Running Shots
Ryun's HSR
Webb HSR
Jim Ryun's 3:55.3 was in the 1965 AAU, as he beat Peter Snell (L) and Jim Grelle. Alan Webb (South Lakes, VA) smashes Jim Ryun's High School record of 3:55.3 for the mile set in 1965 by running a 3:53.43 !

Steve Prefontaine looks at the scoreboard clock for his finishing time.

In four years of high school, Eric Hulst (Laguna Beach) achieved just about everything a distance runner could hope to accomplish.
Sihine Bekele
Guerrouj Kipchoge Bekele
Craig Virgin
Chapa Salazar

The moment:

Seleshi Sihine breaks. Kenenisa Bekele pulls away. Athens Olympic 10,000 meter final.

The moment:

Eliud Kipchoge runs for 3rd as Hicham El Guerrouj races past Kenenisa Bekele. Athens Olympic 5,000 meter final.

Craig Virgin.

Three-time Olympian at 10,000 meters. First and only American male to win the World Cross Country championship in 1980. Won it twice.

Rudy Chapa and Alberto Salazar. Oregon 1978.

Kipchoge Bekele Tadese
Jeff Nelson
Galen Rupp AJR
Rudy Chap HSR 10k

Eliud Kipchoge and Kenenisa Bekele at 2005 World Cross country, 12k.

Jeff Nelson "79"

High School record holder from Burbank - 8:36.3 Two Miles.

Reigned 29 years.

5/7/05 - Galen Rupp smashes the American 10k Jr. record with 28:15.51 at the Oregon Twilight meet. 17 seconds better than Rudy Chapa's much heralded record set in 1976.

Rudy Chapa (L - Hammond High) enroute to 28:32.7 10k. Still the prep record.

May 25, 1978, Thurs, Philips 'Night Of Athletics' meeting @ Crystal Palace, London.

Henry Rono (WSU) wins the 3000 meters in 7:43.84.

Henry Rono 1978
Bekele Kipchoge Guerrouj Kipchoge Guerrouj Bekele Kipchoge Guerrouj
World Athletics Champs_2003_5,000 m
Kenyan teenager (18-yrs) Eliud Kipchoge denies Hicham El Guerrouj and Kenenisa Bekele, dipping to win by just four hundredths of a second from El Guerrouj. Winning time: 12mins 52.79secs.

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