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VOLU¥.E VIII, NUHaER 10 C\JLUMaJS, OHIO DE.CEl-! 5R, 1972

EUCKBJ~ Ai-rl..k.D TO LAMY YU,;NG

nte 6th Annual Dr• John mackrurn A'flard, giTen tr.r the Ohio Race Walker each year for the outstandine sinele perfo=ance . in U. S. race walking, goes to Larry Young for 1972 . Larry's 4:00:46 !or 50 Km in Munich was far and away the best perfor::iance of the year and probabl,y the greatest walk eTer by an .Ameri can. ETen if Larry hadn't perfo:-:::ed so well in Munich, he would still ha Te walked off with the· a-.rard 'With his l:J0:10 on the track or his 4:13:04 Trials Tictory in .bugen's heat. In winning the award, Larry joins past winners Larry 0 ' !,eil, 1967; P.l.:dy Ha luza, 1968; Bob Kitcehn, 1969 and 1971; and Goetz Klopfer, 1970, and can look forward to receitlng the handsane plaque sCJ111etirr.e in the next 8 or 10 months. (The ORW is not not ed for 1.bs pranptness 1a these mat­ters, as pretlous wi.Mera will testify.)

* ~ * * * * • * • • MISCEU.ANY FROM THE RACE WALKING WOHLD

Being short on race results at this tL-:ie of year and de Tot 'ing thia issue largely to statistical-type trash (witness next seTcral pages), we will start the monthly hodee-podre of news ite:ns and triYia on page nwnero uno ••••• First, all you chair:nen and scheculin~ cooroinators get your schedules for 1973, or as much of it as you ha-.e\• a\ soon as possible. There is no schedule of upcoming races in this 1s~ue, because I haTe little infomation on 1973 races at this ooint. ( t:ot nen frcr:,. Ohio ; Chairman Jack ~lortland ha Ti ng done nothing · about a schedule at this point . ) I did haTe a complete schedule for 1973 fr~~ Colorado, one of our most eff icien t associations, but in -;;ry own usual efficient manner seem to haTe misplaced eTen that. The prcbable fate of all schedules sent rrr:y way, I suppose , but giTe it a try al'IY"-ay •• ••• The fi~t National of the year, and not listed in last month's schedule of l:a.t­ional races, is the Ir.door 2 Hile in !,'ew York on February 2). "nlis onu will qualify you for the us-ussa Irdoor ir,eet (3 }'J.les) in Ricrmond, Va. ·. The first Junior J,;a.tional under the new age 14- 19 classification will be tt:e 1 Hcur in Reno on !-'.arch .); Ji.r.l Eentley is out to make this a big one, aiining for o-rer 50 entries, and points out that the new cla ssific ­ation will be a success only we all get out and recruit new Junior walk­ers. He plans awards for all finishers, local transportation, housing · for those confirming early with him ( entries will be out in late Januarj, and both local and regional TV coYcraRe • •• • Women•e Senior t-:ationa.ls thi11 year will be at l and 2 Miles with the National track meets, and a 5 K:n to be held in DenTer or Arkansas during the su:r.mer • . •• Also in regard to the women, it was ruled at the AAU corITention that \o,o:r.en and men can run together--startif18 from a c01m1on line and with a common gunshot.-( Contim1ed on page 8)

Benjamin Soldatenko, USSR, and Bernd Kannenberg, West Ge~many, match strides in the Munich Olympic 50 km, which Kannenberg eventually won in a startling 3:56: 11.6. The German's earlier 3:52:44.6 at Bremen has now been confirmed as official, the course measuring a full 50.

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For the third consecutive yea~,presents its rankines of the world's race wakere at 20 and 50 kilcmeters. These are purely subjectiTe and based on one obserTer' s opinion--mine. HoweTer, the 01.y;Dpics r:,a'.<e the task relatiTely simple this year. Followine is the way I ra,.k the top 10 in each eTent, with each athlete's ca:ipetitive record giTen, and a few corrrnents as to why they are ra nked as they are. Fol!cwing the rank­ing in each eTent, I h,ne li!;tcd the top 20 perforr.-.ers in each e'fent !or the yea r. Nur.,bers in parenthesis followine ti.,, .es indicate the athlete' fir.iming position in the race. Races on the track are so indicated. Races on known short coorses are not included.

1. Peter Frenkel, East Gemany 1:27:39,2 (1) Nau:noorg 5/1 1:28:54,0 (3) Paris 6/4

6. Nikolai &~aga, USSR l:29:22.2 (3) USSR Ch~T.p. 7/17 1:28 :16.6 (5) Y.unich 0ly. 8/31

1:25:19.4 (l) Erfurt 6/24 (T) 1: 26: 42 .4 ( 1) l-'.unich 0ly . 8/31 G-CR7. Bernd Kannenberg, W. Ger.r,any

1:26:22.4 (1) Y.almo, Swed. 4/23 1:29:35.2 (1) Frankfurt 5/7 2. Vladimir Golubnichiy, USSR

1 :28:54.2 (l) USSR Cha.~p. 7/19 (T) 1:26:55.2 (2) V.uni.ch 0ly . 8/31

J. Hans-Georg Reimann, E. Gennany 1:26:13 .4 ~1) Dresden 3/25 1:29:36.8 (3) Na~~berg 5/1 1 :27:28,4 (1) Paris 6/4 1:25:19.4 (l) Erfurt 6/24 (T) 1:27:16.6 (3) ¥.unich 01.y. 8/31

4. Gerhard Sperlinr,, E. Gezmany

Dt-.F }-:Uni.ch 0ly. S/31

8. YeTgeni.y lychenko, USSR 1:29:02.4 (2) USSR Ch.amp. 7/17 ~ !-!uni.ch 01.y. 8/31

9. Jan Ornoch, Poland ( 5) l,aumberg 5/1

1:30:13.0 (1) Pol. Chainp. 6/18 1:32:01,6 (7) ~uni.ch 0ly. 8/31

l:27:39.2 (?.) Jl:au:nberg 5/1 10. 1: 27: Li9 .6 (2) Fari.s6/4

Larry Young, USA 1:32:43,2 (l) USA Cha:::p. k/23 1:30: 10.0 (1) Col~~ci.a 5/7 (T) 1:31:59.0 (l) Sharon 5/13 1:35:51.4 (1) US 0ly. Tri.al 7/1 1:32:53.4 (10) Munich 01.y. 8/31 1:43:15.0 (1) Independence 10/8

1:25:37.8 (3) Erfurt 6/2 4 (T) 1:27:55.0 (4) Nunich 0ly. 8/31

5. Paul ~:!hill, Great Britain 1:26:55.0 (1) Isle-of-}'.an 2/27 1:28:45.0 (1) Redditch 5/13 1:33:52.0 (1) 0ttejon, Swed.7/2. 1:32:58.0 (1) Dancl'fiken, Sw.7/9 l:37:33.0 (1) An....al, Swed. 7/15 1:24:50.0 (1) Isle-of-l,:a.n 7/30 ~;b l:28:4lh4 (6) Nuni.ch ol-y. e/31 1:35:33,0 (1) Rouen, Fr. 9/24 1:)5:55.2 (2) Paris 9/30

Frenkel·, who hM often failed in the major races in the past.,. vas sup­erb with his ~orld record race on the track and a strong finish to win in Hun:ich •••• The old warhort:e, Golubn:ichiy, was his usual, masterful self following up his SoTiet championship with his fourth 0lyn::pi.c medal Reimann shared the world record with Frenkel, had t~o other fast races, and finished a strong third in Huni.ch •••• Sperling had a great set of times, was close in the world record race , and !onrth in }:Unich as he is here •••• Nihill marks the first deTi.ation fran the Y.un:ich placings offhie hyper-fast time on an accurately measured course. This is not

Dl.Cl:J·~~'l, 1972 b\ G.&: 4 enwgh to moTe him ahead of any of the first fwr but does rank him ahead of Snaga who wasonly third in his national ia ce and did not really challenge in Munich •••• 'l'hese first six were well outin front, 1:oth in Munich and in our rankir.ga, Kannenberg wouJ.<i probably have been hif.h amonp: them had he not fallen and dropped out of the Olympic race .•• ITchenko i1 ranked next off his defeat of Smaga in the USSR race ••• • Ornoch beat the rest in Munich and had a fast race in his f~tional •••• Yau1g ia ranked ahead of his Hunich conquerors, Visini and OliTeros, off hie wuperior oTerall record. Visini finis hed only 14th

in 1:39 in a race in Faris and Oli Teroo Vd& only ' fifth in 1:39:38 in the Sharon race that Larry won.

· TOP 20 H.CH\, .l,•!E.R.S FOH )972 AT 20 KM l.:·24: 50,0 Paul Nihill, GB, Douelas, Isie of J.ian, 7/30 1:25:19.4 Eeter Fren "el , EG, Erfurt, EG, 6/24 (Track) ;I\ 1:25: 19.4 Hans-Georg Rei.-nann, EG, Et'furt, E:::, 6/24 (Track)' ::,· 1:25:37.8 Gerhard Sperling, EG, Erfurt, EG, 6/24 (Track) 1:26:53,0 Anatoliy TerentyeT, USSR, Uxhtorod, USSR 4/28 l :26: 55. 2 Vladimir Golubnichiy, USSR, Hunich, 8/31 1:26:56.8 Lutz Lipko1,ski, Ea, Dresden, EG, 3/25 1:26:57.0 Viktor VasileT, USSR, Uzhgorod, USSR, 4/28 1:27:40.0 tukolai Ra~ilerich, US. R, Uzhgorod. US:>R 4/28 1 :28:04.6 '.-:ilf Wesch, WG, Brer;;en, WG, 5/27 1:28:09.4 Gennadiy AgapoT, US.:.R, Cdesoa, US:3R, 10/8 1:28:16.6 Nikolai Srnaga, USSR, Hurn.ch, 8/31 1:28:22.4 Bernd Kannenberg, WG, Halmo, Sweden 4/23 1:28:40.6 Karl-Heinz Stadtmuller, EG, Berlin, 4/16 (on way 1D 30 Km) 1:28:42.2 Janos Tabori, Hu.nr,ary, Aaka, Hungary, 4/16 1:28:44.0 ETen Zednik, Czec:,oslaTakia, PodiTin, Czech., 9/23 1 :28 : 46.0 Antal Kisa, Hu.neary, Aaka, Hung., 4/16

1:28:50.0 Saooor Forian, Huneary, Aska, Hung., 4/16 1:28:58.6 Andar Arytal, Hungary, KEJ!llo, Hung., 7/23 l:29:l9.0 Phil Dnbleton, GB, Lorxion, 3/29

l. Bernd Kannenberg, WG 3:52:44.6 (l) Bre:r.en, 5/27 · ~ .~c 11._ 4: 07: 43.8 (1) Eschborn 6/17 J:56:11.6 (l) Munich 9/3

4:20:43.0 (14) Hunich -9/3 4:06:54.2 (l) Weinbohla 10/1 3:57:44.4 (1) l~gdeburg 10/15

2. Benjarrti.n Soldatcnko, · USSR 4:13:28.4 (l) Noscow 1l9 3:58:24.0 (2) Munich 9/3

6. Pete r Selzer , EG

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4:22:05 (2) Paris 6/4 4:08:31.8 (2) Cottbus 7/7 4:09:31,0 (1) Gera 8/5 4:04 :05.4 (5) ~hlnich 9/3

3. Larry Young, USA 4:13:04.4 (1) Eugene 7/4 4:00:46.0 (3) Munich 9/3

4. Otto 1:artsch USSR 4:13:53.8 (2~ Moscow 7/19 4:01.:35.4 (4) Munich9/3

5. Christoph Holme, EG 4:03:03.0 (1) Jo;a.umberg 5/1 D~F Paris 6/4 DNF Cottbua 7/2

7. Gerhard Weidner, WG 4:06:27.4 (3) Bremen 5/27 4: 13: 04.8 ( 3) J;schbcr n 6: 17

·4:06:26.o (6) lfunich 9/3 4:02:55.2 (1) Delmenhorst 10/1

8. Vittorio Visini, Italy 4:04:44.2 (1) Italian Champ. 4:08:31.4 (7) Nunich 9/3

9. Ferhhard Xerrr.erich , WG 4:03:16.6 (1) Salzgitter 4/30 3:59:33.6 (2) Bre~en 5/27 4:16:27.0 (2) Lausanne 7/2 . 0:::.1 d Eschborn 6/17

10. Sergiy GrigoryeT, USSR 4:0J:41.0 (1) Uzhgorc:d 4/29 4:14:13.2 (3) Moscow 7/19 ~ 1 d Munich 9/3

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The first four are obTious from their trf'-11er:dous perforn- ,ances in J.:Unicl The Bremen course on which Y.annenberr, did his 3: 5i:44.6 has been con­firmed aa accurate, so he is obTiously unchallen.,ed at this tiT.e, Sol• atenko solidified his Hunich race with a world record on the trc.ck a month later ••• ,Hohne had a fast early race, slu~ped bodly, includir.g a subpar race in J.:Unich, but had two fant races in Octo bcr to capt~re th , fifth spot ahead of countryman Selzer ••• . ~eidner had two other quick times to support Ms fine Munich perfor.r.ance ar.d Vidni looked Tery tough in his national and walked well in Munich •••• ~e?T.:erich had two quick early season races but was o·~:td in the West Ger:n.an char.:pionships and did net compete in t·:Unich •.•• GrigoryeT f, 11 apart in Munich ar.d wa. IX.:' d j·ust after You~ passed about half way through but is ranked 10th off his SoTiet races. TOf' 20 F:C:RFO:'UJ::RS Fu1 JQ?;2 AT 50 t:X

3:52:44.6 3:57:44.4 3: 58: 24.0 3: 59 :3J.6 4:00:46,0 4:01:35,4 4:02:55,2 4:03:41.0 4 : 03:45.8 4:04:05.4 4:04:44.2 4:06:00.2 4:06:27.4 4:07:41.4 4:07: 51.0 4:<Yl:57.4 4:09:25.0 4:09:28.2 4:10:04.0 4:10:25.2

Bernd Kannenberg, WG, Bre:r.en, WG 5/27 Ri1 ' , '· (( Christo ph Hohne, EG, Hat;deburg, EG, 10/15 Benja.-:iin Soldatenko, USSR, Munich, 9/3 Pernhard tienncrich, \•;c, Pr=en, v{G, 5/2F$ Larry Yrung, USA, l-!unich, 9/3 Otto 83.rtsch, USSR, Hunich, 9/3 Gerhard \'ieidner, WG, DeL-nenhorst, WG, 10/l Sergiy GrigoryeT, USSR, Uz~gorod, 4/29 Sergiy fun::larenko , USSR, LeninF,rad, 8/14 Peter Selzer, EG, Hunich 9/3 Vittorio Visini, Italy, Schie, 7/2 Karl-1-ieinz StadtmuJ.ler, EG, Cottbus, 7/2 Horst-Rudiger ¥:at;nor, viG, Bre;l'.en, :-IG 5/27 Domenico Carpentieri, Italy, Schio , 7/2 Gennadiy AgapoT, ussn, Uzhgorod, 4/29 Daniel Bjorgren, Sweden, DeL~enhorst, 10/1 Al:d.on Pa'11ich, Italy, Schie , 7/2 Hans Tenn£ren, Sweden, Beras, Swed., 8/6 YeTgeniy Lyungin, USSR, Nauberg, EG, 5/l Herbert 1''.eier, WG, Salzgitter , WG 4/30

While in the ranki~s and top perforir.ers rosiness, for the first time, we pr esent the same things for the U.S. , as follows:

U.S. 20 Km Ra.nkin~s

1. Larry Young, .Vd.d-America TC see World rankings for races

5. E'ob Kitchen, Athena AC 1:31:52 .0 91) San Fran. 5/14 (T

2. Tom Dooley, Athene AC 6. 1:31:52.0 (1) San. Fran. 5/14 (T) 1:39:10.0 (3) Eugene 7/1

Bill Ranr.ey, Athens Al! l:33:21.0 (3) San Fran. 5/14 (T 1:41:35.0 (5) Eugene 7/1

1:34:58.8 (15) Munich 8/31

3. Goetz .Klopfer, Athens AC 1:38:03,0 (2) Eugene 7/1 1:38:33.6 (19) Munich 8/31

4. Todd Scully, Shore AC 1 : 36:42.0 (2) Asbury Park 1/30 1:37 :12.0 (5) I\AAU 4/23 N,..1-\ 1:39:25.0 (4) Eugene 7/1 O.j'fl 1:36 : 58.0 (1) Toronto 9/24

7. Floyd Godwin Colorado TC 1:37:24.8 (2~ Northglenn 4/15 ( ' 1:34:15.0 (3) NI.AU 4/23 1:37:28.0 (3) Sharon 5/13 1 : 42:56.0 (7) .&!gene 7/1

8. John Knifton, NYAC 1:34:45.0 (1) Asbury Park 1/30 1:35:12.0 (4) NAhU 4/23 1:39:25.0 (4) Sharon 5/13 l:4J:40.0 (1) Poughquag 10/2:9

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10. Jerry Brown, Colorado TC l:36:58.0 (1) Norttielenn 4/15(t) 1:3':U.8 (5) NAAU 4/23 ·

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I -wont enn cam1ent on the way I reached these -rankings but will just let the disgruntled among you make nasty canraents behind my l:a ck. They make the Athene AC look pretty tough. On to the top 20 perfa-mers:

l:30:10.0 Larry Yeung, Mid America TC, Colunbia, Ho., 5/7 (Track) 1:31:52.0 Tom Dooley, Athens AC, San Francisco, 5/14 (Track) l:Jl:52.0 Ebb Kitchen, Athens AC, San Francisco, 5/14 (Track) 1:33:21.0 B!.11 Ranney, Athens AC, San Francisco( 5/14 {Track) l:)3:35.0 Ron Laird, hYAC, Scotlarrl, 1/23 (TrackJ l:34:10.0 Ron Daniel; ~YAC, C.W. Post College, N, Y. 4/23 l: 34:15.0 Floyd Godwin, Colo. TC, C.W. Post College, N.Y. 4/23 l:34:45.0 John Kn.\fton, NYAC, Asbury Park , N.J.,1/30 l:35:30,0 SteTe Tyrer, Eur,ene, Oregon 5/24 (Track) 1:36:05.0 DaTe Romansky, Dela, T&F, Lansdale, Pa., 6/J 1:36:U.8 Jerry Brown, Colo. TC, c.w. Post Colle~, N.Y. 4/23 1:36:42.0 Todd Scully, Shore AC, Asbury Park , N.J., l/30 l:J7:25.0 Phil McDonald, UCTC, Worthington, Ohio, 3/18 1:37: 34.0 Rudy Haluza, SC Striders, C,W. Post College , N.Y. 4/23 1:37:37,0 Greg Diebold, Shore AC, C,W. Poet College, N.Y., 4/23 l:J8:03.0 Goetz Klopfer ·, Athena AC, Eugene, Ore., 7/1 1:38:18,0 Larry Wal.~er, SC Striders, Van Nuys, Calif., 4/9 1:39:02.0 Jerry Lansing, Athens AC, San Franciao, 5/14 (Track) l:39:12.0 Ge.ry Westerfield, LIAC, C,W, Poet College, N.Y. 4/23 l:39:37.0 Bay Somera, C.W. Poat College, N.Y., 4/23

U.S . ~ KB1 Rankinr~s

1. Larry Young, M-¼i America TC See World Rankir-es for races

2. B!.11 Weigle, Colorado TC 4:20:09.4 (2) Eugene 7/4 o~--(. 4:22:52.2 (17) Munich 9/J 4:22:00.0 (1) NAAU 11/5

3. Bob Kitchen, Athene AC 4:13:35.8 (1) San Fran . 2/27 (T) 4:25:06.2 (4) Eugene 7/4 4:36:4J.O (2) NAAU 11/5

4. SteTe Hayden LI.AC 4:57:35.0 (81 Toronto 6/ll 4:2 3:22.6 (3) E.ugene 7/4 4:36:07.2 (27) Munion 9/3

5. John Knifton, NYAC 4:39:50.4 (1) Fairfield 3/26 4:20:12.0 (1) Toronto 6/ll O~F Eugene 7/4

6. Goetz Klopfer, Athens AC 4:27:28.0 (l) San. Fran, 5/1.4 ( T) DNF Eugene 7/4 DNF NAAU ll/5

7 •. Ron Kulik, NYAC DNF Toronto 6/11 4:30:50;8 (5) Eugeno 7/4 D!-l'F · Toronto ~

8. Ga.ry Westerfield, LIAC DNF Toronto 6/11 4:31:11.2 (6) Eugene 7/4

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9·. Todd Scully, Shore AC 4:32:25,0 (1) Los Angeles 5/7 4:33:50.0 (7) Eugene 7/4

io. Bob Bowman, SC Striders 4:40:43,0 (l) San Fran. 4/30 (T; 4:30:13,0 (1) Santa Barbara 5/2( 4:46:45.8 (ll) Eugene 7/4

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U.S. Top 20 Performers at 50 Km:

4:00:46.0 Larry Yoong, Hid-America TC, ~'.unich, 9/3 4:13:35.8 Bob Kitchen, Athens AC, San Francisco 2/27 (Track) 4:20:09.4 Pill Weigle, Colorado TC, Eugene, 7/4 4:20:12.0 John Knifton, ~YAC, Toronto, 6/11 4:2'3:22.6 SteYe Hayden, LIAC, Eugene, 7/4 4:?7:2~.0 Goetz Klopfer, Athens AC, San Francisco , 5/14 (Track) 4:JQ:13.0 Dob B:n.man, SC Striders, Sa nta Parb&ra., 5/20 4:30:50,8 Ron Kulik, ~YAC, lligene, 7/4 · 4:31:ll,2 Gary Westerfield, LIAC, Eu1;ene, 7/4 4:32:25.0 Todd Scully, Shore AC, Los Anrreles, 5/7 4:37:27,0 Bob- Henderson, US Ar.ny, fuscne, 7/4 4:38:43.0 SteTe Gei.Yer, Snohmish TC, Seattle, 5/7 (Track) 4:39 :10 .0 Rudy Haluza, SC Striders, Santa Barbara, 5/20 4:40:Z?,O Jerry fur;ci, Motor City Striders, Detroit, 3/26 4:40:28.8 Mike Ryan , SC Striders, Eugene , 7/4 4:47:18.0 Ste Te Tyrer, Seattle, 5/7 (Track) 4:47: 50.0 Bill Walker, ~:otor City Striders, Detroit, , 3/26 4:48:00,0 John Kelly, SC Striders, Los Angeles, 5/7 4:48:32.2 Tom Knatt, North Medford Cli.:b, Totonto, 9/23 4:57:16.0 DaTe Eidahl, Des Hoines , 5/6 .P..-!'.-~·lHHHHHt-ll-',Hr.Hh,.....<1<-'.H.....,_'***',~~~,HP"--~~~,AAAA,a,,~*IH<A'ARAAAAaN,~R~ARIHH

A FEW RESULTS (AND '!HEY ARE V1RY F.1:.1-J):

h'EAAU Sr. ard Jr. 25 Km (and Open) 1 Attleboro, Eass, 1 Dec, 3--1. John Knifton, NYAC 2:05:08 2. To-n Knatt, ~..:-IC 2:13:45' J. George Lattarulo; !-!MC 2: 2 7: 07 4. Bob \-/hi tney, t:~-:c 2: 27: 22 5, Tony l-'.edeiros, 12·'.G 2 : 2':: 30 6. Don Thompson, CSU 2:32 :45 7. KeTin Ryan, LO:: 2:3):23 8, Gary Geoffre y 2:37:23 9. John Gray, W-'.C 2:1.5:32 10. Geor?,e Grzebien, :t-:C 2:45:45 11. Bruce Douglas 2:48:54 1.2. Sig Podlozny, N?~C 2:56 _:02 13. Fred :erown Sr, 2:56:19 (6 did not finish) Pacific Al,I) 20 Hile, :;o,., 2. 1. Jerry Lansing 3:04:04 (only finisher) 5 ~n Hdco, R~no , NeT,1 D~c. 17--1. Jim Bean, Sierra RW 23:23 2. Sten Lurrl 24:43 3. Brad E-Entle: SRW 26:36 4, DaTe Swift, \l'est Valley TC 27:17 5. Ross ~i.th, Reno ~:asters Club 28:06 6. Jim Bentley, SEW 26:12 7. Esteban Valle, ~VTC 24:30 8. Pete For.nan, Reno J0:27 (21 finishers. 28 degrees with sno~ drifts and icey conditions) Wo1nen1 s 5 K.'rl I same place-1. Hrs. Lauren Lurrl 32:20 2. Ann Smith, Ren9 35:47 3. 1-xs. Ho~s Sttith, Reno 36:23 4. ~~s. Susan Valle 36:44 5. Sue H~nick, San Francisco 38:11 SPA.AU 2 Hour Occidental Colle e NoT. 2--1. Gerry Lansing 13 iri. 14C yd 2. Rob Kuchar 13 mi 41 yds 1st S?AAU, first race in l! years) 3. Bob B::> .. man 13 mi 199 yds 4, ll..ike Ryan 12 mi 1191 yda 5, ).<.ike 01Rourke 12 mi 117 yds 6. Ed Ebuldin 11 mi 95i yds 7. Howard fame• 11 mi 9/.IJ yds 8 • . IM Spector 11 mi 350 yds 9. Doug E:nnini 11 :ni 151 yd 101 Joe Wehrly 11 Bli 53 yd, 5 1-',ile Hdcp I Los lw~eles I Cct. 1-1. Ed B:>uldin 38:50 2. Alex Gilbert 50:04 J. Carl . i<warrell 46:22 4. Bob Hickey 43:31 5. Rick DuboT 49:07 6. Doug Ermini 51:22 7. Dick Ortiz 39:05 8. Don DeNoon -Y:, :05 9. TCill willie.ms 46:16 11. Leo Sjog­ren 52:10 12. Ir-r Spector 51:10 13. Pierre Picot si:56 14. Larry Pelleter 48:19 15. Mike Ryan 42:52 SFAAU 30 Kr::!1 Los Ayeles, Oct.?.~

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l. Didi: Ortia 2:A.c:17 (1:45:27 at 20) 2. Ed Bouldin 3:40:00 (1:47:15 ac. 20 ard thet1 into U. 111111.l) 3. JH liat\rly 3:40:04 I Hours, Petit }'*ffib, France, Sep\ 4 ft-1. Jehn lA•, GB 85 lia 200 meters in 8:02

• Cclin You~, GB 85 .Km 200 • in 8:05:30 3. Dne Bo.xall, GB 85 Km 200 ~ in 8:05 (there ia ecr.ie mi~t•k• there baby, rut that 1 s the result I ha·H) 4. Y. Durand, France 80 K:n 400 ll in 8:()J 5. G. Doungler,, !'Nnce 76 Km in B:06:JO

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in races longer than 2 mileal One would assume that this Will apply equally to w~lking races • • , •• Another bit of good news frcm the comen­tion, at least to this correspondent, is the redefinition of an a.m teur rl th the new rule reading in part: "Professional athletes that are certified as amateur in a sport other that the sport of their profe84t eion may ccr:ipcte in the ar.1ateur a port of their choice (but) only in . dorr.estic competition." Not that this is eoing to affect any r.-,ce walk­ers that I know of but its a good idea nonetheless. If \-lilt Chamterlain, Georr,e filar.da, Jack Nicl:laus, Rod La-Yer , Joe Frazier, or sorre one of that ilk, canes around to one of your races and w&nts in, you need ha-Ye no qualrr.s now •• •• Bi11 Weigle reports that one can walk consistently in the 4:20 to 4:2.3 r ange on 70 miles per week of training. Unfort­una tely for Bill, Larry Young has found that you can go considerably t~ster on like mileage, Arry,,tay, take a tip fram the guys on top. Con­centrate on quality, not quantity • ..• spe~king of professionals, the Guano Press reports the following: "Ibwing to public de:r,ands, the Int­er national Track Association, the new pro track endea-Yor, will seek to eign top night race walkers. Guano Press leanned this wholly unex­pected denlorment at it• office here today. Seeking to co:r.bine talent with a touch of the b.~zaar, ITA will offer lucrati -Ye contracts to Bob Bow:r.an, Rich Pleffner, Bill Quayle, Rill Walker, and Paul Ide. This denlopmerrt came as -.iewhat of a Bhock to -walkers accustomed to t:eing the forgotten men at track meets • .f\.,t race walkinP, has always had tre ::ierrlou s potential for entertainnent, arrl ITA has instituted se,e ral chani;es to insure fan interest. First,to eliminate contro-Yersies sur­roundin,g style, there will be no ~ 'sun less, in the opinion of the judges, the walker was ao far off that it was ridiculous. Cynics may vollder if this ia any different from the present rules, but now the interpretation ~ill be official. Secondly, to eliminate the specter of bored fans headi~ for the beer etand during lon, '.7. races, ITAw:1.11 a:> nduct all race walks at a diat,mce of 60 yards." .... So, the ORW is scooped again. It Guano gets much better, ve are going out of busiress ••••• Late results: 10 Km, Columbia, Mo. 1 D,:c. 2-1. Da-Ye Leuthold 60:18 2. Lee Rund, Iooiana 60:21 3. Neal Puckett, Indiana 6.3:39 4. P..ob Spier 65:43 7 Ydle, Luton, Eng., Oct• 28-1. Olly F)ynn 52:01 2. Bob Dobson 52:07 3. Roy Court 52:27 4, Amos Seddon 53:02 5, Carl Lawton 53:19 6. Phil Dnbleton 53:19 1 ~ule, Stretford, En.g., Oct. 28-1. Tony Tayler 51:20 2. J. Earraclough 52:37 7 Hile, Surre.v

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1 Oct, 28--1. Bob

Dobson 50:ZJ 2. Amoa Seddon 51:47 J. Carl Lawton 53:28 4. Jacky Lord 53:47 5. P. Hodkinson 54:13 6. 81.11 Sutherland 54:34 7. Rey- Middle­ton 54:40 •••• At the llAF Race Walking Comnittee meetii;ig held in .Munich Joe Ti germa as reelected to aerTe another term. Oth~r me:nbera of the' Committee are G. Oberweger, Italy; Palle La asen, Denmark; A. Lib<:t. te,

DECEHllili, 1972

Switzerland; H. Stahl, Gennany; F. Eriki<scn, Swedea; A. Frukto-.:, USSR; B. FeherTari, Huneary; Stan Fryer, Grett E!ritain; G. Firster, East Ger­many;r.an,1 S. Nishida, Japan. Fii'teen judges were added to the Interna­tiona1;from a list of 29 nahes sutrr.ttted, includi ng Bruce ¥ac0onald • In addition to Bruce, the new International judges include three fro.u Fl'ance, two from Italy, two from Kor..~y, two from Great Britain, and one each from India, Eant Germany, Eulgaria , Egypt, arrl Par.a.~a., • • • We were rather set back to ha Tc ¥.a.tti Laitinen' s O?iW returned to us by the post office marked deceased. We f.)et }'.artti just once, that in LA in 1962 but he has been a lon?.-time subscriber and one of the likeable Old fellows Of the Sp ort. This ; SU]n;·,er he had taken part in the US Master's tour to Europe competing in the 60 arrl oTer category, He -wus now li"Ying in Seattle and I am sure will be misned by these in the walk­ing fraternity up that way.

DAYS OF YORE: 10 Years Ago (Fran the Dec<'.mber 1962 Race Walker, the old C. VcCartt:,y rag)..:_Ron laird was gi-Yen the ~Qke Riban tro?hY as the c~tstardir~ US Race Walker for 1962. Second in the national Toting -was Ron Zir~'1 -i,;ith John Allen, Chris ~:cCart ~.y, Jack l'.ortland, ar.d Rudy Ha.luza follo-..ring, •• Laird also turned in a 6:49.3 :-'.ile in Chicago, his hol.'!e at 'that time, and recorded fast time in an icy 10 .f.<.ile Handicap with 79:27 follOl-.'ed by lfoCarthy' s 81:03 and Zinn' s 81:00. T&-:lr,erature was 18 with 2 inches of snow ard patches of ice on the course ••••• Martin Rudow won a Fortlarrl 10 Km in 52:11 and also tur ned in a 41:53 5 mile in Seattle ••• Fa~test mi.le of the early season was a 6:45.3 Alan Blakeslee in l\ew York •• ,Ron Kulik won a rare 880 walk in the Newark Annory in 3:19 with Elliott Dennan and Terry Anderson 8 seconds to.ck. 5 Years Ago ( From the December 1967 Ohio Race \-:alker )-This was actually the December the 2nd ORI·/ as I had mistakenly labelled the No-Ye:-r.ber issue December. You will ne-Yer find that kind of silly mistake in the modern O!tW •• •• In the Fourth Annual }:ew Year's E-Yen 6 ~!ile lianc!icap Cha rlie t:ewell ignored t!ie 15 degree temi;-eratures and 10 to 15 mph Winds to make his 5 minute start star<l up for a 45 second -Yictory oTor the Great Red Duck, Crirr.son Waddler, Scarl et Garder , .1-ia genta Vallard, Ohio Fat Han, or what haTe you, more co:r.monly known as J ack Blackburn. Newell recorded a 52 :15 to Blackburn's 47:59, Foreet Conrad was r.ext in 63:15, followed by Larry Ja7.es in 60:02, and your editor dead last wit h a 51:33 •••• In a lesser race, Goetz Klopfer set a new fu~erican 50 Km record of 4:30:28.6 on the Sonoma State College track. On t!':e -.:ay he picked up records at 35 r.m, 25 miles, and 40 lon •••• In the Junior 35 Km in Kansas City, Dan Totheroh of the Striders eesily beat Jerry Socci and Bryon 0Yerton with a 3:13:04 (Ar.d what has beco-r.e of Eryon) • •• Sar.a familar na mes in a New Jersey 10 miler with LlaTe Roir.ansc y winnirig_:Ln __ _ 1:19:12 follow-e~ by s~~Ye ~y_do{l.,__John Kn.Jj.1Qn.,.._Ron- Elani:e1.-;·-Ron- Kulik, -.

a-ShauL.Lad~And did you know 'tr.at Ladislau 1-(oc of Czec-:oslaTaki& the Int.ernational 50 Km at the 1958 Si=artachiada in East Gem,ap;y

4:23:37.8 follo~ed by Sergei LobastoT of the USSR in 4:24:17 ••• 0r t Jozef Dolezal won the 1955 Rosicky ¥.en:orial in Prague with a 3..:.43..1L!Q~ .. .

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Each month the Ohio Race ~;al ker e~e rges in its rough hewn way, rut chock full of excitir.g etuff, frcn 3184 Sumit St., Columbus, Ohio 43202 where it ie hurriedly thrown together by one J.E. Mortland. At $2 ,50 per year, you can't get a better buy in the publications world, if you happen to han any interest in race walking, that is.

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Thir f\ :il• ~ .iau Walk ,h1Q@iRg 'r;iy' John !-!.cDo118Rll (raprinted fran. the Dec. 196.2 &ac:.-w.JJE .. , whu·• it was reprinted frorn the the ~.alker of the f,'.ew South ilalea walking Club (Australia.)

To detennine whether a competitor is walking correctly or otherwiee hae alwy1 been the major proble~ in race walking. So much so that foll­owing the 1950 European Games and 1952 Olympics it seemed likely that walking could disapr,ear from the international acene altoghethcr. Since then, oTerseas judges haTe ao improYed their own judging and in turn the oTerall atandard of \43.l king that today the s;:,ort is finn.ly establ:is hed. The answer has been for judP:eS to a pply the rule "that walking must lomk like walkinP," and his is leading to gradual elimination of suspect e)yliste ft'au the sport •.

In Australia, Victoria has applied this rule and they now haTe the hi~hest standard fo wal king in their history. What is the difference between their judging and ours? .Easically, in 1-oW the judge ia trying to catch a ccm~etitor off the r,round, ~fle 4n V•otnri-, ~nl~ss a ccmp-

'!t4l"1" 1.s ei e~r, .y see~ to 'te in contact, then he is i.arned and if no improTement is shown he ia put in for disqualification.

In NS'li, the syster.i ie to "watch both of the competitor's feet and look for broken contact," but this is almost impossible tod etect un­

less the canpetitor is so bad that he is well off the ground. Keeping in rtlnd that in the shorter eTents the walker is doing better than 8 mph and where light cont~ct is made, the lift off the back foot takes place almost simultaneously. With other judges I ha Te examined slow motion film of competitors and eyen then it has been difficult to de ­tennine a ll~, unless the film is stopped and examined frame by frame. wnat chance then has the naked eye of detecting the lift at nonaal speed?

TI1e system recom:aended is to keep first in mind the word "support" arrl to obserTe tha..t the back supporting leg is left in c.ontact with

the grouoo until finn contact with adnncing heel is made. Where the supporting leg is being snapped away too quickly, you will see the ad­Tancing foot fall arrl land under the body, a sure indication that cont­act has been broken. This may not occur at eTery stride but will cert­ainly ehow up regularly during the course of an eTent. Slow motion film of suspect styliste shows eTidence of this; in many cases a frame by fra;ne ex&~ination will show the competitor with back toe on the ground and the leading heel about to make contact. fut the next frame will show cont ,,ct with the .heel, but the rear toe off the ground.

Why then doesn't the shot of the double contact phase appear on the film. Probably because that phas.e doesn't exist, and if it did it was. so short that a camera running a..t 64 frames per aecorxl could. n~ ca.t.ch. it. Enntually 011e firxis a frame · lthowing both heel am toe olear of th~ ground • . I ask again how can the naked eye de.tect this and again-I . repeat that it. cannot. Therefore, I urg4'" all intere~ted in judging · to wetoh for the - Mi­Tancing foot falling under the center .of graTity. Mak~ your · deciai. on and most importantly, fil irrtoedia tely arrl in this fashion you will force competitors to anchor that back eupDorthng leg long enou.gh for clear contact to be seen aoo it will becaue obTioua to all tilat. the style ot "walking looki, like walking".

* * * • * * * tt McCarthy had a !fN interesting COlllllenta on the abon tor which we ha..T•· no roan now wt Ill&.}" include next month. Reader comments are encouraged, on thia or anything elise.

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Israel's Dr. Shaul Ladany moving to an easy victory in the Lugano 100 km on October 22. Shaul's winning time was 9:38:56.4.