V 7 N. 76 Beirut Marathon Goes Political
Beirut Marathon Participants Run for Their Deposed PM clik here for The Guardian reportNovember 12, 2017Would'd a thunk? A marathon that goes political? The link above from today's The...
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V 7 N. 73 More Pictures from France and Miroir d'Athletisme and the Pacific...
Still another set of pictures from Miroir d'Athletisme courtesy Jerry McFadden.5000m Tokyo 1964 At the finish line - Schul (13:48.8), Norpoth, Bill Dellinger (USA), Jazy, Keino, Baillie...
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V7 N. 75 JULY, 1967
JULY 1967 The path through this issue begins with Modesto's California Relays on May 27. The wind is a factor, both positive and negative. The discus throwers are thankful. USC's Gary Carlsen throws...
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V 7 N. 78 A Track Meet in 1914 in Dayton, Ohio
Phil Scott sent us some microfiche pages from the July 5, 1914 Dayton Journal newspaper account of the Central A.A.U meet held in Dayton, Ohio on July 4. A crowd of 12, 000 spectators were...
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V 7 N. 79 New Mexico Women Win NCAA Cross Country Again
Dr. Richard Ceronie forwarded us his University of New Mexico Cross Country Newsletter describing the recent NCAA women's championship which the Lobos won for the second year in a row under Coach Joe...
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V 7 N. 80 Luther Hayes, USC, NCAA TJ Champion 1960-1961 R.I.P.
John Bork informed us today of the passing of Luther Hayes. John was also an NCAA 880 Champion in 1961 when Luther won his second NCAA title in Franklin Field, Philadelphia.In memoriam: Luther Hayes,...
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V 7 N. 81 Kathy Bryant U. of Tennessee All American R.I.P.
We received notice today of the passing of Kathy Bryant, former U of Tennessee All American at age 55. Kathy won the NCAA 5000 outdoors in 1982. She also had a15:18 3 mile indoors during her...
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V 7 N. 82 July, 1967 NCAA Meet
JULY 1967 In reporting on the last issue, we ran through a plethora of meets. This time we only have two, the NCAA and the AAU, but they supply five world records, four American records and six...
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V7 N. 83 Book Review: "Run Strong, Stay Healthy
Run Strong, Stay Healthy: 9 Keys to Staying in the Race by Jonathan BeverlyI haven't read this book but saw a review of it in the Dec. 11, 2017 Toronto Globe and Mail. I was on the road last...
View ArticleV 7 N. 84 Me Too in Swedish Track and Say It Isn't So Again in US Sprinting
Two stories hit the international headlines yesterday. Neither was the result of our sleuthing, but we consider the first extremely newsworthy in light of the current Me Too movement that is...
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V 7 N. 85 When did the first woman high jump 5 feet?
In a recent posting on the blog site Go Feet, the author discussed some of the earliest clubs in England that admitted women to their ranks, one notably the Peckham Harriers. Also mentioned was a...
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V 7 N. 86 Horatio Fitch and the Eric Liddell Story with Film Clips
Dec. 24, 2017I was recently working on gathering some documents on Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddell the folk heroes of the film Chariots of Fire when I was contacted by Mike Tymn author of Running on...
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V7 N. 87 Olympian Mal Spence Jamaica and Arizona State R.I.P.
Boca Raton Olympian Malcolm Spence dies at 81December 25, 2017 Staff Writer Boca Raton Sun Sentinel Dec. 26, 2017.Long before he settled in or retired to , Jamaican-born Olympic sprinter Malcolm...
View ArticleV 7 N. 88 Have You Seen Jerry King?
This story came to us rather indrectly this week. Bob Roncker in Cincinnati sent me the link. He had seen it on T&FN's website and thought I'd be interested since I had run track at Oklahoma...
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V 8 N. 1 Horace Ashenfelter R.I.P.
Horace Ashenfelter 1924-2018Olympic Steeplechase Gold Medallist 1952We learned today of the passing of Horace Ashenfelter. His was a thundering victory of American distance running (Olympic gold, WR,...
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V8 N. 2 Cy Young Olympic Javelin Champ 1952 R.I.P.
Cy YoungCy Young and Sim Iness in HelsinkiOnce again an American gold medallist from Helsinki has passed away in the last few weeks. This time Cy Young, Javelin Champ 1952. In Helsinki, Young...
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V 8 N. 3 Gene Cole R.I.P. 1952 4x400 Silver Medallist
Lancaster, Ohio native and Ohio State alum Gene Cole passed away January 11, 2018. He was a former national high school record holder (1948) in the 440 yards (48.0) and member of the silver medal...
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V 8 N. 4 July, 1967 part two
JULY 1967 part twoNATIONAL AAU CHAMPIONSHIPSNever having been to Bakersfield, I decided to select a few pictures, more of the neo classic type from the city, and intersperse them throughout this...
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V 8 N. 5 Commonwealth vs. USA Los Angeles 1967
AUGUST 1967 Before we report on the following meets, we need to run through the schedule. As mentioned in our last report, the big meet is the US vs. the British Commonwealth held July 8-9 in Los...
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V 8 N. 6 Cliff Bourland, USA's oldest gold medalist R.I.P
Cliff Bourland R.I.P.Thanks from Darryl Taylor who forwarded this information about Cliff Bourland's passing. Information was from the Orange...
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