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Brad Hudson (South Eugene, OR) Class of 85. Hudson set the course record, 12:15.7, on the famed Van Cortlandt Park XC course in "83" - as a junior, before transferring west. Brad donned the purple uniform and became the 7th Axemen to win an individual Oregon state x-country title in 84. |
Manhatton XC Invite 2006 Craig Forys (Colts Neck, NJ) blazes a 12:10.7 to smash Hudsons' 23-year old mark on the 2.5-mile course @ Van Cortlandt Park. Less than 23 minutes later... The next race... Dyestat.com |
Tommy Gruenewald (Fayetteville-Manlius, NY) storms past the finish line - slicing an additional tenth of a second off Forys' now short-lived standard! (Both seniors). Officially - 12:10.6 !! Dyestat.com |
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Brad Hudson (L) Sets Van Cortlandt CR (10/22/83). Moved West. (R) wins state, Oregon. |
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Thom Hunt established himself as Patrick Henrys top distance runner as a soph - winning most of his cross country races and running 4:19.8 / 9:29.6 - Mile/2Mile for track. As a Jr Hunt went 4:07.9/9:02.6 - Mile/2M & 14:19 5000m.. Sr-The Versatile Hunt did 4:06.6/8:45.2, M/2M(indoors-4:02.7/8:52.4)and a 2:24.06 marathon in Dec. |
John Zishka (Lancaster) ran 1:52.5(relay), 4:03.85 mile, 8:13.9 3000m, 8:53.0 2m & 13:55.65 5000m(1980). |
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As a Sophomore, Curtis Beck (Santa Monica) showed promise. He won some x-country races. In track, Beck ran 4:21.2/9:18.2 for Mile/2Mile. Beck emerged as the top 2 miler that season for Santa Monica High (1971). |
Kevin Byrne (Paramus Catholic, NJ) Class of 77. Tore up the indoors in 77, leading the Mile/2M. In Dec. Byrne raced a 4:09.8 relay leg (L), then on successive Friday nites(Jan 21 & 28) in Philadelpha & NY(R), Byrne demolished invitational HS Mile fields by ripping 4:08.0 TWICE!! Moving behind only the last three record-setters: Hunt, Cartier & Ryun (In 77). |
Wanamaker Millrose Games - Kevin Byrne competes in three HS Millrose miles. |
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| 75 - Marty Ludwikowski (Cherry Hill West, NJ) battles little known sophomore Kevin Byrne (Bergen Catholic, NJ). Byrne nails a national sophomore indoor record but his dive wasn't good enough to catch Ludwikowski - 4:15.5 to 4:15.6. | Start of 76 -race in which Byrne (Paramus Catholic, NJ) wins his first title in 4:18.2. |
(R) 77 -Wire-to-wire 4:08.0!! |
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Friday - Feb. 09, 1973 - LA Times Indoor 2 Mile (above) Terry Williams (R) tops rival Barrie Williams (North, Torrance, L) in a last lap sprint-8:55.0 to 8:56.2!! |
As a junior, Rich Kimball (De La Salle, CA) led all juniors nationally in 3 events. Rich would post 9:01.4/14:09.8/29:57.0 (2M/3M/6M) efforts to be the top distance returnee. The 6M would be a (then) Junior class record. Kimball also fit in a 4:12 mile, all in 1973. |
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4/22/72 - Arcadia Invite. Barrie Williams (Wales, England, North Torrance High), a British citizen, wins the mile over Curtis Beck (Santa Monica), both 16yr-old juniors. Williams' 4:06.7 in topping Beck (4:07.0) broke Jim Ryun's world age-16 record and gave Beck his only loss during the 72 track season. *Ryun's record was 4:07.8 set 6/8/63. |
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Ron Craker (York, IL) ran his 8:51.8 two-mile after XC season @ the 2M Postal competition(75). Class of 76. |
Rickey Pittman (East Tech, OH) Class of 80. Went 4:10.7/8:49.4 Mile/ 2M and 30:12.76 for 10,000 meters (Placing 3rd at Junior Nat'l Track Championships -10k). |
Robbie Perkins (Collegiate, VA) Class of 73, ran a series of fine duels with Terry Williams and never lost by more than a couple of strides. His list of bests: 8:57.6/13:57.2/14:08.4/28:47.8/29:56.0 for 2M/3M/5k, 6M/10k!!! (R) Williams (#1) & Perkins (#2) 5000m tie for an American sweep in Poland (USA vs Poland, Junior international tour). |
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International Prep Invitational -- Naperville, IL., June 21, 1980 -- 2 Mile Rickey Pittman (East Tech) clashed with, CA state 2M champ, Andy DiConti (La Canada). 1) Pittman ... 8:53.0 |
1985 - NCAA - 3,000m Steeple in progress. (R) Rickey Pittman (1475, Tennessee) is over the barrier. After getting 5th in '83, Pittman (R) made it back to the podium -3rd with a 8:23.97 (He was 3rd as a frosh in '81). |
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