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V 6 N. 54 Bits and Pieces of News
Noting the passing of Bob Hayes, former coach and A.D. at McNeese State.Bob Hayes, McNeese State obituaryA website called "The Undefeated" has published a good article about Harrison Dillard.The...
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V 6 N. 55 July, 1966
JULY 1966 With the William Tell overture playing softly in the background, we invite you to return with us now to those golden days of yesteryear. No, not the Lone Ranger, but the wonderful month of...
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V 6 N. 56 The Other Books by Jim Fixx and Comments from My Super Intelligent...
Jim Fixx was not a one dimensional man. You hear his name and you think , author of The Complete Book of Running. That book in 1977 made him a household name in the road racing world. He put...
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V 6 N. 57 More Observations from Our Superintelligent Readers
It's noon Wednesday on the West Coast, I'm playing catchup with this AM's events including men's Steeple finals, 5000 prelims, men's hammer, women's 800 prelims, decathlon. Now men's HJ, PV are...
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V 6 N. Grace Butcher, One of America's Legends in Women's Track and Field
Grace Butcher was never a household name in the US sportsworld, but she was truly a pioneer who fought hard to put women's distance running on the map where it belonged. Recently though she has been...
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V. 6 N. 59 Rio 2016 More from our round the track observers
Well, the games are all but wrapped up and we can finally go back to the past and live the dreams that life is made of. Here are some final comments on the last two days. Perhaps more will follow,...
View ArticleV 6 N. 60 Not All Kenyans Run for the Money
We picked up this piece from Shreveport, LA ABC affiliate KTBS Channel 3 on reccomendation of Mike Solomon. It's a story about William Songock from Moiben in the West Rift Valley area of Kenya...
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V 6 N. 61 Still More Olympic Wrapping Up
I'm trying to adjust my life back to normal after two weeks of binge watching Olympic programming and wondering where my mind was going.I think I watched this O Games more than any other previous,...
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V 6 N. 62 Nina Ponomaryova R.I.P.
Nina Ponomaryova, the Soviet Union's first Olympic gold medalist died on August 16, 2016 at the age of 87. She won the discus in Helsinki and repeated at Rome in 1960. Probably almost as famously...
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V 6 N. 63 August , 1966
AUGUST '66 In our last post we mentioned the importance of placing in the top two at our national meet in order to qualify to run against the Russians. Alas, we have no USSR – USA meet upon...
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V 6 N. 64 Ted Banks R.I.P.
Ted Banks former coach at University of Texas El Paso died this week. His 9 year tenure at UTEP was extra ordinary twice winning the triple crown of track and field being national champion in cross...
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V 6 N. 65 Vera Caslavska R.I.P.
We saw the obituary of Vera Caslavska in the New York Times today. She was 74 years old. You may remember her as the Czechoslovakian gymnast who won four gold medals in Mexico in 1968 only a few...
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V 6 N. 66 Dan Maas former 4 minute miler killed in traffic accident
Dan Maas former Adams State 16 times sub four minute miler died in a traffic accident along with his wife recently. He was Chief Operations Officer for the Thompson School District in Cheyenne, WY.His...
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V 6 N. 67 Remembering a National Championship Road Race and Grand Parade
REMEMBERING A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP ROAD RACE AND GRAND PARADEBy Tom Coyne and Paul O’SheaThe annual Bud Billiken Parade held each August in the Bronzeville neighborhood of Chicago is the oldest and...
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V 6 N. 6 8 Passing of Dave Martin
John Bork informed us recently on the passing of Dave Martin former University of Michigan runner, 3rd in NCAA steeplechase in 1961. Martin according to several recent sources had been a multiple...
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V 6 N. 69 Ed Temple R.I.P.
October 13, 1956, Ed Temple surrounded byWilma Rudolph, Isabelle Daniels, Willie White, Lucinda WilliamsMae faggs, and Margaret Matthews on their way to Melbourne, Australiaphoto John Corn/The...
View ArticleV 6 N. 70 Brian Theriot interview Franz Stampfl documentary, Women High...
Phil Scott recently sent this link to an interview with Brian Theriot. Brian was/is an iconclastic runner who ran a 9.9 100 yards and 46.9 440 , but while at UCLA was moved up to the 880 and mile...
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V 6 N. 71 Gene Cole and Otto Peltzer
From Phil Scott: Gene Cole is reported to be in a nursing home, in bad shape. Cole was a member of the 1952 US 4x400 team that finished second to Jamaica in the London Olympics.From Sports...
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V 6 N 72 Injustice, Protest, and a Book Review
I'm putting this out on the blog because of the current state of affairs in the US regarding racial injustice, protests against police, kneeling at the national anthem, and some other things. Peter...
View ArticleV 6 N. 73 San Jose State to Resume Men's Track
San Jose State to Bring Back Men's TrackFrom the San Jose Mercury News August 16, 2016This is worth acknowledging. After we mention last week that there is no more track at SJS, we learn that a month...
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