OHIO RAC C L WALl<ER

VOLUft;E VI, .NUl.Tii!;R 1 1':JiRCH 1970 cow_ nus_, OHIO --------------------------------------...- ·---·- ·

1\/IORE RECORDS With fiYe new 1'.merican records before spri~ even arrives, 1970 can I t help but

be the greatest in . the history of U.S . race walking. Joini ng the record binc;e in i :arch were Larry Walker with a lJ:20.2 2 l{ile and Dave Romansky with a 1:30!11.8 for 20 km. Reported last month 1-rere Ron Lc.:ird' s Indoor 3 l:ile tes t and Goetz Klopfer' s records at 30 lon and 20 miles (2nd we norr heve mor e details on that race).

Unfortunately we have no details yet on Larry Wal.l<:er1s fanastic 2 Yti.le other than the fact that it came on March 14 at West LosAnge los during a tra .ck meet between the S.C. Striders, the Pacific Coast Club, and UCLA. Larry's time betters the lJ:29.2 put up by Rudy Ikluza at 1'1alnut, Calif. on A pril 16, 1966. Hopefully, we will have some more detail before we put this issue to bed.

On Nar ch 15, Dave Romansky attacked Ron Laird's American 20 km record of l:Jl:39 .8 on the track at C.W.Post College in Greenv ale, New York. With a fantastic effort ever the last mile ., Dave shattered the old mark and pulled a surprising Steve Eayden to .-ti.thin 26 seconds of the old mark. A ctually., Steve, who has evidently taken afront at our rati ng of him in last month's preview, was a bi c; help to Dave in going as .far under the old record as he did. The follOl ·r.i..ng report from Charlie Silcock tells the story of the race between these two.

Romansky took the lead ri t;ht from the ~ start. Hayden was second all the way) gradually dro pping back until he was about a hal.f lap behind. He held this position during the middle of the race for several miles until Dave picked up the pace a.gain. With about 2 miles to go, Dave tried to lap Steve and Steve tried val­iantly to hold him off. The effort caused them both to go faster and fa .ster with Dave finally getting by near the finish and both sprinting a:l;-1 out. Romansky was unofficially clocked at 6:55 for bis last full mile. His twelfth mile took only 7:04 and he had 2 :45 .8 from there to the finish, which figures to be a 6:28 mile pa.ee l His second half was considerably fas ter than the first., as shown by the mile s plits given below. John Knifton also turned in an outstanding ,.performance . in third with 1:35:53, but was no match for- tha ot her two on this day. Dave's finishing speed en top of this pace would tend t . frighten even the likes of Paul Nihiil, one would think, but it a;,)parently didn't frighten sto-qt Steve Hayden who hung right with him . Romansky aver a~ ed 7 : 15. 7 per mile, Hayden 7: 24 o 7, and Knifton 7 :42. 9. Romansky's mile splits were: 7 : 10, J.l,i:25 (7:25), 21:54 (7:29), 29 :17 (7:23), 36:43 Q7:26) ., /J,.:05 (7:22), 51:29 (7:24), 58:43 (7:14) (8 miles 325 yds. at 1 Hour)_, 1:05:54 (7:11), 1:13:07 (7:13), 1:20:22 (7:15), 1 : 27:26 (7:04). He must have been within a second one way or the other of Laird's 15 1an record of 1:08 : J.h.4. Hayden had· co ·. ered 8 miles 41 yds at 1 Hour. The weati1er was cloudy and cold ( 35-40 F). The judges were Henry Laskau, Bruce :uacDonald, and Charlie Silcock. Resutls of t he race: 1. Dave Rorn.ansky, Delaware T&F Club 2. Steve F.ayden, Long Island .AC 1:32:06 3. John Kni.fton., New York .AC 1:35:53 4. Clarence Buschert, US !1erchant Nerine Acad. l:45 :21.: 5. Dr. George Shilling, ;Jew York Pioneer Club J<fr.1: .50:23 6. Dr. John Shill­i :'lg, NYPC 1:51:57 7. Joseph Joyner, C.W.Post College 1:53:12 8 • .Anthony Coviello, un. 2:15:47. · Among those who dropped out uith vcrious injury problems were West er-field, Newman;) and Hohenstreet . ·

-2 -The otber record, or records, reuorted l ast month with only sca.nt

inf'orrn .8tion, including incorrect ti mes, were those cf Goetz ~(loufer et 30 km And 20 mi les. These r e cords were se t during a. r)lt=inned a ss3 .ul t on the 20 I,_i le record in 3e,,. .t tle on Feb . 2 '.? end the official times were 2:26:39 t:ind 2 :~7:57. This was strictly a solo effort for Goetz, with the nearest orynosition over one-hPlf hour behind . No i nforoation on srylits. ~nether trul y world class ')erforman ce by a J • .J . w0 l ker a11d when all of these record setters ::ind a fe1-r others stPrt bAn<rinc:i: heaas th i s surinq: " S ifli3 ht really see some t hine; . I fi~ur ·e thet i f I .., can turn in a. ·20 km q little under 8 minute miles in t .cXees ;Jort, ')roviding they are: using t~e ol:1. sho'1pin~ center co ,.1rse , I should be r i ght there to see one hec!t ­UV8 . finish , albeit a lap behind.

DltBOLD FIRST IN IC4A ~ew Yor~, ~arch 7 -- Gre3 Di ebold scored B na r row victory in the IC4A (I n terc0 l le::ri0te Amateur Athlet ic Association of A,,·erica) 1 : ,ile wc1.lk outs ,1r intin g Clarence Busc :·1ert on the final lap. rhe r pce, in its tenth ye2_r, w-3s hela in 1,,edisc -n Snur>re Ga.rden and nttrg cted 11 wal.cers from Ea t=;tern co lle,.es. Diebold contin1Jed his c:onsi ste :1t wi:i1!:i n:r. Pl'ld recorded a 6:41 . 0, be -':ltin~ Bi..1schert by 1 second . The meet reco r·d fs 6:18 . 3, set by non Zinn in 1962. This wa.s also an American record at the ti me . Its e 3or:-d thin~ for the snort that t his w,3lk is i ncluded in e collegiate meet, a~1d t ha .t i t draws fl good f ield , but unfortuna .te that it is not a scoring event. The result s: 1 . Gre:;5 Di ebold, Bostrrn Colle-:..e 6 :4 1.0 2 . Cl;:irence B:Jschert, US Lerchant ~·ari ne Academy 6 : 42.0 3. Phil l1cGa1,r, Sorin3field Colle.;e 7:15.7 (trained by Bob I(i tchen) 4. Larry Pe l letier , GorrJc ,n Col lege 7 : 18 . 0 5. R.on Suon­holz , USl -J. fl 7 : 18 . 7 6 . fi.o~er Youn _-;, ; L8 . .fayette 7:20 . 5 7. r:11ce C"nn, Penn 7:34.0 8 . Rich8rd Ai rey, CceAn Colle~e 7:48.0 9 . Bi ll Hohenstreet US:1 , A e :0 2 . 0 10 . Jose ph Joyn er , C. ~:LPost 8:02.2 1 1. David Weferling, JSi:.J .. A 8:03.0.

DZNVZ.R Ht,S Lasi month we left two nomadic walkers in Columbus, Chio, where

t hey 11.9,d ,both bettered the American Indoor 3- h ile record, on their WR.y to Denver 'for their third ~ace in as ID811Y days . Having com~eted i n New York on .F'irda.y night "(A J 1 iJ:ile) 9.nd i n C,.._l umbus on Sat ·~irday a.fte r­noon, with l ittle sleeD between, a.nd then having flovm to Denver on Sa.t­urday n i <:5ht, one would ex ·9ect t he ia to be a. bit we2,ry and incn.r:ia.ble of anytlhing t oo st~rtling over a. 15 km ro ute . Such was the cese with Hon La ir d, no t ye t in the best of sha?e P..nywEJy. :aut not wit h t h e up and com i ng Flo-rd Go·1win, who conquered f2t i -=-,,1e 8nd the mile-hi 2:h alt itude, to record a 1: 08: 5 5.4 on;;:, certifie d ( .'\.AU) roP.d ru nning co ·-1.rse. The we ary L::ii rd was let't 6 rain u tes in his Wrll-ce after han 3i D' ~ fEJirly close for a.baut 3 miles. :~arl Eerschen z i'inished t hird and indic ·- ted. · t :1'3t he is ro~n1in~ bRck into sharye Rfter a lon~ layoff . nesJ l ts: 1 . Floyd God wi.n, 0enver TC 1:08:5 5~4 2. rton Laird, NYAC 1:14:50 3 . t~arl ~.'erschenz 1 :1 8:30 4 . Jim 0 11·,enrg 1:23:05 5 . 3ill · ihite 1:35:52 6. Sid ~rnold 1:36 :3 0 .

Tt ~ weeks later, t he well-trrve l ed Laird again journeyed t a Denve r to do battle wi t h his new n e rniBsis (while Larry 1,,a1:cer shattered the 2 : .ile record b;:ic1:r home) . Sati1.rda .y C c1r1Jh 14) saw LRi rd come ho me first in e,n i ndoo r two mi le 8t the U . of Color;:ido Invi t.!'ltiona .l in Boulder. This r~ce went much as the 3 ;.·:ile in Cnl i;mbus had, with Laird onening un eRrly i n the last half mile ~nd then b ? rely withst~nd i n~ a last lap assaul t by Godwin. Laird hRd 13 : 59 (re ~e ~ber the altitude} and Godwin w::is given 14:01 when t he second 'Jl9. .ce W-:-'tch didn 1 t stop, but was only 3 or 4 ya.rds b Pclr . The results of this one :

-3-1. Ron Lpird 13:5~.c 2. Floyd Godwin 14 :01 3, iC~rl Lsrsche nz 15:38 4. Paul Ide , .iest ~ansas JC 16:39 5, John o.ose , '.Jr:TC 16:42 . 7 6. ile-d Arns~utz, Denvrr TC 16:45.

The next da.y it WAS 6 miles on the road Rnd Godwin ec1sily ~:,e;:it La ird ovecr t he longer h~.ul, y)ul lin r; steadily away to record 43 : 16 . This r.n ce w,:; s in Denver, on the sc=p1e co ·Jrse used for the eqrli er 15 km. 1. Floyd G,.,dwin 43:16 2. r1on Laird 45 :2B.2 3. t:arl }1erschenz 49:23.5 J+. Pau :i_ Ide 54:32 5. Joh n n.ose 55 :11.6 6. Steve 11er:r:-1a.n, ~[(TC 55:2m 7, Ji l!I Bentley, I-.ississi'J oi 55:55.6 8. -.ar .~ Schmidt, )iCTC 58:1.8.6 9 • .oruce aenber~er, :X TC 62:26.2 10. Norm Silva, Denver re 63:36 11 . Brqt Bentley, M{s sissi~Di (9 yrs old) 64:31.3.

FnC:l. Tri : F£USCC Afi.I:A: First, on Klo~fer's 20 km b~ck in December (1 :32:24), which we never

hod much on; the sryli ts show t hat Goetz WBs a.hea.d of the oace Romans:{y set in his record t:r:.r:m:,;gti through 8 rnile2. .out he st,.,rted to fade at t ~e same ti me th at Dave stnrted to storm. Goetz's mile times were: 7:14, 14 :32, 21:41, 29:01, 36:21, 43:39 (45:14 · at 10 km) 50~57, 58:26 SC:01, 73:45, 81 : 32, 89:13.

15 .iCm, E'eb . ': --1. Tom Dooley 69:51.2 2. B;ll nanney 73 :46 . 7 3. Jerry L2nsin e; 1:28:14 (15 yrs. old) 4 . Jer-ry lieidenreich 1 :27: 32 (al .so only 15, Qnd I ~uesc- I have tehse tv ,o revE:rsed.) . 10 ~i le (t~ack), Feb . ?-- 1 . Bill rtannev 79:20 2 . Jim Loryes P3:55 3. Jerry L-:,nsin :3 '2.7: 31 5. Steve Lund 8f : 14. 4 ~ile, SonO ffiR BtAte •. arch 7--1. Tom Donley 28 :27 2. 3111 nanney 29 : 22 3 . Jim Lo~es 31 : 23 4 . Gerry L~nsing 32:34 5. ~teve Lund 32:46 50 Km, j, Pth ~-r Air Force .6e se, i_9rch 15--1. Goetz £~lo ,fer 4 : 37: 12 2. Tom Dooley 4:46:27 3. B~ll r1.1:1nney 4:47:48 4. Ji m LoDe s 5 :08: 35 5. Steve Lund 5:26:00 6. £{ager DurRn 5:5 9 :33 . Str ·on{E ,.,inds . ...Clor,>fer, Dooley , gnd R~n ~ey together for 15 miles when ~anney oit t ed and droooed b"'c k . Dooley lost :~loJfer wtt h ebout 6 to G_!.O and then str,..1.gr.y,l ed through with crR mDs just holding off rtn 0n ey.

Ai';D '.i:"O~-i.~ .R-:J:JLTS : 20 Ei le (tr!:lck), Lon <z Beach, Feb. 7--1. John Kelly, Striders 3 :03:29 10 KTD, Indio. Fe b. 22--1. ii.on Laird 47:41 2 . Joh n ~\el ly 47:56 3, Rudy riRluza, Striders 48:17 (here comes Rudy) 4 . Bob Bowman , Striders 50:35 5. Bryon Overton , Striders 51:16.8 6. Di ck Ortiz, Branford AC 53:47 7 . i .anny Adric=:no, 3::in t ...., Clara . 54:06 8 . John Hanna, un. 55:15 9- Paul noosevel t , Striders 55:30 10 . Bob Lon~, Striders 58:02.6 11 . Don Johnso 1 Shore AC 58:54 12. ?a.ul ChelFon, Strider-s 60:13 13. Chris Davis 60:46 14 . .Phil Looers 61:41 15, H::il i-.c ~,illi?.. ms , Striders 61:57 16. 1-.arl{ .2rice, Snet" ClarR 62:15 17. Bre :1d.B 'Jhitm-?-.n , un . 63 ; 54- 18 , Ed Soza, nt .

~vhile in this a.rea of the country, lib :·'."e Llr-2:e you to ge t YO'J.r 1969 RACE. ·.AL.:I iiG ;;T.'tl'I~ TIC..::, incl ,di nr.:, to "J ti es fro m 1 ,. i le to 50 1cm, from: J i m H~rnley, 17214 'Jelby ·Jf=ly, Va.n :i u.ys, Ce.lif. 91406. LA.tter of fnct, let me re lTlind myself. Cost-- - ::i ri:ere .1.25.

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10 .Km, Seettle , .?eb. 7--1. ~~on Joco'bs 1:07 :20 2. Steve Geiver 58:40 3. Goetz ~lonfer 46:03 4 . Steve ryrer 50:16 5. Hryon Cverton 53:20 6. Dean Ingr,9m 1:11:45 7, Ed 3-la.nder 1 :00:00 (obvio us ly B hR.nd.icaD, which I didn't 1nention Pbove) 10 il~;l , , E"1-::l~nd, Jq n . 17--1. ~lilf .esch 72:14- 2 . ?1'1"-1 Embleton 72:48 3. r. Co::i.tes 73:38 4 . Bi ll Sutherl"nd. 74:28 7 tdle , \Br::idfor, En'!l a n, Jan. 10--1. J Ake .,a.rh.1rst 50 : 54 2 • .ft . 7:i2 lhmr k 52:04 \..3. A. Taylor 52:29- - -The l:?.6:45.8 20 1:em t ,;rn ed. in by fo1s Gi c\n friend Age"JOV l,:;st su~~er WBS ~ndeed a tr~c~ W8lk and has bee n accented by the IA ~F as a new world mrir 1.c.

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THE R CHARDSON FIX Turning now to the local scene ( and back to the other typewriter), our first

outaoor race of the season was a scheduled 10 miler on the track.- On a cold ( 28 F), very windy, leave-your-sweat-suit-on - boys, day only three stalwarts turned out. Deciding that it would be inhurrane to ask our time -keeper and la lJ counter (Jirs. Dr. B lackburn) to sit unprotected by the side of a windswe pt track for an extendJa''~'hd t i-ia.ti t would be equally cruel to ourselves to go round and roun.d that windswept"' track for 10 rniles, we transferred the race to the road and humanely shortened it to 4 laps ( 6 miles 536 yds.) This allowed said timekeeper to remain warm and snug in the VW bus and lessened our misery by nearly four miles. It was decided on the starting line to make it a prediction race and Barry Richardson magnami.mously ma.de all three predictions --- 9 minute miles for hi mself, 8 for 1-'iortland, 2nd 10 for Doc B lackbuxn. On this basis, Barry scored an easy win with superbly controlled walking to record 56 :39 and and an 8:59.1 average. Doc lost his head com)letely, covering the distance in 61:30 or 9:45 -3 per mile and r ortland was nearfy as bad with 49 :19 for 7:h5'.J . This did give me the satisfaction of a new official course record, bettering Blackburn's h9:30 in the 1968 ]e w Year 's Eve race. Of course, one must realize. that Laird and Ror,1ansk:y were ~)robatly about 4 minutes faster in last year I s 15 km and four others were well under this time in the same race and that Westerfield Hayden, and B occi 1-rere fasj:er in last fall's 7 mile, but since no ~ lap times were taken, I can still lay claim to the record. Huzzaht

With- this issue, the Ohio Race Walker launches its sixth year of pub lication and who would have thought in 1-farch 1965 that we would come this far. The OfJ:J was actually the brainchild of old Jack Blackburn who conned me into doing his typing and most of the writing for him. We started out mailing free copies to friends around the state and i's some of the provinces . By the time of our second issue in l1pril, 1;-rn claimed nine paid subscribers a few contributions, and a .lot of leeches. Lost of the latter ) aid e•rentually and we dropped the others. lJe have h&d a gradual increase in circulation over the years and with a recent upsurge due to some help from Charlie 'Silcock are now over 160.

Th2t first issue was a five-pa ge ditto produ ctio n . The feeture story was a Doc B lackburn win in t he first New Year I s Eve Handicap on Dec . 31> 1961.i.. We also found your- editor edging Blackburn in t he first indoor walk ever held in the Central Ohio area, both returning 14; L.9 for 2 miles. This was . held on a 16-la p , hardwood, completely circular track. Four wc~ks later B lackburn :ra.d his reve~'l[;e, exploding a 7:02 seco nd mile to win an outdoor 2 miler 11.:21 to 14:24. iJe issued the following stat ·ement of policy, whcih hasrl'B CHi-/IG..:.;D liUCH Ti:P..OUGIT Tlhl rn-1RS: (I didn 't really mean to capitalize t hat and !lo particule .r emphasis is intended):

11Wi th th e thou 6ht thct too little is written about t he sport of race walJ~ing , we bring you the first issue of the Ohio Race Walker. On these pages each month you wilJ. fi nd complete news coverage o walking in this state, plus any results we receive from else where, together with features and commentar1J on ra.ce walking in general. In short, a.ny information on the s:Jort t ~12t we come a cross, a!ld is of

-.i.~rt significance, will be 2_Jassed on to you, the reader. (find one c.omes i across so little on race walJdng it i.s hard to imacine anyt hi ng of too little sig­~nifica ,1ce. ':., v ff• c:, e·d.:. ---rieurpurpose is ma:'..nly to .~Jresent infor nation ,md news on the sport (and to keep our names in print) and we are not plan.Din a any crusa .ding-t~r pe journalism. How­ever, when controvers y arises in any way regarding our sport, we will not hesitate to k .ke a strone editorial stand. At the same time, we will make our lJages avai l­able for t ~1e opinions of others, though t hey may disa gree with our own. n

This policy has chc;nged little over ti1e yeers. The names Mortlcmd and Blackburn are still sca'.::.tered boldly and indiscrimi nat ely throu gh our pages . Our covera ge bas expanded but ue retain the name Ohio Race : :alJcer and try to keep some of the local

-5-flavor. We have t aken some editoria l stands, sometirr.es unpopular, alth0ugh we have rece ;1tly been adcused lY · some of ne~lecting our duty in this regard as pertains to the tJres ent national lea .de rs hip. We continue to welcome comr,tentary from our readers aJ_:td enjoy serviug as an open forum to air t •e dirty linen of the race walking world. We hope that in another five years we will still be cluttering up the U ,S. mails.

OUR RR1DEP.S COI'1J{Ei'!T : From Elliott Denman on the Mi.halo story :

"It w2 s interesting readi ng about Bill Hihalo 's e.xploi ts bt'.t I believe they belo ng in the fiction dept. and sho ii ld not be mingled wi tl 1 tbe straight news. 11 (Ed . I resent such sla nderous insinuations that the ORH ever carries straight news . ) ''You meation he was on tne . 1948 Olympic team. Not so. 50IC Inen that year were Weina.cke r, Deni, and Ernie Crosbie. 11 (Ed. J~nother fingle -finger - of-fate rewzrd to your editor for his usual careful research.)

From George Shilling on the same subject : "Bye the bye, the notes on Mi.halo were most 1interesting 1 • The judges must

have been judging his pr ofessional races from a submarine."

The above reactions pr etty .much parallel my o'l'm to tbe Hihalo sa ga . However, I would still like sorr.e comment from lmowledgea .ble readers who may have some fi.rst hend dope on the conduct of these races . Even second or third h~nd.

From Charlie Silcock on the handicap race controversy: "On the subject of l-andicap races l' d like to say somethi ng . I think they are

::ieces ::-a:ry to the developme nt of the sport . The~r help complete the pictm·e of race 1,-1c?-1ki;;1e;, which includes national ch.ampionships, regional charupionshi ps, district as soc iat ion champio nships, open races, annual eve~ts, Pzndicap races · (both indoors and out), age - group walks, development walks, Juni.01• Ol~'mpics competition , women I s competition, etc .

"The only legitimate complaint about a handicap waJJr might be indoors in such annual track n eets as t he K of C Garnes, the former HYJ:C Gar:ies, Ladison Square contests or the like . Ti1ere, now that sufficient fast, legal, closely bunched fields can be i::wited, it is 1.mecessary to have a. handicap walk . In .fact, a handicap event in such big meets is not very highly thought o.f by the fans whether 1,ralking or a rtm_r1ing race. In the days when Henry Laskau and Ron Laird completely domi nated the mile events, the ua]Jc would have 1::een a "ho-hum" event unless it, uc:s handicap)ed and that made sense. The only mile indoor wallc i n the Garden I got into was a hc?ndicap, , so it ·may B>eem strange I don't go alo!.1g ~6.th some walkers thay. they should be retained~

"However, if a handicap wallc is bei ng conducted indoors at o:ie mile (or any ­where else on atrc:ck such as 440 yards) scratch men must make their way arow1d t he slower tnen to win. The handicap men do not need to move out and 11 make way11 for the scratch r,1en. That is part of the handicap the scratch man has to overcome . He has no right of' way .

11There is even so me cause to question the thought that in scratch races, 11hether race walking or rwming, that any competitor must move out to make room for those lap ,, ing him. .A recent example of 8. complaint w8.s (I believe) Kerry Pearce (Ed. Rex Naddaford) rmning the seco nd fastest indoor 2 mile at the Los Ane;eles Ti mes Games. He and others claimed he could have gotten t he record if slower lapped runners had moved out for him . There is no rule covering th i s in the TJ& Tulc book that I can find . It has always been a hit or miss thing. Some run ners move out because they are courteous and want a guy to have bis record -- but they are not required to . They c2n keep to the inside and ma.lee the faster men go around if tney desire. If' meet directors went this avoided, reduce the size of your field so that you can be certain no one will be lapped . In so me lo ng dist.ence races this might mea,n only one compet­itor. (Ed • .,~ problem on lapped men is that some move out and some don 1·::. and the guy coming up doesn ' t know where to go, l\nd the real problem is those who want to race and hold you out longer than necessary, particularly 011 turns.)

11B ut handicap walki;, particular]¥ outdoors and in development meets, are neces­saIJr and interesting from any standpoint . Complacent scratch r1en have to hustle to win and a newco1;1er, or less e::;,,,.-,erienced, or less able athlete has a shot at some pots-­just like Laird. After all, how much s belf space can a guy devote to hundreds of awards? Let ' s spread it 2round a litt l e .

-6-LC I· .::i TU J 3' CUT 0 ? TC DAY' .:, L.'\I L :

Fir ~t , s ome detAil on La.rry :-,f.lllcer' s gr eat ¼'a l !! , with the fo llowing release from J im HBnl ey :

After 5 yeRrs at tryi n[! VPn Nuys ' L8.rry ".~al ke r fi na .lly set nn Ameri -can rec ord . ialk er led from wir e to wire pnd knocked sn ama zi ~~ 9 sec-onds off t he olc1 record for the 2-mile wal k in an exllibi tion a.t uCLA. 'The ch emist r y teacher st t,otre Dal!le Hi gh .School in Jherm!m ua1cs cloc~{ed 13:20 . 2 , the to~ ti ~e in the wor l d this year and fastest time in the worl for the ry~st 4 yenrs .

0alke r had the second f ~ste st tim e in the world i n 1967 (13 : 3 3. 6 ) i:ind W<'IS .:,n a lt ernR. te on the 1968 U . S . Ol ym,,ic I'e .,:1rn. The 27 - ye ~r ol-:1 athlete ryr-:iised t :·1e crowd , announcer , and fello w ath let es for llelrying hi~ g et the record . The res ult s : 1. Le.rry t . ."al :r er, Strid ers 13: 20 . 2 2 . Joh n iielly, Str i de :-s 14 :44 .6 3. Bob Bov1rriPn , Striders 15 :15 . 6 4. Bryon Ove rto n, Str-iders 15: 29 . 6 5 . Jim H~nley , Striders lf : 14 . 0 6 . John Hanna , U . S.Navy 16 : 15.2 7. he n 2usse ll, UCLA 16:25 . 4 8 . npl Lc ·.~il l i,,.ms , St rider s 19: 50 . 6 .

A week l Ate r , Larry You113 ret urned t o the welking wars in a. 4 :r-iile H::indic a-p at L;n·•ndale_, C;:1lif . on I·~e.rch 2'? and finished de::id l ast , He had t he fo urth fastest ti me , hcn-•evcr , with 32 : 55 ,b,1t st ~rte d from sor p.tch wit h Ron L;:1ird and La ir '"l never cau ~h t anyon e either. The res ul ts ( a.ctua.l ti mes shown) : 1 . Lelin~a Overt on 51 : 52 2 . Al Guth, Seniors TC 42 : 54 3. Bill Gree;1e , un . 39:32 4. Fra .n'..i: Walisky, un . 41 : 45 5 , Tome.a dod­rir:iuez , un . 44 : 56 6 . Chris Cle3g , Strid ers 38 : 37 7 . Hal i'-lcWilliams , Striders 38 :02 8 . J ohn Hanna , U • .:3. Navy 34 : 32 9 . Chris Dc1vi s, C,.JCLB 39 : 40 10. Justi n Ger shuny , 0CC 39:46 11. Brenda lfuitman 39 ;47 12 . Ji m E.;:inl ey , 31 : 52 13 . 3ryon Gve rt on , 31 : 52 . 4 14 . ~"'on L-'3ird 60 : 4 5 15 . Lar r y Young 32 : 55.

I< U C HA R (~ 0 P S T l T L E Hol ly wood , Calif . , 1-_;:irch 15-- 3ob Xuch"lr of ucc i dental 6ollege , a sur '?r ise second in last year ' s Sen i or 50 ~~, t oday won t he 19 70 ~a tion;:11 A.~ Jr. 50. This is the fello w who rel')ortedly ~...., ,e !3red out of the woo ds a.t South LP.ke r!'.>hoe l a.s t yeP r ,!:!.nd d is aT"J ' eared b:ic1.~ i~to the r.i ef ter his second 9lec e finish . In todA y ' s race he le~d all th e WRY and afte r a ch ~llen~e from the Sho~e AC's D~n Johnson over t he first 10 km cam e home nea rly three-ouerte r s of an hour ahead . The res ult s : 1 . Bob Kucha r~ Ccc:.de L1tal 5 :18 : 56 . 6 2 . Bob Long, Striders 6 : 01 : 34 .6 3 . Don Johnson, Shore ~06 : 20 : 45.6 4 . ?Qul noosevelt , Striders 6 :29 : 35 , 2 5. ~e n Busse ll, Striders 6:3 8 :53 . 8 E. l~i ke Boyce , Stri ders 6:42 :16 . 2 7 . Ja clc Crutchfi el d, un . 6:44: 52 . 4 8 . Barry Schreiber, Str i d.era 7 : 49 : 10 Brenda ih it men '!,•ent 40 ·m in 5 : 14:17 ?nd was sixt h at t l-iat Doint .

SUMMER TRAI f\111\IG-Funds h;:i,ve been m8.de avqilc>ble by t he U . b . Olymryic corr. ' i ttee for

snt:1mer tr9 i n i ng c.::nn1Js for tr ,ck an d f i eld a t~1letes , incl ud i n3 r.::ice wa llc­ers . The CR.mP fo r w.;il1<ers and dist .. , nce runner s will nrob.!:lbly be a t t he U . 6f ·:ash ing.ton and will run · fo r 3 weeks st,..rtin 13: scmetj(lle in July .

. Twenty waUcers wil l be selected , 10 a t 20 ~rm and 10 a.t 50 and ex -:>e n ses will be rypid. I am not cert!:lin 3.t this ti ilie if the ,t i nclude s tr a vel . ~u~l ific Ation will be throu gh re g io na l r~ces, which e re .1.1ow bein 3 set u ·,.,. I don 't ha ve a ec ~1sdule for t hese r nc es, but t h e r "ce s for th is reg­ion ci.re sho •-m on the sc' 1ed:1lG cf '..l'1comi nr· on a. follovri~.:; ·)age . .v·c11:rnrs com , eti ~~ on su mmer i ~tern~ti0nn l te~ ms will not be incl ude d and 20 .walkers ;i ll be included ~roviding they r·eet auqlify i ns stRn d a rd s , ~rob ­~bly a.bout 1:5 0 an d 5 : 20 . 1t:1er e e. li19n quelifies in both r ::Jc es or is un­a.ble to ettend an a lt er11ate will be 'Ji c~:ed . This will T)f)resent an ex-

-7-0,::JT)Ortuni ty for develo-:iment an1 sho.1ld be a.n inv;:,l0.c1l)le ex -Jer·ience for those who 30 . I-Io"0efu lly ~ it will become a.n e,nnual thin g_.

UDcominc: f\a.ces Around and About

First, ple.Ase note that the Sr . 11JAAU 15 km has been switched from Sat-1Jrda.y ~-c1-Y 2 to Sunday Lay 10, s till a.t Nutley, ! ,! . J,

Sunda .y , April 5 -- Regional 50 Km, Detroit, Hichi g-7.n Ca>;t. 2on Zinn 1!emor i ;:, 1 10 I-~i le, Asb'.lry ..?a.rlr, H .J. 50 i{n (tr..,c ld 'l est Senttle , Wa.sh., 10 e . m.

Sat. Ai;>ril 11- - n.i·,AAJ 20 Xr, , Denver, Colo. 10 a . m. 2 i ;ile, '.hlson fi , '..)., Lon1r Be::i.ch, CAlif., 7 p.m.

Sun. Anril 12--Re g ional 20 1~m ( tr."Jc ld, tiorthington H . u., Ohio, l r,>. m. 20 Km ( trec ld, Collefl' _e of l.i.arin, .t(entf i e:ld, Cc-1lif. lOa .. m.

S.gt . Anri 1 11--20 l{.m, 25 l{m, 15 i.-,, 2 1ir. Tr f.)ck Wa.lk, La.1"renci ll Bvi l le , , • J • , 11 : 30 a • rn •

Sun. A0ril 19--E R tern rte:ional 50 h ile (ana 50 ~m), Tr 8c~, LOint Pleas­ant Baro d . d ., ~ .J. 7 ~ .m. Chio .:\ . Aj. 10 1\m, .rorth in 3 ton h.0. Track, 1 -p. m . Jr. NAti onal 20 Km, La~ewood, CAlif. 20 J~, Trcok , Port la nd, Cre., 1 0.m .

Sat. Aryril 18 - -5 i1~i le:: - , Tn:.i.c~, ~.ills :i .o...>., Ca.lif., 11:45 1,3. rn. Sat. ADril 25 - - lif.,4U 35 Kin, Des •. oines, 10 ,,r::i.

5 km, r 8c'.r , '.i"al nu t. C"lif. Sun . ADril 26--3 ~ il e Hdc~, Chio Scho ~ l for De~f Tr8c~, Colu mbus 1 ry. m.

10 Kro, Tra. .ck, ~fR.lnu.t, Crlif. 10 l11ile, Se-:;iside Hei,:-hts, .i.-:.J. Eoprd' 113lk, 10:30 c1. m.

20 :rm, SeRttle, ;,·ash . 2 'J.m. pu_nday, k ay 3--10 km, Tr2c,t, S•,Emyvqle, Calif. 10 s. r.1. Sunday, r'.~-Y 10-- ld • .AU 15 km, Nutley, i-J. J . Also, on the followia~ dates reces will be held 2t t he Br~nford ~ecrea­tion Center, Arlet-;i, Ca.lif, with Didr Ortiz in ca .hr3e: Aoril 19, :. a.y 17, JLue 21, July 19, Au.g. 16, Seryt. 20, (?ct. 17, ~·:ov. 21, Dec. 19. On e.gc11 of t: ·iese dfltes tl' ~ere will be -3 1 mi le for g irls, boys under 12, and ,._ien 1•!;:ilkinr-; for tbe first time; 2. 5 km for novices; and. a 10 km 01')en e.nd Seni0'rs ( 40 and u~o).

Fi nA.l ly, -ion' t forget to sche d ule a 20 km tr acl{ walk for our r~ationa l Post~l event if you hDVe not already do~e so. haces must be held on or befo:ce k:Jr il 26. The entry fee i s ,q>l.00 :"Jerman. ·H ~;;. -,\ - · .: .. ;~ ·.: i~ ~( ·,i ~ ..;~ .. ~ ,~ ~. ~-... , · .. · . J , ~~ ~ \ ~; .; .. 1, ~: .. -;~ ~. ,, ,. ~~ - < :i ~ ~! ,.. -;~, : \ .. :: - ~ .• 1 "~. · ,. :: . ~~ ~t .. ~\ · .. ;~ -:~ ·,, , :-~, ..;; -¾ ·~~ -:~ ...:,- ' ~~it '}~ *.;ii ~

A E 11,CE TO .S1,1D ALL RACE.3 by Colin Young

( Stolen from At tiletics ~iee:Ily ) The ne ws t ha t the Str 0 sbour~ to ?eris wel~ is to be held this yeAr

after a brea :,c of 11 ye-<=>rs wi 11 g l e.dden those who have witnessed nrevious races or enjoy watching men tested to the very limits of their rnd~ rance in events such a.s cyclinr-;' s tcu.r de Fra -1ce.

Fe w readers will he:ive heard of this rr.ce, which has an illustrious pest, for it WPS areviously org~nized by the Union Francgise ~ ~rche, which ,,,as not th en reco -:inized by the Interna ,tional ... :.iederation. This year, however, 2s both bodies of French wp.ll{in g have been a~al;;amated the event ,.,,111 be held under IAAF lrn1s.

The rAce was created in 1926 by Emile Anthoine and held until 1937: it w:::is revived in 194-9 . a.nd last held in 1959 . Cri"!.irJa .lly fro m J:aris to Str ;.i sbou:rg, the co ,.1rs€ W<:i s rev erse d in 1952. The distc;nce has varied between 503 and 554 km, but generally everR<sed 520 ~rm-- about 323 miles . The fastest r 0 ce w~s in 1953 wi-1.en Gilbert Roser recorded 66 hr 50 min (he ·won by just 8 min~) for ,515 k~ -- :n~ a.ver,q-<se of over ~ 3/4 mph.

- 8-D1Jrinp; the 23 editions of t~1e r!?ce there has b€en a tot,:i,l of 1033

0terters e.nd 501 finishers. Some of the 175 men wt ... o lla.ve DE1.rtici")ated hr.>Ve be€n 3lutt0ns for TJUnie-~ment: Cha.rles Du.,ja.:>din co-r.r'Jleted the course 13 ti mes in 18 tries--the l a st Pt 56 yesrs of age .

The :Dost successful m:1,n in this r~ruellin:; event ha.s without doubt bee:a Gilbert i~oger, winr.er in 1949, 19 53, 1954, 1956, 1957, £>nd 1958 . ~s the winner receives a car as a u rize, he made qu i te a financial $UCcess out of his endeavors! Roger,'born in 1914) is quite unique in t,het he holds every inter uediate record for the rc-•ce from 50 km (4 hr 48 min) to 72 hour s ( 537 ~cm) . His success was b!"l sed onhi s abil i ty to start at over 10 km pe r hour (6~ muh) end open u p a l-3.rge le ad n,nd then tely on just two hours or so sleeP made up of half a dozen 2O .minute :;;t o9s dur in g the near three d8.ys dura.tion of t he event .

That the overa l l standa .rd imoroved e.w<:i.zingly ov :sr the years is fully confirmed when one realizes t l1a t in 1926 some 8 d.e..ys were allowed ~s a ti me limit, while fro m 1957 only 76 hours were a.llowed to ela:ose. · Perhaps t he r:iost drPml'!t ic r " c 6 occ i.lrred in 1959 . Roger knew Edmund G-uny, 8 yea .rs his junior, to be his :;io s t d,:1ne:erous ri ~1a.l f.!.nd he built ,,ip a. J_ea.d of over a.n hour. Guny and Louis Godart, Jr. joined forces 2,nd t he gF.1.p V!as gradually whit tled away until with just 70 lrm to t30 the t h ree men were tori:et~1er--an un ,)recendented event in the annals of the ~vent. Roger tvR.s~not yet finished a ~1d e.t 478 km he wcis 9 mi n aheed of Guny a.r.d 16 min cle:=i.r o.f God a rt . Guny c ane a.gqin F.l.nd witll 14 km to go he caught t he '' master" end swe')t to a t r iumr_:;ha.>1t victory . Ro,g er accep ­ted defeat (after hRving l ed for 515 km ), f inished 7 0 min down and announ ced his ret ir e ment. In 1952 , however, Mart in i 0 ue - born Jose~h 'Zani ( 50) led for 530 lm before t!'.I sting defep t . I ·; iben the Str:::i,sbou rri: t o Paris WBS ter minated in 1959, du.e to the

ever increasing ryrob lem of trc=iffic , it W8S pa r ticularly unfortm1ate f or that yea r's winner, Edrrion".3 Guny, who a t 38 w~s thought to 1-:'.e.ve a grea. t ¢hance o f emulati~g Roge r's number of vict or ies. , . · IIfil can only be ho--:ied that the off ic ials ea3er to p romote a rebirth

qf this greE\t r -:ice s e e their efforts am1Jly rew ar ded, both in comryet i tor and snect 3 t or aopre ci e tion, e.nd that t he Strasbourg to .Par is a.g9,in rates 'Fi th le Tour as an annua .l 11rnust 11 .for .?a.risia .ns .

The follo wi ng is t Aken fro m a reYJort by henry L::isk ;;,u, 1Nho , to -:i:ether with Joe Ti , er m~n .a.nd Bill Chi s1.10lm ju::.1Z:ei t r~e 20 km WRlk a.t the Bantral American Ga ·,1es on t arch 2 in Pan8 rr:a. I'he tr i 81s of n-::i intern Ational 1,t.i.'.i"-' when the L!:J.tin t em::ier me.nt is involv e d. ·'

The rpc e -WAH;:in i:.i: com,eti tion went off almost in accorde .iir,e 1:-'i th t he ti~e schedule. The~e we re 16 stRrters f r om Columbi9, Cuba, El Salvedor, i\Jic:}rRoua , Puerto Ri co, J.",exico, -9.nd Pan9 r.:a,. This i s imself is 3ret i fy ­i.n~ to see, t ha t r-::ioe ·a.lki '.1~ now is s ore-3din g. rriDijly into Centr a l a.nd SO1.:i th American countries. At th e st ·,rt tbe Cub'3.ns t riad to te 1~e the lead bu t wi t hin a mil e of lePvin s the stQdiu m t he Lexioa n s were out i n f r ont. Th P f i rst disnuplific..,tion to r.k -ple .ce gt about 2 lliles; Bill and I both had a ?~ ert o aicen marked with R c aut ion. Ben t kne e Pnd absolutely no cont.,ct with t he ~r ound. Shortly :::ifter , one of th e Cc:b~ns lyin g t hi rd behind Ca.m00 s a:1.d Cha.vez of Lexi co set a very f n st uace tryi ng to ca.tch uo los t cont~ct com~letely end actually broke into~ wod i fied run. Bill

· c ·utioned him first and ·_a.dvised me of it. He contin ue d to mai nta .in t he seme style so t h at at 5~m he received the second ca~tion fr om me e nd was out. He would not stop~ Joe ga ve him t ~e red flfl 5 and still he would no t · stop althou3h -I told hi m in Spenish.

Suddenly a motorc y cle sto 'Joe d - alon~ side t h e road, a Cuba .n dres roed in a trainingsuit ju mned off the motorcy cle and shouted somethin3 like 111J-rin :.;os, down wi th Zst~dos Vni dos" t'.ten b ecam e very ,gngry an d shoved

-9 -us bf?ck, cictu~lly m.nnhandlin~ Joe 9 ,.1d myself, until the P an'lmian --)olice took over and ryut him in his 0lace. Unfortu nR ~ely by th9t time newsreel and -i:>ress were P.'r-:"'re of the incide nt end nE1ti.lra .lly it oecAn ,e /3. so ca .lled outstanding event. (All thAt was re , orted in the JS rir · ss on the walk,) Tbe r ;1ce continued and the two ~-1exicRns 3till h a d t e lad with ouite a. mar p-in of 150 yards, with the Cuba .n still refuGi . .rJ~ to quit in third. He fin~lly sto o~ ed at 13 km.

The winner, Camrios of :,ie ;;:ico , e:-itered the st ~dium at dus :~ 111ith the bri g ht li ~h ts shinin ~ on h im, the crowd WPS roarin g and it seAms th a t r'3 .Ce wel k in g ha .s fi.nc2lly bee n reco ~niz ed by t he 'JUblic 3.S a.n equal event to ~he marathon or 3000 mete r steerylechaGe. Ra ce walkin~ has beca me Doryulnr in Centre 1 nnd Sou th America . a.nd wi 11 remein on the ·Jroizram .

k y person Rl observPtions of Cam~os was that he almost was f1a3ren t, b1.1t rnana '0ed to maint 8 in cont"'ct with the ground, which I considered a borderline c8se. I followed him very closely and at a dow nhill ~rade his foot se tting wa s com11letely off and at thqt momen t I cautioned him at the 17 km ,lJPrk. (l questioned hi l!I l13ter on a.nd h e R.a:reed t l-v:,t he was off th e 3 round on t l.ie downhill a:rJ::1de. ) -

As a last remark, we were told ,. th at our j udg i ru:; of the walk was outstanding, not only from the com")eti tors but a lso by 8.cco nma .nyin 3 off­icio.ls a.'1d this is not only grat ifyin~ bu t for us race wall{ing ju d:,es a fe ather in our cao.

Henry he .d the results only for the first t h ree since no other ti mes were ta~en. Il1e ti ~es are surDris i ng ly slow considering the -oerformanc e of t he i: exica,ns i n Er:ic;land e'3,rly in the winter. 1. Ca.moos, iv.ex. 1:41:13.8 2. Chavez, ,.ex ico 1 :43 : 18 . 6 3. Lg ra , Cuba 1:44:38.l 4. Colin, ~e x. 5. Torres, Cuba 6. Ferna ~dez, Col. (Cbvio u sly we ha"ii'e 1:)l~ces beyond t hi rd but no ti rres. ) ~}~<'******·:<?r*">(·}f-**~'")~-H ... }}~('"3~ **') l-'Xi~-¾* .. ;<")f-i~"»·***">;****~ t.-rl'**-;~*">t--l*")t·~t·i~-it-~~-,~~..;} ... ;,;. -~.;-{, i: ~~ -;i,1: 1,*1: *~~,-{: ·i( i~

Jo '1n C. BlBc 'rburn , so rneti · es l,rnown a-s J o ck , o ur fri end from VG.n ': ert who once rylanned a walk across t he cou~try, will b e disa0pointed to se e the followin g . I f he ever does it, he may not even be the first J ohn Black­b.1rn to do so • London - -Joh n Blackburn looks to the first day of April next 3.nd S3.ys, "On that morn ing , ,·1i th one kidney B.nd. in Bid of tr:ms u lcint reseerch, I wi 11 set out with my wife to walk from Los Angeles to iJew Yor :{. 1•1ay God be with us . 11

The Bleckburns 11lan t he 2789- mile trek to City Ifa.1 1 , 1~9nha.ttan to he lo ra i se internation interest in- -and funds for--cont inue d research into body orga 11 tr:;i.ns 9 l ena. tion. It is their ':fay of thanki ng ·sur g eons, the riioneers who to r.k ~ 1~id~ey fro -rn John Blackburn e.nd used it to s3ve the life of one of his dAU~h t c rs.

Bl a ckburn , e n a.rt ist, ..... h ,:::i,s ever y· mi l e of' tne route strictly sc hed ­uled . The shortest d 8.i ly hike will total 23 miles. The b i 3sest ha ul will be th e 2-day 97-miles from Indio to Blythe a cross California de s ert .

Th ey a r e confidently det ermined to complete t 1.1e me.r :, t hen. For roon t b s they have trcli ned every day under t he guidance of a. ma.n who already h a s jog ~ed across the United States, for mer Br iti r h Clym9ic ru nner Bruce Tulloh . And they will be c1GcomJa.n i ed all th e way by med­ical advisers, in truck And tra .il er .

Jounrey s end in Hew York is se t for June 25 . Then John and 1-J.11.ude Bl;ic 1:eburn will be joined by t l1eir t h ree childr e n, includin g kidney reci-oie-i:1t Victoria, for e. 10,000- n:.ile tour of the United StatGR. lasting about 6 weel{.s

Another i tern of interest, from th e ~-1;:ir·ch 16 i~ew York Ti me s: The one book that everyone has~, himself is an autobio3ranhy, end

the onie dance is bis individual walk. Consciously or unconsc iousl y, the ambul a.tory motion h:::is been refi ne d within e a ch "1erson fro m the first totterin g ste rys into its adult efflorescence. Stev e Paxton has m4de

-10-n,9tur::il wa.11.{ing the subject of his dance "sa.tisfyin' Lover" a.nd h .e 1res­ente<1 it yes terdc1y Afternoon Rt the Loeb Student Center of l;ew York Universitv with a. c~st of 42. J

· nss.tief'yin ' Lover " is a pprr.-de across ST)ace urfor·med by a.s many · 0r as few nerformer s es the choI'eo~rauher wishes . 'In tha center of the transversed ar~are three chair~ o;which individuals sit at various s~acea occpseions. The or ocression is fro~ left t o right , &nd as soon PS they h;:ive m.qd.e their crosc -i n;-:, the ".>erforrr;ers disa :'Jpea .r from sight. t .r. PRxton sends his ~eo~le pcrcss in ste~~~red clumos and subtly draws gttention to t he variety of ex~ressive m~tions con~eyed bv a walk. I wa.s T)~rticu l ar l y t9.ken by the similFJri t i es of' a rnother-dau Ghter combin ­::>.ti on, Pnt r icia And Leslie haso n, who bri dhed the genera.tion gap kinet­ically And unselfconscio usly . T~e wqlk is a marvelous ~rejective tech­n i que end in the h ands of a trained observer it could easily reDlace the nersonal-history ouestionnaire . · .NYI.J o.ffici ':'!ls were not plea.P-ed by 1~-r. Paxton's intention to do a

version of the dance in the nude, and he canceled his Tuesday ni:ht ?Jerfor ma.nce a.s a result. In t he f i!'st 'Qf!.rt of ;1_rssterday 1 s concert , he ssYe a lecture detailin3 his r§asons.

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I'm s •1re a. few !';-ice wa.lker s wo1l_d i£ WE could get, say JePnne noc ci 9nd version.

OHIO RACE '.·, ALI:SR 3184 Summit St . Columbus, Ohio 43202

1 liven up the dance ., Partio u lri.rly Brenda ·::111 trnan, in to the nude

l'°'ln3T CLA3S