a little history, a little humor

Indoor crash scene… With the NCAA, USATF Indoor Championships approaching this retro picture shows the dangers of sprinting in confined  indoor arenas.

Pictured right to left: The infamous O.J.Simpson (CCSF, USC) standing; Olympian Mel Pender (U.S. Army) lying, holding his hamstring; Charlie Greene (Nebraska) being helped up, Bill Gaines (Santa Clara Valley Youth Village) holding his head with a nasty gash; kneeling Kirk Clayton (San Jose State) with a concussion.

-T&F News, February 1968, no photo credit listed

First American woman to break two minutes at 800 meters

    “I went to John Hay High School in Cleveland. There were only three sports a girl could go out for there-volleyball, basketball and track-and I went out for all three, and we won the state championship in every one of them. They had me run the 440 because I had the longest legs, and I looked like an ostrich out on that track.”

–Madeline Manning, four-time Olympian, ’68 Olympic 800 gold medalist

-“The Second Time Around” by Ron Fimrite, Sports Illustrated

One talented group of athletes equals national record

1965-Mt. San Antonio College …53.7*national shuttle relay record 

(Bob Seagren, Geoff Vanderstock, Bruce Johnson, Don Shy) Mt. SAC coach-Don Ruh; *Seagren-’68 Oympic PV champion, Vanderstock set 400 IH world record, Shy ran 13.6 HH…a special collection of talent!) *Set at Mt. SAC Relays