Running Shots
Pre Sophomore
Pre SI Cover
Ovett Cram Coe
Hulst at San Jose
As a sophomore, Pre was sixth in the state cross country meet. It was a turning point. He was in striking distance of winning and realized he could run with the top runners in the state.
The SI cover.
The British Trio- Steve Ovett, Steve Cram and Sebastian Coe.

Eric Hulst (Laguna) easily defended his CA state 2 mile in "76."

He burst in the national spotlight as a freshman, running 9:04.4 for 2 miles!

Jim Spivey HS finish
Jim Spivey TFN Cover
Mark and Eric Mastalir
Tortoise vs Hare
Jim Spivey (Fenton High, IL) was undefeated in the 880 in "78" and led the nation with his 1:50.3 state win. He went on to compete in three Olympics 84, 92 at 1500 meters. 96 team at 5,000. He ran a 3:49.80 mile at Oslo in "86."
Spivey TFN cover.
Twins: Mark Mastalir (Jesuit High, CA "86") leads Eric. Mark ran 4:04.15-1600 / 8:51.99-3200 and Eric did- 4:04.23 / 8:44.95 for same. Seen here lapping runners.
Rono TFN Cover
John Trautmann
Donald Sage
Chris Solinsky

Rono, Kimombwa & Virgin

Dec "76" TFN Cover shot

of 76 NCAA x-c race.

John Trautmann (Monroe Woodbury, NY) set the HSR in the 3,000 meters of 8:05.8 (Converts to 8:44.53 for 2 miles)at the Penn Relays as a Senior in "86". (Bested by Galen Rupp in "04") John was a "92" U.S. Olympian. Donald Sage (York, IL) ran a 4:00.29 mile at the Prefontaine Classic in 2000. At the IL State meet: he doubled a 8:42.89 3200 (= to 8:45.92 - 2 mile), last lap in 57. Then came back(2hrs) to win the 1600 in 4:07.58 (= to 4:09.23 - mile), last lap in under 57. Sage is the "02" NCAA outdoor 1,500m champion. Chris Solinsky (Stevens Point, WI, "03") won the 36 annual Arcadia Invitational 3200 in California with a 8:43.24 (= to 8:46.44 - 2 mile).
Rono sets fast pace Hunt Serna
Rono Chapa both frosh

L-R:Rono(1), Josh Kimeto(12), Virgin(3) and Sam Kimombwa(2)

76 NCAA X-Country: Rono emerges. He burns a 4:17 opening mile, under 13:50 for 5k! Above, 3.5 miles, Rono's scalding pace breaks Virgin. Rono, a freshman, sets an NCAA record, since it's the first metric(10k) distance. Rono's 28:06 is 16 seconds faster than Vigin's victorious six-mile time at Penn State in 75!!!.( )-Places

Hunt (frosh) and Serna (soph) chase Rono. Hunt was 13th, second true frosh (Chapa in 9th), and Serna came in 74th place.

76 NCAA's.

"76" Pac 8 XC action.

The top 2 NCAA freshman:

Rono (24yrs) vs Chapa (18yrs)

Rono sets WR pace Rono sets WR
Rono TFN Cover
Rono sails over steeple

Prior April 8, 1978 @ WSU-Cal-Arizona State triangular, Henry Rono was only 3rd on the WSU all-time list for 5000m. Only 13minutes, 8.4 seconds later, Rono nails the school record. It also happens to be a World record, chopping 4.5 seconds off Dick Quax's 9 month old record.

Kimombwa & Kimeto pushed Rono(above) for the first few laps...but @ the finish, Rono(above) was alone.

Rono's exploits vault him on the cover of Track & Field News.

June "78" TFN Cover shot

Rono jumped to # 1 on the all-time world list @ 5k, all the way from 37th!

Rono sails over the steeple.

The Berkeley race launched the mind-boggling assault on the record books, when Rono broke World Records in 4 events over an 81-day period.

Henry Rono Henry Rono Rono leads Rono finish
The top performer in 1978, Rono didn't just break records for WSU, he destroyed them.
Padilla Lacy Mastalir's Mills Oly 10k Mills Oly 10k finish

Pepsi Invite 1986 - 3,000m

Behind Doug Padilla (1) and Steve Lacy are high schoolers -Mark and Eric Mastalir (Jesuit).

9) Eric in 8:11.0 (then 6th All Time), 11) Mark at 8:26.4.

Billy Mills.

1964 Olympic 10,000 meter Champion.

The 1984 movie "Running Brave" was based on his story.

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