_33BxFxt1CHqLq46H7ROmLzNTyM7QOYvVc" width="317" /></a></div><br /><i>Hey, why don't we play on Monday nights, skip study hall, and .....</i><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>Are you outta your skull, who would watch this on Monday night, we'd be playing in the dark. They'd have to pay me...... ed.</i></p><p style="text-align: center;">POPULARIZATION OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL • </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-BGk1d5bLSpRiSYDW19Xv9M8wA4sRE8uBZ1vrDqLLIfFx8K3oV7NihtybGPYVaXRR2o_7j5VNm20Pz8V3FTRtUqrQZcG4_T-ASLwUZzeZkojmYrs4eH07lGyH5XvuzDqIBna1nb4EgQ09R7GOGoAE2amBfOp7OygPQwNdxy8muVWkh_1CJ3AB1TFTlAI" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="167" data-original-width="301" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-BGk1d5bLSpRiSYDW19Xv9M8wA4sRE8uBZ1vrDqLLIfFx8K3oV7NihtybGPYVaXRR2o_7j5VNm20Pz8V3FTRtUqrQZcG4_T-ASLwUZzeZkojmYrs4eH07lGyH5XvuzDqIBna1nb4EgQ09R7GOGoAE2amBfOp7OygPQwNdxy8muVWkh_1CJ3AB1TFTlAI" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">SHAPING OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC EVENTS AS REPRESENTATIONS OF AMERICAN YOUTH, AMERICAN SPIRIT AND AMERICAN IDENTITIES. •</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi_pgQei9UwBt31K6fBrgEfFYgPuFUyvaOmL7t4qGMUa1UJr--OPPvRLli-8d5s5VA-QtllQk_HRYWZQTjYAdAjjGFI38PDNdgKm_Br75070MC86QDFpxCsOG0Mv54rfbTCtb4pEC7IW2YjQ1dc-pLgpcveqBRuIRqjKOae5-txrm3D69niwBzRk83Ed5Q" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="850" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi_pgQei9UwBt31K6fBrgEfFYgPuFUyvaOmL7t4qGMUa1UJr--OPPvRLli-8d5s5VA-QtllQk_HRYWZQTjYAdAjjGFI38PDNdgKm_Br75070MC86QDFpxCsOG0Mv54rfbTCtb4pEC7IW2YjQ1dc-pLgpcveqBRuIRqjKOae5-txrm3D69niwBzRk83Ed5Q" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">IDENTITIES OF COLLEGE TEAMS WITH REGIONS, CITIES, HISTORICAL EXPERIENCES AND CULTURAL DIFFERENCES. • </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>Sorry, folks, no track and field. We just couldn't sell it to the masses. </i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></p><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br /></div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016328985438205999.post-56970710704314325362024-02-11T21:22:00.004-08:002024-02-13T10:40:18.969-08:00V 14 N. 11 Kelvin Kiptum Marathon World Record Holder R.I.P.<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjcdG7EAo13n70e2XWvDbYYRqXqXXXEr7Qn_3BW5KTWz8uFQ7gza5abzNN6W8QvWGZ5i5TW_epXP0Vo3QBpXeOXuYegku6SJKAhqRop68nrmXHOFw5LwcIMy8sCm4RgIom2PT3XpURWY7NPUtdQgQaJo5EfwivuASmcxRleKOROrCnriMRxsCCSog1_GK0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="539" data-original-width="960" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjcdG7EAo13n70e2XWvDbYYRqXqXXXEr7Qn_3BW5KTWz8uFQ7gza5abzNN6W8QvWGZ5i5TW_epXP0Vo3QBpXeOXuYegku6SJKAhqRop68nrmXHOFw5LwcIMy8sCm4RgIom2PT3XpURWY7NPUtdQgQaJo5EfwivuASmcxRleKOROrCnriMRxsCCSog1_GK0" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>It is with much regret that we have to announce the death of Kelvin Kiptum, world record holder in the marathon at the age of 24. He died in an auto accident along with his coach Rwandan Gervais Hakizimana in Western Kenya. His time of 2 hours 35 sec. was set last fall in the Chicago Marathon.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This more updated report from BBC is now available.</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-68274984">Kelvin Kiptum's Untimely Passing</a> <br /></p><section class="sc-4e574cd-0 bhtqwj" data-component="byline-block" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: grid; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; gap: 16px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><div class="sc-d63d5cd8-0 dYWGmX" data-testid="byline" style="border: 0px; display: flex; flex-direction: row; font: inherit; height: 56px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="sc-d63d5cd8-1 fESWCE" style="-webkit-box-pack: center; 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max-width: 232px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span><span class="sc-d63d5cd8-3 faMHro" data-testid="byline-name" face=""BBC Reith Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: -0.14px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; max-width: 232px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The following is an early report from BBC</span><span class="sc-d63d5cd8-3 faMHro" data-testid="byline-name" face=""BBC Reith Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: -0.14px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; max-width: 232px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">By Celestine Karoney</span><span class="sc-d63d5cd8-4 cfPEjL" data-testid="byline-role" face=""BBC Reith Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; color: #545658; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.14px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; max-width: 232px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">BBC Sport Africa, Nairobi</span></div></div></section><section class="sc-4e574cd-0 ejxCqb" data-component="image-block" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: grid; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; gap: 16px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><div class="sc-a898728c-1 jWZsJP" data-testid="hero-image" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Getty Images Runner Kelvin Kiptum after breaking Eliud Kipchoge's marathon world record in Chicago" class="sc-a898728c-0 kbvxap" loading="lazy" sizes="(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/E5A7/production/_132619785_kiptumweb1-1724503060.jpg.webp" srcset="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/E5A7/production/_132619785_kiptumweb1-1724503060.jpg.webp 240w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/E5A7/production/_132619785_kiptumweb1-1724503060.jpg.webp 320w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/E5A7/production/_132619785_kiptumweb1-1724503060.jpg.webp 480w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/640/cpsprodpb/E5A7/production/_132619785_kiptumweb1-1724503060.jpg.webp 640w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/E5A7/production/_132619785_kiptumweb1-1724503060.jpg.webp 800w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/cpsprodpb/E5A7/production/_132619785_kiptumweb1-1724503060.jpg.webp 1024w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1536/cpsprodpb/E5A7/production/_132619785_kiptumweb1-1724503060.jpg.webp 1536w" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; object-fit: contain; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;" /><span class="sc-a898728c-2 WCrKn" face=""BBC Reith Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #202224; border: 0px; bottom: 0px; color: #e6e8ea; display: block; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; gap: 10px; letter-spacing: -0.12px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 8px; position: absolute; right: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Getty Images</span></div></section><section class="sc-4e574cd-0 dIyQzT" data-component="caption-block" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: grid; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; gap: 16px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto 32px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><span class="sc-cdeb84b0-0 bRiQvM" face=""BBC Reith Serif", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; color: #545658; display: block; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 8px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Kelvin Kiptum broke Eliud Kipchoge's world record in Chicago last October</span></section><section class="sc-4e574cd-0 bhtqwj" data-component="text-block" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: grid; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; gap: 16px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe" style="border: 0px; color: #202224; font-family: "BBC Reith Serif", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.36px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="sc-7dcfb11b-0 kVRnKf" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The men's marathon world record holder, Kenya's Kelvin Kiptum, 24, has died in a road accident in his home country.</span></p></section><section class="sc-4e574cd-0 bhtqwj" data-component="text-block" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: grid; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; gap: 16px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe" style="border: 0px; color: #202224; font-family: "BBC Reith Serif", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.36px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">He was killed alongside his coach, Rwanda's Gervais Hakizimana, in a car on a road in western Kenya on Sunday.</p></section><section class="sc-4e574cd-0 bhtqwj" data-component="text-block" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: grid; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; gap: 16px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe" style="border: 0px; color: #202224; font-family: "BBC Reith Serif", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.36px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Kiptum made a breakthrough in 2023 as a rival to compatriot Eliud Kipchoge - one of the greatest marathon runners.</p></section><section class="sc-4e574cd-0 bhtqwj" data-component="text-block" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: grid; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; gap: 16px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe" style="border: 0px; color: #202224; font-family: "BBC Reith Serif", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.36px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">And it was in Chicago last October that Kiptum bettered Kipchoge's achievement, clocking the 26.1 miles (42km) in two hours and 35 seconds.</p></section><section class="sc-4e574cd-0 bhtqwj" data-component="text-block" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: grid; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; gap: 16px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe" style="border: 0px; color: #202224; font-family: "BBC Reith Serif", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.36px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The two athletes had been named in Kenya's provisional marathon team for the Paris Olympics later this year.</p></section><div class="sc-a87d7c21-0 ekSBHN" data-component="ad-slot" data-testid="ad-unit" style="border: 0px; 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font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; gap: 16px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe" style="border: 0px; color: #202224; font-family: "BBC Reith Serif", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.36px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Paying tribute to Kiptum, <a class="sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB" href="https://twitter.com/AbabuNamwamba/status/1756811265849086081" style="border: 0px; color: #202224; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.36px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Kenyan Sports Minister Ababu Namwamba wrote on X:</a> "Devastatingly sickening!! Kenya has lost a special gem. Lost for words."</p></section><section class="sc-4e574cd-0 bhtqwj" data-component="text-block" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: grid; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; gap: 16px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe" style="border: 0px; color: #202224; font-family: "BBC Reith Serif", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.36px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Kenya's opposition leader and former prime minister, Raila Odinga, <a class="sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB" href="https://x.com/RailaOdinga/status/1756809642984804558?s=20&" style="border: 0px; color: #202224; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.36px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">said the country had lost "a true hero"</a> and was mourning "a remarkable individual... and Kenyan athletics icon".</p></section><section class="sc-4e574cd-0 bhtqwj" data-component="text-block" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: grid; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; gap: 16px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe" style="border: 0px; color: #202224; font-family: "BBC Reith Serif", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.36px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sebastian Coe, the president of World Athletics, said <a class="sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB" href="https://x.com/sebcoe/status/1756821850200404328?s=20&" style="border: 0px; color: #202224; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.36px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Kiptum was "an incredible athlete leaving an incredible legacy, we will miss him dearly".</a></p></section><section class="sc-4e574cd-0 bhtqwj" data-component="text-block" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: grid; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; gap: 16px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe" style="border: 0px; color: #202224; font-family: "BBC Reith Serif", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.36px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The road accident happened at about 23:00 local time (20:00 GMT) on Sunday, police were quoted as saying by the AFP news agency.</p></section><section class="sc-4e574cd-0 bhtqwj" data-component="text-block" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: grid; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; gap: 16px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe" style="border: 0px; color: #202224; font-family: "BBC Reith Serif", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.36px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Giving further details of the crash, police said Kiptum was the driver, and the vehicle "lost control and rolled, killing the two on the spot".</p></section><section class="sc-4e574cd-0 bhtqwj" data-component="text-block" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: grid; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; gap: 16px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe" style="border: 0px; color: #202224; font-family: "BBC Reith Serif", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.36px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A spokesman quoted by AFP added that the third passenger - who was female - had been injured and "rushed to hospital".</p></section><section class="sc-4e574cd-0 bhtqwj" data-component="text-block" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: grid; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; gap: 16px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe" style="border: 0px; color: #202224; font-family: "BBC Reith Serif", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.36px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Just last week, his team announced that he would attempt to run the distance in under two hours at the Rotterdam marathon - a feat that has never been achieved in open competition.</p></section><section class="sc-4e574cd-0 bhtqwj" data-component="text-block" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: grid; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; gap: 16px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe" style="border: 0px; color: #202224; font-family: "BBC Reith Serif", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.36px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The rise to fame for the father-of-two had been rapid - he only ran his first full marathon in 2022.</p></section><section class="sc-4e574cd-0 bhtqwj" data-component="text-block" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: grid; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; gap: 16px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe" style="border: 0px; color: #202224; font-family: "BBC Reith Serif", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.36px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">He competed in his first major competition four years earlier running in borrowed shoes as he could not afford a pair of his own.</p></section><section class="sc-4e574cd-0 bhtqwj" data-component="text-block" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: grid; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; gap: 16px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 728px;"><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe" style="border: 0px; color: #202224; font-family: "BBC Reith Serif", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.36px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">He was among a new crop of Kenyan athletes who began their careers on the road, breaking away from the past tradition of athletes starting on the track before switching to longer distances.</p><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe" style="border: 0px; color: #202224; font-family: "BBC Reith Serif", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.36px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">At a gathering to watch the superbowl this evening a gal that ran track at Penn st ( many years ago ) reported </div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">this There's a picture of him with the owner of the Eugene running company, running store in the store. </div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">He was there promoting the Nike flyknit running shoe </div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><div>very sad the way this happened </div></div><div class="gmail_signature" dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Mike Waters </div></div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr"><span face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 16px;">When I read the first line, my thought was "who now?" envisioning a veteran of the '64 Olympics. Wow, 24! Remember who you were at 24? I sure remember 24. What an idiot I was. Like to think I've made progress since then as the bar was set pretty low.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 16px;">Roy Mason</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> Sad to hear this. Runners like Kiptum were not just athletes who weren't good at team sports and consequently switched to running, but instead were runners who everybody knew they could not beat in a million years and whose athleticism was astounding to all who watched them perform. Bill Schnier</div><div class="yj6qo ajU" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; cursor: pointer; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 2px 0px 0px; outline: none; padding: 10px 0px; width: 22px;"><br /></div></div></div></div></section>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016328985438205999.post-46228211099596555922024-02-01T20:10:00.004-08:002024-02-02T09:07:00.031-08:00V 14 N. 10 Al Buehler Duke Track Coach for 40 Years R.I.P.<p> Al Buehler passed away on January 5, 2023. The following article is from the <i>The Chronicle</i>.</p><p>Apologies, missed this date by one year.</p><h1 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #020100; font-family: "Frank Ruhl Libre", serif; font-size: 2.47059rem; line-height: 2.64706rem; margin-bottom: 0.5rem; margin-top: 0px;">Former Duke track and field, cross country head coach Al Buehler dies at 92</h1><figure class="dom-art-container my-4" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #5c5b5b; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin-bottom: 1.5rem !important; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5rem !important; margin: 1.5rem 0px;"><img alt="" class="w-100" src="https://snworksceo.imgix.net/dtc/eeee135b-415f-4868-9a1c-f37439f4b177.sized-1000x1000.png?w=1000" style="border-style: none; box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 600px;" /><div class="domphoto-caption mt-2 text-left text-md-right" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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width: 315px;"><aside class="author-name" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.823529rem; font-weight: 600; line-height: 1.17647rem;">By <a href="https://www.dukechronicle.com/staff/jonathan-levitan" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0059b3; text-decoration-line: none;">Jonathan Levitan</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/JonathanLevitan" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0059b3; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">@JonathanLevitan</a><div class="mt-1" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0.25rem;"><span class="can-localize" style="box-sizing: border-box;">January 10, 2023 | 2:49pm PST</span></div></aside></div><div class="col-12 col-md-6 text-left text-md-right d-print-none" style="box-sizing: border-box; flex: 0 0 50%; max-width: 50%; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; position: relative; text-align: right; width: 315px;"><ul class="social-links list-unsyled list-inline mt-4 mt-md-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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width: 70px;" title="Trinity Audio Player"></iframe></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #020100; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.58824rem; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">Longtime Duke track and field head and cross country coach Al Buehler died Jan. 5 at 92 years old at The Forest at Duke Retirement Community, his family announced Tuesday. A member of the Duke Athletics Hall of Fame and a larger-than-life figure in Blue Devil history, Buehler spent 45 years at the school from 1955-2000.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #020100; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.58824rem; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">After graduating from the University of Maryland, where he enjoyed a successful career as a track runner, Buehler began as head coach of Duke's cross country team in 1955 and became its track and field head coach in 1964. Duke hosted the NCAA Track and Field Championships at Wallace Wade Stadium in 2000, and Buehler retired shortly after, bringing to an end an illustrious career. He was inducted into the Duke Athletics Hall of Fame in 2001 and continued teaching as Duke's faculty chair of the department of physical education until 2015.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #020100; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.58824rem; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">Buehler's legacy extends beyond Duke. His career on the international stage featured three appearances as a member of the U.S. Olympic track and field coaching staff in 1972, 1984 and 1988. He is a member of the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame and the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Hall of Fame.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #020100; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.58824rem; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">In addition to serving as chairman of the NCAA Track & Field Committee, Buehler was the meet director at the U.S.A.-Pan Africa-Federal Republic of Germany Meet in 1975, the USA vs. USSR meet in 1974 and the Martin Luther King Jr. Games in 1973.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #020100; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.58824rem; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">Among the many ways in which Buehler's legacy is honored at Duke today is the Al Buehler Cross Country Trail, a three-mile loop circling the Washington Duke Inn & Golf Club. He is also the subject of a book and documentary by Amy Unell, both titled "Starting at the Finish Line."</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #020100; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.58824rem; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">At Commencement in May 2022, President Vincent Price <a href="https://today.duke.edu/2022/05/vincent-price-advice-al-buehler-%E2%80%94-%E2%80%98-finish-line-starting-point%E2%80%99" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(222, 95, 76); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0059b3; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 100ms ease-out 0s;" target="_blank">spoke of Buehler</a>, his philosophies and his lasting impact on the Duke community. Standing in Wallace Wade, where Buehler coached before the removal of the track in 2015, Price likened life to a footrace, imploring the school's newest graduates to approach that race with Buehler's teachings in mind.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #020100; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.58824rem; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">"You may recognize his name from the cross-country trail on the other side of the road," Price said, "but it was right here that Coach Buehler brought out the best in All-Americans, ACC Champions, and Olympians—a hall-of-fame career that led none other than Mike Krzyzewski to say that Al 'defines the word Coach, and sets an example for all of us.'"</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #020100; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.58824rem; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">"Throughout his career, Coach Buehler has been a bold and courageous voice for what is right—a champion of integrating college sports during the height of segregation and a vocal advocate for equal scholarships for women. But what the runners he’s coached over the years most appreciate is his quiet wisdom, and a guiding philosophy built around three core principles," Price continued.</p><div class="clearfix" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #020100; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.58824rem; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">Those principles, Price explained, are to set up your own race, stay conscious and teamwork.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #020100; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.58824rem; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">Buehler is survived by his wife, Delaina, their children and their grandchildren. A memorial service for Buehler will be held Jan. 28 at 2 p.m. at Duke Memorial United Methodist Church. The online service can be viewed <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.dukememorial.org/memoriam.html__;!!OToaGQ!sfVlcr6RwiCylWhkMrWn_Xqe-5a8U_KF9b5lUvfxXz73VBk-STntpt3OxmugUoHzc9pBubTnEq-wXnT5QJ9GBw$" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(222, 95, 76); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0059b3; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 100ms ease-out 0s;" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #020100; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.58824rem; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">Memorial donations in honor of Buehler may be made to the <a href="https://www.gifts.duke.edu/irondukes?designation=6180873" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(222, 95, 76); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0059b3; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 100ms ease-out 0s;" target="_blank">Al Buehler Athletic Endowment Fund at Duke Athletics</a>, The Salvation Army of Durham or a charity to be decided by the donor.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #020100; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.58824rem; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #020100; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.58824rem; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">From Bill Schnier: <span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> Al Buehler was a wonderful coach at Duke for many years. Despite the upper crust university he coached at, he was instrumental in a number of very significant cross-racial endeavors. He collaborated with LeRoy Walker, coach at North Carolina Central in Durham, on several notable occasions. As a distance-oriented coach at Duke, he wanted his sprinters to receive more attention so he suggested to his coaching peer across town that both schools' sprinters train at NCCU and both schools' distance runners train at Duke. This was still during Jim Crow days but the two pulled it off successfully. Later they joined together to host three major summer track meets at Duke's Wallace Wade Stadium involving the US team against the Pan-Africans, the USSR, and West Germany. All were extremely well attended with about 40,000-60,000 each time. Finally, Coach Buehler served as an assistant track coach for the US Olympic Team in 1972 in Munich. In 1968 in Mexico City following the men's 200 and the subsequent demonstration by Tommie Smith and John Carlos, the two were dismissed from the team and sent home. Al Buehler took the very shaken pair to the airport and on the way told them he was supportive of their demonstration and that in time their actions would receive general praise from the American public, which proved to be true. He was a friend when those sprinters found few other friends. For the last 20 years of his life he climbed up the stairs and then a ladder to the steeple of his Methodist church and rang the bell to announce the service each Sunday.</span></p><div dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><div> </div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016328985438205999.post-73345438704435329442024-02-01T15:34:00.007-08:002024-02-02T09:09:51.060-08:00V 14 N. 9 Michel Jazy Olympic Silver 1500, 9 World Records R.I.P.<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiLjaiT_l3LH77L35n15L2L3H2lK89LgHW85zwa9iU957A3I60Ef8_jBsZnk_KJENFIwipceTd18RZ5VX36RucLFItlbqKOUHlL3ZIMaB29jb3efoU88ByND6qsJLe4G4_krWOOJSbIe0KY3IKBbDlkosS7EWVSWsu-d2G2uOCK2lSx9CVaXliwt0MQ10U" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="640" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiLjaiT_l3LH77L35n15L2L3H2lK89LgHW85zwa9iU957A3I60Ef8_jBsZnk_KJENFIwipceTd18RZ5VX36RucLFItlbqKOUHlL3ZIMaB29jb3efoU88ByND6qsJLe4G4_krWOOJSbIe0KY3IKBbDlkosS7EWVSWsu-d2G2uOCK2lSx9CVaXliwt0MQ10U=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><div><span face="Montserrat, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 12px;">(FILES) France's Michel Jazy, cheered on by the crowd, crosses the finish line at a meeting in Melun on June 24, 1965, where he set two new world records, the 2-mile record in 8'22"6/10 and the 3000m record in 7'49". Former French athlete Michel Jazy died at 87 years-old announced the French Athletics Federation on February 1, 2024. (Photo by STAFF / AFP)</span></div><div><span face="Montserrat, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34SDYebxoHs">Video of this race with Ron Clark and Mohammed Gammoudi</a> link (no sound) <br /></span></div><div><span face="Montserrat, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 12px;"><br /></span></div>February 1, 2024<div><br /></div><div>Michel Jazy died today.<br /><p></p><p>If you were a child of the 1950's and 60's in the track and field world then you were aware of a lean Frenchman named Michel Jazy. He ran in some of the great races of those times, namely the 1960 Olympic 1500 meters final where he finished second to Herb Elliott who broke the World Record in that race and four years later in the Tokyo finals of the 5,000 meters where he finished to him a very disappointing fourth to Bob Schul, Harold Norpoth, and Bill Dellinger, with a young Kip Keino close behind. </p><p>Michel Jazy was 87 years old when he died. He was the son of Polish immigrants to France. His father worked in coal mines. He only became a French citizen at age 18. He worked as a typesetter or linotype operator. After the 1960 defeat at the hands of Elliott, he went on to break Elliott's World Record running 3:53.6. </p><p><br /></p><p>He was born in France in 1936 a Polish citizen and only got French citizenship in 1955. His early life was not an easy one, and in those days we often thought that great middle distance and distance runners did not come from rich families. His story backs that theory. <b>Wikipedia</b> describes it thus: </p><p> J<span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;">azy was born into a poor coal-mining family from </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poland" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Poland">Poland</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;">. His grandfather, together with his wife and their daughter, emigrated from </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poland" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Poland">Poland</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"> to </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="France">France</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"> after </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="World War I">World War I</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;">. They settled in </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oignies" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Oignies">Oignies</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;">. Michel's grandfather worked as a </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_mining" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Coal mining">coal miner</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"> in nearby </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostricourt" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Ostricourt">Ostricourt</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;">. Michel's father was also a coal miner, whereas Michel's mother worked in a </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brewery" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Brewery">brewery</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"> in </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lille" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Lille">Lille</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;">. Michel was raised by his grandmother during much of his childhood. He was 12 years old when his father died of </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicosis" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Silicosis">silicosis</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;">. When Michel was 14 years old, he, his mother (Marianne Jazy) and his older sister (Alfreda) settled in </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Paris">Paris</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;">. Marianne worked as a </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waiting_staff" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Waiting staff">waitress</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"> in a </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caf%C3%A9" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Café">café</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"> in </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montmartre" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Montmartre">Montmartre</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;">. Marianne remarried; her new husband, a truck driver, moved the family into a 10-by-12-foot (3 × 4 m), one-room </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apartment" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Apartment">apartment</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"> on Rue Rodier in Montmartre. Michel was passionate about </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_football" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Association football">football</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"> when he was a schoolboy. As a schoolboy, he would spend hours daily playing football. Michel left school at the age of 14 and became a uniformed doorman and </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elevator" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Elevator">elevator</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"> operator at a bridge club near the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arc_de_Triomphe" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Arc de Triomphe">Arc de Triomphe</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;">. At 16 he became an </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apprenticeship" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Apprenticeship">apprentice</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"> in a neighborhood printshop.</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Vas-y,_Ja-zy!_And_He_Went_5-0" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Jazy#cite_note-Vas-y,_Ja-zy!_And_He_Went-5" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[5]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-rp_6-0" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Jazy#cite_note-rp-6" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[6]</a></sup></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhPMKdWmYH0MID5IYVAGbs6LKttF0OQ1kiG9ShKYwVV9iJF_lLAw2UHWqiJnZrfDJBThYJRtYiayGNaAJ1mdJWGuQn4g7chOO6jtfVbuxENUSsEytYyQu44WCob767mWvU5lw4eUkuSjYt1R1qt9ivR5heV6NtFhzUDrewVR28X1DKTDINx-1w06-uI0jM" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="420" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhPMKdWmYH0MID5IYVAGbs6LKttF0OQ1kiG9ShKYwVV9iJF_lLAw2UHWqiJnZrfDJBThYJRtYiayGNaAJ1mdJWGuQn4g7chOO6jtfVbuxENUSsEytYyQu44WCob767mWvU5lw4eUkuSjYt1R1qt9ivR5heV6NtFhzUDrewVR28X1DKTDINx-1w06-uI0jM=w336-h640" width="336" /></a></div> Michel Jazy lead Harold Norpoth<p></p><p><br /></p><div class="profileStatistics_tabs__1cAYd" style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 1em;"><h2 style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-family: "Linux Libertine", Georgia, Times, "Source Serif Pro", serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.375; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="World_records">World records</span><span class="mw-editsection" face="sans-serif" style="font-size: small; line-height: 0; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 0px; unicode-bidi: isolate; user-select: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color: #54595d; margin-right: 0.25em;">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michel_Jazy&action=edit&section=3" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none; text-wrap: nowrap;" title="Edit section: World records">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color: #54595d; margin-left: 0.25em;">]</span></span></h2><figure class="mw-default-size" style="background-color: #f8f9fa; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-collapse: collapse; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(200, 204, 209); border-left-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(200, 204, 209); border-right-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(200, 204, 209); border-top-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 0px; clear: right; color: #202122; display: table; float: right; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 0; margin: 0.5em 0px 1.3em 1.4em; min-width: 100px; text-align: center;" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a class="mw-file-description" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Michel_Jazy_with_wife_1967.jpg" style="background: none; border: 0px; color: #3366cc; display: block; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative; text-decoration-line: none;"><img class="mw-file-element" data-file-height="1188" data-file-width="988" decoding="async" height="289" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Michel_Jazy_with_wife_1967.jpg/240px-Michel_Jazy_with_wife_1967.jpg" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Michel_Jazy_with_wife_1967.jpg/360px-Michel_Jazy_with_wife_1967.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Michel_Jazy_with_wife_1967.jpg/480px-Michel_Jazy_with_wife_1967.jpg 2x" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(200, 204, 209); margin: 3px; vertical-align: middle;" width="240" /></a><figcaption style="border-bottom-color: rgb(200, 204, 209); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(200, 204, 209); border-left-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(200, 204, 209); border-right-style: solid; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 1px 1px; caption-side: bottom; display: table-caption; font-size: 12.376px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 0px 6px 6px; text-align: left; word-break: break-word;">Jazy shows his book <i>Mes victoires, mes défaites, ma vie</i> to wife Irène in 1967</figcaption></figure><p style="color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;">Between 1961 and 1966, Jazy set nine world records over the following distances:</p><ul style="color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; list-style-image: url("/w/skins/Vector/resources/skins.vector.styles/images/bullet-icon.svg?d4515"); margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px;"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">mile (once)<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-World_Record_progression_in_men's_running_events_9-1" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Jazy#cite_note-World_Record_progression_in_men's_running_events-9" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[9]</a></sup><ul style="list-style-image: url("/w/skins/Vector/resources/skins.vector.styles/images/bullet-icon.svg?d4515"); margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px;"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">time of 3:53.6 minutes on 9 June 1965 in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rennes" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Rennes">Rennes</a></li></ul></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">2000 metres (twice)<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-World_Record_progression_in_men's_running_events_9-2" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Jazy#cite_note-World_Record_progression_in_men's_running_events-9" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[9]</a></sup><ul style="list-style-image: url("/w/skins/Vector/resources/skins.vector.styles/images/bullet-icon.svg?d4515"); margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px;"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">time of 5:01.6 minutes on 14 June 1962 in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Paris">Paris</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">time of 4:56.2 minutes on 12 October 1966 in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Maur-des-Foss%C3%A9s" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Saint-Maur-des-Fossés">Saint-Maur-des-Fossés</a></li></ul></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">3000 metres (twice)<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-World_Record_progression_in_men's_running_events_9-3" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Jazy#cite_note-World_Record_progression_in_men's_running_events-9" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[9]</a></sup><ul style="list-style-image: url("/w/skins/Vector/resources/skins.vector.styles/images/bullet-icon.svg?d4515"); margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px;"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">time of 7:49.2 minutes on 27 June 1962 in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Maur-des-Foss%C3%A9s" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Saint-Maur-des-Fossés">Saint-Maur-des-Fossés</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">time of 7:49.0 minutes on 23 June 1965 in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melun" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Melun">Melun</a></li></ul></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">2 miles (twice)<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-World_Record_progression_in_men's_running_events_9-4" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Jazy#cite_note-World_Record_progression_in_men's_running_events-9" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[9]</a></sup><ul style="list-style-image: url("/w/skins/Vector/resources/skins.vector.styles/images/bullet-icon.svg?d4515"); margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px;"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">time of 8:29.6 minutes on 6 June 1963 in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Paris">Paris</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">time of 8:22.6 minutes on 23 June 1965 in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melun" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Melun">Melun</a></li></ul></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">4×1500 metres relay (twice)<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Vas-y,_Ja-zy!_And_He_Went_5-3" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Jazy#cite_note-Vas-y,_Ja-zy!_And_He_Went-5" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[5]</a></sup><ul style="list-style-image: url("/w/skins/Vector/resources/skins.vector.styles/images/bullet-icon.svg?d4515"); margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px;"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">time of 15:04.2 minutes on 28 June 1961 in <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Versailles_(city)" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Versailles (city)">Versailles</a> (the other members of the relay team were <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Bernard_(runner)" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Michel Bernard (runner)">Michel Bernard</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bogey" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Robert Bogey">Robert Bogey</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Clausse" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Jean Clausse">Jean Clausse</a>)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">time of 14:49.0 minutes on 25 June 1965 in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Maur-des-Foss%C3%A9s" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Saint-Maur-des-Fossés">Saint-Maur-des-Fossés</a> (the other members of the relay team were <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Nicolas" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Claude Nicolas">Claude Nicolas</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A9rard_Vervoort" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Gérard Vervoort">Gérard Vervoort</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Wadoux" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Jean Wadoux">Jean Wadoux</a>)</li></ul></li></ul><h2 style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-family: "Linux Libertine", Georgia, Times, "Source Serif Pro", serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.375; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Personal_bests">Personal bests</span><span class="mw-editsection" face="sans-serif" style="font-size: small; line-height: 0; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 0px; unicode-bidi: isolate; user-select: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color: #54595d; margin-right: 0.25em;">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michel_Jazy&action=edit&section=4" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none; text-wrap: nowrap;" title="Edit section: Personal bests">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color: #54595d; margin-left: 0.25em;">]</span></span></h2><ul style="color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; list-style-image: url("/w/skins/Vector/resources/skins.vector.styles/images/bullet-icon.svg?d4515"); margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px;"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">800 metres: 1:47.1 minutes (1962)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">1500 metres: 3:36.3 minutes (1966)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">mile: 3:53.6 minutes in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rennes" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Rennes">Rennes</a> in 1965 (This was a world record that was broken in July 1966 by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Ryun" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Jim Ryun">Jim Ryun</a>. It remained the European mile record until it was broken by <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eamon_Coghlan" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Eamon Coghlan">Eamon Coghlan</a> in 1975)<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Jazy#cite_note-11" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[11]</a></sup></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">2000 metres: 4:56.2 minutes in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Maur-des-Foss%C3%A9s" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; outline-color: rgb(51, 102, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word;" title="">Saint-Maur-des-Fossés</a> in 1966 (This was a world record that was broken only in June 1976 by <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Walker_(athlete)" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="John Walker (athlete)">John Walker</a>.)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">3000 metres: 7:49.0 minutes in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melun" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Melun">Melun</a> in 1965 (This was a world record that was broken only six weeks later by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siegfried_Herrmann" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Siegfried Herrmann">Siegfried Herrmann</a>.)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">2 miles: 8:22.6 minutes in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melun" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Melun">Melun</a> in 1965 (This was a world record that was broken in July 1967 by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Clarke" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Ron Clarke">Ron Clarke</a>.)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">5000 metres: 13:27.6 minutes (1965)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">4×1500 metres relay (Michel Jazy, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Nicolas" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Claude Nicolas">Claude Nicolas</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A9rard_Vervoort" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Gérard Vervoort">Gérard Vervoort</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Wadoux" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Jean Wadoux">Jean Wadoux</a>): 14:49.0 minutes in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Maur-des-Foss%C3%A9s" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Saint-Maur-des-Fossés">Saint-Maur-des-Fossés</a> in 1965 (This was a world record and Jazy ran the third leg of the relay race.)</li></ul><div><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #202122;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiWd6o_jP14vhOkwgB4eqc5oidYrcHYslGOubQw_UyantPz8qLPUqwczeShJAXIcoYHEHlj1-2xnfAD5Pqmg7BK53PIxzol_wSLHSCgqYOxrTejAj1_DFFJGPwE7RsvjKwiTjAzASc9r4jhMljKff7Rfbr1Qj0U1h3nb4pzIhg0rjNSUNY5InHeUf4DpP0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="217" data-original-width="320" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiWd6o_jP14vhOkwgB4eqc5oidYrcHYslGOubQw_UyantPz8qLPUqwczeShJAXIcoYHEHlj1-2xnfAD5Pqmg7BK53PIxzol_wSLHSCgqYOxrTejAj1_DFFJGPwE7RsvjKwiTjAzASc9r4jhMljKff7Rfbr1Qj0U1h3nb4pzIhg0rjNSUNY5InHeUf4DpP0" width="320" /></a></div><br /> Jazy prepping with a 2:53 1200 meters in Tokyo 1964</span></span></div><div><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #202122;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> Behind him are Michel Bernard and Jean Waddoux.</span></span></div><div><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #202122;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDrUx7xkQ6sJ3KvR1_WsyerQ-Z640oBgv4NKj3GYuE_V_NjNb4r69IQnNzR-vithb2yc-t0gOJgJ_UeImJUsxJd7lynGs4M5Dnc2vBx1HJO8ZRoToVp8Y_b-5MIDtMHwf5X_HzUnIahCzcwuwajEbSMEs-jH2E0H4KRwK7hGiJ6swCY37F0OLL4ttsMxc/s480/Bob%20overtaking%20Jazy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="321" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDrUx7xkQ6sJ3KvR1_WsyerQ-Z640oBgv4NKj3GYuE_V_NjNb4r69IQnNzR-vithb2yc-t0gOJgJ_UeImJUsxJd7lynGs4M5Dnc2vBx1HJO8ZRoToVp8Y_b-5MIDtMHwf5X_HzUnIahCzcwuwajEbSMEs-jH2E0H4KRwK7hGiJ6swCY37F0OLL4ttsMxc/w268-h400/Bob%20overtaking%20Jazy.jpg" width="268" /><br /></a>Schul about to overtake Jazy at Tokyo<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgspvES3NineY_rGOVh3Dqt0lH1t4vcAFeoFmmX-ttQSY6RRfM_fxTXOpxMUbbJqojyMzu3Vgb1Q6LYYNkCu00V24vDhLKl32zAhXIAz0OKh3QN63r8tl40lD5CpK_Yon9BgOY4uhWvnMvDvqhEJGMi-X91OvZs0Z0WBN6Vjid5AvfzwelhFtQLQCj7sY/s4160/jazy%20schul%20painting.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgspvES3NineY_rGOVh3Dqt0lH1t4vcAFeoFmmX-ttQSY6RRfM_fxTXOpxMUbbJqojyMzu3Vgb1Q6LYYNkCu00V24vDhLKl32zAhXIAz0OKh3QN63r8tl40lD5CpK_Yon9BgOY4uhWvnMvDvqhEJGMi-X91OvZs0Z0WBN6Vjid5AvfzwelhFtQLQCj7sY/w480-h640/jazy%20schul%20painting.jpg" width="480" /></a></div></div> Painting of above photo owned by Bob Schul<br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #202122;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div>According to reports I've read today, the French fans did not deride Michel Jazy for this defeat at the Olympics. I don't think he was the favorite going in. He was the best miler in the field, but he was moving up against more experienced 5,000 men in this race. </span></div><div><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #202122;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #202122;"><a href="https://www.racingpast.ca/john_contents.php?id=159"><b><span style="font-size: large;">John Cobley's Profile on Jazy in Racing Past</span></b></a><br /><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #202122;"><span><a href="https://vault.si.com/vault/1962/01/29/overcome-by-beauty-and-beatty"><span style="font-size: large;">Sports Illustrated Article on Jazy in L.A. 1962</span></a> link<br /></span></span></div><div><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #202122;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #202122;"><span><a href="https://onceuponatimeinthevest.blogspot.com/2015/08/v-5-n-77-jazy-clarke-and-keino.html"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>A Piece We Did on Jazy Clarke and Keino 9 years ago</b></span></a><br /></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> The great Michel Jazy, was a contemporary of Bob Schul as well as a world record holder. He was almost Kenyanese in size yet still was the premier miler for at least one year. Strangely, he was known to be a smoker to some extent. Bill Schnier</div></div><div dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Most of the French team smoked: That may be hyperbole, but a number of European athletes had the habit. George</div><div><br /></div><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "World Athletics", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></ul></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016328985438205999.post-10215686584637523062024-01-29T15:41:00.005-08:002024-01-30T09:58:43.008-08:00V 14 N. 8 Doping Then, Doping Now<p> Last October Preston Davis (U. of Texas) sent me this first news piece (below) from India. Took me a long time to get it on the blog, Preston, but I hope it was worth the wait. Wow, India has arrived in the doping market of track and field. Once it was mainly East Germany and American throwers who garnered all the attention. I'm also reminded personally of an encounter in 1970 with members of a Special Forces A Team in England and their mentioning that they used 'stimulants' when going into the field. The British equivalent lads Special Air Services (SAS) were a bit taken aback when they heard this from our guys. To confirm the Green Beanies' statement, I found this article online from <i>The Lancet <a href="chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS014067360315060X.pdf">Use of Amphetamines in the Military</a></i> (Note: It looks like Chrome or Google wants to block this. Just type <b>Use of Stimulants in the Military by Eric A. Bower</b> into your URL and the article may come up. It reports that stimulants were used by US military as far back as WWII and still are used. I also decided to look back into old newspapers 1890 to 1914 to see what was being mentioned on the subject as regards sport. There were numerous articles from 1900 on talking about administering strychnine, cocaine, and oxygen as stimulants to performance in running as well as swimming. The idea seems to have come from horseracing where a bit of money could be made from not very sophisticated drug abuse on the horses, not the jockeys. Maybe even Phidippides was getting hits of <i>ouzo</i> from grateful peasants while on his way to declare the Greek victory at Marathon. One article on performance enhancement regarding the design of the swimming suit sounds like the description of the advantage of the latest running shoes. Today's shoe marketing stammer could easily have been lifted from this particular article. I've posted a number of those stories from places as remote as New Zealand and as close to home as Omaha. There were rules listed formally banning stimulants at the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm, this being one of the first official bans on chemical assistance in sport. It really worked, didn't it? Makes for some interesting reading if you have the time. George</p><p><br /></p><blockquote style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="auto"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="color: black; font-size: 17px; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="font-family: "Yahoo Sans", Arial, "Arial Black", sans-serif; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 30px; padding-top: 20px; width: 560px;" valign="top" width="100%"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong>From Preston Davis: Wild story out of India,</strong> where most athletes disappeared from a state track meet after doping officials showed up. November, 2023</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://newsletters.yahoo.net/T/v60000018ae0b96353a615b7f4bbc782e8/92f156bc2835400b0000021ef3a0bcd2/92f156bc-2835-400b-b228-526fdb46ad50?__dU__%3Dv0G4RBKTXg2GvzBXXO0iqzhQD4bfSOAnZx%26__F__%3Dv0fUYvjHMDjRPMSh3tviDHXIoXcPxvDgUUCCPvXMWoX_244l7Zz9EN_YMGap6ofJnB690j2Y5XjYyPZBHSl8ri3dmX5JzyJ0GoNtncLUtawZ_BXhfKdOkz-zA4T5Hz0FuqEDCiLef9E_sJDsxN7JTJgTaHctByJdeTGdiKKdXgn7SObTEtjsn8o5yds4iiQsNTpSNJ0AC62oiKRm2SqclUec70nXOjVexBAY6e2vTDRH7EyDwZzEcUITJt9ixbCN_xqH3GWjtdRRt3wjMDDHY8ngW7AdIZs3IvKBjuTH1Q0KcDPiYGzfBoeJDTkh6yJPNiHJQmOPhn_iDlDzGYHFa84SDrxb7NytQlwSWagCej35bQXDgoWxDMXpd-bT-0KdR0ISak1HbhJkYOlzJMoWMQQLFCn2hKQtHZDcfdMMO71YUnGEArw7xMQVNddAvviBOwfx72k1aD0Dnt9PeHSwVk5a68mnO8WjEyiJu4IbmVNwDJFZtemA9_xrMZopl3PiTx12voV298WiBW_EkUBkgV8vn1GCRqYLSZGpFrnE1LLTVbBzD8U5C_6lE6gUMGGtRRmvo7d6ZXJIiYQ1-j54672EKtgUXc-tvSmZ6Ey2JY6xVUfoijRegy6zzCEKk86tTzZoyMm5w0KY2Gfv5e8q6cvDoQBcFGbISXPzdMWn-bprlAsSQ6nv5YWx9z_neZhd5H&source=gmail&ust=1706646592329000&usg=AOvVaw0zU_DAI-BSHO8FUPWEQbcy" href="https://newsletters.yahoo.net/T/v60000018ae0b96353a615b7f4bbc782e8/92f156bc2835400b0000021ef3a0bcd2/92f156bc-2835-400b-b228-526fdb46ad50?__dU__=v0G4RBKTXg2GvzBXXO0iqzhQD4bfSOAnZx&__F__=v0fUYvjHMDjRPMSh3tviDHXIoXcPxvDgUUCCPvXMWoX_244l7Zz9EN_YMGap6ofJnB690j2Y5XjYyPZBHSl8ri3dmX5JzyJ0GoNtncLUtawZ_BXhfKdOkz-zA4T5Hz0FuqEDCiLef9E_sJDsxN7JTJgTaHctByJdeTGdiKKdXgn7SObTEtjsn8o5yds4iiQsNTpSNJ0AC62oiKRm2SqclUec70nXOjVexBAY6e2vTDRH7EyDwZzEcUITJt9ixbCN_xqH3GWjtdRRt3wjMDDHY8ngW7AdIZs3IvKBjuTH1Q0KcDPiYGzfBoeJDTkh6yJPNiHJQmOPhn_iDlDzGYHFa84SDrxb7NytQlwSWagCej35bQXDgoWxDMXpd-bT-0KdR0ISak1HbhJkYOlzJMoWMQQLFCn2hKQtHZDcfdMMO71YUnGEArw7xMQVNddAvviBOwfx72k1aD0Dnt9PeHSwVk5a68mnO8WjEyiJu4IbmVNwDJFZtemA9_xrMZopl3PiTx12voV298WiBW_EkUBkgV8vn1GCRqYLSZGpFrnE1LLTVbBzD8U5C_6lE6gUMGGtRRmvo7d6ZXJIiYQ1-j54672EKtgUXc-tvSmZ6Ey2JY6xVUfoijRegy6zzCEKk86tTzZoyMm5w0KY2Gfv5e8q6cvDoQBcFGbISXPzdMWn-bprlAsSQ6nv5YWx9z_neZhd5H" style="color: black; outline: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #188fff;">From The Indian Express</span></a>:</strong></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><em>"The final day of the Delhi State Athletics Championship … at the warm-up track of the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in the national capital, turned into a cat-and-mouse game between athletes and doping control officers on Tuesday."</em></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><em>"The number of participants fell by half as news spread that National Anti Doping Agency (NADA) officials had dropped in, a day after a purported video clip of the washroom at the stadium showed piles of used syringes."</em></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong>This is nuts:</strong> Only one person ran the men's 100m final after seven others withdrew, citing cramps or muscle strains. In the steeplechase, one athlete kept running after crossing the finish line to evade testing.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong>The big picture:</strong> Doping is a serious problem in India, which <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://newsletters.yahoo.net/T/v60000018ae0b96353a615b7f4bbc782e8/92f156bc2835400b0000021ef3a0bcd3/92f156bc-2835-400b-b228-526fdb46ad50?__dU__%3Dv0G4RBKTXg2GvzBXXO0iqzhQD4bfSOAnZx%26__F__%3Dv0fUYvjHMDjRPMSh3tviDHXIoXcPxvDgUUCCPvXMWoX_0r7FigEMozycZ5PyrNGPCumej18HOBYgbvBNzkQdPwQ2uTsudEF7qccJlYdJ3OdFz1a251m-OvxG-aOe5WxWPbYaHD-kQqxAalY2EE1iqyn4sUk-TDqjIqkBnnpgJ_b0yD8Mz73c33m2aE3mAJPnInYCNdnpmyHkx3P5F7Fgpa5a6NsnBErfmUGmw9gAMChFCGw72dJ53QP1kcf91gMqgvi8cJlkJCfvV2aldnYBlfYyutnoDyw5yyTGJP1ajN5QzIeYutF8DTYygTm8wbdoPBMeR3U5HuxnFoq_qdcoRumgR5xxSxcZXriMvLF7Sj8IFCLnWD0nqzbXOeaMRioRSuLgUuS1lmE6M6OZZxaHXddpjoSWFW-ULaHqWMdXrwYTsyA3L2s6U27mrGlJWmeyAHutrnZTXI5hrAWQhcDxPY_Lf1CImGsHtdulz3ISD4u7C88xdyq19HMIEmdyFrPEBr&source=gmail&ust=1706646592330000&usg=AOvVaw2bWdzpd0TGQfCKrGv3PJfO" href="https://newsletters.yahoo.net/T/v60000018ae0b96353a615b7f4bbc782e8/92f156bc2835400b0000021ef3a0bcd3/92f156bc-2835-400b-b228-526fdb46ad50?__dU__=v0G4RBKTXg2GvzBXXO0iqzhQD4bfSOAnZx&__F__=v0fUYvjHMDjRPMSh3tviDHXIoXcPxvDgUUCCPvXMWoX_0r7FigEMozycZ5PyrNGPCumej18HOBYgbvBNzkQdPwQ2uTsudEF7qccJlYdJ3OdFz1a251m-OvxG-aOe5WxWPbYaHD-kQqxAalY2EE1iqyn4sUk-TDqjIqkBnnpgJ_b0yD8Mz73c33m2aE3mAJPnInYCNdnpmyHkx3P5F7Fgpa5a6NsnBErfmUGmw9gAMChFCGw72dJ53QP1kcf91gMqgvi8cJlkJCfvV2aldnYBlfYyutnoDyw5yyTGJP1ajN5QzIeYutF8DTYygTm8wbdoPBMeR3U5HuxnFoq_qdcoRumgR5xxSxcZXriMvLF7Sj8IFCLnWD0nqzbXOeaMRioRSuLgUuS1lmE6M6OZZxaHXddpjoSWFW-ULaHqWMdXrwYTsyA3L2s6U27mrGlJWmeyAHutrnZTXI5hrAWQhcDxPY_Lf1CImGsHtdulz3ISD4u7C88xdyq19HMIEmdyFrPEBr" style="color: black; outline: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span jslog="32272; 1:WyIjdGhyZWFkLWY6MTc3ODQ4MDAxMTA3MjA0MjUwNiJd; 4:WyIjbXNnLWY6MTc3ODQ4MDAxMTA3MjA0MjUwNiJd" style="color: #188fff;">ranked second behind Russia</span></a> in violations per a recent World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) </p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here are those news stories from the distant past</div></div></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><p><b> This one first got my attention. It is from our youth when the world was still an innocent place. At least I thought it was. I love the term "Pep Up Pills", it just sounds so naive in today's lingo. Something out of James Dean's "Rebel Without a Cause" or Brando's "The Wild One".</b></p><p><b> From L. A. Mirror June 6, 1957</b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1sm-QFebMoYQzPLiFod1nWNDu2wV1N7js_2Q_s2mrQB9sNOXf1dqeQnWBeYszqRmQq1_r5nS2mt8HN0L0Sb8T-bXUW09nE9F7wD98MTcyy4QgSM7tTMatpUo0MrACrVhh9MIIKXKfo0bjQuSMAkfJyEJGpqcIjHpLDy3sIRozLjmq1sE9YYWIA-jqoWY/s3318/Pep_Up_Pills_Headline__Jun_6_1957.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="442" data-original-width="3318" height="43" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1sm-QFebMoYQzPLiFod1nWNDu2wV1N7js_2Q_s2mrQB9sNOXf1dqeQnWBeYszqRmQq1_r5nS2mt8HN0L0Sb8T-bXUW09nE9F7wD98MTcyy4QgSM7tTMatpUo0MrACrVhh9MIIKXKfo0bjQuSMAkfJyEJGpqcIjHpLDy3sIRozLjmq1sE9YYWIA-jqoWY/s320/Pep_Up_Pills_Headline__Jun_6_1957.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJiW0nTe7TBieeYKbnc4mP_FYZOIfX0LO8_DeNyyENdlp_JRZL2yVHKDK2xpOXNuANE3416do3BvB4Irvm4FaAw0bYoCONb1ywoiw1xZyRmQ33T4xEgHvki38qwJ_nwFqNO6ZvEYfSDWChRzpp6CrDBHLZO1dLkDkbZcbHWm0jXWwSnWNSw3wlU6BQRYI/s3844/LA_Mirror___Col_1_after_headline_June_6_1957.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Roger Bannister's Advisor , Franz Stampfl's Reaction to Above Article</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4XBH14Ebkoxwvu74-i01YiXtPhnSqYDhBl4hGQBTp8WPP5vE2xppSDbpT-MwPCl4LZrIIPealeGX8SsUjY5LXDM-RLLRV9TPNWRECcENvVj7HvXWBsBOq_p69Prl99QPtEexO9ZIpCmGX6xrC9hfcVL6bxILhVOrOCCO07moxiPy57sXnICjsGvdQ0bs/s2119/Franz_Stampfl_on_pills___same_edition.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2119" data-original-width="580" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4XBH14Ebkoxwvu74-i01YiXtPhnSqYDhBl4hGQBTp8WPP5vE2xppSDbpT-MwPCl4LZrIIPealeGX8SsUjY5LXDM-RLLRV9TPNWRECcENvVj7HvXWBsBOq_p69Prl99QPtEexO9ZIpCmGX6xrC9hfcVL6bxILhVOrOCCO07moxiPy57sXnICjsGvdQ0bs/s16000/Franz_Stampfl_on_pills___same_edition.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Skip Back to Turn of the 19th Century</b></div><p></p><p> <b>The Omaha Daily </b><b>Bee May 30, 1909</b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdJFRZ1Rl0iQvDlECxnqPjNkR9UR5unYDV4YDMAAoF2neHWznzx97XcsX75GDDZbSWWbe_VSOuYi6Lgt-QUEDfjWNtj-qFWs3vIugueojNcVShhNPsTx7N6xmrzs8cVyvBC9DKNHorGXqyMpC-86jS6r2VvL7mQsi4oe8bkKle1BCjM4ZSvuZMELvSNlc/s1028/Young_Athletes_Using_Dope_Omaha_Daily_Bee__May_30_1909.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1028" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdJFRZ1Rl0iQvDlECxnqPjNkR9UR5unYDV4YDMAAoF2neHWznzx97XcsX75GDDZbSWWbe_VSOuYi6Lgt-QUEDfjWNtj-qFWs3vIugueojNcVShhNPsTx7N6xmrzs8cVyvBC9DKNHorGXqyMpC-86jS6r2VvL7mQsi4oe8bkKle1BCjM4ZSvuZMELvSNlc/w466-h640/Young_Athletes_Using_Dope_Omaha_Daily_Bee__May_30_1909.jpg" width="466" /></a></div><br /> <b>Washington Post August 16, 1914</b><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Herald August 29, 1909</b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizVgabRJ_7OhohSQkXWak0XP6HYRkZF1dkNsDFWDt9Ey8ZmMdrL41xN4mm3C9xWork-0CcA-7KhSgZWLIMBsQG5MMLS_vY4j05ENxyy2h8SdprHm2uYb7XK03T4y7mokpq6tVCbKjfRVQHxA9NKofyjkc36d5swwga412jpaEROlhA5ntIgACvEtY44mE/s1210/Los_Angeles_Herald_Aug_29__1909_Artificial_Energy__poem__George_Fitch.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1210" data-original-width="710" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizVgabRJ_7OhohSQkXWak0XP6HYRkZF1dkNsDFWDt9Ey8ZmMdrL41xN4mm3C9xWork-0CcA-7KhSgZWLIMBsQG5MMLS_vY4j05ENxyy2h8SdprHm2uYb7XK03T4y7mokpq6tVCbKjfRVQHxA9NKofyjkc36d5swwga412jpaEROlhA5ntIgACvEtY44mE/w376-h640/Los_Angeles_Herald_Aug_29__1909_Artificial_Energy__poem__George_Fitch.jpg" width="376" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div></div></div></blockquote><p><br /></p><p> <b>from The Evening Star (New Zealand) April 3, 1901</b></p><p><b> The article appeared in numerous journals around the British Empire</b></p><blockquote style="background-color: white; 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font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="153" data-original-width="771" height="64" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZkwI5nOYV26YzA_i_58jIZtjqWo5Yylkok_NhLDg-ndB_z_41FyiaWFO5GOoGTK6K9VXMr4KhC3LwpuN_WPjjyZ1TL0wHBFBCCT9pqdkf9NLHv7HQzjsbZnx7TxiMaIK9WYGtstehXHEZZqe3WZq6XTKsoG8i_nnxlvynWdxT3454ufsmtU_cVXlXKnc/s320/Evening_Start_Col_2___2_lines_.jpg" width="320" /></a></p><p> </p><p> <b>The Alameda Times September 7, 1908</b></p><p><b> Doping with Oxygen, Gambling, Heaven Forbid, and Fast Gear</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkfzgxV4Fb2hc8C2V9raKI7GWvRMeP8vVaAigrkkKXgdZvZrbvcWNzjKRd1P_MWBY25GPqEC0pfuVZTP7b8Le3b9T60EJ1RdhnhQMPJMF9I8tQQ8IJGUFvy3LY4EmKrnoGpGYwjS0m7ip89gbX550R4bo8nVa4mALUfzWw29qMDZrKIsPfsK6GbMgxLdI/s1602/Alameda_Daily_Times__7_Sep_1908_Doping_Athletes__Oxygen_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1678" data-original-width="934" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUBYBmq1aOp0qdZJQcKgBXI5_WglyZ8PjpofxWPNMYG01u5GdIjw_zatv48LU4zjprR3sfLPPQfovIHMAfy8xNVlyebmBzNTe0_1GyuqsDVlBb-_p-R2q3ohqXGHfU1VFknPaytsiCpR-ML0TYI-ot4KvDGwsbEAF35O2-V_ODrgah-WoHY9UHvjZztlk/w356-h640/Raise_Cry_Against_Doping__Salt_Lake_Tribune_Dec_26__1913.jpg" width="356" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> Doping is overwhelming but I did not realize its beginnings as far back as 1909. I will simply trust the anti-doping organizations to weed out the abusers who are always ahead of the enforcers. Sometimes the question is which drugs are legal and which are not since they all get the athlete to a better place. I can honestly say none of my marks were aided by drugs, even Coca Cola. Bill Schnier</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016328985438205999.post-49011946722995058592024-01-26T13:01:00.002-08:002024-01-26T13:01:51.287-08:00V 14 N. 7 A Second Tribute to Tom Coyne 1933- 2024 by His Teammate Paul O'Shea<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_g2jUXgOs2otc2XLiRzuTEhyphenhyphenXBmKYDf78A8M2dA_9Q9DE5KrgEK6CessRTkLLN0wP7yTGuYKqPKYii8yEQWO3_b9DzgDpza6RugAo-ElwVDZR4Nxy6_trvpDwOlJvtwuocSvWYRf6HBxoenQWgqE6SlFq2407Dm5PZen7dpO6A4MMXzZGrrtnVUG5hXc/s3264/Road%20Race%20Coyne%20and%20O'Shea.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_g2jUXgOs2otc2XLiRzuTEhyphenhyphenXBmKYDf78A8M2dA_9Q9DE5KrgEK6CessRTkLLN0wP7yTGuYKqPKYii8yEQWO3_b9DzgDpza6RugAo-ElwVDZR4Nxy6_trvpDwOlJvtwuocSvWYRf6HBxoenQWgqE6SlFq2407Dm5PZen7dpO6A4MMXzZGrrtnVUG5hXc/w640-h480/Road%20Race%20Coyne%20and%20O'Shea.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: x-small;"><b>Fifteen finishers from the October 29, 1950 Waukegan, Illinois five-miler. Coyne is kneeling, furthest left, with the race winner Bobby Allen in the center. Coyne was second in the race. O’Shea is shown in the center with a number 44 jersey. Allen ran for Marquette University and won a number of Central Collegiate titles.</b></span></p><p><br /></p><p> <b>He Was My Friend from Starting Line to Podium</b></p><p> By Paul O’Shea</p><p>For seventy-five years, I knew Tom Coyne as a leader, competitor, teammate. And finally, as my</p><p>editor who put things to right on dozens of articles I wrote about the sport we both loved.</p><p>Our journey began in l949 when I was thirteen, living in a western suburb, traveling downtown</p><p>to attend Chicago’s St. Ignatius High School.</p><p>Like innocents with little football experience but a South Bend field of dreams, I thought I could</p><p>enhance the Ignatius freshman team. On Day Two the wide receiver coach relieved me of ever</p><p>having to Play Like a Champion Today.</p><p>Unsure of what to do next, I sat at the edge of the practice field with the answer right in front</p><p>of me. The dozen runners relentlessly circling the field in the late summer heat weren’t football</p><p>rejects. They were Chicago’s premier high school cross country team.</p><p>Like the proverbial caboose, I hooked on and found my niche. One of the leaders was Tom</p><p>Coyne, with a powerful stride, a stern expression, focused as if taking a Jesuit final exam. In</p><p>fact, I was the one who would open the bluebook and pass the course.</p><p>I spent two years at St. Ignatius and watched Tom and fellow co-captain Ray Mayer win dozens</p><p>of city and conference races, on grass and the track. I had modest success (I was Catholic City</p><p>champion at 880 yards as a sophomore) before transferring to a public high school near my</p><p>suburban home.</p><p>In the Nineteen Fifties Tom and I would seek off-label races which didn’t involve the St. Ignatius</p><p>Wolfpack. My scrapbook carries crumbling clippings from a dozen or so races we contested. I</p><p>ran in two national championship 15 kilometer races on the roads of Washington Park. A year</p><p>later, possibly envious of all the fun I had in l950 when I finished eleventh, Tom entered and</p><p>finished sixth while I was thirteenth.</p><p>Especially memorable were Thanksgiving weekend contests staged in typical Midwestern</p><p>winter conditions. Not one but two five thousand meter cross country races were offered at</p><p>Chicago’s Waveland Golf Course, just a few icicles from Lake Michigan. The Central AAU meet</p><p>was held on the holiday followed by the CYO meet two days later. We ran through crusty sand</p><p>traps, over frozen putting greens, into the unrelenting wind and back to the starting line for the</p><p>finish.</p><p>Meet results from the ‘50 race confirmed the conditions: “snowed hard, 25 mile wind, 25</p><p>degrees.” Two days later: “Light snow, 22 mile wind, temperature 13 degrees.” No amount of</p><p>analgesic balm could cope.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I came home my Czech born and raised mother rewarded me with drumsticks, dumplings</p><p>and strudel.</p><p>For most diehard distance runners there are no off seasons.</p><p>During the winter, when not running in the halls of our Roosevelt Road school, we trained at</p><p>the Chicago Avenue Armory, with its unusual olfactory challenges. The site of indoor</p><p>professional polo, adding to our routine breathing burdens were the smells of the horses</p><p>housed in stables underneath the facility.</p><p>Outdoors, Tom and I would see each other at University of Chicago Track Club open meets at</p><p>Chicago’s Stagg Field and Rockne Stadium and occasionally compete in the same race. I earned</p><p>only moral victories. One rare out of town contest was a five-mile road race held in Waukegan,</p><p>Illinois. Fifteen or so starters strung out across a city street. Coyne was second, O’Shea fourth.</p><p>No automobiles were disadvantaged by the mobile intruders.</p><p>In the Mid Sixties Tom and I discovered a seldom offered event, the Two-Man Ten-Mile Relay. A</p><p>team of two was asked to complete forty circuits of Stagg Field’s En-Tout-Cas track, with no</p><p>restrictions on how the task should be apportioned. Showing a courtesy instilled by the Jesuits,</p><p>we determined that each would run twenty alternate quarters.</p><p>Round and round the Coyne-O’Shea entry proceeded, but late in the enterprise aerobic</p><p>burdens added up, and Coyne was forced to assume more of the chore as O’Shea required</p><p>more time to complete his assignment. Faster teams whisked by, finishing ahead of us, amused</p><p>by the chaps still circling, while they recovered on the infield.</p><p>Tom and I lost touch until we reconnected decades later, after he had seen something I had</p><p>written. Then, I asked him if he would check copy I was producing for a newsletter, and the last</p><p>years of our friendship began.</p><p>Over two decades Tom reviewed some forty pieces I wrote about my reporting on international</p><p>track meets, years as a high school cross country coach, and books about our sport. His scrutiny</p><p>and advice were invaluable, reflecting his own deep skills as a writer.</p><p>The last time I saw Tom was about ten years ago when he came East to a high school meet at</p><p>Georgetown Prep in Bethesda, Maryland. Tom’s athletic partner sixty years earlier had a</p><p>mission to open St. Ignatius athletes to wider athletic opportunities while also giving them new</p><p>educational vistas. That year Ray Mayer funded the entire trip for the St. Ignatius track team,</p><p>twenty-one runners, jumpers, and throwers. Tom and I joined in the project, and I wrote about</p><p>it for this blog (link) <a href="https://onceuponatimeinthevest.blogspot.com/2013/10/st-ignatius-college-prep-hs-track-gets.html"><span style="font-size: large;">Vol 3 N. 62 St. Ignatius Prep Gets Ignited by a Former Runner</span></a></p><p>Thomas Coyne died January 14 at age ninety.</p><p>He deserves our sport’s highest accolade: world class.</p><p>January 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Below is a clipping from the <i>Chicago Sun Times </i>with results of that city's scholastic cross country championships. They had a public and private school division. I'm sure the coaches did a postal type competition to see who would have won out if both divisions ran together. Ed. </p><p> 1951</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3-A-_6dUokrWJ7yxJ0vB8ehn6YlVQ0zQcZSiWQOLDpomppPQkVYnL6JXB4LPiC5gt5-eEaU-R3H7jAgSRTueA0U_xIvFaNpqrF0WlrJuTOKg1XdEmR2WQKmKKEloYbAmxedh-EvmG8e3jt93ThmjmpLpnXK-IIaMr2LjQRcbA0F2PTWxngkpd_5lRZSA/s1758/Chicago%20City%20XC%201948.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1758" data-original-width="893" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3-A-_6dUokrWJ7yxJ0vB8ehn6YlVQ0zQcZSiWQOLDpomppPQkVYnL6JXB4LPiC5gt5-eEaU-R3H7jAgSRTueA0U_xIvFaNpqrF0WlrJuTOKg1XdEmR2WQKmKKEloYbAmxedh-EvmG8e3jt93ThmjmpLpnXK-IIaMr2LjQRcbA0F2PTWxngkpd_5lRZSA/w326-h640/Chicago%20City%20XC%201948.jpg" width="326" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji4g0e55AgkZVxF9vZRLZFR4EQkrA3bPgu_uG4YsQIFp0nvsYkCkd8KNw8H9bckMwoW8jFnEIGUTG5RTfqVHZdf1EJUM6QhvixNbe5fObWYoGX8sqPxncxNLZfjavpqEDdYjvSs-NfqEPQxwEhpyHa03VdmnUjjHakQTVGD-pOrwOJApU-B42jwxssZSI/s846/Chicago%20XC%20Awards.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="725" data-original-width="846" height="548" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji4g0e55AgkZVxF9vZRLZFR4EQkrA3bPgu_uG4YsQIFp0nvsYkCkd8KNw8H9bckMwoW8jFnEIGUTG5RTfqVHZdf1EJUM6QhvixNbe5fObWYoGX8sqPxncxNLZfjavpqEDdYjvSs-NfqEPQxwEhpyHa03VdmnUjjHakQTVGD-pOrwOJApU-B42jwxssZSI/w640-h548/Chicago%20XC%20Awards.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLPadym90R23S_eI-wvDhtKdQ7mAOAzTmVg_NlYyjdv0qYZoMh4TgM38c6FnObds1rJ4ZnoeNUDvzFmY-s3m_3Z_cP2iPU9TXvLwfjM1GlOKDLwqInL1njqru9GPoDxx3UqWeVpOwcnlDCnKT5aL_xg-6jZlygTouWTpcSXe9JTEdHbW7Rzw4ULDl7HaI/s476/Chicago%20XC%20Private%20school%20box%20score.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="372" data-original-width="476" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLPadym90R23S_eI-wvDhtKdQ7mAOAzTmVg_NlYyjdv0qYZoMh4TgM38c6FnObds1rJ4ZnoeNUDvzFmY-s3m_3Z_cP2iPU9TXvLwfjM1GlOKDLwqInL1njqru9GPoDxx3UqWeVpOwcnlDCnKT5aL_xg-6jZlygTouWTpcSXe9JTEdHbW7Rzw4ULDl7HaI/w400-h313/Chicago%20XC%20Private%20school%20box%20score.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>St. Ignatius was the class act in this meet. It appears this meet went beyond the Chicago limits with Culver Military coming over from Indiana for the race.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016328985438205999.post-30668627803497482002024-01-20T10:33:00.002-08:002024-01-20T13:41:55.727-08:00V 14 N. 6 The Passing of Al Cantello and Knut Hjeltnes R.I.P.<p> January 19, 2024</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifk2uKLLqmZ9J4-HaUgpF4mMmjmdVc26jB6f9gGGY0ABy4s52SzQ_LCxYcpL4XHBGWlQ2IFXUHcoN7_t2CF-tXKmV6kPvXeD2HLc3eT7GneChyphenhyphenaY-d0b3ifJLt8DDxoeK-ecbTRkfAFFilVZjPdkRO-4lZfX9ypdwWyl-sHnP5_2h75ooypPtSznk6wAQ/s1280/al%20cantello%20throwing.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifk2uKLLqmZ9J4-HaUgpF4mMmjmdVc26jB6f9gGGY0ABy4s52SzQ_LCxYcpL4XHBGWlQ2IFXUHcoN7_t2CF-tXKmV6kPvXeD2HLc3eT7GneChyphenhyphenaY-d0b3ifJLt8DDxoeK-ecbTRkfAFFilVZjPdkRO-4lZfX9ypdwWyl-sHnP5_2h75ooypPtSznk6wAQ/w400-h225/al%20cantello%20throwing.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Al Cantello in his famous follow through</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRXXCPFdLHhz5-Y4EIOD0DpRGZLZv39GUtHmQPRYWRehdC2VOD83X_qg2DVUXR7td0su0a_8G1XEUb2xxLb9zi7wHFPlFqnbspmdOM6d2KnTEmTbkXIYLKk_FZM3A4Z1Ll4wZf3YIA12_NWs6k16xkG0dQZsh-_Bo8SBcG4C2IpwLoncnsHyEIOx2igPY/s427/Knut_Hjeltnes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="379" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRXXCPFdLHhz5-Y4EIOD0DpRGZLZv39GUtHmQPRYWRehdC2VOD83X_qg2DVUXR7td0su0a_8G1XEUb2xxLb9zi7wHFPlFqnbspmdOM6d2KnTEmTbkXIYLKk_FZM3A4Z1Ll4wZf3YIA12_NWs6k16xkG0dQZsh-_Bo8SBcG4C2IpwLoncnsHyEIOx2igPY/w355-h400/Knut_Hjeltnes.jpg" width="355" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Knut Hjeltnes</div><br /><p>Friday January 19, 2024</p><p>It has been a sad week with the passing of four people in the track and field world, only one of which I was personally connected with. But this sport is truly a connector to all of us, so the passing of a stranger can still cause a personal pain. Before starting this piece on Al Cantello and Knut Hjeltnes I received a letter late Thursday night from Elliott Denman, international race walker, former Olympian, and a nonagenarian of extreme and extraordinary vigor. Elliott says it all and then some. I cannot hope to match Mr. Denman's letter but will humbly follow with some clippings on Al Cantello and Knut Hjeltnes.</p><p>George Brose</p><p><br /></p><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Hi Everybody...</span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Happy Thursday!</span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">That said, j</span></b><b><span style="font-size: small;">ust wanted to sit down at my computer and pour out my heart a bit...and start by saying</span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">I am totally saddened by the passing of Mr. Al Cantello. Mr. Knut Hjeltnes, too....</span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><br clear="none" /></span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Al was a truly wonderful athlete, coach and gentleman,</span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">His hometown was Norristown, Pa, and what a town it was...and is..</span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Home of track's Josh Culbreath, too....For a while, home of Hall of Famer Ron Laird..Home of baseball's TommyLaSorda...and Mike Piazza...so many other notables..</span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">He was a great LaSalle man....Along with track's Ira Davis and John Uelses, lots more...and basketball's Paul Ariziin, and swimming's Joe Verdeur...</span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">If you're a younger guy, go-googling and read the stories of these great people..</span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Al was one of the sport's greatest coulda-woulda-shouldas....</span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">He came to the 1960 Rome Olympics as the world record holder...but was caught up in the mire of late-evolving implement change rules, etc..</span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Google all this. too.</span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Became truly great coach at Naval Academy, coached great young men including astronaut Willie McCool </span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"> (suggestion: read his story carefully, too) who served us all so well...</span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Al and I were USA co-staff members at the 1990 Seattle Goodwill Games, tremendous event with many highlights..</span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">For me, one of those was the chance to meet the young Dan O'Brien....and just look at what he soon would do.</span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Al had a great family loss some years ago, lots who knew him were so-saddened...</span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">A grandson of Jo and I is now at the Naval Academy, and excellent swimmer..I have told him of Al's lifetime story...It has made him a better Midshipman..</span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Au Revoir, Al..</span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><br clear="none" /></span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Knew Knut for his discus feats at Penn State and for Norway and for his friendship with my friend and teammate Art Swarts..</span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Later as the coach at West Point///</span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>May have been sports' second greatest Knute (beyond Rockne...who by the way, did you know this? - was deeply involved in track, too..) </b></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Knute Rockne first came to Notre Dame as the track coach before he coached football. ed</i>. </div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">I have a</span></b><b><span style="font-size: small;">lways loved to see these great big men in action, spinning as gingerfully as ballet performers....and letting </span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">their disci fly off into the wild blue yonder..</span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">At their best, they are true artists...To see a discus whirl and whirl and plop down in a distant location is a great sports sight..</span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">One of all sports' greatest pieces of statuary is Rodin's Discus Thrower....The ancients had that one right..</span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Years ago, when our Capt. Ronald Zinn Memorial Races were in need of a new home (with the storm damage to the Asbury Park</span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"> boardwalk) I suggested these races be moved to a truly apporopriate site - i.e., the storied West Point campus..</span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Alas, it was a good idea but Knut H. couldn't make it happen..</span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Fortunately, the Zinn Races are back now and doing well at Dorbrook Park, Colts Neck, NJ thanks to our excellent</span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"> Shore AC management team...</span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Au Revoir, Knut..</span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><br clear="none" /></span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">With this double dose of sadness, it makes me more resolved to do good things in our sport than ever before..</span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">So many excellent ideas and projects are out there just waiting to be done.....sure hope that most of them can actually turn into reality..</span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Sure hope folks step up to make them happen..</span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">I'll be 90 on Jan. 23....so much still to be done..</span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">On June 2 at Joe Compagni Track, my Shore AC colleagues will stage the second Elliott D NJ International Meet at</span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"> Monmouth University....The 2023 meet was really excellent...Would love to see the Olympic Year 2024 meet even excellent-er..</span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The Olympic Trials and Olympic Games will soon follow...Epic achievements await....but epic disappointments await, too...Only a few</span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"> will step to the podium...Such is life, such is all of sport....My advice to all: Love that journey. Make it nothing more, nothing less..</span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">We've already circled Sunday Nov. 24 as the date of our "90's Gala." - a grand re-convening of friends and folks and good people for some </span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"> good food. some good beverages, some good times....and some look-backs at the events that have put wide smiles on all our faces,all these</span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">years....The "85's Gala" in '85 was a great event...Let's make the "90's Gala" five years better...</span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"> I've had some health challenges but all well now (from the neck up, anyway.) </span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Need some good folks, of course, to step up and make all these things happen...</span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"> Thank you-thank you-thank you-thank you to all share such visions and can get things done,,</span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><br clear="none" /></span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The passings of Al and Knute have stirred me to write all this, in the wee hours of the morning,,</span></b><br clear="none" /></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Just wanted to share it all this with you.</span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Best to all..</span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Keep on smiling...</span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Keep on keeping-on.</span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Elliott Denman</span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Al Cantello,</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Briefly I did once meet Al Cantello somewhere in Ohio, but I cannot remember the specific occasion. He was probably on a recruiting trip. This was most likely in the 1990's. His attire was what you would see on coaches back in the 50's and 60's, quality threads, sport jacket, pressed pants, tie, and hat, shoes shined. It drew memories of Oliver Jackson, Bill Easton, Bill Carroll, Jumbo Elliott. My high school coach in Dayton, Ed Jones, had a son Brian who pole vaulted at Navy and so knew Al. It was Ed who made the introduction. I cannot remember the verbal exchange.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The following obituary/bio is taken from usnavysports.com</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><header class="sidearm-story-template-header" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #262628; font-family: Rubik, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="sidearm-story-template-header-bottom" style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 24px;"><ul class="sidearm-story-custom-share-links flex flex-align-center" style="align-items: center; 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color: #262628; font-family: Rubik, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.875; margin-bottom: 16px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 24px;"><aside aria-label="Story Links" class="sidearm-story-template-links" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: right; line-height: 1.25; max-width: 400px; overflow-wrap: break-word; width: 400px;"><h3 class="hide" style="background: black; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-size: 1.25rem; left: -9999px; margin: 0.75rem 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: absolute; top: -9999px;">Story Links</h3></aside>ANNAPOLIS, Md.—Albert Anthony Cantello Sr. (Al), a legendary cross country and track & field coach whose tenure at the Naval Academy spanned 55 years, passed away on Jan. 17, surrounded by his daughters. Cantello was born on June 9, 1931, in Norristown, Pa. to Italian immigrants Michaelangelo Cantello and Cesarina Gaspari Cantello, Al was the third of five children.<br style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word;" /> <br style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word;" />Al's journey unfolded as an outstanding swimmer and diver during his youth. His true athletic calling was revealed through a chance encounter with javelin throwing in high school that led to a remarkable career on the Norristown High School Track and Field Team.<br style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word;" /> <br style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word;" />Upon high school graduation, neighborhood friend and decorated Olympic Swimmer, Joe Verduer, recognized Cantello's collegiate potential. With his encouragement, Al left his Norristown factory job and pursued higher education at La Salle University. <br style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word;" /> <br style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word;" />Cantello was a standout member of the La Salle track & field team from 1951-55, where was a two-time All-American in the javelin. He was enshrined in La Salle's Hall of Athletes as a charter member, as well as the Middle Atlantic Conference Hall of Fame and Penn Relays Wall of Fame for his individual success.<br style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word;" /> <br style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word;" />Upon his graduation from La Salle, Al joined the Marine Corps, where he served for 10 years. It was here that his life continued to thrive as his athleticism took him to countless meets around the world competing in continents he only dreamed about. <br style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word;" /> <br style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word;" />A world-class competitor in the javelin throw, Cantello once held every national and international record in the event. In 1959, he set a world record in the javelin (282 feet 3 inches) and the following year he competed with the U.S. Olympic Team at the 1960 Games in Rome. In 1964, Sport magazine named Cantello to its all-time track and field team and voted him the world's greatest competitor in the javelin.<br style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word;" /> <br style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word;" />Cantello will go down in javelin history for having one of the most unique throwing styles in the history of the sport. His versatility as an agile, all-around athlete became evident as he transitioned his diving and gymnastics talents into the nimble success behind his distinctive throwing style. As a smaller-sized thrower, standing at 5 '8", Al would "run up" to the throw and catapult his entire body into the air as the javelin took flight, generating heightened momentum for his instrument.<br style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word;" /> <br style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word;" />It was also during this period of competition that he was introduced and later married his wife Doris Jacqueline Brownlee (Jackie) in an intimate ceremony at Quantico, Virginia, 1960. They would remain together, raising three kids, until her death in 2014. <br style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word;" /> <br style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word;" />Cantello took a job at Methacton High School in his hometown of Norristown, where he applied his creative wordsmith talent and competitive spirit as both an English teacher and track & field coach. <br style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word;" /> <br style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word;" />Cantello's life continued with possibility as he later accepted a coaching position at the Naval Academy. This marked the beginning of his coaching legacy.<br style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word;" /> <br style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word;" />Cantello, who retired from coaching on August 30, 2018, served as Navy's head cross country coach for 50 years.<br style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word;" /> <br style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word;" />During his time working with Midshipmen athletes, Cantello collected a combined 49 N-Star victories over Army as the head coach of cross country and track & field programs.<br style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word;" /> <br style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word;" />"Coach Cantello has influenced so many lives throughout his career, it is impossible to comprehend his influence on so many people," said Naval Academy Director of Athletics Chet Gladchuk. "As an educator, coach, inspirational leader and friend, the legacy he leaves behind is immeasurable. Those privileged to have benefited from his insights, wisdom, and humor truly know how extraordinary he was as a husband, father and coach. Everybody has an Al Cantello story and those stories will be a cherished memory forever."<br style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word;" /> <br style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word;" />A legend in the field of cross country and track & field, Cantello took over the reins of the Navy men's cross country program from Jim Gehrdes in 1968. Only the fourth head coach in the storied 95 years of Navy men's cross country, Cantello almost immediately found success with the Mids and led the team to a shared 1972 Heptagonal Championship and a berth in the NCAA Championship meet. Competing at the Heptagonal Championships through 2002, Cantello and the Mids earned outright titles in 1974, 1992 and 1996. Overall, Navy finished in the top three on 21 occasions, including every year from 1978 through 1986 under Cantello's leadership.<br style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word;" /> <br style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word;" />After joining the Patriot League in 2003, Cantello and the Mids asserted their dominance on their new conference mates with four second-place finishes over the first-five years before running off eight Patriot League Championships in nine years from 2008 through 2016.<br style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word;" /> <br style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word;" />The program's success at the conference level carried over to the national scene with 12 total appearances at the NCAA Championships. Following the program's first NCAA appearance in 1972, the Mids competed at the 1974, 1975, 1976, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1997, 2016 and 2017 championships. The 1985 team recorded the highest finish for a Midshipmen squad, as they placed seventh overall in the nation.<br style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word;" /> <br style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word;" />Aside from Navy's postseason accolades, Cantello made sure the Mids were nearly always in line to check the Army-Navy Star box. Victorious at a 76.5 percent clip, Cantello led the Mids to 37 wins over the Black Knights in his 50 years in charge. The program's most successful run came between 1973 and 1986 when the team won 13 straight head-to-head contests versus its service academy rival.<br style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word;" /> <br style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word;" />Navy runners found a host of success with Cantello's guidance as 10 student-athletes earned All-America status in cross country and/or distance track events. Four of those Mids were multi-time All-Americans: Ronnie Harris (1985 – XC, 1987 – 3K and 5K); Greg Keller (1992 – Mile & Steeplechase, 1992 – XC, 1993- Mile & Steeplechase); Jon Clemens (1997 – Indoor 5K, 1997 – Outdoor 3K & Steeplechase) and John Mentzer (1997 – Indoor 5K, 1997 – Outdoor 10K, 1998 – Outdoor 10).<br style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word;" /> <br style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word;" />Additionally, Harris (1988, 1992, 1996) and Mentzer (2008) were two of the six Midshipmen to have competed at the United States Olympic Track & Field Trials under the direction of Cantello. James Dare (1968, 1972), Mark Newman (1996, 2000, 2004), <dfn style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><a href="https://navysports.com/sports/mens-track-and-field/roster/coaches/aaron-lanzel/2505" rel="smarttag" rev="2505" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #00225b; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Aaron Lanzel</a></dfn> (2004) and Erik Schmidt (2004) make up the complete list of Cantello's Midshipmen distance athletes to have competed for the right to wear the Red, White and Blue in Olympic competition. Dare qualified for Team USA as an alternate in 1972, while Harris qualified for the team in 1996.<br style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word;" /> <br style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word;" />At the Patriot League level, three Midshipmen won the individual league championship a total of five times with Andrew Hanko finishing first in 2009 and 2010 and Lucas Stalnaker achieving the feat in 2015 and 2016. Steve Schroeder won the title in 2014.<br style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word;" /> <br style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word;" />A valued member of the track & field program, Cantello was an assistant coach with the Mids from 1968 through 1980 before taking over as head coach from 1981 to 1988. Beginning with the 1989 season, he moved back to an assistant coaching role. As the head coach of the Mids' track and field team, Cantello collected 12 N-Star victories over Army. Cumulatively, he won 49 N-Star wins over cross country, indoor track & field, and outdoor track & field. Adding in 51 victories as an assistant coach, Cantello reached the 100-Star milestone with the men's 102-101 win at West Point on April 7, 2018.<br style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word;" />As a result of his teams' success, Cantello was recognized as the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Cross Country Coach of the Year four times (1984, 1985, 1992, 2016), NCAA Mid-Atlantic Track & Field Assistant Coach of the Year in 2010 and Patriot League Coach of the Year eight times (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016). In December of 2013, he was inducted into the USTFCCCA Coaches Hall of Fame.<br style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word;" /> <br style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word;" />Residing in Annapolis from 1963 until his passing, Cantello leaves behind a rich tapestry of memories. Preceded in death by his parents, siblings, son Albert Anthony Cantello Jr., and his wife Jackie, Al's legacy lives on through the love he shared with his family and for his job. <br style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word;" /> <br style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word;" />Let us remember the way Al illuminated a room with his quick wit, his passion for coaching, his commitment to the USNA track and cross country program, his undying passion for La Salle University, his fierce competitive spirit, and his profound love for his family.<br style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word;" /> <br style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word;" />Albert Cantello Sr. is survived by his daughters, Karla McMahon (Michael McMahon) and Karen O'Kane (Gerard O'Kane), daughter-in-law Nancy Cantello, and his cherished grandchildren: Charles Cantello, Samuel Cantello, Kellen McMahon, Koby McMahon, Kylie McMahon, Brendan O'Kane, and Audrey O'Kane.<br style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word;" /> <br style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word;" />A visitation to celebrate Albert Cantello Sr.'s life will be held on Wednesday, January 31, 2024, from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm at Kalas Funeral Home (2973 Solomons Island Road, Edgewater, Md.), followed by a celebration Mass at St. John Neumann (320 Bestgate Road, Annapolis, Md.) on Thursday, February 1, 2024, at 10:30 am. There will be a reception following the funeral in the Vice Admiral Lawrence N* Room at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.<br style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word;" /> </div></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Wikipedia outlines Knute Hjeltnes' career</b></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><p style="color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;"><b>Knut Hjeltnes</b> (8 December 1951 – 17 January 2024) was a Norwegian college coach and track and field athlete.</p><h2 style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); color: black; font-family: "Linux Libertine", Georgia, Times, "Source Serif Pro", serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.375; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Biography">Biography</span><span class="mw-editsection" face="sans-serif" style="font-size: small; line-height: 0; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 0px; unicode-bidi: isolate; user-select: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color: #54595d; margin-right: 0.25em;">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Knut_Hjeltnes_(athlete)&action=edit&section=1" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none; text-wrap: nowrap;" title="Edit section: Biography">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color: #54595d; margin-left: 0.25em;">]</span></span></h2><p style="color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;">Hjeltnes, who was born in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%98ystese" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Øystese">Øystese</a>, won 20 Norwegian national championships: 11 in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discus_throw" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Discus throw">discus throw</a>, in 1975, 1976, 1978, 1980–84, 1986, 1988, and 1989; and 9 in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shot_put" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Shot put">shot put</a>, in 1975–1978 and 1980–1984.</p><p style="color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;">Hjeltnes was ranked 2nd through 7th in the world in the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discus" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Discus">discus</a> for twelve years from 1976 to 1988.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knut_Hjeltnes_(athlete)#cite_note-1" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[1]</a></sup> He still holds the Norwegian national record in discus with 69.62 meters (228 feet, 5 inches), achieved in 1985.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knut_Hjeltnes_(athlete)#cite_note-2" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[2]</a></sup> He also had a personal best shot put of 20.55 meters (67 feet, 5 inches), achieved in 1980.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knut_Hjeltnes_(athlete)#cite_note-3" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[3]</a></sup></p><p style="color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;">Hjeltnes was a four-time Olympian in the discus (1976, 1980-boycott, 1984, 1988). His best <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_games" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Olympic games">Olympic</a> placings were 4th place in 1984 and 7th place in 1976 and 1988. He narrowly missed the podium in 1984, throwing only 18 cm short of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Powell_(discus_thrower)" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="John Powell (discus thrower)">John Powell's</a> bronze medal throw. His best World Championship placing was 9th in 1983. His best European Championship placing was 4th in 1986.</p><p style="color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;">Hjeltnes attended Western Maryland College (now <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDaniel_College" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="McDaniel College">McDaniel College</a>),<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knut_Hjeltnes_(athlete)#cite_note-4" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[4]</a></sup> <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penn_State_University" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Penn State University">Penn State University</a>, and <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BYU" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="BYU">Brigham Young University</a>. He earned multiple <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All-American" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="All-American">All-American</a> accolades in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shot_put" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Shot put">shot put</a> and discus while attending Western Maryland and Penn State. While attending BYU, he was coached by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Silvester" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Jay Silvester">Jay Silvester</a>, an American discus legend and former world record holder.</p><p style="color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;">Hjeltnes was ranked #36 on the world all-time list for discus.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knut_Hjeltnes_(athlete)#cite_note-5" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[5]</a></sup> As a masters-level athlete, he has an all-time world ranking of 8th in the men's 35-39 age class.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knut_Hjeltnes_(athlete)#cite_note-6" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[6]</a></sup></p><p style="color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;">Hjeltnes coached at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCAA_Division_I" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="NCAA Division I">NCAA Division I</a> level for about 20 years, producing a number of All-Americans and conference champions. Hjeltnes coached athletes at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Military_Academy" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="United States Military Academy">United States Military Academy</a> at <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Point,_NY" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="West Point, NY">West Point, NY</a> from 1999 until 2013. While coaching at USMA West Point, his athletes produced 40 Patriot League Championships, 3 NCAA All-Americans, 30 NCAA Regional Qualifiers, and 2 Academic All-Americans.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knut_Hjeltnes_(athlete)#cite_note-7" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[7]</a></sup> Hjeltnes was hired as the throws coach at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auburn_University" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Auburn University">Auburn University</a> in 2013.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knut_Hjeltnes_(athlete)#cite_note-8" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[8]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-9" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knut_Hjeltnes_(athlete)#cite_note-9" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[9]</a></sup> He retired from full-time coaching at the end of the 2016 outdoor season.</p><p style="color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;">Hjeltnes tested positive for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anabolic_steroid" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Anabolic steroid">anabolic steroids</a> at Oslo's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bislett_Stadium" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Bislett Stadium">Bislett Stadium</a> on July 6, 1977, and at the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Cup" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="European Cup">European Cup</a> in Helsinki in August, 1977, and was suspended "indefinitely." The suspension was reduced to one year on appeal, allowing him to participate in the 1978 European Championships.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-10" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knut_Hjeltnes_(athlete)#cite_note-10" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[10]</a></sup> He continued to compete internationally for another 10 years and was doping-tested at all national and international competitions more than 100 times throughout his career. He was the first Norwegian ever to test positive. Hjeltnes publicly admitted to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doping_in_sport" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Doping in sport">doping</a> and claimed that almost everybody at the Olympic level used some form of doping during the 1970s. Knut also cooperated with Jan Hedenstad to write a book, called <i>Dopet</i> ("Doped"), published in 1979 (<a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/8205120021" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Special:BookSources/8205120021">8205120021</a>).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knut_Hjeltnes_(athlete)#cite_note-11" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[11]</a></sup></p><p style="color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;">Hjeltnes died on 17 January 2024, at the age of 72.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-12" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knut_Hjeltnes_(athlete)#cite_note-12" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[12]</a></sup></p><p style="color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;"><br /></p><p style="color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;"><br /></p><p style="color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;"><br /></p><p style="color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;"><br /></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016328985438205999.post-89862219471635078602024-01-18T19:39:00.001-08:002024-01-18T19:39:37.308-08:00V 14 N. 5 Shawn Barber Former World Pole Vault Champion Dies at Age 29 R.I.P.<p> January 18, 2024</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga3MbT4efPc-h80EUrgcuzl48mhUhhKQGXMMtbB2OXmeP95-7t-19z1cl9GiXCZ9cHIyOHWPS6mpfyaT7iZ_R-O5hYhSNO41BGlhPviBVeMC_iLM7GPx4mddKE5tvTVmjQ5rJYUvO2cyNvxDQVFIG8cgC3Mr4ujk7RkWg2kE-Ya5iCE8L7az8icKpiqVg/s1200/shawn%20barber%20eurosport.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="1200" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga3MbT4efPc-h80EUrgcuzl48mhUhhKQGXMMtbB2OXmeP95-7t-19z1cl9GiXCZ9cHIyOHWPS6mpfyaT7iZ_R-O5hYhSNO41BGlhPviBVeMC_iLM7GPx4mddKE5tvTVmjQ5rJYUvO2cyNvxDQVFIG8cgC3Mr4ujk7RkWg2kE-Ya5iCE8L7az8icKpiqVg/s320/shawn%20barber%20eurosport.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /><br /><p></p><p>Shawn Barber, born Shawnacy Campbell Barber, the Canadian-American former world pole vault champion died January 17 at his home in Kinwood, Texas. It was noted that he had been in bad health recently but no cause of death has been announced. Barber, born in the US, but whose father is a Canadian citizen, chose to compete for Canada during his career. He was an All-American at the University of Akron. </p><p>Barber last competed at the Olympic level in 2016 in Rio finishing in 10th place. However he won and placed high in numerous major championships over the years. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGgzoc5LPq2cXlzEnjpwcUpHAKdpvo6NCzs_AaP6yz1m-kjyd0sbeF8LUvKhDcmDpr03UW-DeCVnqA4hWF8r5D45IAb6A5dP2ZhYhyphenhyphenpC1_JzkjfTYjg4RkTjoqjmdbAUj0KLxdNW529WdsvNvpEDsA5yD4SEtRv591FJyxINatq2dk9b3hiu43rYQ7imY/s720/barber%20over%20bar.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="720" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGgzoc5LPq2cXlzEnjpwcUpHAKdpvo6NCzs_AaP6yz1m-kjyd0sbeF8LUvKhDcmDpr03UW-DeCVnqA4hWF8r5D45IAb6A5dP2ZhYhyphenhyphenpC1_JzkjfTYjg4RkTjoqjmdbAUj0KLxdNW529WdsvNvpEDsA5yD4SEtRv591FJyxINatq2dk9b3hiu43rYQ7imY/w400-h266/barber%20over%20bar.webp" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px;">The CBC reported as follows: "Barber was born in Las Cruces, New Mexico, but held dual Canadian-American citizenship as his father, George, was born in Kincardine, Ont. The family split time between the U.S. and Canada, specifically Toronto."</p><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">"He is the Canadian record holder in the men's pole vault at 6.00 metres (19' 8 1/4") , which he set in January 2016. Barber won the 2015 world championships in Beijing, China, with a mark of 5.90 (19' 4 1/4"). The victory was Canada's first athletics world title in 12 years at the time, and its first-ever worlds pole vault medal."</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div>"He is the Canadian record holder in the men's pole vault at 6.00 metres, which he set in January 2016. Barber won the 2015 world championships in Beijing, China, with a mark of 5.90. The victory was Canada's first athletics world title in 12 years at the time, and its first-ever worlds pole vault medal."</div><div><br /></div><p style="margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px;">"That came just a month after claiming the third of his five Canadian titles and Pan American Games gold in Toronto."</p><p style="margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px;">"Piotr Lisek, who won bronze at the 2015 worlds, called Barber one of the best pole vaulters in the world in a post on X in Polish and posted pictures of them together on the podium."</p><p style="margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6hn_EvummwaMNGBRyxr3iL_3cz-n0TgMP4eUmhU436MHQwlxiqpEZEwgEgK6_nVwn5xxL1kyutxzxsrsV2fIXu6-DV1iRqlvaKoHwgFn-6MBu3Xilna0zfENZsm_B2-GndyRya9auKgDq7_l14CkejvvJESjfoezHPErK-7uIJIJTXtC4NYglhj8k0cM/s266/Barber%20in%20Akron%20uniform.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="266" data-original-width="190" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6hn_EvummwaMNGBRyxr3iL_3cz-n0TgMP4eUmhU436MHQwlxiqpEZEwgEgK6_nVwn5xxL1kyutxzxsrsV2fIXu6-DV1iRqlvaKoHwgFn-6MBu3Xilna0zfENZsm_B2-GndyRya9auKgDq7_l14CkejvvJESjfoezHPErK-7uIJIJTXtC4NYglhj8k0cM/w286-h400/Barber%20in%20Akron%20uniform.jpg" width="286" /></a></p><p style="margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px;">"He also won the NCAA outdoor title in 2015 for the University of Akron, earning the second of back-to-back indoor titles that season. Barber won one of his five Canadian titles that year as well."</p><p style="margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px;">"Akron's athletics department called Barber "a well-liked teammate and competitor,"</p><p style="margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px;">"A year later, Barber made the final at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics in a pole vault event won by Thiago Braz of Brazil, finishing 10th."</p><p style="margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px;">"His resumé<em> </em>also includes bronze and silver medals from the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games, respectively."</p><p style="margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px;">"He's survived by his mother, Ann; father, George; and brother, David.HIs father, George Barber, competed for Canada in pole vault at the 1983 world championships."</p><p style="margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px;">"Barber tested positive for traces of cocaine in a drug test before the 2016 Rio Olympics. The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport had proposed a four-year ban from competition, but Barber wasn't suspended and instead was stripped of his 2016 national title."</p><p style="margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px;">"This has been a learning experience for Shawn, he is a young athlete learning how to compete on the field of play, and prepare away from it," Athletics Canada said in a statement at the time."</p><p style="margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px;">"He was permitted to compete in Brazil after it was determined he inadvertently ingested the banned substance."</p><div>"According to the Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada (SDRCC) report, Barber ingested the cocaine on July 8, the night before he won the Canadian title in Edmonton, in a sexual encounter with a woman."</div><div><br /></div><p style="margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px;">"The woman testified that she consumed cocaine before she met Barber and then again in the bathroom of his hotel room. She said at his hearing that he could not have known she'd used the drug."</p><p style="margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px;">"The court ruled that Barber, who called the positive test "a complete shock," had unknowingly ingested the drug through kissing."</p><p style="margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px;">"Barber came out as gay in an April 2017 Facebook post."</p><p style="margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px;">"He stated: "Gay and proud! Thank you to my parents for being such a great support. I continue to grow as a person and have a great support group. My parents are my greatest support and have helped me through a lot recently. To my friends, you are always my friends and I love you too!"</p><p style="margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px;">"Barber last competed in 2020."</p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016328985438205999.post-45644347136726281662024-01-17T17:24:00.003-08:002024-01-17T17:24:32.394-08:00V 14 N. 4 Jerry Dyes , Abilene Christian University All American R.I.P.<p> January 17, 2024</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiV5uunKzCmA5VzOeVdoCFzqtPro0tieuw4Hkh753bAZGEf8V73t9kYm_10NC81lqXDyG2DMR79_PReiLy8sPp1_g933z6il0uzcvaF_oM_ANl4jrF4hAp7EkHdH8VMMQgcY6suWyAO-XmIl5vbBc_2ky2tXDmmOVbJtd124iTWX_3EWBVFreYskqOyglk" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="706" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiV5uunKzCmA5VzOeVdoCFzqtPro0tieuw4Hkh753bAZGEf8V73t9kYm_10NC81lqXDyG2DMR79_PReiLy8sPp1_g933z6il0uzcvaF_oM_ANl4jrF4hAp7EkHdH8VMMQgcY6suWyAO-XmIl5vbBc_2ky2tXDmmOVbJtd124iTWX_3EWBVFreYskqOyglk=w472-h640" width="472" /></a></div> Jerry Dyes at Penn Relays?<br /><br /><p></p><p>We just received the following note from L.J. Cohen:</p><p><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;">With deep sadness, I’m reporting the passing of an athletic legend and Coach.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;">Jerry Dyes passed away January 15. He was my high school coach in 1965 at WB Ray HS. His first year coaching, we won the Texas state championship, had best time in the country in the mile and sprint relay, and to top it off, his first son was born. I’m forwarding a tribute obituary from his alma mater, Abilene Christian University.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /></p><p><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;">From 2012 here is a piece we wrote about Jerry Dyes:</span></p><p><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><a href="https://onceuponatimeinthevest.blogspot.com/2012/07/jerry-dyes-texas-legend.html"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Jerry Dyes from Once Upon a Time in the Vest</b></span></a> link<br /></span></p><p><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;">Jerry's obituary posted by Abilene Christian.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXe-KInMo2DPeJjw9kRBDudE9ulbtfDWDXRsZUUYl3gI5Hb04C0zExk4QA-SA650x0drN9ER24JvVKM0iBQeVI2ZEQXunjy8AWsqFSEusKbnHqhaBHQ6gJLbalWv0AjzXs-XHfk44dqmI_Ibq4cQL-ovQ_tFsF6BcO74b8NVFWcOzqZjzZCXuXgpXBTmc/s1280/Jerry%20Dyes%20obit.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1245" data-original-width="1280" height="622" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXe-KInMo2DPeJjw9kRBDudE9ulbtfDWDXRsZUUYl3gI5Hb04C0zExk4QA-SA650x0drN9ER24JvVKM0iBQeVI2ZEQXunjy8AWsqFSEusKbnHqhaBHQ6gJLbalWv0AjzXs-XHfk44dqmI_Ibq4cQL-ovQ_tFsF6BcO74b8NVFWcOzqZjzZCXuXgpXBTmc/w640-h622/Jerry%20Dyes%20obit.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"><br /></span><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016328985438205999.post-47695010421702656892024-01-16T20:33:00.002-08:002024-01-16T20:35:18.048-08:00V 14 N. 3 Thomas Coyne July 8, 1933- January 14, 2024 R.I.P.<p> </p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgroDnzYsM7ffyoiq_tSYx-tH1ePGc1t3KxnlV0bN7_XOmWwrthX44g0AcmLd16bzWy0VHYXaUsX2ZPWvkdqgFb1yLE5MNlZMMyWDWvmqGv3bKuH8iBCz3RqIgnzi5of5hxmzBqjBcoyuFB05zF_T15Cn8ZcKxijF4nJTzGCIWLxvdPRAJDTOElmktfyyU" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="560" data-original-width="560" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgroDnzYsM7ffyoiq_tSYx-tH1ePGc1t3KxnlV0bN7_XOmWwrthX44g0AcmLd16bzWy0VHYXaUsX2ZPWvkdqgFb1yLE5MNlZMMyWDWvmqGv3bKuH8iBCz3RqIgnzi5of5hxmzBqjBcoyuFB05zF_T15Cn8ZcKxijF4nJTzGCIWLxvdPRAJDTOElmktfyyU" width="240" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Thomas Coyne</b></span><p></p><p>Thomas Coyne of Kalamazoo, Michigan has been a frequent contributor to this blog for more than ten years. The retired former Vice President of Student Services at Western Michigan was a competitor in Track and Field from high school to college and a long time supporter of the sport through Western Michigan and his high school alma mater St. Ignatius HS in Chicago. He has written about St. Ignatius and done book reviews for all of you. Thomas and his good friend Paul O'Shea from St. Ignatius arrived about the same time telling us a story of travels with that team in the company of fellow alum Tom O'Hara to the East Coast with the school cross country team. From there on it was an eager wait for what next that Thomas and Paul would bring to us from their long history which dovetailed beautifully with our goals in this effort of story telling. </p><p><br /></p><p> <a href="https://betzlerlifestory.com/obituaries/thomas-e-coyne.145428"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Thomas Coyne, Obituary</span></b></a><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is one of Tom's pieces from our third year in business.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://onceuponatimeinthevest.blogspot.com/2013/06/thomas-coyne-memories-of-chicago.html"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Memories of the Chicago Distance Running Scene 1940- 1970s</b></span></a><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This piece is about the St. Ignatius Team by Paul O'Shea</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://onceuponatimeinthevest.blogspot.com/2013/10/st-ignatius-college-prep-hs-track-gets.html"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>St. Ignatius</b></span></a><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016328985438205999.post-84426681173699957482024-01-15T21:31:00.008-08:002024-01-16T12:50:48.811-08:00V 14 N. 2 The Day I Was Born, July 3, 1943 Track Things That Happened<p>January 15, 2024 </p><p>Coming in the house after staggering through the cold weather in mindless bliss today, I found time to look up what happened the day I was born, Saturday July 3, 1943. Don't ask me why. When you are reasonably retired part-time anyway, you have leisure hours to dream up such quests. So I turned to my subscription of Newspapers.com and dialed in that birthdate and lo and behold, three track stories showed up in my two local (Dayton, Ohio) newspapers <i> The Journal Herald </i>and <i>The Dayton Daily News. </i>The first was front page noting the visit of Lord Burghley of <i>Chariots of Fire </i>fame who came to Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton on a mission for the British government dealing with procurement of aircraft parts. Burghley you may remember was the aristocratic teammate of Harold Abrahams in the film. He raced him around the quadrangle at Trinity College, Cambridge as mentioned in a recent post and repeated in more recent times by Sebastian Coe and Steve Cram. He would win the Olympic 400M Hurdles in 1928. Burghley according to the story below, represented his country on multiple boards and panels and was a member of Parliament much like Coe who worked his way up to lordship. Burghley may have been born into his peerage. </p><p><br /></p><p>The second story covers the new world record in the mile 4:02.6 set in Stockholm by Arne Andersson. And the third covers the exploits of Gunder Hagg also a Swede. As Sweden was a relatively neutral country during WWII, there was food on the tables and the healthy young men were more or less able to follow their foolish pursuits such as middle distance running. But there were still a few Americans ready to race as noted in the Hagg article. However what I found interesting in the Andersson article is the fact that the writer is talking about the long awaited four minute mile which would take another 11 years to happen. So wrap yourself in those times past with these stories below. George Brose</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoDgcubow6NRgKXljlN9UOtfKl2mjle_a0P3JZvQD69aDsgyOICF9z6mghRYXPU4WJr0MvEOcdb7MDl5q-CJMtpqDLV6zD2o7NKwTDmQWLd6qGldnTsPpBh1EKmlL-mPaAQj4tubfpTH6LnYzd3bBoSLaJ0-HyVZ7mDTjz1tbgb2Ia-UMiDmLSRCVNZow/s2200/Lord_Burghley_headline_and_photo_July_3_1943.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2200" data-original-width="1952" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoDgcubow6NRgKXljlN9UOtfKl2mjle_a0P3JZvQD69aDsgyOICF9z6mghRYXPU4WJr0MvEOcdb7MDl5q-CJMtpqDLV6zD2o7NKwTDmQWLd6qGldnTsPpBh1EKmlL-mPaAQj4tubfpTH6LnYzd3bBoSLaJ0-HyVZ7mDTjz1tbgb2Ia-UMiDmLSRCVNZow/w568-h640/Lord_Burghley_headline_and_photo_July_3_1943.jpg" width="568" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwOsf-uzxv0gNDEqofBM0-invk4onvjSMHCalfJK-lg9LfeWR1v5zhhIDQaOdW_7HS1AZL8hfoSURt_Rv1ChrULnHJu6Pw2p431SvX5xU-ff7p5oEYlskDPnpy3kY8hsRLZcjaDSXDN7O60eSknpShjIeP_5mK5D_j2PMKmmLsRcXe2-9E7lgypSSy49Q/s3258/Burghley_second_part_of_clip.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3258" data-original-width="839" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwOsf-uzxv0gNDEqofBM0-invk4onvjSMHCalfJK-lg9LfeWR1v5zhhIDQaOdW_7HS1AZL8hfoSURt_Rv1ChrULnHJu6Pw2p431SvX5xU-ff7p5oEYlskDPnpy3kY8hsRLZcjaDSXDN7O60eSknpShjIeP_5mK5D_j2PMKmmLsRcXe2-9E7lgypSSy49Q/w165-h640/Burghley_second_part_of_clip.jpg" width="165" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> Dayton Daily News July 3, 1943<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhPvgslFXnFEAVzPSYJ_6mvxk5WZpjUoZ5rnvrLbDs3BCd6NNtZK5HxQX0U6ouoks3Y1JpffdX6j3jQiqF_yXYB6V30aDJcN_2DtKtW5n4EsvtKulQgfG5MIs3mJTHE9Yy5PNSJIllXhp0_VDebYxNNWV59ccm-BG21k5XyUteNws_XsLmQL1Xs5J9C9rA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="780" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhPvgslFXnFEAVzPSYJ_6mvxk5WZpjUoZ5rnvrLbDs3BCd6NNtZK5HxQX0U6ouoks3Y1JpffdX6j3jQiqF_yXYB6V30aDJcN_2DtKtW5n4EsvtKulQgfG5MIs3mJTHE9Yy5PNSJIllXhp0_VDebYxNNWV59ccm-BG21k5XyUteNws_XsLmQL1Xs5J9C9rA" width="315" /></a></div> This picture of Burghley did not appear in the news story above.<br /><p><br /></p><p>Note: the paper misspelled 'Andersson' in the headline but got it right in the body of the story. ed.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3mkrNyq3ml_afddvysLg8-WS0ILKg0GkGLCqZgoGQr3vxiCFd7ftQL8-qFFpBxPHyw5fFnQk_9d1JznDU_6JsgbSPYQ8NfMIjqtbithyphenhyphenBupWeXemVJEKrduXKRJjvpH6-wiYvZ5_l3LcDGozKZ1VkCfI0GjVqni7iiYUB7p7fMmNgpv41KitFPrC-9cI/s2480/Arne_Anderson__4_02_6_in_Stockholm_July_2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1123" data-original-width="2480" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3mkrNyq3ml_afddvysLg8-WS0ILKg0GkGLCqZgoGQr3vxiCFd7ftQL8-qFFpBxPHyw5fFnQk_9d1JznDU_6JsgbSPYQ8NfMIjqtbithyphenhyphenBupWeXemVJEKrduXKRJjvpH6-wiYvZ5_l3LcDGozKZ1VkCfI0GjVqni7iiYUB7p7fMmNgpv41KitFPrC-9cI/w640-h290/Arne_Anderson__4_02_6_in_Stockholm_July_2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvoJch_8OnQJdle2wKyWOgd17JUC01ikxnfMSOGPRZR0Z8WApPHwsBYJKwJMyXuHdE0Q_xEXUrA3GculGMu_IFAfTnQ58l9OMtR1LHtDoINXRE3AgpqepByQofuJOnLiBs5IEuLrxwav_kuRH7iAQSsJTHoaA00E1L8_SSUsjSvgg6xWljq3KAvg9nPCQ/s2563/Gunder_Hagg_JULy_3_1943.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2563" data-original-width="1363" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvoJch_8OnQJdle2wKyWOgd17JUC01ikxnfMSOGPRZR0Z8WApPHwsBYJKwJMyXuHdE0Q_xEXUrA3GculGMu_IFAfTnQ58l9OMtR1LHtDoINXRE3AgpqepByQofuJOnLiBs5IEuLrxwav_kuRH7iAQSsJTHoaA00E1L8_SSUsjSvgg6xWljq3KAvg9nPCQ/w340-h640/Gunder_Hagg_JULy_3_1943.jpg" width="340" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiBWIk9ODKPsBTt1ZfFx6EgbEskWrX1MRLt9dDZGcM73oJiMs-5PYSB0n_205KRmAdYbMFh3rSkb4Df8tce15q72MrPw-hAwBwxQq8e7zQY8fKAKp3hg40GJI62bTffVJDfw4tph2BgkKO1f8BX2uLWa3dBT6QVzo4Ny8NviFa86D5HRRBuVfwFyoKfp3E" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="276" data-original-width="460" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiBWIk9ODKPsBTt1ZfFx6EgbEskWrX1MRLt9dDZGcM73oJiMs-5PYSB0n_205KRmAdYbMFh3rSkb4Df8tce15q72MrPw-hAwBwxQq8e7zQY8fKAKp3hg40GJI62bTffVJDfw4tph2BgkKO1f8BX2uLWa3dBT6QVzo4Ny8NviFa86D5HRRBuVfwFyoKfp3E" width="320" /></a></div> Andersson (left) Hagg (right)<br /><br /><p></p><p>Not to let slip by, another soon to be famous British visitor came to Dayton during the war.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgZQGExha2COYLSwb9J17j7IBfBAzxmRL0375N3-xelF3gqQUutqSVyx9Bclpl_hc0cfl2sBs03b16ClsfHlDzlKPGZOj07xREhKLRWXUYvWgURlj2HxaoKEeUM8QoA_8meg-3Vpive4oJ3m6C5lEl90kCI89jl0Y_UoY05-NgcWBtNLd2WDGTals3_MBs" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1992" data-original-width="1500" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgZQGExha2COYLSwb9J17j7IBfBAzxmRL0375N3-xelF3gqQUutqSVyx9Bclpl_hc0cfl2sBs03b16ClsfHlDzlKPGZOj07xREhKLRWXUYvWgURlj2HxaoKEeUM8QoA_8meg-3Vpive4oJ3m6C5lEl90kCI89jl0Y_UoY05-NgcWBtNLd2WDGTals3_MBs" width="181" /></a></div> Alan Turing<br /><br /><p></p><p>Alan Turing who was the chief cryptographer in England working on the Enigma machine visited Dayton as well to collaborate with the National Cash Register Company codebreakers on their computer that was working on breaking the Japanese codes. Turing became famous for his work in the film <i>The Imitation Game. </i>He was also a runner of note, almost qualifying for the British Olympic team in 1948. He placed fourth in their marathon trials. But in life instead of being recognized for his service, he was condemned for his being a homosexual under the British morality laws. </p><p><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;">Turing was prosecuted in 1952 for </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_indecency" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Gross indecency">homosexual acts</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;">. He accepted hormone treatment with </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diethylstilbestrol" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Diethylstilbestrol">DES</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;">, a procedure commonly referred to as </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_castration" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Chemical castration">chemical castration</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;">, as an alternative to prison. Turing died on 7 June 1954, 16 days before his 42nd birthday, from </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanide_poisoning" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Cyanide poisoning">cyanide poisoning</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;">. An inquest determined </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_LGBT-related_suicides" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #faa700; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline-color: rgb(51, 102, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word;" title="">his death as a suicide</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;">, but it has been noted that the known evidence is also consistent with accidental poisoning. Following a public campaign in 2009, British prime minister </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Brown" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Gordon Brown">Gordon Brown</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"> made an </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing#Government_apology_and_pardon" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #3366cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">official public apology</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"> on behalf of the government for "the appalling way [Turing] was treated" wikipedia</span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016328985438205999.post-91761753749392536162024-01-11T16:33:00.003-08:002024-01-11T16:33:40.052-08:00V 14 N. 1 Gainesville to Host World Masters Champs in 2025<p> Bruce Kritzler just sent this in from the <i>Main Street Daily News</i> Alachua County, FL. We're talking Gainesville, Florida. Time to start getting ready. Sharpen your spikes, see your cardiologist, and buy a case of Voltaren. </p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: var(--shade-medium); font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: var(--text-s); text-decoration-line: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: var(--shade-medium); font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: var(--text-s); text-decoration-line: inherit;"><b>The Alachua County Sports Center will host the 2025 World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships.</b></span></p><div class="ct-text-block w-full" id="text_block-172-23" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 17.7582px; max-width: 800px; scroll-margin-top: 0px; width: 678.025px;"><span class="ct-span oxy-stock-content-styles" id="span-173-23" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; scroll-margin-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; width: 678.025px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; max-inline-size: 75ch;">World Masters Athletics (WMA) announced on Wednesday that Alachua County will host the 2025 WMA Indoor Championships (WMACi25).</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; max-inline-size: 75ch;">It will mark the first time the event will be held in the United States. WMA, the international governing body for track & field, cross country, road race, and racewalk for athletes 35+, holds the WMACi25 event every two years.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; max-inline-size: 75ch;">Alachua County <a href="https://www.mainstreetdailynews.com/govt-politics/bocc-three-week-athletics-competition" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">signaled its interest in hosting the WMACi25</a> in May 2023 at a Board of County Commissioners meeting. <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />In the WMA announcement, WMA Council President Margit Jungmann thanked the Alachua County, RADD Sports and the Gainesville Sports Commission for hosting WMACi25.</p><div class="in-article-newsletter-form" style="background: var(--shade-ultra-light); border-radius: var(--radius-xs); box-shadow: var(--shadow-s); box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; margin: var(--space-m) 0; padding: var(--space-l) var(--space-xl) var(--space-m); position: relative;"><h5 class="in-article-newsletter-form__heading text--center" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Inter; font-size: var(--text-xl); line-height: 1.1; margin: 0px; max-inline-size: 45ch; text-align: center;"><br /></h5></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; max-inline-size: 75ch;">“We are confident their team is exceptionally qualified and capable of organizing a World Championship as they support over seventy sporting events annually,” said Jungmann in the press release. “It will be special having outdoor events in warmer average temperatures than previous Championships and returning to North America.” </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; max-inline-size: 75ch;">The WMACi25 will feature 24 events that include competition in indoor track & field, road race, outdoor events and cross country over eight days.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; max-inline-size: 75ch;">More than 4,000 athletes participated in the 2023 WMACi championships held in Torun, Poland. Over 10,000 visitors, with over 60% coming from outside the U.S., are projected to visit Alachua County in March 2025.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; max-inline-size: 75ch;">“My fellow commissioners and I want to thank the WMA Council and its member federations for choosing us to host this amazing international event. We are excited to welcome the world in 2025! We will provide a wonderful experience for all our regional, national, and international visitors,” said Mary Alford, Chair of the Alachua County Commission, in the press release. “Alachua County’s experience hosting major events, our world-class facilities and amenities, rich sports history, and cultural, natural, and entertainment offerings make it the ideal location for the World Masters Indoor Championships.”</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; max-inline-size: 75ch;">The bid committee consisted of Alachua County, Celebration Pointe, RADDSports, Viking Companies, Visit Gainesville/Alachua County and the Gainesville Sports Commission. With the WMA announcement, the Alachua County Local Organizing Committee will now be activated to organize the international event.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; max-inline-size: 75ch;">“We look forward to continuing our collaborative efforts with the State of Florida, Alachua County, and our community partners to introduce Alachua County to the world stage,” said Celebration Pointe developer Svein Dyrkolbotn in the press release. “This success demonstrates the power of sport tourism to bring exposure to our community as a destination.”</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; max-inline-size: 75ch;">The event will be held at the Alachua County Sports and Events Center (ACSEC) at Celebration Pointe which had an <a href="https://www.mainstreetdailynews.com/news/ac-sports-events-center-ceremony-draws-crowd" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">open house and ribbon cutting ceremony officially opened in June 2023</a>. A <a href="https://www.mainstreetdailynews.com/news/ufs-carnes-honored-track-dedication" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">dedication ceremony was held for the Jimmy Carnes Track</a> in January 2023.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; max-inline-size: 75ch;">In early 2023, the center hosted a pre-opening indoor track and field season. The WMA announcement comes prior to the 2024 indoor track & field series at the ACSEC that will feature 16 meets with four collegiate conference championships and a national championship.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; max-inline-size: 75ch;">“This announcement, and very special event, will put Florida on the world stage to showcase talented athletes from across the globe,” said state Rep. Chuck Clemons, speaker pro-tempore, in the press release. “The economic impacts of this event, and games like it, have on our community are opportunities that all Florida communities pray for.”</p></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016328985438205999.post-44097841677363379382023-12-28T12:39:00.002-08:002023-12-28T12:39:50.214-08:00V 13 N. 120 Charles Hunsaker, First Coach of Women's XC at US Military Academy to Be Honored at Hula Bowl<p> </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6e1fYtT3BW2KUD_BGSGTu6DHqncKIpbbm0F4edB1eZNvDKLFlmlN5NNpyicobpHlbHr3zR2hVzfaUe015D8NgLUYqq0Vyu5_oaFDAqJmHucyOT1KtN9rIEcnIilU_bXWpPxiF7cdOTxwxmdWWYGJbfvBck5UCBpK2LgVXmp2UhwHkOVPL6NaCbiyCiYY/s628/Chuck%20Hunsaker.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="628" data-original-width="489" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6e1fYtT3BW2KUD_BGSGTu6DHqncKIpbbm0F4edB1eZNvDKLFlmlN5NNpyicobpHlbHr3zR2hVzfaUe015D8NgLUYqq0Vyu5_oaFDAqJmHucyOT1KtN9rIEcnIilU_bXWpPxiF7cdOTxwxmdWWYGJbfvBck5UCBpK2LgVXmp2UhwHkOVPL6NaCbiyCiYY/s320/Chuck%20Hunsaker.jpg" width="249" /></a></div> Charles Hunsaker LTC (ret'd.)<br /><p><br /></p><p>One of our long time readers Charles Hunsaker is to be honored at this year's college all-star Hula Bowl. Congratulations, Chuck. Earlier Bill Schnier reviewed Chuck's book "Angels in Combat Boots". Here is the link to that post. <a href="https://onceuponatimeinthevest.blogspot.com/2020/12/v-10-n-86-angels-in-combat-boots-book.html">Angels in Combat Boots - Review</a></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span face=""Arial Black", sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 26pt; line-height: 37.0933px;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIQVUgRmQo790peScPrnUtnF3BVCGTRBARZ2JxB7Brrqg-RRwDo8suKQzs4jsXZloDMO_NUtSA98d1heiGVxtbRVaomTERGidRQLy8qJB1TVPSYzyGh6SAUIh7_7iHrb8Xq9LJsvgGbHJ5qeQKXvh9f-NS-QgOLwd0-xG36sKPpyAgvFVJybdE-LUFazU/s1500/uSMA%20first%20women%20win.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1096" data-original-width="1500" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIQVUgRmQo790peScPrnUtnF3BVCGTRBARZ2JxB7Brrqg-RRwDo8suKQzs4jsXZloDMO_NUtSA98d1heiGVxtbRVaomTERGidRQLy8qJB1TVPSYzyGh6SAUIh7_7iHrb8Xq9LJsvgGbHJ5qeQKXvh9f-NS-QgOLwd0-xG36sKPpyAgvFVJybdE-LUFazU/w400-h293/uSMA%20first%20women%20win.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <span face=""Arial Black", sans-serif" style="color: black; line-height: 37.0933px;">After USMA Women's first win</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> 20-40 vs. East Stroudsburg</span><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Press Release:</b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span face=""Arial Black", sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 22.8267px;"><b>January 13, 2024</b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 25.68px;"><b>The Hula Bowl’s Military Ambassador Program also recognizes and honors distinguished military personnel!</b></span></p><p align="center" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 22.8267px;"><b> </b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 22.8267px;"><b>Hula Bowl Military Ambassadors have distinguished themselves in both military and civilian careers. Like the players on the field, this year’s Military Ambassadors were also outstanding collegiate athletes. Last year’s Hula Bowl honored 50 years of Title IX, the law enacted in 1972 to prohibit discrimination based on gender in education programs or activities, creating a pathway for exceptional growth in women’s sports. The 2023 Hula Bowl made history by having the first all-female crew to officiate a college football game. As we approach the 50<sup>th</sup> anniversary of women attending our service academies, this year’s Hula Bowl takes great pride in recognizing its 2024 Military Ambassadors: Lieutenant Colonel (retired) Charles Hunsaker and representatives from the first West Point women’s cross-country teams.<ins datetime="2023-03-23T13:58"></ins></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 22.8267px;"><b> </b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 22.8267px;"><b>Coach Hunsaker’s cross country and track resume includes an NCAA championship team, two NCAA runner-up teams, 22 All-Americans, and two individual national champions. Twice he was selected as the Division II Cross country Coach of the Year. Coach Hunsaker was the first cross country and track coach for women at the U.S. Military Academy, serving from 1978 to 1981. Called an “unsung hero of women at West Point during the early years” by members of his teams, his leadership, courage, and commitment to the success of his female athletes, both as military cadets and runners, was instrumental in overcoming institutional and cultural barriers and helped to integrate women fully into the service academy. His coaching impact with a startup program was immediate as his first teams garnered success, winning the Collegiate Eastern Championships in 1980 and finishing in the top ten in the National Championships. He was selected as the Eastern Women's Cross country and Indoor Track Coach of the Year. Coach Hunsaker chronicled this journey in his book, “Angels in Combat Boots.”</b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 22.8267px;"><b>Joining Coach Hunsaker as Hula Bowl Military Ambassadors are team members from the first few years of women at West Point!</b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 22.8267px;"><b>Coach Hunsaker said, “I spent 21 years in the Army, and I loved all of it, but my time at West Point was, without question, the highlight. To be able to teach and coach as such a special place, to be able to work with such a special group of young women and to help women cadets be accepted into the academy that had been all male since 1802 was definitely the highlight. When I got my first coaching job in a small rural junior high, I never imagined I would have such an unbelievable opportunity. To be honored with this group is just extraordinary”</b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 22.8267px;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;">The Hula Bowl is the Nation’s premier College Football All-Star Game. The Hula Bowl is an event where all NFL, XFL, USFL and CFL teams will be represented by top scout players during Hula Bowl week.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;">100 of the top senior athletes will be selected to play at the Hula Bowl in Orlando, Florida. This is the ideal venue to showcase their talent up against the best the game has to offer. Our players will be coming in from across the United States, Canada, Australia and JAPAN</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 22.8267px;"></span></p><p align="center" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #00b050; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;"><b>SATURDAY January 13, 2024 | 12:00PM</b> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;">| <b>UCF FBC Mortgage Stadium</b> | <b>ORLANDO, FL</b></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016328985438205999.post-22210527140816003992023-12-27T12:22:00.003-08:002024-01-05T22:08:59.714-08:00V 13 N. 119 Geoff Pietsch, A Good Friend I Never Met, R.I.P.<p> Dec. 27, 2023</p><p><br /></p><p>Geoff Pietsch passed away December 24. We met through this blog and wrote back and forth for at least 5 years. Geoff was so knowledgeable about our sport and so honest and insightful on many subjects away from running and track and field, that I could turn to him anytime for advice and comment. His thoughts have often been expressed in this blog. </p><p>Geoff lived, taught, and coached in Florida and I think we were initially connected by mutual friend Bruce Kritzler. We shared our Germanic origins, our love of running, and our interest in the world outside of sport. He often sent articles that were of mutual interest, and he connected me with many others of similar background. A month or so ago, he sent his final message that doctors had given him a few months to live. It was a farewell message, and I responded in one of those 'what can I possibly say?' replies and told him that he would be in my thoughts to the end and after. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is one of those last messages.</p><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">George,</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> The end is near for me. Oncologist says two months max. chemo might have extended a little - so I could spend it having chemo. NO! At home hospice ahead but no pain yet. But discomfort.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> So glad I got to know you!!! </div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> No need to post on website of course. </div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Lots of wonderful messages from former students and runners. Moving! I always tried really hard to make them idealists.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Author Ed Abbey's father, Paul Revere Abbey, had a great epitaph, which he adopted.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>HATE INJUSTICE, DEFY THE POWERFUL, SPEAK FOR THE VOICELESS.</b></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">You could put on your site. </div><div id="m_-5251987800073803778appendonsend" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Thanks for being you.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="il">Geoff</span></div><p>In the time of our acquaintance we discovered that we had both run in the 1978 Boston Marathon. He ran well, perhaps his PR? 2:33:55 in 259th place. I blew up that day and finished exactly 1000 places behind him in 1259th with a 2:51:50. Perhaps we ran close by each other in the early stages, but we never knew. I still have no idea of my splits. I do remember walking off course after Heartbreak Hill, but very little of anything else that day. I do know I did not take a bus or subway to get to the finish. </p><p>As proof of our respective finishes, I'm pasting some pages from the 'Racers Recordbook' which was sent out to all the entrants of that day in 1978. 2047 men and 29 women broke three hours in that cool and cloudy environment. Hometown boy, Bill Rodgers won the men's race in 2:10:13 and Gayle Barron of Atlanta won the women's race in 2:44:52</p><p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghnFOjIUPUhKxih59qT-cwL4n0jYnSwCkGprhWYn8ahcn-4F4F5NOSQYN-nTnD6JNW2ZGWTKhuI4DdGhR78qNqaJnZvd4DYXm3gW0ch_h35bDwa0WZ8TEfstY08PofqnLWY-Gm_bkQH8jX504mMTdBEOGFdb7U9z92IsMMlGVqj3YeAjzSikPB3qLyjiY/s2338/Racers%20Results%20Hndbk%20Boston%2078%20cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2338" data-original-width="1700" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghnFOjIUPUhKxih59qT-cwL4n0jYnSwCkGprhWYn8ahcn-4F4F5NOSQYN-nTnD6JNW2ZGWTKhuI4DdGhR78qNqaJnZvd4DYXm3gW0ch_h35bDwa0WZ8TEfstY08PofqnLWY-Gm_bkQH8jX504mMTdBEOGFdb7U9z92IsMMlGVqj3YeAjzSikPB3qLyjiY/w466-h640/Racers%20Results%20Hndbk%20Boston%2078%20cover.jpg" width="466" /></a></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTdj-KXZT5PBcO_Sl2C-0zzj2lQboGq6JxWLa3pe-gjoQpxpysbSgkGKbIIAT_Uvs634tiw_8hc67gRJwh3dps7Pxc8PeRvydlavzha_yBLSvT1DBw0eFWidy8R9KuVHYpxWfEDGXsR8GBiJYKA0rc5xtmQb51tuuKbAoTfkMOgiEUphPgfUwOzaOJUCM/s1557/Geoff%20Pietsch%20Boston.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="794" data-original-width="1557" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTdj-KXZT5PBcO_Sl2C-0zzj2lQboGq6JxWLa3pe-gjoQpxpysbSgkGKbIIAT_Uvs634tiw_8hc67gRJwh3dps7Pxc8PeRvydlavzha_yBLSvT1DBw0eFWidy8R9KuVHYpxWfEDGXsR8GBiJYKA0rc5xtmQb51tuuKbAoTfkMOgiEUphPgfUwOzaOJUCM/w640-h326/Geoff%20Pietsch%20Boston.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> You can find Geoff's name at the bottom of this page. He was 40 years old.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsVBJMcBF_MISYdt0QynSFVH3eje6qYPpfPe4PmK_TmGLLY6-B8Y_huOaC5Tdz1J1sHa2Av__aQZP1_7F9ocmcNJDgNNIyaDvltghs_EDS7v5fCBdf_0R8CaGm_uMA6oRiss1cflroCtZspJ1Yela__XT8MbyvBDcum4ZKsyfXPyQzNmRxXrsCymA7x9E/s790/Gayle%20Barron%20Boston.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="752" data-original-width="790" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsVBJMcBF_MISYdt0QynSFVH3eje6qYPpfPe4PmK_TmGLLY6-B8Y_huOaC5Tdz1J1sHa2Av__aQZP1_7F9ocmcNJDgNNIyaDvltghs_EDS7v5fCBdf_0R8CaGm_uMA6oRiss1cflroCtZspJ1Yela__XT8MbyvBDcum4ZKsyfXPyQzNmRxXrsCymA7x9E/s320/Gayle%20Barron%20Boston.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-BQSzAKQzRtTRuHdY6sI1FdJzLxThuEV9Sx5NYuOx6JIZJJgzyMUUSqkCDM_DBKusywEINwBIVFw0E2NnwLnB3LPvZrvyfSzUxoZYGqVaTIw16dXoiPHJKn72y1tmMlSaKbOnmnJaxTtKhIXIhKW2YnRnM2bT4EKBnTKId0va7kRYeL7pLtYBTtn7kTM/s2338/Racers%20Hndbk%20Boston%201978%20back%20cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2338" data-original-width="1700" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-BQSzAKQzRtTRuHdY6sI1FdJzLxThuEV9Sx5NYuOx6JIZJJgzyMUUSqkCDM_DBKusywEINwBIVFw0E2NnwLnB3LPvZrvyfSzUxoZYGqVaTIw16dXoiPHJKn72y1tmMlSaKbOnmnJaxTtKhIXIhKW2YnRnM2bT4EKBnTKId0va7kRYeL7pLtYBTtn7kTM/w291-h400/Racers%20Hndbk%20Boston%201978%20back%20cover.jpg" width="291" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Back Cover, Bill Rodgers on Podium</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgupX7ds-ShtGQOrkROl0JzLGn_TDcp5bbfRHh98Kps-qKPo-mUNb3jhWB6QO3U9NTNSCmb9Fi3fExOqGDFjez_oZeSe4yvRHDBSM4qskmJ1qmVBBBxCj5MVonAx2SswVt4c5e1ufGYJSRYLnfMuO-pgx4BprJVfUuz4Jk90Ctq0ehdFgLtqvdsM6qd-CI/s2066/Other%20winners%20Boston%2078.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2066" data-original-width="1700" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgupX7ds-ShtGQOrkROl0JzLGn_TDcp5bbfRHh98Kps-qKPo-mUNb3jhWB6QO3U9NTNSCmb9Fi3fExOqGDFjez_oZeSe4yvRHDBSM4qskmJ1qmVBBBxCj5MVonAx2SswVt4c5e1ufGYJSRYLnfMuO-pgx4BprJVfUuz4Jk90Ctq0ehdFgLtqvdsM6qd-CI/w526-h640/Other%20winners%20Boston%2078.jpg" width="526" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiixtAkDqrW2FgfeeFCh1j62fBOs8KE4AxMuW-FfirZv0Q7H3G4-lTdaLppVCMvllqwgkOvy_vXQDO1CzOfd2FxpbOnxssdixsdhkJ2bYm7m9f_d7THo_qZ7ft0A0QpBaKGAWUIHzfUPWyDdmotE6upPTYOoGHzDcFsxLNhCSrAEwIxBLfW_HzINrTYGJY/s1275/George%20Boston%2078%20finish.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="393" data-original-width="1275" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiixtAkDqrW2FgfeeFCh1j62fBOs8KE4AxMuW-FfirZv0Q7H3G4-lTdaLppVCMvllqwgkOvy_vXQDO1CzOfd2FxpbOnxssdixsdhkJ2bYm7m9f_d7THo_qZ7ft0A0QpBaKGAWUIHzfUPWyDdmotE6upPTYOoGHzDcFsxLNhCSrAEwIxBLfW_HzINrTYGJY/w640-h198/George%20Boston%2078%20finish.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="text-align: left;">My place, 1259th</span></div><p>Happy Trails, Geoff</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Comments from Geoff's friends:</p><blockquote style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Geoff was one of those who were there when it was all happening in that long ago running world of the 60s and 70s.. As a teacher, coach, and athlete, he was talented, eloquent, and steadfast, and the world is a smaller place without him. RIP, old friend.</div><div style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">John Parker</div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> (author of 'Once a Runner', ed.)</div></div></blockquote><p><br /></p><p> I received this email this evening. </p><blockquote style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr">Geoff was at the reunion on Friday night last year and was so excited to be there.</div><div dir="ltr">He had great stories about his time training with the FTC and just his time competing in the 1970s and 80's. He coached at Miami Ransom Everglades for many years until he retired to Gainesville in the late 90s.</div><div dir="ltr">He was a great champion of the sport and I knew him from my days running in the early 80s against his team. We got lucky one year and beat his team for PK Yonge first and only state championship in school history.</div><div dir="ltr">He compiled the rankings during his time as head coach and wrote a personal note about me to my coach which I have kept.</div><div dir="ltr">Ricky Quintana</div></div></div></div></blockquote><p><br /></p><p> <span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;">Thanks for giving this insight into a person I had heard of but never knew. We are losing too many of our running pioneers. Bill Schnier</span></p><p><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"><br /></span></p><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Geoff would show up for morning 7mi run with Barry Brown in the late 70's, when he brought his high school team to Gainesville for the Florida Relays. He loved to talk track and running! He always had a place for me to stay when I was in Miami, always without a car. When I was going to visit Phil and Karen MacHarg in Venezuela (and Brazil), he arranged a place for me to stay closer to the Embassy, so I could get a visa.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">About the same time I was leaving Gainesville to coach, Geoff was retiring here. I would run into him when I came back for track meets. And anytime I read the Gainesville Sun I would see a letter to the editor from Geoff. His thoughts were always well researched, accurate, and championing the underdog. He said they limited him to one letter every two weeks!</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Early November he told me he wouldn't be able to see the ncaa region cross country meet on UF golf course. He said he had a constant stream of doctor visits and was too weak to walk the course. I sent him photos and video from the race. Figured if he couldn't come to the meet he was in bad shape.</div><p><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"></span></p><div id="m_588357856029141312appendonsend" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"></div><p></p><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Bruce Kritzler</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016328985438205999.post-3075872261124380902023-12-26T20:32:00.000-08:002023-12-26T20:32:33.480-08:00V 13 N. 118 Coe and Cram Run the "Chariots of Fire" Course around Trinity College Courtyard Cambridge<p> Dec. 26, 2023</p><p>Stumbling around the internet today I found this Youtube film of Steve Cram and Sebastien Coe running the course around the Great Court at Trinity College, Cambridge U. that was a scene in "Chariots of Fire. Not a lot of volume on this and the clip is over 14 minutes long so you may want to jump through some of it. It is noted that this occurred on October 29, 1988. Prince Charming (William) is there, starting to lose his hair already. The race was organized as a fundraiser for a children's hospital. Jolly good. </p><p>Ben Cross and Nigel Havers, actors in the film ran the course in 35.78 by my watch, approximately 20 seconds faster than Coe and Cram, so I wonder why they weren't at least on the national team. </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWSgxPRAyNc"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Cram and Coe Relive Chariots of Fire</span></b></a><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iu766X4wCI"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Chariots of Fire Scene</b></span></a><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>For the film buff, Kenneth Branagh made one of his first appearances in film in "Chariots" in a very minor role. I have yet to find him. </p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016328985438205999.post-64886603452631179732023-12-22T06:01:00.003-08:002023-12-22T07:22:32.221-08:00V 13 N. 117 Aging and Ultras Story from Dec. 20, 2023 The Guardian<p> </p><p>December 22, 2023</p><p>I thought I was done with posting articles this year and could relax and enjoy the Equinox, but no, those bloody aging ultramarathoners grabbed some headlines in <i>The Guardian </i>yesterday. I can't say that my athletic endeavors ever pointed in the direction of ultra running, but these guys are definitely impressive. If it weren't for ultras it makes me wonder what kind of mischief they would be creating. </p><p> In the past it was artists, poets, and writers who could be productive and continue to improve right to the end. Now the geriatric ultra folks are taking it to the limit. As noted in the article one runner was still performing at world class level in the sprints until a few months before his death. What a blessing to an individual. I hope he still took a bit of time to look around and perhaps enjoy a good book, because there is still a limit. </p><p> Up to my parents' time, people had to work thirty to forty years in a factory or push a plow to get to the end of their 'productive' lives. If they were lucky they made it to 65 and got Social Security. Then it was consignment to the poor house or the American or Canadian Legion posts to quaff beer and wish they were still young. Even today the ultra boys and girls are a select few. There must be many more who would take up such an endeavor if only their joints had not been replaced with titanium rods and screws, their spines crushed from years of running, or their spouses threatening dissolution by abandonment. Having done divorce mediation for twenty five years I'm sure keeping one member of a family unit out of the house seven days a week has saved a few marriages as well. And the lad will come home too exhausted to expect any other kinds of 'favors'. But consider, if a guy is 80 years old and still able to run 100 miles, there must be some testosterone still floating through his system. I think one of the benefits of staying fit even at lower levels than ultra running, gives one a better chance of surviving the various illnesses that are bound to strike during a normal lifetime.</p><p><br /></p><p> After you go through this article I've added a bit about another of the great octogenarian distance runners, Ed Whitlock.</p><p>Best to all of you for 2024.</p><p><br /></p><div class="dcr-1djovmt" data-gu-name="headline" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; grid-area: headline; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="dcr-14emo0l" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; 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font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; grid-area: standfirst; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="dcr-xq41iu" style="--source-text-decoration-thickness: 3px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--standfirst-text); font-family: "GH Guardian Headline", "Guardian Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px 0px 12px; max-width: 540px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 8px; padding: 0px; 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font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="article-body-commercial-selector article-body-viewer-selector dcr-1n99hlx" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="dcr-1dpfw7k" style="--source-text-decoration-thickness: 2px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><span class="dcr-11l45yn" color="var(--drop-cap)" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; font-family: "GH Guardian Headline", "Guardian Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 111px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: 92px; margin: 0px 8px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: text-top;">O</span>n a bone-cold morning in November, Wally Hesseltine, far from his cozy California home, was lying prone in southern Illinois – beside a trail of crushed gravel – his right knee bruised and bloodied. The initial 95 miles of the Tunnel Hill 100 footrace had unfolded with the swiftness of a fleeting breeze. Brisk, beautiful miles under a collage of crisp autumn foliage. The 80-year-old hadn’t fallen once. But the last five miles presented a particular problem. They were all downhill.</p><p class="dcr-1dpfw7k" style="--source-text-decoration-thickness: 2px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">He couldn’t feel it, but he could see it – his upper body drooping like a glove without a hand – his hunched shadow sinking into itself until he finally dove into the soft grass. Little is known about “the leans”, a temporary but debilitating condition that can crop up in older ultrarunners. The phenomenon is oft observed but poorly understood. The same is true of Hesseltine.</p><div id="sign-in-gate" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><gu-island config="{"renderingTarget":"Web","darkModeAvailable":false}" data-island-status="hydrated" deferuntil="visible" name="SignInGateSelector" priority="feature" props="{"contentType":"Article","sectionId":"sport","tags":[{"id":"sport/sport","type":"Keyword","title":"Sport"},{"id":"lifeandstyle/ultrarunning","type":"Keyword","title":"Ultrarunning"},{"id":"sport/us-sport","type":"Keyword","title":"US sports"},{"id":"lifeandstyle/running","type":"Keyword","title":"Running"},{"id":"lifeandstyle/marathon-running","type":"Keyword","title":"Marathon running"},{"id":"sport/marathon","type":"Keyword","title":"Marathon"},{"id":"campaign/email/soccer-with-jonathan-wilson","type":"Campaign","title":"Soccer with Jonathan Wilson"},{"id":"type/article","type":"Type","title":"Article"},{"id":"tone/features","type":"Tone","title":"Features"},{"id":"tracking/commissioningdesk/us-sport","type":"Tracking","title":"US Sport"}],"isPaidContent":false,"isPreview":false,"host":"https://www.theguardian.com","pageId":"sport/2023/dec/21/senior-runners-ultramarathons-wally-hesseltine-fred-hagen","idUrl":"https://profile.theguardian.com","switches":{"lightbox":false,"prebidAppnexusUkRow":true,"abSignInGateMainVariant":true,"commercialMetrics":true,"prebidTrustx":true,"scAdFreeBanner":false,"adaptiveSite":true,"prebidPermutiveAudience":true,"compareVariantDecision":false,"enableSentryReporting":true,"lazyLoadContainers":true,"ampArticleSwitch":true,"remarketing":true,"articleEndSlot":true,"keyEventsCarousel":true,"registerWithPhone":false,"targeting":true,"remoteHeader":true,"slotBodyEnd":true,"prebidImproveDigitalSkins":true,"ampPrebidOzone":true,"extendedMostPopularFronts":true,"emailInlineInFooter":true,"showNewPrivacyWordingOnEmailSignupEmbeds":true,"deeplyRead":false,"prebidAnalytics":true,"extendedMostPopular":true,"ampContentAbTesting":false,"prebidCriteo":true,"okta":false,"puzzlesBanner":false,"imrWorldwide":true,"acast":true,"automaticFilters":true,"twitterUwt":true,"prebidAppnexusInvcode":true,"ampPrebidPubmatic":true,"a9HeaderBidding":true,"prebidAppnexus":true,"enableDiscussionSwitch":true,"prebidXaxis":true,"stickyVideos":true,"interactiveFullHeaderSwitch":true,"discussionAllPageSize":true,"prebidUserSync":true,"audioOnwardJourneySwitch":true,"brazeTaylorReport":false,"abConsentlessAds":true,"externalVideoEmbeds":true,"abIntegrateIma":true,"callouts":true,"sentinelLogger":true,"geoMostPopular":true,"weAreHiring":false,"relatedContent":true,"thirdPartyEmbedTracking":true,"prebidOzone":true,"ampLiveblogSwitch":true,"ampAmazon":true,"prebidAdYouLike":true,"mostViewedFronts":true,"discussionInApps":false,"optOutAdvertising":true,"abSignInGateMainControl":true,"headerTopNav":true,"googleSearch":true,"brazeSwitch":true,"darkModeInApps":true,"prebidKargo":true,"consentManagement":true,"personaliseSignInGateAfterCheckout":true,"redplanetForAus":true,"prebidSonobi":true,"idProfileNavigation":true,"confiantAdVerification":true,"discussionAllowAnonymousRecommendsSwitch":false,"permutive":true,"comscore":true,"ampPrebidCriteo":true,"abMpuWhenNoEpic":true,"newsletterOnwards":false,"webFonts":true,"prebidImproveDigital":true,"offerHttp3":true,"ophan":true,"crosswordSvgThumbnails":true,"prebidTriplelift":true,"weather":true,"disableAmpTest":true,"prebidPubmatic":true,"serverShareCounts":false,"autoRefresh":true,"enhanceTweets":true,"prebidIndexExchange":true,"prebidOpenx":true,"prebidHeaderBidding":true,"idCookieRefresh":true,"discussionPageSize":true,"smartAppBanner":false,"abPrebidKargo":true,"boostGaUserTimingFidelity":false,"historyTags":true,"brazeContentCards":true,"surveys":true,"remoteBanner":true,"emailSignupRecaptcha":true,"prebidSmart":true,"shouldLoadGoogletag":true,"inizio":true}}" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></gu-island></div><p class="dcr-1dpfw7k" style="--source-text-decoration-thickness: 2px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">Buoyed by the clamber of voices in the distance, the octogenarian picked himself up – dashed toward the finish line – tripped on the timing mat and went airborne. For a moment it was over, the love-hate battle with time. He was now the fastest 80-year-old to ever run 100 miles.</p><p class="dcr-1dpfw7k" style="--source-text-decoration-thickness: 2px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">Columbian novelist, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, once wrote: “It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.” Not only are more runners doing ultramarathons in their seventies and eighties, they’re also going faster.</p><p class="dcr-1dpfw7k" style="--source-text-decoration-thickness: 2px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">In May, Jeff Hagen, 75, knocked an hour off the 50-mile record for his age group. But it wasn’t enough. Gene ‘the Ultra-Geezer’ Dykes, also 75, bested that by an hour – in the same race – smashing seven master’s records from 25 to 100 kilometers in a 12-hour period. And the record Hesseltine eclipsed in November? It was so new it had yet to be ratified. Four years ago, ‘Fast Eddy’ Rousseau set it at 32 hours. This spring David Blaylock brought it down to 29. Hesseltine got it to 26 and along the way beat 51 of the 179 finishers, most decades younger than him. Leaning back in his chair at his California law office, he jokes, “Ten-minute miles are the new eight.”</p><p class="dcr-1dpfw7k" style="--source-text-decoration-thickness: 2px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">A myriad of suggestions exists to explain the growing presence of older athletes. A predominant theory over the last decade has been that we are merely unlocking abilities carried over from our ancestors. That as Homo sapiens evolved as a nomadic species, we hunted game over long distances, our advantage being our ability to sweat. The energy and speed of the young were beneficial in the last sprints for the kill, while the elders’ tracking knowledge proved essential in pacing the animal over longer periods and bringing up the rear with supplies.</p><p class="dcr-1dpfw7k" style="--source-text-decoration-thickness: 2px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">Exeter professor and ultrarunner Dr Julian Jamison doesn’t see a correlation. “The hunter-gatherers weren’t living till 80,” he says and suggests a mix of patience, pacing, training and hereditary elements. However, he admits “the number of datapoints is still so small in ultrarunning. We simply don’t know.”</p><p class="dcr-1dpfw7k" style="--source-text-decoration-thickness: 2px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">Many ultrarunners have long subscribed to the idea of putting “miles in the legs” while avoiding injury, and science tends to agree. Three papers in the last decade have shown the benefits of cumulative distance in older ultrarunners. They pace better, take better care of their bodies, and have less injuries than their younger counterparts at both marathon and ultra distances. By racking up more miles, our endurance base strengthens and makes us capable of much more than previously imagined.</p><p class="dcr-1dpfw7k" style="--source-text-decoration-thickness: 2px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">Seven hundred ninety-six: that’s how many ultramarathons Rob Apple has run. But you’ll usually find him at the back, an example of the law of diminishing returns. “I remember when he was fast,” says Lazarus Lake, the mastermind of The Barkley Marathons, his voice warm like gravy. “I tell people, if you want to run well at 70, start late.”</p><p class="dcr-1dpfw7k" style="--source-text-decoration-thickness: 2px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">Dr Hirofumi Tanaka agrees. Director of exercise physiology at the University of Texas, he was at the World Master Athletics Championships in March, in part to see Japanese sprinter Hiroo Tanaka. The retired teacher burst out of the gate in the 60-meter dash as if his lane was on a conveyor belt. Head down, arms and legs churning like pistons, he ran out of the camera frame of the other runners. His time? 10.95 seconds. The 92-year-old has held world records at 100 and 200 meters and didn’t start running until he was 60. Sister Madonna ‘the Iron Nun’ Buder, completed her first Ironman at 55, her last at 82. Hiromu Inada finished an Ironman at 87. He started at 70. Gene Dykes was 56 when he ran his first marathon. At 70, he logged a 2:54. Jennifer Russo started ultras at 50. This spring, at 57, the mother of three ran 300 miles in three days, a mark no American woman has reached at any age.</p><p class="dcr-1dpfw7k" style="--source-text-decoration-thickness: 2px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">None of this surprises Tanaka. “Older people are getting closer to younger performances,” he says. “They are closing the gap.” He’s seen a dramatic shift in Spontaneous Walking Speed – professorspeak for the pace at which we do everyday tasks. Not long ago, 70 was the magic age when times would begin to decrease. Now, it’s over 75. His research has also shown the older the age, the greater the improvement we can expect to see with training. And that, he says, applies to and should encourage all of us. He attributes much of the phenomenon of elite masters to what he calls “a Formula 1 approach” – a pit crew of coaches, trainers, and various equipment for recovery.</p><p class="dcr-1dpfw7k" style="--source-text-decoration-thickness: 2px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">But none of these theories explain Wally Hesseltine. He’s run 180 ultramarathons, broken his pelvis in a skiing accident, his nose in a fall, and tore a rotator cuff on the way to the bathroom. He also didn’t start late. When he began running on 8 June 1981, IBM was launching the first personal computer. Now, he runs with an iPhone so his wife can track him and pick him up.</p><figure class="dcr-173mewl" data-spacefinder-role="inline" data-spacefinder-type="model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.NewsletterSignupBlockElement" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 12px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p aria-label="after newsletter promotion" class="dcr-dh5n8r" id="EmailSignup-skip-link-12" role="note" style="--source-text-decoration-thickness: 2px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: GuardianTextSans, "Guardian Text Sans Web", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; height: 40px; left: -100vw; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: absolute; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;" tabindex="0">after newsletter promotion</p></figure><p class="dcr-1dpfw7k" style="--source-text-decoration-thickness: 2px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">What he does have is what he calls “compulsive obsessiveness”. Five days a week, he’s at his law office, handling manslaughter cases and white-collar drug crime. After work, he runs three to 10 miles, showers in the office, and goes home for dinner. No TV. No social media. Instead, he reads. In 1990 he assigned himself a list of great books. “I was going to attack reading,” he says and devoted himself to at least 25 pages a day. Now, he’s read over 6,000 books. He did the same with music, memorizing CDs of the 1,000 greatest hits of classical, blues and country.</p><p class="dcr-1dpfw7k" style="--source-text-decoration-thickness: 2px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">Dr Tanaka has observed similar personalities in other elite aging athletes: an optimistic, goal-oriented outlook on life, good relationships, positive attitude. They are often talkative, funny and, while serious about their running, they don’t take themselves seriously. And few are more quick-witted and humorous than Fast Eddy Rousseau. At some point in last year’s GOMU 48-hour race, he quipped, “I feel like I’m dying, but I’m afraid I won’t.” He finished 100 miles, stumbled back, nearly fell, grinned, and began making jokes. This June he lost his wife, had a stroke, underwent surgery to clear out a carotid artery, and was diagnosed with AFib. “All the things that happen to old runners happen to all old people in life,” says Lazarus Lake. “The ones that keep going just get more out of it.”</p><p class="dcr-1dpfw7k" style="--source-text-decoration-thickness: 2px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">Despite setbacks that could have a normal 84-year-old in a nursing home, Rousseau plans to be at the USA Track and Field 100-mile road championship in February. Hesseltine hopes to be there as well. But each time, there’s a nervous feeling, a worry. Maybe this is the race when I show up and I’m the only one left in my age group.</p><p class="dcr-1dpfw7k" style="--source-text-decoration-thickness: 2px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">One runner who won’t be there is master athletics champion David Carr. The Australian died in June at the age of 91. Just three months before, he was in Poland, in lane five, for a 400-meter race. Canadian <a data-component="auto-linked-tag" data-link-name="in body link" href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/running" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--article-link-border); border-image: initial; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Running</a> called it “the comeback of the year (maybe century)”. In lane six was his biggest rival, Hiroo Tanaka. After the first loop of the 200-meter track, the Japanese runner was more than 30 meters ahead. No one, certainly not Carr, could’ve predicted Tanaka would reach a lactic wall. But when he did, Carr reacted as he had as a boy, instinctively. A runner in front of him had slowed. There was an opening. So, he called on whatever he had left and in the final stretch closed more than 20 meters of ground on Tanaka for the win. He then did what he was always taught in sports; he approached his competitors and shook their hands.</p><p class="dcr-1dpfw7k" style="--source-text-decoration-thickness: 2px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">There’s something about seeing it, runners at ages we equate with our grandparents, that has us grasping for life hacks. And maybe, that’s where we miss the point. Maybe what they are showing us is how to be more <em class="dcr-1dpfw7k" style="--source-text-decoration-thickness: 2px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">in</em> the moment. For Wally Hesseltine the moment is another chance to go long – deep - into the extreme where legs burn and lungs pray for air – into parts of himself that beg him to stop. And maybe that’s what we’re all so scared to death of. Stopping.</p><p class="dcr-1dpfw7k" style="--source-text-decoration-thickness: 2px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><br /></p><p class="dcr-1dpfw7k" style="--source-text-decoration-thickness: 2px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><b>Ed Whitlock</b></p><p class="dcr-1dpfw7k" style="--source-text-decoration-thickness: 2px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: inherit; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiY7KYdFOxWR8fLx4ABjy5ke6YFutVvgyK8lUUz0mF9FL5GY3GA2PAaUERjsEeOoCV-q7qg9fKqrn04eLb55HJg0rPChIemc29RWkJV2tCsI4zW3vJePezDcLMPgENoUUWmW7SpElu0S_E6IRpOGWWjLCOvOUXgVepRIIJWA7gYC4uYqcRzNrZlsavlF8c" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1024" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiY7KYdFOxWR8fLx4ABjy5ke6YFutVvgyK8lUUz0mF9FL5GY3GA2PAaUERjsEeOoCV-q7qg9fKqrn04eLb55HJg0rPChIemc29RWkJV2tCsI4zW3vJePezDcLMPgENoUUWmW7SpElu0S_E6IRpOGWWjLCOvOUXgVepRIIJWA7gYC4uYqcRzNrZlsavlF8c" width="320" /></a></b></div><b> A young Ed Whitlock (1970's) on the left, judging by</b><p></p><p class="dcr-1dpfw7k" style="--source-text-decoration-thickness: 2px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><b> the Tiger Jayhawks he is wearing, and in </b></p><p class="dcr-1dpfw7k" style="--source-text-decoration-thickness: 2px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><b> later years.<br /><br /></b></p><p class="dcr-1dpfw7k" style="--source-text-decoration-thickness: 2px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">As mentioned at the top of this post, I have a few comments about Ed Whitlock, the Canadian who set so many middle and long distance records up to the marathon. I had the honor of running against Ed in the early 1970's when in his 40's he began a comeback into track. Ironically he looked very old even then. But he had wheels and could generally out kick me in 1500 meters finishes even though I was ten years younger. Ed ran almost up to the day he died. He set a world record of 3 hours 56 minutes 38 seconds for the marathon at age 85 only 5 months before he died from prostate cancer. Here is a list of some of his masters accomplishments as shown in Wikipedia: (some of these may already have been surpassed). Can't always be certain on the Wik. </p><h2 style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); color: black; font-family: "Linux Libertine", Georgia, Times, "Source Serif Pro", serif; font-size: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.375; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="World_age_group_records_set_by_Ed_Whitlock">World age group records set by Ed Whitlock</span></h2><p style="color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;">The Milton, Ont., native held 36 world age class records on the road and track.</p><dl style="color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.2em;"><dt style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Outdoor – track</dt></dl><table class="wikitable" style="background-color: #f8f9fa; border-collapse: collapse; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 1em 0px;"><caption style="font-weight: bold;">Age group world record times</caption><tbody><tr><th style="background-color: #eaecf0; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em; text-align: center;">Distance</th><th style="background-color: #eaecf0; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em; text-align: center;">Men 65–69</th><th style="background-color: #eaecf0; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em; text-align: center;">Men 70–74</th><th style="background-color: #eaecf0; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em; text-align: center;">Men 75–79</th><th style="background-color: #eaecf0; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em; text-align: center;">Men 80–84</th><th style="background-color: #eaecf0; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em; text-align: center;">Men 85–89</th></tr><tr align="center"><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">1500 m</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">5:48.93</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">6:38.23</td></tr><tr align="center"><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Mile</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">5:41.80</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">7:18.55(†)<br />7:22(†)<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-18" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Whitlock#cite_note-18" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[18]</a></sup></td></tr><tr align="center"><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">3000 m<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-19" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Whitlock#cite_note-19" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[19]</a></sup></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">11:10.43</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">12:13.56</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"></td></tr><tr align="center"><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">5000 m<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-20" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Whitlock#cite_note-20" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[20]</a></sup></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">18:33.38*</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">19:07.02</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">20:58.12</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">24:03.99<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-21" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Whitlock#cite_note-21" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[21]</a></sup></td></tr><tr align="center"><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">10000 m<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-22" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Whitlock#cite_note-22" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[22]</a></sup></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">38:04.13</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">39:25.16</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">42:39.95</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">51:07.53</td></tr></tbody></table><dl style="color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.2em;"><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px;">† 2016 times not (yet?) ratified as world records</dd><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px;">* record subsequently beaten by Ron Robertson NZ</dd></dl><dl style="color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.2em;"><dt style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Indoor – track</dt></dl><table class="wikitable" style="background-color: #f8f9fa; border-collapse: collapse; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 1em 0px;"><caption style="font-weight: bold;">Age group world record times</caption><tbody><tr><th style="background-color: #eaecf0; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em; text-align: center;">Distance</th><th style="background-color: #eaecf0; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em; text-align: center;">Men 65–69</th><th style="background-color: #eaecf0; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em; text-align: center;">Men 70–74</th><th style="background-color: #eaecf0; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em; text-align: center;">Men 75–79</th><th style="background-color: #eaecf0; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em; text-align: center;">Men 80–84</th><th style="background-color: #eaecf0; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em; text-align: center;">Men 85–89</th></tr><tr align="center"><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">1500 m</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">5:12.22*</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">5:20.04</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">5:48.47</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">6:38.87</td></tr><tr align="center"><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">3000 m<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-23" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Whitlock#cite_note-23" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[23]</a></sup></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">10:11.6*</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">10:52.40</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">11:17.21</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">12:00.88</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">13:41.96</td></tr></tbody></table><dl style="color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.2em;"><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px;">* Records subsequently beaten by others</dd><dt style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Outdoor – road</dt></dl><table class="wikitable" style="background-color: #f8f9fa; border-collapse: collapse; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 1em 0px;"><caption style="font-weight: bold;">Age group world record times</caption><tbody><tr><th style="background-color: #eaecf0; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em; text-align: center;">Distance</th><th style="background-color: #eaecf0; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em; text-align: center;">Men 70–74</th><th style="background-color: #eaecf0; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em; text-align: center;">Men 75–79</th><th style="background-color: #eaecf0; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em; text-align: center;">Men 80–84</th><th style="background-color: #eaecf0; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em; text-align: center;">Men 85–89</th></tr><tr align="center"><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Marathon</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">2:54:48</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">3:04:54</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">3:15:54</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">3:56:38(†)</td></tr></tbody></table><h3 style="color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0.5em;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Road_records_by_age_group">Road records by age group</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 0px; unicode-bidi: isolate; user-select: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color: #54595d; margin-right: 0.25em;">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ed_Whitlock&action=edit&section=6" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none; text-wrap: nowrap;" title="Edit section: Road records by age group">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color: #54595d; margin-left: 0.25em;">]</span></span></h3><p style="color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;">In addition to the records above recognised by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Masters_Athletics" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="World Masters Athletics">World Masters Athletics</a>, the Association of Road Race Statisticians keeps single and group age road records. Whitlock's age group records recognized by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_Road_Racing_Statisticians" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Association of Road Racing Statisticians">ARRS</a> follow.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-24" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Whitlock#cite_note-24" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[24]</a></sup></p><dl style="color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.2em;"><dt style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Road world records</dt></dl><table class="wikitable" style="background-color: #f8f9fa; border-collapse: collapse; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 1em 0px;"><caption style="font-weight: bold;">Best times by age group</caption><tbody><tr><th style="background-color: #eaecf0; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em; text-align: center;">Distance</th><th style="background-color: #eaecf0; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em; text-align: center;">Men 60–64</th><th style="background-color: #eaecf0; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em; text-align: center;">Men 65–69</th><th style="background-color: #eaecf0; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em; text-align: center;">Men 70–74</th><th style="background-color: #eaecf0; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em; text-align: center;">Men 75–79</th><th style="background-color: #eaecf0; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em; text-align: center;">Men 80–84</th><th style="background-color: #eaecf0; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em; text-align: center;">Men 85-89</th></tr><tr align="center"><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">5K<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-25" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Whitlock#cite_note-25" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[25]</a></sup></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">17:23</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">18:21.2</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">18:45</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"></td></tr><tr align="center"><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">8K<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-26" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Whitlock#cite_note-26" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[26]</a></sup></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">28:36</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">30:44</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"></td></tr><tr align="center"><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">10K<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-27" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Whitlock#cite_note-27" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[27]</a></sup></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">37:33</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">40:10</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">42:58</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"></td></tr><tr align="center"><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">15K<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-28" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Whitlock#cite_note-28" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[28]</a></sup></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">55:04</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">58:19</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">1:00:19</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">1:07:05</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">1:15:10</td></tr><tr align="center"><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">10 Mile<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-29" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Whitlock#cite_note-29" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[29]</a></sup></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">1:00:11</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">1:02:19</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"></td></tr><tr align="center"><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Half Marathon<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-30" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Whitlock#cite_note-30" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[30]</a></sup></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">1:22:23</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">1:29:26</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">1:38:59<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-31" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Whitlock#cite_note-31" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[31]</a></sup></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">1:50:47<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-32" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Whitlock#cite_note-32" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[32]</a></sup></td></tr><tr align="center"><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">30k<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-33" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Whitlock#cite_note-33" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[33]</a></sup></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">1:57:07</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">1:57:40</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">2:00:56</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"></td></tr><tr align="center"><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Marathon<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-34" style="font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Whitlock#cite_note-34" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[34]</a></sup></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">2:54:48</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">3:04:54</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">3:15:54</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">3:56:38<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div class="article-body-commercial-selector article-body-viewer-selector dcr-1n99hlx" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;">Comments:</div><div class="article-body-commercial-selector article-body-viewer-selector dcr-1n99hlx" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div class="article-body-commercial-selector article-body-viewer-selector dcr-1n99hlx" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><div>An observation from an old Old School runner:</div><div>These folks must have wealth to travel and race as they do. </div><div><br /></div><div>Guys like Buddy Edelen, Ron Daws, and me lived hand-to-mouth, worked in education or service, travelled to races in old cars, camped out or slept inside said cars. </div><div><br /></div><div>Some of us never had leg speed to lose. </div><div><br /></div><div>All we have is passion to move as far and fast today as we can. No therapeutic modalities but sleep and a hamburger. Jay Birmingham</div><div><br /></div><div><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: normal;" /></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016328985438205999.post-7478061941020387972023-12-21T10:23:00.004-08:002023-12-21T21:13:08.849-08:00V 13 N. 116 A Second Obit on Mike Fanelli<p> Dec. 21, 2023</p><p>This is the first time I've posted a second obituary on someone, but it just came from Bob Darling and I believe it is worth the time to read it. Nice work by Sam Whiting of the <i>San Francisco Chronicle.</i></p><p><br /></p><div class="f fdc mxa mb16 sm:mb40" data-layout="Layout1Column" style="box-sizing: inherit; display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px auto 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="zone center" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 1076.8px;"><div class="package" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><section class="mw1200px mx20 lg:mx36 xl:mxa mb16" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 36px 16px; max-width: 1200px; padding: 0px;"><div class="f fdc sy16" style="box-sizing: inherit; display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="rel" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><h1 class="block ff-fontC fw-fontB fs-fontC lh11 lg:fs46 sm:fs36 fs28" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: var(--fontC),var(--fallbackFontC); font-size: 2.887em; font-style: var(--fontC-style); font-weight: var(--fontB-weight); line-height: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Mike Fanelli, Bay Area distance runner, coach and storyteller of track, dies at 67</h1></div><div class="f jcb sm:aic sm:fdr sm:g0 fdc ais g16" style="align-items: center; box-sizing: inherit; display: flex; flex-direction: row; gap: var(--s0); justify-content: space-between; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="f fdc sy4" style="box-sizing: inherit; display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="c-gray700 f aic g2 fw owa" color="var(--gray700)" style="align-items: center; box-sizing: inherit; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: var(--s2); margin: 0px 0px 4px; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px;"><span class="lg:fs16" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="ff-fontG fw-fontG fs-fontG lh12 ps1 lg:fs16 fs14 lg:fs16" face="var(--fontG),var(--fallbackFontG)" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1em; font-style: var(--fontG-style); 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font-size: 1.125em; font-style: var(--fontJ-style); font-weight: var(--fontJ-weight); line-height: 1.8em; margin: 0px 0px 32px; padding: 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The morning after Mike Fanelli was diagnosed with a glioblastoma, a deadly form of brain tumor, he went out at sunrise, as always, and did his daily run of four miles on the country roads of Sonoma County. </p></div><div class="r1udwkp5 d1uy5mhj ff-fontJ fw-fontJ fs-fontJ lh18 fs18 mb32" data-block-type="text" data-dropcap="false" style="--paragraph-spacing: var(--s32); box-sizing: inherit; font-family: var(--fontJ),var(--fallbackFontJ); font-size: 1.125em; font-style: var(--fontJ-style); font-weight: var(--fontJ-weight); line-height: 1.8em; margin: 0px 0px 32px; padding: 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">He had a goal to meet, and on that day, Oct. 2, 2023, one year into a brutal treatment that often left him nauseous and weak from chemo, Fanelli met it. He crossed the 115,000-mile mark, which is the equivalent of running around the world four times. Each mile was carefully logged in the running diary he’d started while on the cross country team in high school. </p></div><div class="r1udwkp5 d1uy5mhj ff-fontJ fw-fontJ fs-fontJ lh18 fs18 mb32" data-block-type="text" data-dropcap="false" style="--paragraph-spacing: var(--s32); box-sizing: inherit; font-family: var(--fontJ),var(--fallbackFontJ); font-size: 1.125em; font-style: var(--fontJ-style); font-weight: var(--fontJ-weight); line-height: 1.8em; margin: 0px 0px 32px; padding: 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">His last entry was Nov. 10, a quarter mile on the treadmill. Fanelli died Nov. 25 at his home in Asti, south of Cloverdale. He was 67.</p></div><div class="r1udwkp5 d1uy5mhj ff-fontJ fw-fontJ fs-fontJ lh18 fs18 mb32" data-block-type="text" data-dropcap="false" style="--paragraph-spacing: var(--s32); box-sizing: inherit; font-family: var(--fontJ),var(--fallbackFontJ); font-size: 1.125em; font-style: var(--fontJ-style); font-weight: var(--fontJ-weight); line-height: 1.8em; margin: 0px 0px 32px; padding: 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">“Nobody worked harder than Michael at everything he did,” said his wife, Renay Weissberger Fanelli. “His focus on running formed the foundation for how he lived his entire life, which was with passion.”</p></div><div class="r1udwkp5 d1uy5mhj ff-fontJ fw-fontJ fs-fontJ lh18 fs18 mb32" data-block-type="text" data-dropcap="false" style="--paragraph-spacing: var(--s32); box-sizing: inherit; font-family: var(--fontJ),var(--fallbackFontJ); font-size: 1.125em; font-style: var(--fontJ-style); font-weight: var(--fontJ-weight); line-height: 1.8em; margin: 0px 0px 32px; padding: 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">More than a hobbyist, he won the San Francisco Pacific Rim Marathon twice in the 1980s. When 26.2 miles became too short to hold his interest, he co-founded his own road race, the Hunter S. Thompson Fear & Loathing 50, along the route of San Francisco’s 49-mile Scenic Drive and ending atop Twin Peaks. </p></div><div class="r1udwkp5 d1uy5mhj ff-fontJ fw-fontJ fs-fontJ lh18 fs18 mb32" data-block-type="text" data-dropcap="false" style="--paragraph-spacing: var(--s32); box-sizing: inherit; font-family: var(--fontJ),var(--fallbackFontJ); font-size: 1.125em; font-style: var(--fontJ-style); font-weight: var(--fontJ-weight); line-height: 1.8em; margin: 0px 0px 32px; padding: 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Fanelli won the inaugural race in 1985 in a tie. He expanded from there to ultramarathons of 100 miles, his maximum racing distance.</p></div><div class="r1udwkp5 d1uy5mhj ff-fontJ fw-fontJ fs-fontJ lh18 fs18 mb32" data-block-type="text" data-dropcap="false" style="--paragraph-spacing: var(--s32); box-sizing: inherit; font-family: var(--fontJ),var(--fallbackFontJ); font-size: 1.125em; font-style: var(--fontJ-style); font-weight: var(--fontJ-weight); line-height: 1.8em; margin: 0px 0px 32px; padding: 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">“I’ve always been intrigued by the limits of human potential, both physical and mental,” he told the Chronicle in 2011 when he was 56 and closing in on the 100,000 mile mark. “To this end I have been my own lab rat.”</p></div><div class="r1udwkp5 d1uy5mhj ff-fontJ fw-fontJ fs-fontJ lh18 fs18 mb32" data-block-type="text" data-dropcap="false" style="--paragraph-spacing: var(--s32); box-sizing: inherit; font-family: var(--fontJ),var(--fallbackFontJ); font-size: 1.125em; font-style: var(--fontJ-style); font-weight: var(--fontJ-weight); line-height: 1.8em; margin: 0px 0px 32px; padding: 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Fanelli knew how to keep himself going. Every night he dumped a 3-pound bag of Epsom salts into a hot bath to soothe his muscles enough to let him start all over again the next day at 5:30 a.m. with a 5-mile run that started at his San Anselmo home and looped around the base of Mount Tamalpais, often paced by his pet Vizsla, Baci. When Baci died, a new Vizsla, named River, ran beside him. </p></div><div class="r1udwkp5 d1uy5mhj ff-fontJ fw-fontJ fs-fontJ lh18 fs18 mb32" data-block-type="text" data-dropcap="false" style="--paragraph-spacing: var(--s32); box-sizing: inherit; font-family: var(--fontJ),var(--fallbackFontJ); font-size: 1.125em; font-style: var(--fontJ-style); font-weight: var(--fontJ-weight); line-height: 1.8em; margin: 0px 0px 32px; padding: 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Fanelli used the daily run to think through deals in his career as a residential real estate agent.</p></div><div class="r1udwkp5 d1uy5mhj ff-fontJ fw-fontJ fs-fontJ lh18 fs18 mb32" data-block-type="text" data-dropcap="false" style="--paragraph-spacing: var(--s32); box-sizing: inherit; font-family: var(--fontJ),var(--fallbackFontJ); font-size: 1.125em; font-style: var(--fontJ-style); font-weight: var(--fontJ-weight); line-height: 1.8em; margin: 0px 0px 32px; padding: 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">“I can do a lot of my very best thinking when I’m running,” he said. “I’m creating solutions to difficult transactions I’m working on. It’s a great way to start the day.”</p></div><div class="r1udwkp5 d1uy5mhj ff-fontJ fw-fontJ fs-fontJ lh18 fs18 mb32" data-block-type="text" data-dropcap="false" style="--paragraph-spacing: var(--s32); box-sizing: inherit; font-family: var(--fontJ),var(--fallbackFontJ); font-size: 1.125em; font-style: var(--fontJ-style); font-weight: var(--fontJ-weight); line-height: 1.8em; margin: 0px 0px 32px; padding: 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Even at age 50 he could break the 5-minute mark for a mile. But his best event was the 10,000 meters, which is just over six miles. While running for San Francisco State University, he broke the school record in that event in 1981, and his time of 31 minutes, 6 seconds still stands. </p></div><div class="r1udwkp5 d1uy5mhj ff-fontJ fw-fontJ fs-fontJ lh18 fs18 mb32" data-block-type="text" data-dropcap="false" style="--paragraph-spacing: var(--s32); box-sizing: inherit; font-family: var(--fontJ),var(--fallbackFontJ); font-size: 1.125em; font-style: var(--fontJ-style); font-weight: var(--fontJ-weight); line-height: 1.8em; margin: 0px 0px 32px; padding: 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">On Fanelli’s 50th birthday, his wife surprised him by establishing a track and cross country scholarship in his name at his alma mater. It took 14 years with 100 contributors chipping in, but that scholarship is endowed in perpetuity. </p></div><div class="r1udwkp5 d1uy5mhj ff-fontJ fw-fontJ fs-fontJ lh18 fs18 mb32" data-block-type="text" data-dropcap="false" style="--paragraph-spacing: var(--s32); box-sizing: inherit; font-family: var(--fontJ),var(--fallbackFontJ); font-size: 1.125em; font-style: var(--fontJ-style); font-weight: var(--fontJ-weight); line-height: 1.8em; margin: 0px 0px 32px; padding: 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Fanelli was inducted into the San Francisco State Athletics Hall of Fame in 2011, and in 2019 an annual meet was renamed the Mike Fanelli Track Classic. </p></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><div class="r1udwkp5 d1uy5mhj ff-fontJ fw-fontJ fs-fontJ lh18 fs18 mb32" data-block-type="text" data-dropcap="false" style="--paragraph-spacing: var(--s32); box-sizing: inherit; font-family: var(--fontJ),var(--fallbackFontJ); font-size: 1.125em; font-style: var(--fontJ-style); font-weight: var(--fontJ-weight); line-height: 1.8em; margin: 0px 0px 32px; padding: 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">“Mike was always willing to talk running and coaching,” said Tom Lyon, head cross country coach at S.F. State. “I find myself still using his advice for training, and especially competing, with my athletes.” </p></div><div class="r1udwkp5 d1uy5mhj ff-fontJ fw-fontJ fs-fontJ lh18 fs18 mb32" data-block-type="text" data-dropcap="false" style="--paragraph-spacing: var(--s32); box-sizing: inherit; font-family: var(--fontJ),var(--fallbackFontJ); font-size: 1.125em; font-style: var(--fontJ-style); font-weight: var(--fontJ-weight); line-height: 1.8em; margin: 0px 0px 32px; padding: 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">One thing Fanelli taught by example was sportsmanship. In 1978, he won the Bridge to Bridge race, 8.1 miles from the Bay Bridge to the Golden Gate. But when presented the trophy, he graciously turned it over to Benton Hart of Modesto, who finished second.</p></div><div class="r1udwkp5 d1uy5mhj ff-fontJ fw-fontJ fs-fontJ lh18 fs18 mb32" data-block-type="text" data-dropcap="false" style="--paragraph-spacing: var(--s32); box-sizing: inherit; font-family: var(--fontJ),var(--fallbackFontJ); font-size: 1.125em; font-style: var(--fontJ-style); font-weight: var(--fontJ-weight); line-height: 1.8em; margin: 0px 0px 32px; padding: 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">“This guy should get the trophy,” Fanelli said, according to a story in the Napa Register. “He was ahead of me by at least 200 yards. He took a wrong turn before the finish. I’ve run this course before so I knew where to go.”</p></div><div class="r1udwkp5 d1uy5mhj ff-fontJ fw-fontJ fs-fontJ lh18 fs18 mb32" data-block-type="text" data-dropcap="false" style="--paragraph-spacing: var(--s32); box-sizing: inherit; font-family: var(--fontJ),var(--fallbackFontJ); font-size: 1.125em; font-style: var(--fontJ-style); font-weight: var(--fontJ-weight); line-height: 1.8em; margin: 0px 0px 32px; padding: 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Michael Joseph Fanelli was born May 1, 1956, in Philadelphia and grew up in suburban Ardsley, Pa. His dad, Nick, was a tool- and die-maker for car parts and a member of the United Auto Workers union.</p></div><div class="r1udwkp5 d1uy5mhj ff-fontJ fw-fontJ fs-fontJ lh18 fs18 mb32" data-block-type="text" data-dropcap="false" style="--paragraph-spacing: var(--s32); box-sizing: inherit; font-family: var(--fontJ),var(--fallbackFontJ); font-size: 1.125em; font-style: var(--fontJ-style); font-weight: var(--fontJ-weight); line-height: 1.8em; margin: 0px 0px 32px; padding: 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Nick’s hobby was running, which he did in the Ardsley Cemetery. A definitive impression was left on his son when he brought a black-and-white TV into the garage for nonstop viewing of track and field events at the 1968 Olympic Summer games from Mexico City, where world records were broken in the thin air. </p></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><div class="r1udwkp5 d1uy5mhj ff-fontJ fw-fontJ fs-fontJ lh18 fs18 mb32" data-block-type="text" data-dropcap="false" style="--paragraph-spacing: var(--s32); box-sizing: inherit; font-family: var(--fontJ),var(--fallbackFontJ); font-size: 1.125em; font-style: var(--fontJ-style); font-weight: var(--fontJ-weight); line-height: 1.8em; margin: 0px 0px 32px; padding: 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Soon after, Mike was running alongside his father in the cemetery to prepare for the high school cross-country team at Bishop McDevitt, a coed Catholic high school. His first race was noted in his diary in October 1970. After that he noted not only his races, but also his training runs.</p></div><div class="r1udwkp5 d1uy5mhj ff-fontJ fw-fontJ fs-fontJ lh18 fs18 mb32" data-block-type="text" data-dropcap="false" style="--paragraph-spacing: var(--s32); box-sizing: inherit; font-family: var(--fontJ),var(--fallbackFontJ); font-size: 1.125em; font-style: var(--fontJ-style); font-weight: var(--fontJ-weight); line-height: 1.8em; margin: 0px 0px 32px; padding: 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">“Every single day that he ran, which was almost every day of his life, he wrote in his log,” said his younger sister, Mary Fanelli Lund, of Bend, Ore. “Years later when kids would ask him for tips, he’d say, ‘Keep a log, that way you can compare your times and gauge your improvement.’ ”</p></div><div class="r1udwkp5 d1uy5mhj ff-fontJ fw-fontJ fs-fontJ lh18 fs18 mb32" data-block-type="text" data-dropcap="false" style="--paragraph-spacing: var(--s32); box-sizing: inherit; font-family: var(--fontJ),var(--fallbackFontJ); font-size: 1.125em; font-style: var(--fontJ-style); font-weight: var(--fontJ-weight); line-height: 1.8em; margin: 0px 0px 32px; padding: 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">After graduating from high school in 1974, Fanelli joined the U.S. Marine Corps on a two-year stint. He celebrated his release from active duty by hitchhiking to San Francisco. He worked as a shoe company rep, traveling to track meets worldwide. He also drove a Super Shuttle van at SFO. To get his workout in, he’d get up at 4:30 a.m.</p></div><div class="r1udwkp5 d1uy5mhj ff-fontJ fw-fontJ fs-fontJ lh18 fs18 mb32" data-block-type="text" data-dropcap="false" style="--paragraph-spacing: var(--s32); box-sizing: inherit; font-family: var(--fontJ),var(--fallbackFontJ); font-size: 1.125em; font-style: var(--fontJ-style); font-weight: var(--fontJ-weight); line-height: 1.8em; margin: 0px 0px 32px; padding: 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">It was never too early in the morning or too late in the evening for Fanelli to think about or talk about or curate memorabilia about running. To this end, he started his own museum, which he called “the Track and Field Garage,” first at his home in San Anselmo and later in a separate outbuilding at his home in Sonoma. </p></div><div class="r1udwkp5 d1uy5mhj ff-fontJ fw-fontJ fs-fontJ lh18 fs18 mb32" data-block-type="text" data-dropcap="false" style="--paragraph-spacing: var(--s32); box-sizing: inherit; font-family: var(--fontJ),var(--fallbackFontJ); font-size: 1.125em; font-style: var(--fontJ-style); font-weight: var(--fontJ-weight); line-height: 1.8em; margin: 0px 0px 32px; padding: 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">He had thousands of artifacts, ranging from the program from the highly politicized USA vs. USSR track meet at a sold-out Stanford Stadium in 1962 to a complete set of “Track & Field News” going back to 1948. Also included were one or two vintage running shoes from among the 400 pairs he’d burned through in training.</p></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><div class="r1udwkp5 d1uy5mhj ff-fontJ fw-fontJ fs-fontJ lh18 fs18 mb32" data-block-type="text" data-dropcap="false" style="--paragraph-spacing: var(--s32); box-sizing: inherit; font-family: var(--fontJ),var(--fallbackFontJ); font-size: 1.125em; font-style: var(--fontJ-style); font-weight: var(--fontJ-weight); line-height: 1.8em; margin: 0px 0px 32px; padding: 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">That collection will now be merged with that of Jack Pfeifer, a fellow Marine, to form the Pfeifer-Fanelli Collection in Lake Oswego, Ore.</p></div><div class="r1udwkp5 d1uy5mhj ff-fontJ fw-fontJ fs-fontJ lh18 fs18 mb32" data-block-type="text" data-dropcap="false" style="--paragraph-spacing: var(--s32); box-sizing: inherit; font-family: var(--fontJ),var(--fallbackFontJ); font-size: 1.125em; font-style: var(--fontJ-style); font-weight: var(--fontJ-weight); line-height: 1.8em; margin: 0px 0px 32px; padding: 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">“I am honored to look after Mike’s collection and preserve it for all time,” said Pfeifer, a track statistician and historian. “He loved the history of the sport and liked to tell his friends about it.”</p></div><div class="r1udwkp5 d1uy5mhj ff-fontJ fw-fontJ fs-fontJ lh18 fs18 mb32" data-block-type="text" data-dropcap="false" style="--paragraph-spacing: var(--s32); box-sizing: inherit; font-family: var(--fontJ),var(--fallbackFontJ); font-size: 1.125em; font-style: var(--fontJ-style); font-weight: var(--fontJ-weight); line-height: 1.8em; margin: 0px 0px 32px; padding: 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">This was mostly <a data-link="native" href="https://www.facebook.com/mike.fanelli" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--primary); box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">done on Facebook</a>, where Fanelli described himself as “a cultural storyteller of the sport.” He regularly posted snippets of distance running trivia on his Facebook page and was always willing to dispense advice. He had the credentials, having been head coach of the Impala Racing Team, an all-female club that has been around for 50 years and trains Tuesday evenings at Kezar Stadium. Fanelli guided a dozen Impalas all the way to the Olympic Trials.</p></div><div class="r1udwkp5 d1uy5mhj ff-fontJ fw-fontJ fs-fontJ lh18 fs18 mb32" data-block-type="text" data-dropcap="false" style="--paragraph-spacing: var(--s32); box-sizing: inherit; font-family: var(--fontJ),var(--fallbackFontJ); font-size: 1.125em; font-style: var(--fontJ-style); font-weight: var(--fontJ-weight); line-height: 1.8em; margin: 0px 0px 32px; padding: 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">“Mike had a profound influence on an entire generation of runners,” said Diana Fitzpatrick of Larkspur, who tried out for the Olympic marathon in 1992, 1996 and 2000, finishing in the top 20. “He never lost sight of the importance of coaching everyone on the team, including non-elite runners and age-group runners.”</p></div><div class="r1udwkp5 d1uy5mhj ff-fontJ fw-fontJ fs-fontJ lh18 fs18 mb32" data-block-type="text" data-dropcap="false" style="--paragraph-spacing: var(--s32); box-sizing: inherit; font-family: var(--fontJ),var(--fallbackFontJ); font-size: 1.125em; font-style: var(--fontJ-style); font-weight: var(--fontJ-weight); line-height: 1.8em; margin: 0px 0px 32px; padding: 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">One of these was his future wife, Renay Weissberger, whom he met in 1996. She was living in Manhattan and had come to Boston to support a friend who was running the 100th Boston Marathon. At a pre-race event at a runners’ hangout called the Eliot Lounge, she walked by Fanelli, who remarked to a friend, “There’s somebody I could marry.”</p></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><div class="r1udwkp5 d1uy5mhj ff-fontJ fw-fontJ fs-fontJ lh18 fs18 mb32" data-block-type="text" data-dropcap="false" style="--paragraph-spacing: var(--s32); box-sizing: inherit; font-family: var(--fontJ),var(--fallbackFontJ); font-size: 1.125em; font-style: var(--fontJ-style); font-weight: var(--fontJ-weight); line-height: 1.8em; margin: 0px 0px 32px; padding: 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Fanelli ran his usual five miles on their wedding day of June 7, 1997. On the first day of their honeymoon in Rome, the newlyweds ran together, and they kept that tradition up through 26 years of marriage.</p></div><div class="r1udwkp5 d1uy5mhj ff-fontJ fw-fontJ fs-fontJ lh18 fs18 mb32" data-block-type="text" data-dropcap="false" style="--paragraph-spacing: var(--s32); box-sizing: inherit; font-family: var(--fontJ),var(--fallbackFontJ); font-size: 1.125em; font-style: var(--fontJ-style); font-weight: var(--fontJ-weight); line-height: 1.8em; margin: 0px 0px 32px; padding: 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">In addition to the scholarship and race named for Fanelli at San Francisco State, he is memorialized by the Hunter S. Thompson Fear & Loathing 50, which was held in tribute on Dec. 9. What started in 1985 with 11 runners has grown to 105.</p></div><div class="r1udwkp5 d1uy5mhj ff-fontJ fw-fontJ fs-fontJ lh18 fs18 mb32" data-block-type="text" data-dropcap="false" style="--paragraph-spacing: var(--s32); box-sizing: inherit; font-family: var(--fontJ),var(--fallbackFontJ); font-size: 1.125em; font-style: var(--fontJ-style); font-weight: var(--fontJ-weight); line-height: 1.8em; margin: 0px 0px 32px; padding: 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">“Mike would have been flattered that so many runners showed up to run his gonzo creation and to honor his legacy,” said longtime friend and ultra-marathoner John Medinger.</p></div><div class="r1udwkp5 d1uy5mhj ff-fontJ fw-fontJ fs-fontJ lh18 fs18 mb32" data-block-type="text" data-dropcap="false" style="--paragraph-spacing: var(--s32); box-sizing: inherit; font-family: var(--fontJ),var(--fallbackFontJ); font-size: 1.125em; font-style: var(--fontJ-style); font-weight: var(--fontJ-weight); line-height: 1.8em; 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margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px;">Sam Whiting has been a staff writer at The San Francisco Chronicle since 1988. He started as a feature writer in the People section, which was anchored by Herb Caen's column, and has written about people ever since. He is a general assignment reporter with a focus on writing feature-length obituaries. He lives in San Francisco and walks three miles a day on the steep city streets.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">He can be reached at <a href="mailto:swhiting@sfchronicle.com" style="box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">swhiting@sfchronicle.com</a>.</p></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016328985438205999.post-79583602168360436472023-12-04T15:13:00.008-08:002023-12-05T08:01:02.775-08:00V 13 N. 115 Marguerite Caswell? Ever Heard of Her? Neither Had We.<p>December 4, 2023</p><p> Last week our cub reporter in Boston Ned Price who continually gets credit each time we send you a note about a new posting, sent this sequence of photos of a young lady sprinter in 1936 named Marguerite Caswell, an aspirant for a place on the 1936 Olympic Team. Marguerite won the West Coast version of the trials then headed East for the final selection in Providence RI. She didn't make it, but she did hook a man, soon to be Olympic champion Earle Meadows in the pole vault in Berlin. Here's the things we've been able to dredge up from Ned's find. It even includes a Pulitzer Prize photo by the man who took Marguerite's picture. Thanks, Ned!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0mA3DntiYwU21soeDfUFODq7LUkoGUppXNB3B-X_yreab436uNy9Enf9H1HYhTrRWLcQJ7OYM4YzkKVoigG0P7H-0ipCfhHHMJL_DHBEPH_QkdC6-Bponyh8cp7cTM4L6Hp3KY1xRNucGeMadIambEpReFuuVHMnvLlKgtvKYHO0mI9SmlA0lh-bjVG0/s1526/marguerite%20caswell%20scan.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1056" data-original-width="1526" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0mA3DntiYwU21soeDfUFODq7LUkoGUppXNB3B-X_yreab436uNy9Enf9H1HYhTrRWLcQJ7OYM4YzkKVoigG0P7H-0ipCfhHHMJL_DHBEPH_QkdC6-Bponyh8cp7cTM4L6Hp3KY1xRNucGeMadIambEpReFuuVHMnvLlKgtvKYHO0mI9SmlA0lh-bjVG0/w640-h442/marguerite%20caswell%20scan.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><dt class="blacklight-title_tesim metadata-block__label-key" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; flex: 0 0 33.3333%; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 1.5px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; max-width: 33.3333%; padding: 0px 15px; position: relative; text-align: right; text-transform: uppercase; width: 160.262px;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></dt><dt class="blacklight-title_tesim metadata-block__label-key" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; flex: 0 0 33.3333%; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 1.5px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; max-width: 33.3333%; padding: 0px 15px; position: relative; text-align: right; text-transform: uppercase; width: 160.262px;"> TITLE</dt><dd class="blacklight-title_tesim metadata-block__label-value metadata-block__label-value--ursus" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; flex: 0 0 66.6667%; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.125rem; margin: 0px; max-width: 66.6667%; padding: 0px 15px; position: relative; width: 320.525px; word-break: break-word;"> Marguerite Caswell practices her sprint, Los Angeles, 1936</dd><dt class="blacklight-photographer_tesim metadata-block__label-key" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; flex: 0 0 33.3333%; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 1.5px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; max-width: 33.3333%; padding: 0px 15px; position: relative; text-align: right; text-transform: uppercase; width: 160.262px;"> PHOTOGRAPHer</dt><dd class="blacklight-photographer_tesim metadata-block__label-value metadata-block__label-value--ursus" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; flex: 0 0 66.6667%; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.125rem; margin: 0px; max-width: 66.6667%; padding: 0px 15px; position: relative; width: 320.525px; word-break: break-word;"> <a href="https://digital.library.ucla.edu/catalog?f%5Bphotographer_sim%5D%5B%5D=McCrory%2C+John+H.+%28John+Howard%29%2C+1901-1946" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #005587; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">McCrory, John H. (John Howard), 1901 -1946</a></dd><dt class="blacklight-date_created_tesim metadata-block__label-key" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; flex: 0 0 33.3333%; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 1.5px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; max-width: 33.3333%; padding: 0px 15px; position: relative; text-align: right; text-transform: uppercase; width: 160.262px;">DATE CREATED</dt><dd class="blacklight-date_created_tesim metadata-block__label-value metadata-block__label-value--ursus" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; flex: 0 0 66.6667%; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.125rem; margin: 0px; max-width: 66.6667%; padding: 0px 15px; position: relative; width: 320.525px; word-break: break-word;">March-April 1936</dd><dt class="blacklight-normalized_date_sim metadata-block__label-key" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; flex: 0 0 33.3333%; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 1.5px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; max-width: 33.3333%; padding: 0px 15px; position: relative; text-align: right; text-transform: uppercase; width: 160.262px;">DATE</dt><dd class="blacklight-normalized_date_sim metadata-block__label-value metadata-block__label-value--ursus" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; flex: 0 0 66.6667%; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.125rem; margin: 0px; max-width: 66.6667%; padding: 0px 15px; position: relative; width: 320.525px; word-break: break-word;">1936-03-04</dd><dt class="blacklight-publisher_tesim metadata-block__label-key" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; flex: 0 0 33.3333%; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 1.5px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; max-width: 33.3333%; padding: 0px 15px; position: relative; text-align: right; text-transform: uppercase; width: 160.262px;">PUBLISHER</dt><dd class="blacklight-publisher_tesim metadata-block__label-value metadata-block__label-value--ursus" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; flex: 0 0 66.6667%; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.125rem; margin: 0px; max-width: 66.6667%; padding: 0px 15px; position: relative; width: 320.525px; word-break: break-word;">Los Angeles Times</dd><dt class="blacklight-human_readable_language_tesim metadata-block__label-key" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; flex: 0 0 33.3333%; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 1.5px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; max-width: 33.3333%; padding: 0px 15px; position: relative; text-align: right; text-transform: uppercase; width: 160.262px;"><br /></dt><dt class="blacklight-member_of_collections_ssim metadata-block__label-key" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; flex: 0 0 33.3333%; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 1.5px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; max-width: 33.3333%; padding: 0px 15px; position: relative; text-align: right; text-transform: uppercase; width: 160.262px;">COLLECTION</dt><dd class="blacklight-member_of_collections_ssim metadata-block__label-value metadata-block__label-value--ursus" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; flex: 0 0 66.6667%; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.125rem; margin: 0px; max-width: 66.6667%; padding: 0px 15px; position: relative; width: 320.525px; word-break: break-word;"><a href="https://digital.library.ucla.edu/catalog?f%5Bmember_of_collections_ssim%5D%5B%5D=Los+Angeles+Times+Photographic+Collection" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #005587; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection</a></dd><p>Ned Price sent us a series of photos of a female sprinter taken in 1936. Her name, Marguerite Caswell, rang no bells with me. Did a bit of research and found limited information. She had run 12.4 for 100 meters in L.A. Attended L.A. Junior College. Newspaper scrutiny of the day, declared her to be "pretty" and two movie personalities perhaps inspired by that description paid her trip to the Olympic trials where she failed to get out of the semis. </p><p>We found another picture of Margurite again taken by John McCrory at that photo shoot now stored in the UCLA digital collection.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMN4sC57B2g64TO1u5tv59iCBGqb2uWVYJV8nwqq7dFpP86hIFQKVZa8Eew56hjoR1SrIXTgjjg4kG2vREh57AqF8i6c5c0w493MBUNGYJnILqq-fd6f6ZxEY-NSNzTcAtTbs7RrLJCoZthDMf-aX3wu73SQC4SFPR42pyJP8pLuO5BaZGJobYvGncIHo/s956/Movie_Stars_finance_Caswell_s_Trip_to_O_Trials.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="956" data-original-width="662" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMN4sC57B2g64TO1u5tv59iCBGqb2uWVYJV8nwqq7dFpP86hIFQKVZa8Eew56hjoR1SrIXTgjjg4kG2vREh57AqF8i6c5c0w493MBUNGYJnILqq-fd6f6ZxEY-NSNzTcAtTbs7RrLJCoZthDMf-aX3wu73SQC4SFPR42pyJP8pLuO5BaZGJobYvGncIHo/w445-h640/Movie_Stars_finance_Caswell_s_Trip_to_O_Trials.jpg" width="445" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here are a few more comments from those times. Might not fall under PC standards of today.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtjXBDi_7g___wLX2kmTLGURezfjsZXejEdSS7xtjfHNh0QEB28eexRnUG2XRsvh6aOR45PCIT9a-9CkRDrqZIf89NJfFvIPOlo0j30ST-JbieDEsdlC0t1TBcdXaD35mceaKBoSWqwu3ufw083ozmEtiLJAVg9cfYMeED7tzCi3EHiGZvDxm8YBTDyi8/s3186/Fresno_Bee_Jun_30_1936__Good_Looks__Gray_Matter_by_Ed_Orman.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3186" data-original-width="618" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtjXBDi_7g___wLX2kmTLGURezfjsZXejEdSS7xtjfHNh0QEB28eexRnUG2XRsvh6aOR45PCIT9a-9CkRDrqZIf89NJfFvIPOlo0j30ST-JbieDEsdlC0t1TBcdXaD35mceaKBoSWqwu3ufw083ozmEtiLJAVg9cfYMeED7tzCi3EHiGZvDxm8YBTDyi8/s16000/Fresno_Bee_Jun_30_1936__Good_Looks__Gray_Matter_by_Ed_Orman.jpg" /></a></div><br /></div> from <i>Fresno Bee </i>June 3, 1936<div><br /></div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div>The following results of the 1936 Olympic Trials in Providence, RI are from the History of US Olympic Trials by Richard Hymans<br /><p></p><p>100 meters Women</p><p> <b>Heats: first 3 qualify for semi-finals </b></p><p>Here we see that Marguerite made it out of heat six into the semis, but she did not then qualify for the finals. A long train ride home for her.</p><p>1/ 1. Stephens 11.7, 2. May Brady (SLAC) 12.0e, 3. Ethel Harrington (IWAC) </p><p>2/ 1. Stokes 12.2, 2. Miriam Nelson (BSA), 3. Dunphy </p><p>3/ 1. Warren 12.0, 2. Robinson, 3. Beverly Hobbs (Greenwood, Miss.) </p><p>4/ 1. Rogers 12.2, 2. Hasenfus, 3. Gertrude Johnson (Mer) </p><p>5/ 1. Mary Terwilliger (IWAC) 12.2, 2. Bland, 3. Mary Gipson (Tus) </p><p>6/ 1. <b>Marguerite Caswell (LAAC)</b> 12.4, 2. Gertrude Webb (Tus), 3. Edna Gustavson (SLAC) </p><p>Semi-finals: first 2 qualify </p><p>1/ 1. Rogers 12.4, 2. Warren, 3. Brady </p><p>2/ 1. Stephens 11.8, 2. Hasenfus 12.4e, 3. Terwilliger 12.4e </p><p>3/ 1. Stokes 12.2, 2. Dunphy, 3. Johnson </p><p>4/ 1. Bland 12.4, 2. Robinson, 3. Nelson </p><p>Providence, Rhode Island - July 4 <b>100 Meters (Finals)</b> </p><p>1. Helen Stephens (Fulton, Mo.) 11.7 </p><p>2. Annette Rogers (IWAC) 12.1e </p><p>3. Harriet Bland (SLAA) 12.2e </p><p>4. Olive Hasenfus (BSA) 12.4e </p><p>5. Elizabeth Robinson (IWAC) 12.5e </p><p>also ran: Louise Stokes (Unat.- Malden, Mass.), Josephine Warren (BSA), Dorothy Dunphy (LAAC) </p><p>Helen Stephens was an athlete out of her time. She recounted many years after retiring from track that she ran her first ever race as a 15 year-old sophomore in high school, and in a time trial ran 50 yards in 5.8 (timed with one watch by her coach Burt Moore), and when he didn't believe his watch, ran 5.9 in a re-run. No-one had beaten 6.0 at the time. By the time of the FOT Stephens was clearly the best in the world. She had won both the 1935 AAU 50m (beating Stella Walsh in the only meeting they had before the Berlin Olympics) and 100m, and recorded world 100m bests of 11.6 twice in 1935, and 11.5 at Memphis on May 15 of the Olympic year. In that Olympic year she ran 11.7 or better 10 times including wind-assisted races. Stephens was the biggest ever top class female sprinter at 5'11"/165, and she won the FOT as she pleased, with Rogers heading Bland, Hasenfus and Robinson in a blanket finish. Stephens won the Olympic title in 11.5w by a clear 2m from Walsh, and Rogers finished 5th. They then teamed up with Bland and Robinson to win the 400m relay. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>John McCrory , the photographe</b>r</p><p>Looking around some more we found that John H. McCrory won a Pulitzer for a photo of a police shootout in L. A. And we found a few other photos of Marguerite from that same track photo shoot. </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQqBUNkCDd5nPzXisL0OvpBz3qL_GlKnm2eaH7QJ4bFyxBtNb8EcCHIBu0LIU5B55Ey4QrspwtqbO9J2kxM_q-Y_1eW5Bvm-OenWSAEgq19cuqUW_CdAN4r8Dw55bcTH9W8lsU6YeVmYUIrV9IDkkT9ARxiUZizTaBSJ_wyD9-EzFhWuFbXkMrhf33O-Q/s1022/Margurite%20with%20trowel.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="797" data-original-width="1022" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQqBUNkCDd5nPzXisL0OvpBz3qL_GlKnm2eaH7QJ4bFyxBtNb8EcCHIBu0LIU5B55Ey4QrspwtqbO9J2kxM_q-Y_1eW5Bvm-OenWSAEgq19cuqUW_CdAN4r8Dw55bcTH9W8lsU6YeVmYUIrV9IDkkT9ARxiUZizTaBSJ_wyD9-EzFhWuFbXkMrhf33O-Q/w400-h313/Margurite%20with%20trowel.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixaHKVMfO6e4PTcFp_40dT4X6fU-0jdNsc7sflwU9O23B3_5kGREMC-Wu62gtnKKWdvmDgSVW61E3w7KIJFoqugelVrZkhoTPxFqqhL-ixn0W-npKj0W3c-_936dTvYOFle-J_Ud4wkwE8f2itnlchr33fuNQk85EbnQb1MXa_8aEKKnIbfO2r605WodY/s695/Marguerite%20Caswell%20head%20on.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="539" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixaHKVMfO6e4PTcFp_40dT4X6fU-0jdNsc7sflwU9O23B3_5kGREMC-Wu62gtnKKWdvmDgSVW61E3w7KIJFoqugelVrZkhoTPxFqqhL-ixn0W-npKj0W3c-_936dTvYOFle-J_Ud4wkwE8f2itnlchr33fuNQk85EbnQb1MXa_8aEKKnIbfO2r605WodY/w310-h400/Marguerite%20Caswell%20head%20on.jpg" width="310" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Guess what? She marries an Olympic Champion in Phoenix!</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtfxg_NrJr185eQ0feNsPSmJoZEpR9ZdFJ6mA8jyRYtSzRKcV0fHXlf2Xg1Maux169Krgs1esKdtfclFcEKaxXAm61ZULA6TPd4MmaXTJGWCYLKslW2PImKwROcDJncxR86t9betKxJznWXRnhz3z7m9TnPQtMnLwQFWuiypZwaUnaBjmID_MmSQiJ7T8/s1242/Earle_Meadows__Marguerite_Caswell_married_July_7_1938_L_A__Times.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1242" data-original-width="734" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtfxg_NrJr185eQ0feNsPSmJoZEpR9ZdFJ6mA8jyRYtSzRKcV0fHXlf2Xg1Maux169Krgs1esKdtfclFcEKaxXAm61ZULA6TPd4MmaXTJGWCYLKslW2PImKwROcDJncxR86t9betKxJznWXRnhz3z7m9TnPQtMnLwQFWuiypZwaUnaBjmID_MmSQiJ7T8/w378-h640/Earle_Meadows__Marguerite_Caswell_married_July_7_1938_L_A__Times.jpg" width="378" /></a></div> <i>Los Angeles Times</i> July 7, 1938</div><div><br /></div><div>In a follow up on same page of the <i>Sacramento Bee</i> was the column by Ed Orman railing on AAU officialdom.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgA3DiijHYVilRzSfNn2wuH8wyD-5vsZ8F1I-LYJcDLs_sSOJ552NNJCKSf63GRGlUnMYhz5cu0m2RLWItjEHpiLP-xSY4o6AEVLhEidbTguVCgOnGNVq8-JDSv4vo8ComEwiB4_BY3iZrI3TeNnEV8ifdvczOz8bguStX3QjnfLuOB7rco9YZ-SPYLt8/s3208/Sport_Thinks__Ed_Orman_Fresno_Bee_Jun_29_1936.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3208" data-original-width="673" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgA3DiijHYVilRzSfNn2wuH8wyD-5vsZ8F1I-LYJcDLs_sSOJ552NNJCKSf63GRGlUnMYhz5cu0m2RLWItjEHpiLP-xSY4o6AEVLhEidbTguVCgOnGNVq8-JDSv4vo8ComEwiB4_BY3iZrI3TeNnEV8ifdvczOz8bguStX3QjnfLuOB7rco9YZ-SPYLt8/s16000/Sport_Thinks__Ed_Orman_Fresno_Bee_Jun_29_1936.jpg" /></a></div><br /></div><div> <i>Sacramento Bee </i>June 29, 1936<br /><p><a href="https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/meadows-earle-elmer"><span style="font-size: large;">Earle Meadows' Story</span></a> (link) This biography of Earle Meadows confirms his marriage to Marguerite, but by 1943 he would be taking a second wife. We assume Marguerite was no longer in the picture. Did he get a "Dear John" while he was in the army? This story notes that he also married a third time. <br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Marguerite was still running as noted in this newsclipping from <i>The Long Beach Sun </i>December 7, 1940, when her 50 meter time was turned down as a record by the AAU rules committee. Paragraph 6 in second column.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGzhrszfE1oMb-UjLdDJky7ZWEnOVmodhtON_Dohq5swPIz8r45cLMYijxCsnnD-VEu2DI389EMkX28wwRQoNYXCTWgvROuDWMF9xSJCWm1IR5Bfys0TeOSxMJl_OvdfISzNg5nnvLZC_qC2Ip5QDj7-Rb8DnB2Nka0kDZz_h0gL6RuB_SJC4frn53gmY/s3057/Long_Beach_Sun_Dec__7_1940_AAU_meeting_Marguerite_Meadows_record_denied%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3057" data-original-width="1280" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGzhrszfE1oMb-UjLdDJky7ZWEnOVmodhtON_Dohq5swPIz8r45cLMYijxCsnnD-VEu2DI389EMkX28wwRQoNYXCTWgvROuDWMF9xSJCWm1IR5Bfys0TeOSxMJl_OvdfISzNg5nnvLZC_qC2Ip5QDj7-Rb8DnB2Nka0kDZz_h0gL6RuB_SJC4frn53gmY/w268-h640/Long_Beach_Sun_Dec__7_1940_AAU_meeting_Marguerite_Meadows_record_denied%20(1).jpg" width="268" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><b>Another link to this saga</b></p><p>John McCrory, the photographer who took the pictures of Marguerite seen above went on to fame winning a Pulitzer Prize for an action photo he took of a police shoot out in L.A. Looks like something out of a gangster movie. Where was James Cagney? Actual story: A cop and someone from housing in L.A, delivered an eviction notice. Both were gunned down by tenant, both died. Police surrounded house and fired tear gas. Tenant survived with five bullet holes in him. Got 10-20 for manslaughter (Hey, it was 1938). Note another photographer in foreground crouched down behind car with his Speed Graphic on his knee. One body in the street.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgaouiHP0J8Snsy3OABelVI4-qmzpbWqOji4QvM9fJWeEfsxWzyOV160h6ejZKY4dZ6MVrn747dGElYzasahl2bFhnK_fvPGUA9SSrf1GTr2dUVT42yK_aktcKebg3Xavvt14k7JkISygtFWvcP70KzgNe9VQbb2SCmfOCareRqfJQiFVwiSCeoBM_izhI" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="357" data-original-width="563" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgaouiHP0J8Snsy3OABelVI4-qmzpbWqOji4QvM9fJWeEfsxWzyOV160h6ejZKY4dZ6MVrn747dGElYzasahl2bFhnK_fvPGUA9SSrf1GTr2dUVT42yK_aktcKebg3Xavvt14k7JkISygtFWvcP70KzgNe9VQbb2SCmfOCareRqfJQiFVwiSCeoBM_izhI=w640-h406" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p></div></div><div><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;">I had not heard of Marguerite Caswell but I enjoyed her appearance and also the trowel she used to dig a hole for her starting position. Bill Schnier</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0