November 16, 2022
Hello Folks,
This is the big week of NCAA nationals DI in Stillwater, OK, predicted 48 F and sunny on Saturday, D II in Tampa, FL, and DII in East Lansing, MI going back to the original site. Weather prediction this Saturday in East Lansing is 16 F and snooowww!
Here is a link to the NCAA meet held in 1946, the year a small college runner won the race, That man was Quentin Brelsford of Ohio Wesleyan University. I have film of the finish of the race and am organizing a contest to guess who the guy with race bib 142 might be. He appears at 2:58 of the film. I had this on the blog a number of years ago, so some of you guys who took good notes might remember. I found this film in the Kansas University library archives.
Here is the link NCAA Cross Country 1946
While watching do note how they collected the runners and took names in the non existent finish chute. Gets a bit dodgy mid-race. I'll add the answer to this post tomorrow. It's a marketing ploy to get more hits on the site.
George
And the answer is.........