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Bob Kennedy (Indiana) won the NCAA X-Country title as a true freshman in "88." |
Kennedy won theNCAA indoor mile title in "91" and the 1500 meter NCAA outdoor title in 1990. |
Kennedy won his second NCAA X-Country title as a senior. He also won the U.S. cross country title that year (92), becoming the first man to accomplish that feat since Al Lawrence did it 32 years earlier. |
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Al Lawrence (L, Houston) wins the NCAA X-Country title (1959). Lawrence won again the next year (R, 1960). |
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Todd's Road fastest Stumbler - Mark Nenow Nenow (5'8½" / 128 lbs.) ran 4:22/9:17(mile/2 mile) @ Anoka High, MN(18). Mark burst onto the national spotlight at 24yrs, He ran 27:36.7 @ Mt Sac in 82. A PR by 54 seconds! Nenow ran 13:18.54 for 5000m at Oslo in 84 (26yrs), setting the stage for his then AR 27:20.56 10k in 86. (Link Bislett 86). |
Bob Kennedy (Indiana) won the NCAA xc as frosh but slipped to 5th as a soph.- Photo: Victor Sailer (R) Kennedy @ World Championships (97). |
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(L) Mark Nenow |
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| Rick Riley (Ferris, Spokane, Wash) set the prep 2 mile outdoor record in 1966, 8:48.3. Pre broke it in 1969. Riley also ran 14:00.2 for 5,000 meters. | Doug Padilla tows Salazar, Rono and Peter Koech- This race, Salazar set (the then) AR @ 5,000m(13:11.93). 10 days earlier, Salazar had set (the then) AR @ 10k(27.25.61. 1982. |
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Chapa & Salazar |
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McChesney "78" |
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McChesney "81" |
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Pre(frosh) Middle: dueling previous HS 2 mile record holder, Rick Riley. |
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Terry Williams (Lompoc) went to Oregon and began as Pre's (Final Season) teammate for cross country... As a junior Williams (R), was joined by a new generation at Oregon with freshman (Salazar and Chapa) and one tough soph (Clary). |
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(L)Terry Williams a HS junior finishes first. (R) Williams (Oregon, junior) nails 4th at '75 NCAA Cross Country Championships (Craig Virgin won) |
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Before Rono... Samson Kimombwa |
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Helsinki, Finland, June 30, 1977, Samson Kimombwa (#10, WSU/Kenya) sets a World Record of 27:30.47 for 10,000 meters to highlight the second day of the World Games. Mike Musyoki (#8, UTEP/Kenya) finishes 2nd with a 27:41.92. |
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