McChesney was dubbed "The Little Machine" by the sprinters and quarter milers at the 75 track Jr Nat'ls where super soph Bill set class & world age-16 records for 6M (28:31.0) & 10k (29:27.2) in 4th (relieving Eric Hulst of those 4 records).

Middle pic: McChesney grinds up 110 yard sand dune (L) Bill at the start of the Grant Invitational at Grant HS in Portland. The race started and finished on the cinder track. (R) McChesney nears the track -senior xc season.

Pics from"Boys' Life" article (Oct 76) courtesy of Marty Dobbins.

Hammond High School

Indiana - Spring 1975

Before 1975, no high school in the country had produced a pair of sub-nine-minute 2-Mile teammates in one year. Hammond High School, in Indiana, had 3 turn up the same week!!!

On May 1st, Carey Pinkowski ran an 8:56.2. It was the 2nd fastest time in the nation. On May 3rd, Rudy Chapa races an 8:52.5 with Tim Keough at his heels in 8:52.8!! Suddenly, Hammond had the #1 the #2 and the #4 high school 2-Milers in the nation at that time in May.

The 3 Wildcats were (L-R) Junior, Chapa (1) & seniors Keough (2) and Pinkowski (4)!!!

(Two weeks later Chapa would run an 8:51.0). Keough exploded during the spring, between April 9th and May 3rd he lowered his PR from 9:25 to 8:52.8!!

Coach Dan Candiano

Powell vs Sanchez

They pushed each other to some fast high school times in 1999. Waged a monster indoor 2-Mile battle. Sanchez 8:49.60 to Powell's 8:50.29!!

Andy Powell (Ames, Ma)

Powell was the nations top miler in 99 with a 4:02.7.

Powell led 2 events as a junior- 3:47.37/1500 & 9:01.49/ 2M

Franklyn Sanchez (Lynn Tech, Ma)

Sanchez led 2 events in 1999. 8:51.83/3200 & the 5000m with a 14:24.31.

At Georgetown, Sanchez set (a then) AJR for 5000m with a 13:38.39.

Galen Rupp (Central Catholic, OR).

Running for records seemed to be the norm for the Portland, Ore., native. Rupp nailed a big one -smashed the American junior(AJR) & U.S. high school 5,000 m record with a 13:37.91 in Heusden, BEL(7/31/04). Rupp, bettered the HSR of 13:44.00 set in 1964 by Gerry Lindgren. He also bettered the AJR of 13:38.39 set in 2001 by Franklyn Sanchez of Georgetown. The prep athlete of the year also ran a 4:01.8-Mile, 8:03.67-3000m(= 8:40 2M) & 29:09.56-10k. Stayed in Oregon.

A. J. Acosta ( El Camino, CA)

The "05" Foot Locker Nat'l x-c champ continued his winning ways outdoors focusing on the 1500/Mile. Acosta went 3:45.73/1500 & 4:03.96 / Mile. A.J. won the NON 2 Mile in his only serious attempt at the distance with a fine 8:46.32. Traveled north to Oregon.

Galen Rupp (174) arrives at Oregon(05) during the first week of spring classes for the outdor season and after a little more than a month- he sets the U.S. Junior record for 10,000meters @ Oregon Twilight, May 7, 2005 with a time of 28:15.52 & it is only the second time Rupp has run the event.

4/20/07 -EUGENE, OR- On the homestretch, Rupp passes reigning NCAA champion Chris Solinsky (Wisconsin), who falls forward at the line in a 5,000-meter race @ Oregon Invite. Rupp's time (13:30.49), breaks a three-year-old personal best from his post-prep summer European race in 2004(13:37.91), and the time also moves him to sixth all-time for UO, Bill McChesney still owns the all-time Duck best of 13:14.80 from 1982.