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The Gang from Cal-Irvine: Steve Scott, Hulst & Serna. "76" |
Steve Scott ran 1:52.0 880 & 4:15 mile at Upland High(74). From 1977 to 1993, Scott ran a total of 136 sub-4-minute miles, including 15 in one year! July 7, 1982 , Scott blazed 3:47.69 @ Oslo for the outdoor U.S. record. |
Kip Keino vs Jim Ryun |
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Bobby Beck (Salmen, LA) runs an 8:53.6 2 mile indoors and rips 8:46.9 outdoors. Both marks were second to a guy named Nelson in 1979. |
Brent Steiner (Shawnee Mission S., KS) did 8:47.0 for 2 miles in 79 as a junior. Steiner won the first Foot Locker Cross Country Championships then known as the Kinney Cross Country Championships Dec. 6, 1979 (Link to race). |
"Without Limits" Billy Crudup as Steve Prefontaine. |
Salazar & Chapa |
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(L-R)Matt Guisto (San Mateo, CA), Tracy Garrison(Klamath Falls, OR) and Calvin Gaziano(Castro Valley, CA). Guisto improved to 3rd here at the Kinney West Regionals. |
Matt Giusto ran away from his regional champ Garrison and the field to win the Kinney Nat'l @ San Diego in 1983. Guisto made the 96 Olympic team at 5000m. |
Bob Kennedy leads Matt Guisto. Kennedy ran the AR for 5,000 meters - 12:58.21 in Zürich, Switzerland on 8/14/96. |
Ryun vs Liquori |
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Bobby Beck (Salmen, Slidell, LA) - Class of '79 Undefeated in Louisiana in XC and Mile/2M in track as a Jr & Sr. Raced - 1:53.6 / 4:07.6 / 8:46.9 (880/Mile/2M). Went 8:53.6 (2M) indoors (1st and only HS sub-9 run on LA soil.) Behind only Jeff Nelson in 2M in '79, indoors and out. Sr year Track, Bobby regularly tripled tripled every week - at state, Beck quadrupled: started with a 4:07 mile win, 3rd in 880 with 1:54, 9:17 2M win finished with a 50 second 4x400 anchor!!!! At LSU, Bobby concentrated primarily on the 1500 and finished his career with a 3:42 PR. Shots: (L)-open 1500 in '83, (Middle)-5000 at Eugene in an '82 Oregon-LSU dual meet (the same meet where Henry Rono edged Salazar in the open 10K in 27:29. Jim Hill won this 5000 in 13:30, (R)-1500 SEC Champs-84. Photos and info courtesy: Marty Dobbins |
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The "Trials to Nowhere" - 1980 Olympic trials Salazar (10k) & McChesney (5k) made the 80 Olympic team for the boycott year of 1980. Both with third-place finishes. |
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1978 - NCAA 10,000 meter action @ Eugene. |
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Chapa, an Oregon sophomore, has just won the NCAA individual title @ 5,000 meters in Oregon. |
World Jr X-Country Champs in Wales "76" Salazar was 5th (behind the 1-2 of Hulst and Hunt). (R) Salazar wins NCAA X-Country Champs-78 |
Salazar enroute to the AAU National Title in "79" - competed here for the Greater Boston TC. |
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Saturday, November 11, 1978 - Woodward Park, Fresno -District 8 Regionals X-Country Championships Rono will win this day but Salazar would go on to win the NCAA title. |
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Results (Partial) 1) Rono .. 29:29.5, 2) Salazar .. 29:34, 3) Hunt .. 29:55, 4) Clary .. 30:00, 5) Chapa .. 30:06, 6) Kimeto .. 30:15 |
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