RACEWALKER VOLUME XVI1 NUMBER J C01UtlBU3 1 OHIO

SCHUEIEH OOES IT AGAIN: WINS OLYMPIC TRIAL

Niagara Falls, N,Y,, May 10---0nly a ~onth after his stunning victory L~ the National 50 Km, Carl Schueler came bac~ to win the Olp.pie Trial 50 and become the first U,S. walker to crack the 4 hour m~rk for the event. Overhauling Marco Evoniul< on the final 2½ km lap, the 24-year-old So!1uelcr fini::;be:i in J :.59,}J. Marco finished in 1+:00:JO, also better than la:cry Young's previous U.S. best llf 4100 :46. Larry did that while finishing th.ir-d ir: t;;e l972 Olympic Ca.mes in l·h.:nich. Faat times dic.n't stop there e:.thcr. Can o•:.:on:1or and Jim Heiring were well under their :;iersonal bests wit.h l.r:11:0J and 4:12 :37 in Jrd and /.}th. Dan overtook Jim just past 40 k;n to secure the third , ·t;,,;rth on the Olympic team- -a. team that won't compete in the Olympics. Heirin g should still have a good shot in the 20 km trials.

The race was held on an ideal day with the temperature at _50 F for the sta.rt and climbing to just 62 by the finish. Ttlere were 18 ~ta.rters ar.d the early leader was Ray Sharp , bac~ from a couple of months r,crious training in Mexico. Ray passed 5 km in 23:50. leading Heiring and. Evoniul< by J4 ' seconds with Schueler another 2 seconds back. Dan O"COnnor and Neal Pyke .. went through in 29 :JO with Vincent 0"Sullivan and Dennis Reill.Y jsut und.er 25 minutes. The rest of the field was already stringing out.

Tho leaders held the sa:ne spots at 10 Km, i.ith Sha::.·p [:oin& t!irough in 46151 , now 43 seconds a.hea.d of Marco anci Jii;l, Scr.ucler ,:,~s l ooi:;ir.g 170...;r,d and led O'Connor by ju:.t 5 seconds in Lq,57. Pyke i;as r.ow a:iot~.e::: r.o.lf-:;-.L•mtc back and ha.cl nearly a minute on O'Sullivan, who was pacing t:imzel.f well.

Evoniuk started to leave Heiring ii.t this point anci by 20 K..i had c;::.ught Sharp. Covering his second 10 km in 46 :53, Marco was 1: , ~',:27. St1ar_p w:;.s 40 seconds back but went just one more lap before dropplni out with a sore bamstring. Schueler put on a spurt of his o•,;n, coveri:1 6 the second 10 in 47:25 to pass 20 !.n 1 :35:22, one seconcl ahead. of P.eirir.e; an::. 22 ahe~.:i o::' O'Connor. Pyke was now nearly 4 minutes ba.ck of the leader in 6th and bad about 40 seconds on O'Sullivan . Randy Mimm had moved at"iead of PJ?;illy to lead the rest of the field some 7 minutes back of Evoniul<.

Evoniuk continued to accelerate and to ~1 away. A 22:J6 for the next five moved him J)ast the halfway mark in 1:57:0J and when he bit JO kf.l in 2:20:33, he had 2 minutes on Schueler. Heiring was ar:other minute back, but was opening a slight lead on O'Connor. It was strictly a four-~an race at this point, with Pyke and O'Sullivan 4½ minutes behind Ian. Randy Milllll). wa-s still walking strongly and was now in seventh with Sharp out.

Ma.roo had his biggest lead at 35 Km as he continued to hol d his pace with a 2) :25 for that 5. Schueler now trailed by 2:20 , but was J minutes clear of Heiring and had a seeming lock on second :place . O'Connor i;as

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st artlng to close the gap on Heir i n~--a gap that had gronn to nearly a minute a lap earlier . At 4o, ll.'voniult still seemed in control, althoucrh ~o~ing somewhat (24:0 8) . His J :08:o6 still led Schueler by 2:07 . Heiring was now 6 minutes back and struggling , with O'Connor r i ght on his heels, O'Sullivan was a lonely fifth and Tbm Dooley had moved t,hr9ugh the field t0 sixth, some 3~ minutes anead of ~fa.yne Glusker. Pyke a.nd 11iinm were bot~ out,suffering with chronic injuries.

Schueler , dropping his pace only slightly , continued to close ground on Evoniuk, who was now struggling. When Marco needed 25 :53 to cover his 9th 5 Km, Carl cut the lead to 57 seconds. This was down to 29 seconds a s • theystarted the final lap and when Ca.rl moved ahead with a half lap to go Marco was unable to ·resporul.. Needle s to say , both were well pleased with their performanoes at the end. Heiring came back slightly on O'Connor on the final lap, but ha.d given too much gronnd on the previous lap. O' Sullivan finished a rather isolated fifth, but had nothing to be ashamed of with his 4:17:57 , although he ~~s the only one in the first seven to miss has per ­sonal record . Wayne c:1usker walked faster than anyone exceptJchuiUer over the final 5 km to overtake and walk away from Tom Dooley in by. his best race to date. Dooley , the real veteran among the top finishers and the only Olympian, settled for a personal best. Actually, Tom was the only former Olympic competitor in the race, which must i ndicate we have had sor.iewhat of a turnover in the past few years. (Of course, there was no Oly;t\pi-c 50 in 1976,)

1. Carl Schueler , Silver Sprin_gs, 11d. J:59:JJ (47 :57, l:35122, 2:22 :Jl, J:l01 l J) 2 . Marco Evoniuk, Longmont, Colo. 4:00:JO (47:)4 , l:J4:27, 2:20:JJ , J:08:06) J. Dan O'Connor, Westminister, Ca.l. 4:11:03 (48 :02, 1:35:45 , 2 :24 :J?, J :16 :16) 4. Jim Heiring, San Bernardino, Cal. 4:12:57 (47:J4, 1:35:23, 2:2J:J4,J,16:1J) 5. Vincent O'Sullivan, Flushing, N,Y. 4:17 :57 ill9:26, l:J8150,2:29 :JJ , J:21 :07l 6. Wayne Glusker, Cu-pe.rt..ino, Cal. 4:2Ji44 51:51, l:43110,2:34145, 3 :Jl:05 7. Tom Dooley, Santa. Clara, Cal. 4:26:15 5Zt09, 1:42:59,3:34:09 , J :27 :.34 8. Dennis Reilly , Oakland , Cal. 4:)5:50 49 :55, l:41:07 ,2:J6 :5J, )1J5:J4 9. Ra.y Somers, Flemington , N.J. 4:)7:JO :lJ, 1 :48:29 , 2:4J : 19, 3:)8:58) 10. Allen Price, Washington, D.C. 4:44:52 (51:46, 1:41:28, 2:37 :38, J:J8:22) 11. Bob Falciola, Sandown, N.H. 4:47;2) 12, Martin )(raft, Detroit 4:49:28 lJ . Roger Brandwein, Los Azleeles 5:05:.Jl DNF: Neal Pyke, Ra.y Sharp, Randy l'1imm, Jerry Yol,l,llg DQ--John Knifton.

JOBlli FIRST NORTH AMERICAU UN.DER 4 :00

A week before the above race, Marcel Job in became the first North American to better 4 hours for 50 with a sparkling 3 :54:4o in the Canadia n Championship in ToJ:"onto.. Marcel seems reluctant to grow old gracefully and just keeps improving. He has concentrated his training toward 50 this year and it certainly payed off on this day. He started swiftly with 45:0l at 10 km and 1:29:57 at 20. He passed 40 in 3:03:02, before fading slightly the last 10. Arso turning in stellar perfo.z:mances were Francois Lapoin t e with 4 :16:10 in second and G1enn Sweacey with 4 :19121 in Jrd.

MARCEL AlSO TOPS U ,S. 10 K~l FIELD

Chicago , T·iay 24-- Ca.rw.da.' s Mar ee 1 Jo bin broke away from the field after two laps around the track at the University of Chicago's Stagg Field and went on to an easy win in a Ca.nad:ian record 41:47 .J in the National Athletics Congress 10 Km championship. Behind Jobin, Chris Hansen and Ra,y Sharp tied for the U.S. title in 42:42.9 and Dan o•c0nnor edged Steve 'Pecinovsky for third. Al Hal bur led early and then dropped into an isolated filth where he finished ina highly respectaole 46:18 , Martin Kra,ft outlasted ever-improving Chris .Knotts for the next spot, With Ja:• Byers recording 48:01 in 10th, this was probably the classiest race in the history of this Chicago classic. The masters title went to our own

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pbulisher emeritus, Ja.C"k Blackburn, in a scintillating 51:26. 'The team title was won by the New York AC in 2:19:10 (O'Connor , Mike Morris, and Pete Timmons). ~est: Marcel Jobin, canada 41:47,J 1. Chris Hansen, UCTC and Ra.y Sr.:1.rp, un. 42:42 ,9 J , Dao O'Connor , NYAC 4J:55 4. Steve Pecinovsky, Wolverine To.cers 43:50? 5, Al Halbur, Green & Gold AC 46 :18 6. r.artir. K.ra:t, Wo1veri~e Pacers 47 : 10 7. chris Knotts , Spri ngfield TC 47:22 8 . Michael Morris, NYAC 47:45 9, Pete Timmons, NYAC 47 :50 10. Jay Byers, Green & Gold 48:01 11, Don 1.2.w­rence, Niagm.-a Tlace Walkers 48:41 12. Jack Blakcburn, Spin:gfield TC 51:26 lJ, Dan Dudek, Green & Gold 5~:41 14. Will Preischel, Ni6~1ra RW 52:) 6 15. John Pad.rick, Wolverine Pacers 52:50 16. Dan Stanek, Niagara RW 52:,56 17, Eric Healy, NRW 54~02 18, Dave Iawrence , Nr!W ,54:26 19, Jeff Ba.ker, Ketterir.g Stride.rs ,54:46 20. Vic Philpott , t/c,lverine Pacers 5.5:08 2 1. Cho?,rles T:n:r.sale , Wolverine Rl.cers 56:20 22. John Jt.aeLachlan, un. 58:.56 2), Rc-bert Cr-c.do;.;:.id, Green & Gold 59 :05 24. Gordon Wallace, un. 62:23 25 . Dan Patt, Green & Gold 6J:14 26. Mike Cortina, Kettering Striders 65:08 Masters: 1, Black:n.:rn 2 . Maclachlan J, Wallace Teams: 1. NYAC 2:19 :10 2 . Wolverine f8.Cers 2:2):50 J, Green & Gold 2:26 :00 4. Niagara Pace Wal~ers 2:,Yl-:lJ.

RON ZDIN ME~!ORIAL 10 !Or, CHICAGO, !;AY 25 (road)- - 1. Illa.reel Jobin, ca,n. 42:0l 2. Ray Sharp 42 :49 J. Steve Pecinovsky /jiH19 4. Dan O"Connor 44:2J 5, Pete Timmons 46:50 6. Chris Knotts 47:39 7. Mike DeWitt 48 :01 8. Mike Morris 48:28 (winner of Style Awa.rd) 9, Don l.awrence 49:39 lQ. Dan ~de!c ,50:17 11. Vic Philpott 51127 12. Jack Blakcburn 52:27 13. W}ll Preischel .52:59 (1st Jr,) 14. Jeff Baker 53:14 (2nd Jr.) 15. Dan Stanek ,54:05 16. John Padrick 54:15 17. Bob Hyten 9h55 (ran mile and 2 Mile at Illinois state H.B. tra.clc meet previous day) 18. Eric H"'aJ:,y .55:18 19 , ui.ve iai.-rence 55;]8 20. John Maclachlan 59 :15 21. Charles 'I'urngale 59:17 22. rave Littler.ales 61:15 2J. Iarry Larson 62:)7 (Although not in shape, kept .record of being only pel.'son to conpete in all 15 Zinn Memorials alive) 24 . Mike Cc,rti.na. 65:05 25, Bob Hyten Sr. 66105 Women's Race:l. Susan Ruu, Kettering,ohio 60:15 2. Jamie Mell 64:)6 J. Erica Benson 64:55' 4. Kathy Blakcburn 65:07 5. JeMy Glavin 68105 6.Teresa Donigan 76:15 --Job in ' s time was second best ever .for the event. He had 4lt42 last year for tee best. Sharp was wit h him for about hall' the race.

Brodock , smith Win 20 Km Titles

Westlake Village , ca1., ~.ay 4--Sue Brodock took co~ma.nd at the start and cont ­inued to an easy win in the NAC Women's 20 Km. Championship . Sue's time was 1148:22, In the Men's Junior National, Chris Smith was an equally easy winner in2 :01 :02. Larry Walker won an open race over Enrique Pena of Colu:nbia in l :JJ:09.

Brodock covered the first mile in 8:12 and was already 20 sec onds ahead of Ester Lopez and 40 ahead of Paula. Kash. .Passing 5 km in 25:48 , Sue had stretched her lead to 4o seconds, with Lopez a minute and a half clear of Kash and Vicki Jones, ~ho were ba.ttling for third. According to the splits , Sue J;nssed 10 Km in 49:24, but I wonder i£ that i s correct in light of her 5 km time and her subsequent time of 1:20 :28 a.t 15. In any case, she was well clear of Lope2:, wh'o went through 10 in 5J:09 and 15 in l:21i31 before dropping out.

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Jones had collared Kash by 10 loll and went on to a well earned second place. Lori Maynard also overha.uJ.ed Pa.ula just past 15 km to ta.ke third place,as both finished well under 2 hour,; . There were 21 starters 1n the mce with 18 finishi n~.

In the open race, Walker followed Ed BOuldin's 7:11 first mile and then took over . Pena. was never far 1:ack but gradually lost ground throughout the race, Bouldin walked all by himself tn third place after the first couple of miles. Results, Women's National: l. Sue Brodock, Rialto R0aw::unners lr48t22 2. Vicki Jones , California Walkers ll5j,46 (27,51, 55:55, 1,25 :44) j . Lori Maynard, Woodsi-de Striders 1,~5,,54 (27,59, ,56,4j, 1126122) 4 . Paula. Kash, Cal. Walkers 115712'.) (27:SO, ,56:26, 1:26120) 5. Diane Uribe, CW 2l011l9 6. Grace Vanderhoff, Seattle TC 210)119 7. Jane Janousek, Rialto RR 2,0,109 8. Jolene Weege, San Diego TC 2:091J2 9. Chrie Sakelarios , Rialto RR 2:12147 10. Georgi& Sakelarios , RRR 211)144 11. Chris Ramirez, RRR 211414o 12. Sheila King, ca1 . Walkers 2125:01 1) . Becky Bresnick, P.RR 2:28 :28 14. Vita Rubideaux, SD TC 2:)2126 15, Ba.rm.ra Ayres, un. Texas z :J2129 16. Donna Gookin, SD TC 21))142 17. Cora lee Cooper, SD TC 2:)5107 18. Rose Kash, Cal. Wa.lkers 2136158 DNF Jeanne BUrk, Ester Lopez, and Nancy Thomas Junior Kationa.11 l. Chris Smith, Cal. Walkers 2:01 102 (27,49, ,56122, 1127,2i 2. Eric Stepans , Sutter TC 2119152 ). larry Pollock, STC 21281)5 4. Eric Jonke, Cal, Walkers 2,52127 5. Jeff Roberg, STC 2:.56148 Open Race, 1. Iarry Walker, Angel' s Flight Striders 1:JJ,09 (22 :52 , 46,22, 1.09155) 2. Enrique Pena, Colwnbia 1,)4125 (23112, 46154, l1l01JO) J. Ed B uldin, Bauchet Street Walkers 11441,56 4, Joe Hampton, BSW 1159,0J 5. Terry Ma.thews, Cal, Walkers 2104141 6 . Milt creange, Cal, Wa.lkere 2,13,09 7. Hal McWillia.ms, Cal , Walkers 2120142 DNF1 Travis Veon, BSW 5)1)8 at 101 Ray Parker, un. ,541J9 at 10, a.nd C0rky Reed, un, 1 ,22,16 at 10 Ion,

O' CoMor Wins Men's 20 Km

Seattle, A.Pril 20 (Completion of last month' s sketchy report-From Martin Rudow)- -Only Dan O't'OMor and Heal Pyke of the big guns showed up for this race on a. 2500-meter loop on dead - lewl asphalt, but there were very , very good performances nonetheless, Neal flew in late, after walking a. 44110 10 Ion in Houston the d.a.y before. Dan, of course , had wa.lk9 a good So km the week before. So we weren' t looking for real fast ti.mes,

Several g1~ys, though, were looldng for fast ti.Jr.ea for them--fast enough to qualify for the Olympic Trials, Guys like Ed Bouldin and Al Halbur . We were real~ excited by the resurgence of Terry Lingb<loom, former Junior Olylllpio champ from our area who ha.a been hit ha.rd by injuries for nearly 2 yea.rs.

At the eta.rt , O' Connor and Pyke i.Mediately went into the lead, Dan ha.s overhauled hie f:lz,n somewhat, and at las t ha.s a "roll", hie whole body getting into the strid~, something few American walkers have been able to develop . He was looking exceptionally good, and soon pulled about lCO meters up on Neal, who also looked good.

Dan"s first 5000 was very fa.st , but he looked the best of the field, displaying ext:caardinary double contact . Nea.l.J11a.dean attemptto catch Dan at a.bout 6000 meters , drew a. warning a.nd shortly thereafter dropped out. His previous day ' s race, a long plane ride , a.nd O'Connor's fast i:ace wa.s too muah. Dan just continued to cnuise and his final time was an American beet ever, probably not destined to last long,

Behind him, some excellent racing went on. John Va.nDenBrandt was a solid eeoond moat of the wa.y, but Halbur and Bouldin really went at it most of the ftca, HOlfever, aoat of the excitement behind Dan's great time was generated by Teff7 Lillgbloom. Aa usual, he paced billlaell well, working up to third

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only on the last lap. He drew a caution, as did Bouldin and Bruce Harland, and was "high'' much of the way. But he has a.n excellent l:nsic technique and looks capi.ble of going under l:JO this yeax.

Another hot prospect. is a guy who got disqualified, Sam Schick. He is a 6:JO miler from the NAIA program &:ta college in Oregon. He actually finished the distance in lsJ5:12, but was off over the last 200 meters pushing to get under the l :J5 qualifying time. Results, 1. Dan O' Connor 1126,26 2, John VanDenBrandt l:JlrJ8 ), Terry Lingbloom l:J2:18 4. Al Halbur l 1JJ10l 5. F.d Bouldin lsJJ:25 6. Bruce Harland 1:34:04 7, Jay Byers 1,'.36,54 8 . Bob Rosencrantz l:J7:44 9, Ma.My Adriano 1:42:23 10. 8111 Milla.rd 1142:27 11. Bruce Carter 1148107 12. Cary Fa.rra.r 1:481)2 Masters, 1. Ron Xullk 1,40145 2 . Dick Vanderhoff 1:,54152 J. Paul K.a.ald 1:55,2-4 Women's 10 Km1 1. AM VanderHoff 55:)2 2. Wendy DiB8 rnardo 59:37 J. Beverly IaVeck 60 s25 4. Mary Richter 67107 5. Mary Bailey 67,12 Women•s 5 Km: 1. Gwen Clark Jl:01 2 , Ann Westhagen Jl:4o · Open 5 Km, l , Marty Stetsel 26,17 2. Richa.l Smith 28:38 IJnder 18 5 Km: 1. Alan Jamee 26119 2. Tony ~lehardt 27,)6

National So Km, New York city, May lJ . (fuller results th an I had last month, but still not complete) --1 . Carl Schueler , PotO'l!lac Va.lley Seniors 4:06:Q? 2. Dan o~connor, NYAC 4:19:26 ), John Knirton, NYAC 4 1J2:o4 4, Alan Price, PVS 4:J8 :,56 5, Bill Ranney, West Valley TC 4:44:,56 6. Brian Savilonis, Charlottesville TC 4 145,22. 7. Chris Knotts, Springfield Com. TC 4146:42 8 , Cary Westerfield , Island TC 4147:12 9. Peter Doyle, Island TC 4149:)9 10. Ray SOmers, NYAO 4:,50:14 11. AU Bouchekouk, Ea.et Side TC 4152110 12, Sal Corra,llo , PVS 4:52rJl lJ. Vanhouten 41,54146 14 . Bob Falciola. 4,55,20 15. Jansen 41S51JS

OTHER RESULTS: Io4A 10 Km, .fhiladel-ph1a 1 May 24- -1. Jerry Katz, Bucknell 49126,5 , 2, '!:ray Engle, Amherst 50,29 .1 J. r-:arty Barxac~, Cornell SosJJ.6 4 . Sue Liers, Stony Brook 5J :Ol.6 5. Tim McCoy, Manha.it.an _51+144.6 6 . Mark Salzman, Penn ,56:16 20 Km, Amherst, Mass. 1 Jlay 12--1 . Bob Falciola 1147,05 2 , Bob Keeting 1:,56:22 DNF: Bob Kitchen 1,21:11 at 15 Km and Dave VanHouten 62,37 at 7 miles Hartwick Invitational 5 Km, Oneonta, N. Y. 1 April 26 (I know Hartwick College is 1n Oneonta. because~ old college room,1te at Bowling Green, Iarry 'l'rask , was f'rom Otego , right near there) -- 1 . Don Iawrence , Delhi (te.rry usf:d to talk of good. old Delhi Ag and Tech, too) 22:18 2, Mike MOrris, Marist 22:22 J. Jerry Katz Bucknell 22 :40 Pou~hkee ie Miller Lite 20 Km ~ 4 track --1. Mike Morris 1:40:47 (2J:J7, 7: 7, 1:12: 5 2. Bob Falciola 1: 1 : ), Tim_Lewis 1:42 :J8 4. Don La.wrence l:52:,56 5. Bernard Kauf'man 2:25:52 DNF1 Pete T:i.nmons (2J :J8 , 49:15 , 1,15,12) Womens 1, Sue Liers 1158:50 (27:44, 55:44, 1:26:?) 2. Carol' Brown 2•10:5J Hi h School Invitational Km Greenvale N,Y. Aw.il 26--1, Ed O'Rourke 22:Jl seven under 2 ~:00 but no other na.r.ies E,.:;te:r:n l·~z L~rs In­door 2 Mile , BethleheM Pa.. 1 !-~arch 9--J0-)4: l, Ron Salvio 17:5)- 5 40 ......+:l. Bill Preston 16:05.4 45-491 1. Bob Fine 15:52,9 2. Sal Corra.llo 15:56.5 50-54:1. Sanford ·Kalb 21:Jc, 55-59:l. Bob Mimm 16120.5 2 . Tilll Dyas 18151.5 60-<i4: 1. Don Johnson 18:00 65-691 1. George Bra.eel.and 19114 70-74: l. Dave Iakritz 1B:5J Southeast ~la.stars Ra.lei h N.C.: Km APril 26-1. Bob Mi.min (55) 26:02 ,4 2. Andrew Biggs 27:00. J. D0 n Johnson ) 29 :26,7 4. Eric Bin~ham (JJ) 20:Z0,5 5. Joei Holman (49) J0:25,7 6, Jan Fleagle (42) 20:)2 .8 (1J finishers , including one f'rom Taiwan) 20 Km1 Ar.ril 28--1. Bob Mimm 1:58:26 2. Andrew Briggs 1:59:24 ), Roy Rosenquist (41) 2,07 : 50 4. Don Johnson 2:1Js09 5. J.R. Fleagle 2112:48 6. Joel Holman 2117121 (10 fin) 5 Km (track.}a ColW!lbus1 Ohio, May 17--1. Steve Pecinovsky 20:46 (6129 , 13:18) 2 , Chria Knotts 23,08 J . Jack Mortland 26120 DNF1 Ra.y Sharp 6:29 and then out.

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Dra~e HeJa,ys JP Km. Des Mo,Ues. Ia, .. April 22--1. Chris Hansen, UCTC 41+,11.9 2. Steve Hoger, COncordi.a. C0 1. 46118.4 J. Jerry Young, St. Louis 47s02 .8 4. Randy Mimm 47rJ5 5. Steve Ba.11, UW- Fa.rkside 47:49 (stopped a lap short and blew a 70-ya.rd lead on Mimm before he got back in--no one counting laps) 7, Jeff Marazenec, un. Milifa.ukee 49120 8. Mike RRmmelhart, UW-Parkside 49:49 9, Paul Ma.Itek, Kegonsa TC ,50:)9 10, Bari Garner- olman1 Shawnee Mission, Kan, .50:59 12, Tim Phillips, Cedar Rapids, !a. 51:25 11. (not eY.a.ctly in order) John Williams, UW-Platteville .51:20 lJ. John Craizhead, Shawnee Mission, Kan, 5,2:0J 14. Bob Jordan, Iowa City 57•59 15. Nick Schroeder, Ha.dison, W.is. 59:JJ 16. William Pearson, Cedar Rapids 6J:28 1i. Art Mclendon, Chicago 69157 • ,5 Km1 .Kenosha., Wis,, April 19--1. Steve Ball, UW_Parkside 2JrlJ.6 2, Mike Rum­melha.rt, OW-Parkside 2):27-1 J . Todd Coolidge, UW..Oshkosh 27r4J Wisconsin State Universities 10 Km (track) , Stevens Point, Hay J (scoring event)--L Jeff Ellis, UW-Stevens Point 49115 2, Tom McMillan, UW- Lacrosse 49:22 J, Tim Gifford, UW-IaCrosse 50127 4. Dave Bachma.n, UW-Stevens Point 50:37 5, Ken Gissing, OW-Stout 52aJ2 6 , Todd Coolid.ge, UW..Oshkosh ,54126 Wisconsin TFA/USA chamnionships 1 Kenosha. Ma.v 4- -10 Km: 1, Mike RU!IU!lelhart. 481 41 2. Nick Schroeder 59,47 20 Km: 1. Steve Ball lt44sJ5 2. Hank Klein, Virgin Islands DNFs Chris Hansen 21144 and 45 :20 1 Ray Sharp NAIA 10 Km, Abilene , Tex.as, fi!a.y 23--1. Jeff Ellis, U'rl-Stevens Point 4?sJ5 2. Melvin McCiruiis, Spring Arbor , Mich. 48100.2 J. Mike Rlll'llllelhart, UW-Parkoide 48:18 4. Steve Hoger, Concordia 49:l'+,5 5. Tom McMillan, UW-laCrosse 49s17.6 6, Steve Ball, UW-.Pa.rkside 49 :24 5 Km Naperville I Ill. May 17-1. Mike Rummelha.rt 221)0.8 2. Steve Ball 22:¼.8 H.tc:}1 SchoU 1too r.ieter, West Allis, Vis., May 16--1. Tom langenohl 7:49 2. Jim ile'lde 8:07 J. Bob Stachowiak 8:15 1 Hour, C0 lumbia, Mo., April 5- -1. Jetty Youn5 7 mi 1096 yds (something wrong here, splits show him .561Jl at 11,200 meters -- short of 7 miles - -which leaves him only J :29 to do almost 5/8 mile, A1so he led Randy Mimm by just J2 seconds at tha.t last split, about 110 yards, but finished better than 500 yards a.head) 2 , llandy Minun 7 rii 559 yds 2, "Bari Garner-Holman 6 mi 1575 yds 4. Mark Young 6 llU J~ yds 5, Leonard Busen 6 1ni J5J yds 2 MiJ,e1 Pasadena, Tex. 1 Apr.26-. l, Phil Bradley 15:24,7 2. Dave Gwyn 15124.7 Gulf Coast 10 Km, Houston, !fay J--1 . Da.ve Gwyn 50144 2, Mike Kleinhenz 50r49 J. Bill Scheel 601)1 4, Phil Bradley 6o:45 5, Bori3 Balle 60146 6. Jim Rowley 621Jl 100 Mile t rack San Die o M.3., 10-11-- 1, Doug neeves 22145:12 (l0:58sJ8 at 50 John Rem 5 miles 9: at 50 , Paul Hendricks 61 ½ miles (8156:43 at 50 • Dale Sutton 47¼ miles (714-J:18 at 4o) Julie Partridge Menorial 10 Km, Woodside, Cal. 1 May 11--1. Bill Ranney 49(36 2 . Dennis Gustafson 51 :23 J. Fred Dunn 56:JS 4: Harry Siltonen 59:Jl Women, l. Bon..'lie D llon 52:JB 2. Kathy Curtis )J•.59 J. Lori Maynard _54:19 4. Dia:ie M~ndoza 67,45 Boys: 1, Paul Wade (14} 57140 2. John Locke (15) 58126 J. Brian West (12) 66118) Girls, 1. Lisa Widger (12) 64:14 2, JesGica. Al.sta.tt (lJ) 64:J2 J . Ma:rea Deguara (12) 67:rl+ Pacific Associaticn 5 Km. Hay:,1ard1 Cal. 1 May 26-- 1. Joe Berendt 21:.59,8 2, Dennis Reilly 22126,4 J. ~;a.it Jaquith 24:J6.1 4. Charles fl.a.rut 27:10,6 WoD\en: l. B"nnie Dillon 25:11.4 2. Lori Mayna.rd 2~:08,4 J, Kathy C\lrtis 28:12.l 4. Dorothy Perry 29:49 District II NAIA 10 Km, McMinnville, Ore, 1 M3Y 10- -1. Sa.m Schick 49:25 2. Tony Beigler _56:Jl J, John Burke 57,47 4. Bob Redman 58:JO 5, John Ke·rfoot 58 ,51 6. Cha.rue ,1\az:~ ~:18 Mt. SAC Relays 5 Km1 Walnut, Cal. 1 lroril 19- -1 . Jim Heiring 2lrl2.8 (Somewhere I have complete results, including women's race and 10 but I ca.int find the goldurn things) ' 20 Km, Talsy. USSR--1. Aivars Rubenieks 1:16:Jl .2 (That's what it appears to say. I am a bit skeptical myself, It's listed as bettering the world record, but it also says it was contested on a ha.1£-mile, asphalt track -­why would they have a ha.1£-mile t~ck in the Soviet Unionl -so it can't be acceptable as a record. We may heN more ab,,ut this later.) Australian 50 Kilometer , Adelaide, April 6-1. Willi Sawa.11 J1%1JJ (6th All -T1-me World) 2, Tim Erickson 410.5,r:1+ J· John Sheam. 4129122 Australian 20 Km

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SOME RACES YOU MAY WANT TO ?;.,!1;IC!} 'AT£ Il'I

Wed. Jun 11-,.,11en's 5 km, W0 men's 1_500 meters, Etobicoke , Ontario (Q) Fri. Jun lJ-Sa.t. Jun 1,5-- ~fATIGN'AL ATHU.'I'ICS CONGRESS WOI-IEN•S 5 &: 10 KM

Ar;o v..;::;•3 5 K/·1, UCI.A (D) G,n:..dian 20 Km and Women's 5 Km, Montreal (Q)

Sun. Jun . 15--10 Km, H0 uston, ~ a.m. (C) 5 Mile, Ne>1 York , ;;.Y ., 11 a .m. (!) 9th Annual :&.rnum :l' s tival JO Km, Bridgeport, Ct., 10 a.m.(P)

Sun. Jun, 22 - -Half Viarathon, New York, N .Y., 10 a.m. (l) Sat , Jun, 28- -5 Km, C.W. Po:;t College (F)

5 Mile, Ne}i Yorii, 1;,Y.1 11 a , lll . (I) 2 Hour, Columbia li'aJ.ls, Montana, 7 a.m, (E)

Sun. Jun. 29--Met. 20 Km, C.il . Post C0 llege , 8 a.m. also Women's 10 Km (F) Sat. Jul. 5-- -Met. Junior 5 Km, c.~. Post (F)

10 Km, C lumbia , MO (M) Sa.t. Jul. 12- -NATIONAL ATH~~rcs CONGRESS l.5 Ktl, NIAGARA FALLS, 9 a.m . {X)

7 Mile , Seattle (T) 5 K~, Long Island, 10 a,m, (F) Senior Olympics 5 Km, Los Angeles (D) Wisconsin 5 Km, Kenonha (A)

Sun. Ju l. lJ--Senior Olympics 10 Km, L.A. (D) Sat, Jul. 19--WOmen's 10 Km, Woodinville, Wash. (T)

15 Km, Columbis, Mo., 7 a.m, (M) Sat. Aug. 2- -20 Km, COJ.1JJ;1bia, Mo., 81JO a.m. (M) Sun. Aug. J--Race Walking Ct-and Prix begins, Houston, Tex. (c} CONTACTS

A--Iarry !arson , 909 Ostergaard , Racine, ,t/1 .5JIW6 C--~ ohn Ev.ar.s, 5.JlW ?{. Braewood, ,/945, Hou!;ton, TC 77096 D--John Kelly , 1024 Third St . , Sant9. Monica, CA 904oJ E--Larry O' Neil., 2JJ Fifth Ave., 2.ast, Kalispell, ~:T 59901 F- - Island Traclt Club, P.O. Box 440, Smithtolfn, NY 11787 I--NYC Rooa.drunners Club, P.O. Box 881,FDR Station, New Yo:r"~. ITT 10022 L-ElJlott Denman, ?.8 N. locust, West. ~-0ne:; Branch, NJ 07764 N--Joe Diincan, 2980 Maple Bluff Dr., Columbia, MO 65201 P--Bruce Douglass , J6 Canter1r.rry L:lne, ~~ystic • OT 06J55 Q--Stafforcl 1fnalen 1 60 South,I:,ort St . , A pt.. 72J To.1·onto v.6s 3~4 T-- 1-larlin Rudow, 46Jl NE 4llth St.., Sea ttl1:, ,TA' 9'3105 X--Dan Stanek , 1081 ShP.ree Dr., Grand Island, NY 14072

, Also , 5 Kr.t racen uvery Tuesday in Lon~ E-::anch, N,J. (L) * * * * * * • * * * * * * * *

Olympic Tr41, Sudney, March 2) --1. vWill i Sa.wall 1:24105 2 . David Smith 1:27:11 J, Tim Erickson l :Jl :59 4. Peter F llager 1:J 4 :18 10 Kn, P.o:cr.church, Ent!. April 2- - 1. Todd Scully, USA 42:J9 2, George Hibre 42:42 J. P.on Shep;ard 4415J (Roger Mills led at 5 km in 21: 11 5.n this tra.ck race but d:co,;,ped out at 6 km with a. muscle pull, Todd was 6 secorvl.s h3.ck at that point 20 K::i

1 Southwick, Eng., April 4- -1. Graham llo= is l:Jl:2J 2. Todd Scully : :J/4:J.5 J. Mike rarker , NZ l:J4:54 50 1", 1 Gv.-lnh 1 I'ol. 1 April 20- -1. Chris r.ajdocks, UK 41o6:4J (British best) 2. F'eliks S1iwinski , 4:07:00 J. I.an Richa~s, UK 4:07:57 4. S. Jonita, Rum. 4:11:21 50 Km, Tondon1 ~:ay 4 (first of t~o Olympic trial :race.s)--1. Ian Richards 4:10:53 2. chrfs !".ad.docks 4115:42 J. Adrian James 4:l_'j:47 4. Bob Dobson 1+:20:2.5 20 Km, same place - -1. ~lick G:c:easley 1:J0:.51 2. George Nibre 1:Jl:21 J, Brian Adams l1J21)6 ~- Mick Holmes 1:3J:47 5, Graham Norris l :J4 :o4 (Roger Mills injw;-ed and did not compete: Olly Flynn and Chris Harvey disqualified.) 50 K.ii, :9ekesoaba

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April 4- -1. Sa.tor J:,56:2J International Match, Rhede, W.G.1 Anril 19-20: Mexico--60, West Geniany- 50, Sweden---44, Spa.i11:::Z:2, Hunga.ry--42. 20 Km­l, Felix ' Gomez •. Mex. l12i,oo 2. Ernesto Canto, Mex,· l12J:06 J. Jose Marin, S:r,e.in ls2J:.52 4. Jorge 1J..opi.rt, Spain 1125:20 5. t:ustavsson, Swed.

MAY 1980 1125,47 6. Alfons Schwarz, WG 1,25:56 · 7, Bnndt, Swed. 1126 :57 8. Imre Stankovics, Hung. 1,27 ,13 DQ1 Daniel llautista (39:44, 60,13) and Carrera (40118,), Mex. Ca.nto was )9:46 at 10 km and Comez 40 105 50 Km--1. Raul Conzalez, Mex. J1501l2 (1,49 1)3 at 25 km) 2. Bermudez, Mex, J1;41ll (l,49 r}J) J. Schubert, WG 3,58:36 4. Simonsen, Swed. 4100100 5. Weid ner, WG (age 47) 4100,49 6. sator, Hung. 410J1J8 7. Jorl:a, Spa.in 4109101 8. Bind.er, WG 41l01lJ (Coliv,, 1,50,25, Aroche, 1,58120, and Vera, all Mexico, did not fin­ish. And, nearly lost in the back of fIIY file: 5, 5 Mile, Lowell, Mass, Apdl 16--1. DeMis Slattery .52,51 2 , Tony Medeiros 5Z":54 J. George lattarulo 60,44 4. Fred Brollll 71141 10 Km track estnut Hill Mass, A ill --1. Troy qle 47125 2. Bob Kitchen 9 :27 J, Tom Knatt 51,02 • Mark Fenton 51 136 5, George la.ttarulo 53,27 6 . Deb Schauble 59 ,28 5,5 Mile, I.Qwell, Avril 2J­l. Geroge lattarulo 50:14 2 . Tony Medeiros 5212) J. Dennis Slattery 5)110 4. F'red Brown 67,04 5, Rali>h Cardarelli ,54110 Master's 5 Km Los Gatos, Cal. April 19--1, Bonnie Dillon l~J) 25,13.6 2 , Dennis Gustafson tJ7) 26,16 J, Lori Mayijard (44) 27110 • Charles Ma.rut (42) 28120 5. Fred Dunn (51) 28:28 6. Gcmion Wallace (70 28,]8 7, Otto Sonunera.uer (62) 29,08 8. Harry Siitonen (,54) 29,27 9. Elisabeth Sibley ('.34) J0104 10. John Friesen (52) J01.,58 11, Chesley Unruh (7J) '.31101 12. Giulo de l\:!tra (69) Jl102 (18 fin,) Women's 5 Km1 Mlllbral 1 Cal., April 12--1. Bonnie Dillon 25,52,6 2 , Lori Maynard 26:,52.6 J. Kathy Curtis J010J Pacific Ass 1n. JS Km, April 6--1. Bill Ranney J1lJ145 2. Harry Siitonen 41J?1JJ (Joe Berendt did 20 Kat in 11)4:20)

• * * * * * * * * * * * * * FROM HEEL TO TOE In reporting the National JO Km results in the March issue, we ~ed to o-'lit Max Gould's tillle in 12th pl.ace. Max, at age 6J, had 215014S, and finished ahead of everyone over 45 ••• Max also had 5,20,27 in the National 50 in Rew York City, among those timee not officially reported to me yet, Re was-on his way to a better time when he was kicked in the calf' by a skater with about 7½ miles to go and was hobbling the rest of the way. , • The only co111!1ent we have received regarding the Bill Mi.ha.lo article comes from Harry Rappa.port, a long-time official and friend of race walking in the New York city area, now retired in Florida, Harry feels we "devoted SJ&Ce to one who was not worthy of such a report." He goes on, "We do not knoll if there were any race walking judges at aey of the profeesional races. Ve do not know,if there were judges, whether these judges were qualified and caJable to judge the races. On several occasions, I officiated at amateur races that Mihalo was a competitor in and his style of wal.kins was most questionable, Finally, since the ORW is devoted to amateur race walld.ng, we should not be concerned with professional races or alleged records." I have to say a few word.a in defense, although I don•t feel Harry was in any way chastising us. Anyway, we published the piece not because of the worthin ess of the subject 1'.lt because it is a very interesting "Bit of' History", as I titled it. Whatever the conditions of the performancee, they were lent a little bit of publicity by gaining space in the New York Times of that era , from whence I gleaned them, I certainly have no faith in the legitimacy of the performances and am not suggesting Mihalo is our greatest race walker, or anything like that. I do th~ it Mould be interesting to hear from some one who had some contact with Mihalo during th ose times or who saw any of the races (:if anyone did), As to amateur versus professional, I could personally oars lese. I report hwna.n performances in the race lf&lk­ing arena. as they come to me-- some I take with a grain of salt, l1l61Jl'e for 20 Ian, for exa.111ple. But, ti' that turns out to be a legitimate mark, I au,p­pose I Ifill have to put that salt on fI1Y crow ae I ea.t it, (As to the poss­ibility of that mark being legitiJna.te, see Colin Young's oouenta on the current state of walking on a subsequent page of this issue.). • • Hold the phone, dUJIUllY, You had two commen~e on the Miha.lo article , The other oue f'roa Bay I.ea.eh. "Your article on Mihalo brough back uey memo.rlee.

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One of the teammates on my club was John Abi:.e.te, who had many duels with Mi.Mlo, He said that Mihalo was an excellent walkc~ , but he ~~uld r esort to running if a challenger was running. (ii:d. Acco:rdifll to my reports frc~.old timers, Johhny himself, bless his soul, was not beyond a lit~le dog tro,_ when he knew he was ~ell -shielded -from the judges.) He rnentloned a _pablicit,­stunt in which Bill walked for 24 hours around a used car lot to celeb..."clte the o:reriing of the dealership. I recall seeing Mihalo on a TV show called "You fl:-.h~ For It•' . One stunt he lY.)rformed on the show was to walk frot:1 first tase to home plate faster than a minor leaguer cOllld run around the bases (home plate to home plate) , It looked ir.lpressive until they showed it in slow motion 1 then it was obvious he was off the ground, I believe his pro records ffl3.Y be tainted, but his AAU championships must surely be l~gitilllate: I noticed that in 1951, Henry Laskau beat Mihalo in the AAU 20 km l.1l Atlantic City 114814) to l:42r00 . Perhaps Henry could shed some light on Mihalo's style etc.'' Ray adds 1 "In your article-Judging Seminar by Marlow and Welle the USSR delegate was against video coverage as too expensive. Bull ! I have a. video recorder and plan to buy a camera soon. Polaroid manufactures, or did, a camera that took eight rapid sequence shots and printed them on one print. It was pri.Jnarily used by golfer ' s and tennis players to improve their game. This camera would be ideal for race walking. Have no idea what the cost of the camera is." • • ,

PERSONAL VIEW , TD-IE TO STOP oooc:mc THE ISSUE I LIFTERS MUST _BE DISQ.UA LU'IED.

By Colin Young (From hthlet1cs Weekly, April 26 , 1980)

Throughout the history of race walking, which no~ stretches well into its second century there has been the recurring problem of whether p:,.rtici ­Jants are 'walking : fairly or not ~inst the stated rules a.nd the ability of the judGes to administer them,

"fair heel and toe' was a. description that originated last century and applied to a competitor who walked to the satisfaction of those who witnessed his effort. The description may bl? considered to be misleading by some but what it endeavoured to imply, as does the present long-win1ec de:fin~tion , is the fact that the general public define the d1£ference between walking and running by stating that the walker r.ia.intains contact with the ground contin ­ually while the ninner does not.

Recently -- since 1976 to be precise- -there ha.a been a B8a~on-like explo ­sion in walks at all distances from J to .50 Ion •• ,no t by a few men but by literally dozens whe have improved, some after many yei1-:s at top level , by minutes. Some of the improve~ent can certainly be attributa d to the rela ti ve­ly r ecent mass increase of ' professional ' training involvin g many hours, full medical facilities opportunities of wa.rra weather an1/or altitude train ­ing, and no work or horn; pressures. But any keen stu~ent or follower of.the sport would only be fomling himself or others if he did not state the ".a.Jor reason is that contact is bein& disregarded. With the bodily fluent and ex­tremely hard training Mexicans leading the way, the emphasis is now concen­trated on leg stzaightening and so we now have both slow motion ca~eras and still photos showing a clear area of space between the gzound and tne he7l or toe when many of the big6est na.mes in the sport today are at full stride.

At the IA>.F Judges Seminar at Beras in February there was talk of center of gravity straight and vertical spinal colUll\11, tri.a.n,gle behind lea~ leg, etc. In f;ct lots o:f talk to make rules even more complicated instead of admitting that loss of continuous contact simply means it is no longer walk-

_'·• ,ing. There were those who did st.ate clearly the obvious wt aany m~I'E: talked 'i, of more disqualification cards being r equired before a walker is ell.llUJ'lated,

tn other words, dodging the issUJJ,

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The president of the IAAF' Walking Commission eta ted we ha.ve been ttatching a revolution rather tha.n an evolution inside the sport and if we want to measute in resul ts we have seen an improvement in records which is incredible , Well it mu.st be transparently obvio us to all why it is incredible and the president , 1n his role of chief judge at so many major events, must take re ­s_ponsibility for bringing the sport to the dange.rous crossroads at whlch it now finds itself by failing to ensure that many elite 'IIRlkers do not get away'with murder' - ""'fhich culminated in the aptly named 'Flying Circus • at Eschborn last year.

: Despite wha.t is happening to the sport there are those , particularly • those with vested interests (i.e. competitors benefitting from the •explosio n', team ma.na.gere, and coaches) , who are either turning a bl.ind eye or stating that nlkere are now so super -fit and strong that they cannot be expected to ro ·.so fast a.nd maintain contact and the day of the 'lift off ' has arrived.

I can W'ell believe and, in fact , am led to widerstand that the same was said in the late 1870s when Venn and Webster ha.d their duels and a little late r when Curtis and Sturgess took liberties during their frantic battles urged on by their respective gangs of supporters. It is well to remember that the 2 and 7 miles times of George l.arner (lJ:ll.4 in 1904 and 50:50,8 in 1905) and Bill Sturgess (1Jt24.2 and 51:27 in 1095) were not beat en until Vickers/:,{a.tthews and Hardy/Allen respectively over half a century later. The reason for those long--standing records? Well , L leave you to imagine how Ia.rner and Sturgess achieved such outstanding times. The judges o.C those tines acted accordingly and made certain those eager to better those per ­formances by similar methods were dissuaded by disqualification. Many will not realize that , some J5 years ago , Vaclav Garsan and Werner Ha.rdmo went under 42 minutes for 10,000 min their duels and the Swede also set other unl~ly records at various distances. However, both were pulled out in the 1946 European championships while Hardom suffered a similar fate at the London Olympics,

I am utterly convinced that in order not to have the sport ridiculed, withdrawn fr om major international Games, and lose all credibility with other athletes and the general public , those not maintaining contact will have to be disqualified and slo w down accordingly until they keep within the stated definition. As things stand at present a competitor is more likely to be disq_ualificl if hls legs are seen to be not plumb straight and yet be making perfect contact, while the cmmpetitot ~ho is straight legged but a consider­able distance off the ground at both heel and toe at full stride goes through unscathed,

If, by making sure that blatant and continuous loss of contact is pun­i shed , the ' li.lllit' of leg.al walking is 40-plus minutes for 10 km and 82-plua minutes for 20 Ion, so be it. There are maximums 1n other sports, such ae snooker and darts , rut there is certainly no decline in their popularity because of this.

As a life-long stud ent, follower, and exponent of the sport, I emphasize again that walking has to be seen a.s wa.lking---a.nd that means wiinterrupted contact with terra fi= .

Editors Amen, Some will say this is all well and good but judging is impossible at present speeds . '1)-.e fact is that at any competitive speed the human eye is not quick enough. Judging has always been a subjective thing . The judge has to look for signs that the walkers is off the g:rowxl, The photograJ)h1c. evidence seems to abound that in the vast majority of top level performances over the past coupl~ of years the competitors just aren 't on the sorund -- they are1r•.t walkin,g, If on this basis, judges start to pt extremely tough and in the course of so doing disqua.lifysome people who then c0111e back with _photographic evidence that they were indeed on the ground at that •ta.ge of the race - --so what! No one is being dgiqua.lif'ied after the fact on the obvious evidence, Judges wll.l err in both directions ,

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but better that they err on the side of being toulh than on tt.at of beir-& _ , lenient , if we a.re to have a fair sport that peop"'..e can ~ccept. I ri:::.~ ly aon t think most people are deliberately cheating; they are c:oing to the lir.:1t to be competitive and so long as no one calls ~he~_they will 7ontir.~:_to ~ess that limit . Let it be known that lifters will i.'ldeed b<. d:!.squa.llii~d ~nd they will stop l ift ing . And the top at hletes will :prevail , which rr~y not a)~'Z.ys be the case now. With t~.at said , check the latest results from Ei,u:-opc , received today : 20 Xm, Russe , Bulira.ria 1 April 1}--1 . Canto , Mex. ~: l~:12 2. Terekhov, USSR 1119:ll J. Sal onen, Finland l119:J5 4. Pankov, US,:,R l:i'lJ :J7 5 , Zvetkov , USSR l :20147 6. Gomez, Mex. 1 :22:5.5 7, 13ermudez, Mex. 1:22 :22 8, Vera , Mex, 1:22:.55 9. Meisel , Ea.st Genr;any 1:22:57 10. Semyenov, USSR l:2J:06 20 Km (Track), Formia 1 Italy, April 13-- 1. :Bautista , Me~, _ 1 :2(•:'.'~ 2 . M. Damila.no, Italy 1:21 148 J, CUin , i-:eit . 1 :22 :18 4. ~zzat1ru. , h.: :. · l:2J:JJ 5, Gonzalez, Hex. 1 :25 :06 6, Buccio!'\e, Italy h2_5:l0 20 Kr-!} ,~;~ ­burg , E.G., Ma.y 1--1. Wieser 1122118 2. Bulakowski , Poland 1:22:4o J : .. Weigel 1:22 :50 4. ileyer 1 :24128 50 Km, Naumburr, May 1-- 1. Dunkel J:;-;- : .. 2. Meisch J :50 ,58 3. Gauder J:5 2:Jl 4. Kroel ) :5) :5)

LOOKING BACK . . 10 V A (From t1'e M!l'J 1970 oi,w)- -Dave ~011\!inSky won the lict.lohill )) 11, 11-

~ears go • ud' hill t'"-t '"" • .,_ - 1· r ~ Des noines in 3,1)114 on a l2 •l o.p coU!'!.e lllcl i.ng one ,..,. ",..:;'" .· .... , in a. walki.ng race ainoe it wae impossible to actually race ~alk u;, i .. . . J. close and steadily clo sin g second , was ~ustrallan Bob Stea.a.r.ian, then i.n

Winne~g, in 3 : 14:19 . Ron Kulik and canadian Karl Merschenz captured the, next two spots, followed by John Knifton , Goetz Klopfer , Marcel ~obi.n, an~ Ron Iaird--a va-ry classy field. Romansky also won the 15 Ion in tiutl&y , N .J in 1 :14 plus (the official time aa.s not available at pre ss time even tho\l8h I was at the race) on a very hot day. Ron Kulik, hosting tta r~oe, beat Steve Hayden for second with Ron laird, Ron Daniel, and John Knifton follow­ing, •. The ORW National Postal 20 Km went to laird in l :JJ :J5 wit~ Torn Dooley just 21 seconds back. Goetz Klopferw Bill Ranney, Steve Hayo.en, and Greg Diebold rounded out the top six, •• R !llallSky blitzed the course rec ord in the Ron Zinn Memorial 10 Mile in Asl,\lry Park, N.J. with l:Gl0:,54. R6n Dan­iel was 4½ minutes back •• ,Will' Wesch , a West German, walkod a 1129:02 for 20 in London •• • The National JO Km went to Thil McGaw in 2:41 :04 wi~h Clar ­ence Busoharl nearly 8 minutes back ,, , Another fast 20 ~ was Genna.diy Agapov•s 1 :29 :09 in the USSR . . 5 Years Ago (From the l'.ay 1975 OR'i) - -John Knifton lion the Nation.a.l 15 fim lJl

Chica.go in 1110:_54, with T0 111 Dooley 42 seconds back. Bob Benders?n• llorne­backing Iarry Young. Augie Hirt, and Al Shrik completed the top six •. , ,Mike Yo\lllg from the C:Olorado TC won the Junior 15 in 1:25:50 • , ,The Mexican revolution was just beginning and was_well demonstrated in a win over ~nada. Daniel Bautista won the 10 Km in 42r:Y;, with Enrique Vera just 14 seconas tack and the 20 went to Raul Gonzalez in 1,27,.50, with Pedro Aroche and Dom­ingo Colin well ahead o! Ma.reel Jobin,