Running Shots

 

'76 NCAA's - Rono and fellow Kenyans Kimombwa and Kimeto hammer the field and defending NCAA champ Craig Virgin. / (R) Rono breezes in.
Kimombwa (2nd), Rono....Kimeto (faded to 12th)
'77 NCAA's - Rono assumes an immediate lead, bolting through a 4:20 first mile.

True sophomores, Hunt (8th) and Salazar (9th) chase Rono (sophomore, not pictured).

Salazar, a DNF (Cramps) in this race last year, led the Ducks to the team title.

Rono cruises in.

 

'78 NCAA's - Salazar (#345), Chapa (#338) and Rono (#349) lead with race with temperatures a breezy 18 degrees.

Salazar opened up a 60-yard gap in the uphill fifth mile. He holds on to his lead to win by three seconds (29:30).

Rono fails to win a third straight individual crown and finished as a straggler, fifth-from-last, 237th (34:10).

'79 NCAA's - Salazar leads Rono in a break away from the rest of the field before three miles (1M-4:20, 2M-8:50, 3M-13:26)...
And actually opened up a 10 meter lead between 3 and 4M.

Rono breaks away at five miles to win his third individual NCAA cross country title by eight seconds (28:19.6).

 

Brent Steiner Steve Smith & Brent Steiner Mitch Kingery San Carlos HS
Mark Davis San Diego HS
Brent Steiner (Shawnee Mission South, KS), Kinney Nat'l xc champ 79, leads teammate Steve Smith(both class of 80).

Smith (L) ran 4:07.56 for the mile in 80.

Steiner (R) 4:11.1/8:47.0 Mile/2M in 79.

Kingery (Jr) begins to rip through the tough Crystal Springs course layout.

Mark Davis (San Diego) Kinney (today Foot Locker) champ in "86."

Ran 14:38 @ Woodward Park, CA.

 

Shankel leads Hunt and Williams Eric Reynolds Kinney Nat'l Champion German Fernandez CR at Woodward Park

Jim Schankel (CPSLO) leads Hunt (HS, Jr) & Terry Williams (UO) with one lap to go. They finished in that order(6M, 28:53.4- 28:55.8- 29:05.1.

SIX days later Hunt won the Coronado Half-Marathon in 68:06 breaking the CR by 2 seconds!!!! (1975).

Eric Reynolds Kinney Nat'l Champ in 82 (Above, 3rd in 81) went 14:39 @ Woodward Park., CA.
German Fernandez (Riverbank) set some course records prior to CA State meet. At Woodward Park(above) he unleashed an Incredible 14:24 (5k). Hacking 14 seconds off the previous record. (Splits: 4:28 / 9:12 / 13:55). - 2007.

 

Rudy Chapa Oregon frosh Rudy Chapa Oregon soph Chapa & Salazar TFN cover
Chapa (Frosh) ran: 4:01.5 mile, 8:35.8 2Mile, 13:49.6 5000m & 28:51.1 10k.

As a soph, Chapa (above) won the NCAA 5,000m.

Ran: 3:39.0 1500 & 13:25.6 5000m.

A junior, Chapa shatters the American Record of 7:42.6 held by Steve Prefontaine with a sterling 7:37.7(above pic), making him 4th fastest of all time(79). Also pulling Salazar to a 7:43.8 (4th best ever by an American).

Also: 3:38.7 1500 & 13:19.3 5000m.

Agent 99 & Maxwell Smart (Agent 86).

May 11, 1980 - Chapa travels south to the UCLA Pepsi meet for two-miles.
Rudy Chapa in Pepsi two-mile Rudy Chapa in Pepsi two-mile Rudy Chapa wins Pepsi two-mile
(L) Chapa is content to let Kip Koskei do the work before racing away from Koskei to win (R) in 8:27.0.

 

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