RACEWA VOLUME XXIII, NUMBER J COLUMBUS, OHIO SOVIETS SWEEP TITLES IN SUCCESSFUL U.S. DEBUT OF WORLD CUP WALKS

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MAY 1987

New York, N.Y., May 2-J--Showing great depth at all distances, Soviet walkers strode to team victories in both men' s and women's competition in the lJth IA.AF World cup of Racewalking held in Central Fa.rk. This was the first time the sport's premier event had been held outside of Europe and the first time it was open to all IAAF member federations (zone qualifiers were held in the past) .

The Soviet team was stron~ly challenged in all three races (20 and 50 ·Km for men, 10 Km for women), but proved more than equal to the chal­lenge. Their competitive fire, strong team walking, experience--and no small measure of talent --paid off. In the women's race, the judges also helped, as the Chinese apparently had this one put away until it was learned that Yan Hong, who had fiiished first, and Guan ping , fourth , were disqualified . On the men's side, the Soviets were beaten by the GDR (East Germany) at 50 Km and Mexico at 20, but emerged easy winners when the scores were totaled. The GDR and Mexico both faltered badly in the race they didn't win and a strong Italian squad came second in the final standings, ahead of the GDR.

Individually, all three races saw Cup bests--by Ronald Weigel at 50, the surprisin~ young Mexican Carlos Mercenario at 20, and Olga Krishtop at 10. tActually, Ernesto Canto had a faster 20 in the 1979 Cup at Eschborn, but that course is suspect.) The U .s. finish _ed sixth in the women's competition, with Maryanne Torrellas taking 16th, and nin t h in the men' s competition, led by tim Lewis with 13th in the 20 and Garl Schueler, 24th in the 50.

With the competition open, the fields were much larger than in the past--1)4 starters at 50, 90 at 10, and 137 at 20 . But the host New York Roadrunners Club was up to the challenge--to the extent that the event might return in 4 years. While there were some problems here and there- ­there always will be in an event of this magnitude--overall, everything ran very smoothly and very professionally .

The gently rolling 2500-meter lap was thought by some to be slow , but they were quickly proved wrong by this great field of walkers . One who had it right was Sweden's Bo Gustafsson, who in a press conference earlier in the week, took those questioning the course to task with some bold predictions--bold, but correct. He said we would see the first sub-44 women's 10 Km, a sub 1:20 for 20, and a 50 in the low }:4os off a tactical pace. The weather had a hand in the fast times, of course . At the start of Saturday's 50, the thermometer read 47 and it rose only to 61 during the race, under mostly cloudy skies, with a few scattered drops of rain . It remained cludy, with temperatures in the mid-50s for both of Sunday's races. The Ohio Racewalker continues its policy of govering this event first hand every 20 years. We were also in Bad aarow in 1967, where we viewed the 20 from the rear of the field.

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50 KM

After a couple of co111pe.ratively lean seasons, history's fastest ..50-JCm walker , Ronald Weigel, was simply too strong for everyone on this day . CoverfM the final 5 Km in a blistering 20 1.56, Weigel completely broke up what had been a thrilling four-man race as that final 5 started. By the finish, llhich he reached in J 142 126, Weigel was 26 seconds clear of Hartwig Gauder , ranked number one in the world for the last two years. Dietmar Meisch COlllpleted a GDR'1'weep as he moved well clear of Vyacheslav Ivanenko on the fina1 1ap. Ttie di!llinutive Ivanenko led a Soviet sweep of the next f'our spots. Mexico's Martin Bermudez was the only one challenging this Eastern European stranglehold on the top spots, but he bad to fold his tent after 4o Km.

A very interesting aspect of the race was the strategy of the Ital i an team . Italy was t he team considered to have the best chance of challenging the USSR and GDR for the CUp, and the ..50 was their best race. Bellucci , Ducceschi , and Poggi chose to stick together and lay well off the early pace. For a while, this appeared to be a mistake on a cool day with the early pace not pe.rticularly fast. As late as JO Km, the trio la.yin 25th , 26th, and 27th places, bl,tter than 5 minutes behind the leaders and with the entire Mexican and Si:anish squads still in front of t hem. While they continued to lose ground to the top seven, they swept through the rest of the field and moved into the 9th, loth, and llth spots at the finish , with only 4 seconds seJB;rating the three of them. Mean­while, the Spe.ni&rde and Mexicans faded badly. Actually , Mexico finished only two when it was found in a check of 1ap times that Hernan Andrade , origina.11y given 21st place, had walked a 1ap short . That dropped the Mexican from fourth to 14-th and completely out of t he running for the Cup.

Perhaps leery of the course, the top compsti tors chose to start quite conservatively. A lead group of 20 to 2.5 went through .5 Km in 2J100 and 10 in 46 1Jl. By the end of 7 1aps (17½ Km), this group was down to 14, mostly Soviets, Mexicans , and Germans. Weigel made the first 1110ve of the race at this point, quickly opening a lead of 15 meters and dropping a fe w fro 111 the back of the pa.ck , But he could not get a:way and at 20 Km, a pack of 10 went through in lrJ21l8 . Weigel ' s move had dropped the pace fro111 23115 for the third .5 Km to 22132 for the fourth .

Weigel had set the tone and the pressure was on the rest of the race , the pace steadily increasing. Ivanenko made the next real move during the loth 1ap and thie out the lead l)Elck to six- - Ivanenko, Gauder , Weigel, Meisc h, vS:leri Sun•sov, and Bermudez , They went through 25 Km in 1 :,54 :21-22 :0J on the fifth 5 Km.

On the 16th 1ap , B8rmudez and Suntsov dropped away , leaving just four . Half way through the next to last lap, Gauder appeared to be losing it, having dropped about 15 1118ters back of the other three. But he quickly Wide tha.t up, and now it was Ivanenko who could no longer et.and the heat . Sa the final lap began , the GDR trio was in command,

1t h n1y the order to be decided, Weigel left little about that with ~is eior111ing finish. Ga.uder tried des-parately, but could not match the ta,oe.

MAY 1987 PAGE J For the U.S . , Carl Schueler lfalked an inte llige nt race and moved

from JOth at 5 Km to 15th at 4o, where he had a J:07:10 , Still going at a pace well under 24 minutes per 5 Km at that poing, he appeared. ready to go well under 4 hours. Holfever , it wasn't quite his day, and he struggle c through the final 10, dropping nine places. He was the first finisher over 4 hours with a quite respetable 4:QJ:02. He is obviously quite clos e to a really good one. Perhaps it will come at Rome in the World Championships.

Jim Heiring , starting in 8o place at .5 Km, moved steadily and confid­etly through the field to finish 29th in 4 108:1,5, less than a minute off his pereona1 beet. The ultra-consistent Dan O'COnnor also moved forward throughout the race and came J)rd in 4110,29. These excellent performance placed the u.s. sixth after the first day , despite a definite off day for Marco Evoniuk, who was listed as not finishang, rut appeared to be 49th in 4 :17 :42 (another lap-counting problem). Ma.rco was in 20th place after 1.0 Km, but started to fade after 15.

Canada's Francois Iapointe walked a beautiful race. Starting slowly with a 25 :10 for his first 5 Km, which put him 84-th, he quickly stepped up the · :p3ce, and moved to lJth at halfway in 1155:34 . Going into the final 5 Km, he was ninth , rut he could not quite withs~ ~he Italian surge and finished in 12th, just 5 seconds behind Poggi in J • .52 ·JS.

Weigel is 27 years old, stands 5'9" and weighs 1,34. A journalism student, he was ranked number in the world in 1983 and 1984 , _He has the t wo fastest ..50 Xm walks in history, a J:J8 :Jl in 1984 and a J·JB:17 1ast year. However, he failed to finish the 1985 World CUp (then Lugano Cup) and was disqualified in last SUl!llller's European Championships. His perf­ormance today probably made up for those failures.

The GDR's 1-2 - J sweep was the first in World Cup ..50 Km history. The winning time bettered the former World Cup best of J :4) :)6 , which Martin . Bermudez did in 1979. Of the 1J4 starters, only 86 finished , a surprising rate of attrition on a cool day . There were four disqualifications .

The winner noted, "Dietmar , Ha.rtmut. and I had a great race , We dreamed about finishing one-two - three, but never thought we'd pull it of f against the Soviet team. I thought the Soviets would pu_t two or even three walker s in the top four. We had a good tr=i 4.nin!l camp in Mexico City for 4 weeks, then 2 weeks in New York. It was a very good stay in the Big A'PPle. . • I though it was a very difficult course ,, with a lot of hill s I think the 20 K'lilometer race will be a lot fa s ter than today' s ..501 the hills will have less of an effect on the short race •• ,I think the three of us are quite -equa l . It just comes down to luck on one day, and today I was lucky."

With . the l)ace quickening throughout the race , Weigel was 20 :.,56 for thl 1ast 5 Km, as noted , 42 . )4 for the 1ast 10. 1:25 :55 for the last 20, and 2 :10 :08 for the last Jo: By comparison, the Italians, who were flying through the rest of the field, had "only " 1:31 1.57 for their last 20.

The results : 1. Rona l d Weigel, GDR ) 142 :26 (23:o6, 46 131, 1:09 :46, 1(32:18, 1:.54:21 · 2 116: 21 , 2;38:14 , 2;59:.52 3 :21:JO) 2 . Hartwig Gauder, GDR J 42:52 (46,3J , 1 :32 :23, 2 :16:22, 2159 :52l 3, Dietmar Meisch , GDR J:4) 114 (~ )2, l1J2 :2J, 2=16 122 , 2 159;.52 4. Vyaches1av Ivanenko, USSR 3 144162 (46131, 1,J2:22, 2 :16 :20 , J:~9,.51 5 . Valery Suntsov, USSR J:45 109 (46133, 1132,2 : 2 ,16:21~ J :00:16) 6. Andrei Thrlov . USSR J;45109 (46132 , 1:32122, 2,16,.,56, Ji00:18 7. Aleksandr Potasho v , USSR J 146 128 (46rJ2, 1=)2 :24 , 2 1161.,56, 3:01:03 8. Martin Bermudez, Mexico J,51 r49 (46 . )7 , 1:32:24 , 2 116,22 ,

3 100:26) 9 . Alessandro Bellucci, Itai;. 3 1.52. 29 (4

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PAGE 4 MAY 1987 3;07121) 10. Raffaello Ducceschi, Italy J,52=29 (47139, l:J4;49, 2121:Jl, 3 ' 07:21) 11. Giacomo ~gi, Italy 3 152133 (47 138, 1134;48, 2121131,J 07:21) 12. Francois Lapointe, Can. J •521J8 (48:18, 1,33:16 2;18:08, J;05:02} lJ, Grzegorz, Poland J154128 {46153, 1:33109 , 2;181%, J;04155) 14. Jorge Llopart, Spa.in 3155JJ5 (46 146, liJ2 59, 2 18:17, 3,05,05) 15. 'lnierry Toutain, France 3;55:58 (49:11, 11~ 111, 2•22;02, 3107144) 16. Felix Gomez, Mex. J1561Jl (46:34, 1,32 1.50, 2118114, J106107) 17, Alain Lemer­cier, Fran.ce 3156154 (47:45, 1:~ 149, 2120148, J;07s.58) 18, Antonio Gonz­alez, Spain J1.571J6 (46 145

1 1,32!59, 211814), 3106114) 19. Andres Marin,

Spain Jr58,o6 (46 145, l1J2 58, 2 18119, J 081J7) 20. Jean Claude Corre, Fnnce )158126 (47158, l1J4 1J8, 2121125, j108137) 21·. Bemd Gummelt, GDR J 59104 22. Li Baojin, ~ina J159105 2J. Manuel Alcade, Spa.in 3;591.50 24. C&rl Schueler, USA 410) 102 (2J J8 , 47109, 1:lo,4o, 1133146, 1156 158, 26:20:05, 2143123, ) 107110, )133147 ~ 25, :Fe.vol Szikora, Czech. 4 10J,20

2 • Pi.er Dl~i Fiorella, Italy 4164151 27, Paul Blagg, GB 4106122 28. V~ijg Savikko, Fin. 41o6:J4 29, Jim Heiring, USA 4108:15 (48141, 1:37 100, 2'26'J8, 3117129) JI. Martin Archubault, Can. 4;08156 J2. Godfried De Jonchheere, Belg. 4109114 3J, De.n O'Connor, USA 4 110:J7 (49106, l1J8 :15, 2127156, 3118:59) J4. 1!:ric Ne~so 1 Fx9.nce 4;10:J7 J5, Dennis Jackson, GB 4:11 :05 J6, Antero Lind.man, FJ.n. ~112:11 27. Ma.ruicio Cortes, Columbia 4:12:54 38, Alfons Schwarz, WG 4 113=02 39, Lubos Mackanic, Czech,/ 4 113117 4o. Mel Oliva, CUba 4:14 119 41. Zhang Fuxin, China 4:14132 (in seventh place at 25 Km) 42. Les M(>rton, GB 4 14148 4J. Zoltan OZukor, ffun«!!,rY 4115:17 44 . Matti Katila, Fin. 4 11514-2 45. Fr it z Helms, WG 4 1lli 107 46. ClodOll.iro Moreno, Col. 4 117:02 47, Matti Heikkila, Fin. 4117,04 48. Jozef Hudak 0-Zech. 4 :17128 49, Rudolf Vereb, Hung. 4:18:44 .50, Detlef Heitmnn, WG 4118:46 ••• • 86. I.uis Alem, Argentina 5 133105 The most notable non- finisher was Sweden's Bo Gustafsson, who l .ed at 15 Ka &Di w&e 12th in 2118118 when he retired at JO Km. Randy Milnm was the other U.S. walker, dropping out at JO Km in 2:37:39. Teu Scoree1 l.Gtfi -Jl J 2. USSR JOJ 3. Italy 291 4. Spa.in 270 5. France 269 (the real surprise of the day) 6. U.S.A. 243 7. Great Britain cl If. D:elam 228 8. Canada 224 9. Finland 224 10, Czechosla.vakia 220 11. Hungar.y 211 12, China 205 lJ. West Genisany 201 14. Mexico 19() 15. COlU11bia 1aq. 16. Cuba 18) 17. Be~iWII 18o 18. Australia 17J 19. Sweden 163 20, Algeria 1J6 21, Switzerland 131 22, Venezuela 118 2J. Portugal 98 24. lbland 94 25. Guatamala 84 2~. Argentiaa 35 . . -D6111inican Republic, Ecuador, B:gypt, Ireland, Kenya, Malaysia, Norway, l\terto Rico, and Yemer Arab Republic all started walkers, but finished no one. These nations all bad limited teams and were planning to put them in the 20 1 but they had to start teams at .50 to go again the next day. Most were out after a lap. · · .

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The Soviet am ~inese walkers, expected to wage a battle for the teaa title, took colllDland of the race al.most by the start. After just half a lap (12.50 11eters), Australia's Kerry Saxby was the only"inter­loper"uong the leaders. By a lap and a half, three S0 viets, three Chinese, am Saxby were well clear of the rest of the field, 'the p,.ce was just Bilaply too fast for anyone else. When they turned at 5 Km in 21,37 , Xu Yongjiu, Saxby, Olga Krishtop, am Yan Hong were starting to separate the111Selves f'ro111 the other three as the pace quickened even more.

Allother half lap saw Hong now 10 meters clear of Saxby and ICrishtop, with Yongjiu beginning to labor and trailing by 8 seconds. Yelina Strak ­hova, Guan Ping, Yelena Kikolayeva, and Jin Bingjie were now starting to close ground on the struggling Y0ungiu.

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Pressing the pace , but looking very smooth, Hong continued to stretcr her lead and i:assed 7.500 meters with 11 seconds over Saxby and Krishtop. Yongjiu was now ba.ck with the others , but the word also came than she had been disqu ali fied. At the finish, Hong had stretched her lead to 19 seconds, with an incredible 4J:OJ, However, a few minutes later, she learned she had been diequalified , which came as a surprise to many know­ledg eable observers of tne race. Krishtop was also very strong over the -last lap and eai;ily left Saxby. The Australian ran completely out of gas in the final 40o meters and staggered to the line , losing two plaoes in the last 100 meters. Strakhova managed to move pa.st Ping in the final stages to take third, After finishing fourth , Ping also learned of dis ­qualification and an apparent Chinese title vanished. Obviously, somethin in the Chinese style did not plaase the ju~es--of the four DQs, three wer f"t"Offl China,

Canada's Ann !\!el led the "other" race most of the way, but succumbed to a strong finish by Mexico's Graciela Mendoza. European champion Maria Diaz was never in the race, but finished 10th in a very credible 45:39 . At 18, she still has some good racing ahead of her . (~el, we forg ot to mention duplicated her seventh place finish of 1985. ) Maryanne Torrella s had a u:s . best of 46:28 and matched her 1983 16th place finish.

O~a Krishtop was a very grac iou s winner. The 29-year -old (not 19 as repor ted in a typa in these pages follow~ her World Iz:idoor.victo:Y in 'March) said : "It' s not very pleasant to l'llll a competition lik e this. _I feel ray competition was stronger than me, and I'm not happy shw w~ ~is­qualified . The course was not that easy , but because this was a dif'fic1;1lt course I was mentall y pre:i:ared to give it my best effort . I was surprise the t~e was so fast. I did not expect to break the world reoo:ttl. (The best 10 Km on a road course until today was Yan Hong's 44:15 in 1985) I couldn't imagine that on a course like this I could have such a good tiJne .

Hong's comments: "I felt everything was quite good with the race,, I was not aware of anything I did wrong. Nothing happened out there, Im angry sure. I don't want to be di11quali:fied. I tho~ht I ~~Plar,8d good technique. This is the first time I have ever been disqualifud. (her memory is short . She was DQ'd in this same race 4 years ago.)

With the Chinese demise , Sp:i.in finished a distant sec~nd to the Sovie in the team competition. The U.S. made a ':'ery stro~ showing. 'lh; ra7~1313 sist ers joined Torrellas in bettering Debbi Lawrence s U .S, best o • set in the u .S. Trial for this race . Lawrence herself l(as not far off tha mark, and the youngster of the team, ru,nn Weik, rounded a superb taam performance with a 48:37,

The results; • USSR 4"> 35 (2114 1. Olga Krishtop, .. USSR 4J 122 (21:J7) 2. Ir:ina Strakhova , . .1

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3. Jin Bingjie C ina 43:45 (21:53) 4. Kerry Saxby, Australia 4J,57 (21 :37) 5. Yeienli Nikolayeva, USSR 43;57 (2~141) 6. Graciela Me~doza, Me 45:02 (22112) 7. Ann Peel , Canada 45 106 (22·14) 8. Natalya Serbinenko, USSR 45109 (22 :11) 9 . Ann Jansson, Sweden 45 124 (2~:15) 10. Ma.r~.Cruz Diaz, S]:ain 45;J9 (22 :33) 11, Lisa Langford, GB 45 ·42 12. Li SuJie, China 45 1.51 lJ. Sue Cook, Australia 46;0J 14. Teresa Palacio, Spa.in ~:l 15. Reyes Sobrino, Spa.in 46,22 16. Maryanne Torrell.as, USA 46128 (22'.50) 1?. Kjersti Tysse, Nor'!fay 46;28 18. Monica GUnnarsson, Sweden 46:J8 19, Emilia Cano, Stnin 46;50 20. Teresa Vaill , UAS 46:.50 21. Maria Colin, Mexico 47:0J 22, Janice McBaffrey, Canada 47111 23, Marciela Chavez, Mex 47:19 24. SirkkaOikarinen, Fin. 47 :20 26. Carmen Hidalgo, Mex. 47:30

PAGE 6 MAY 1987 27. Lisa Vaill, USA 47:32 (23 134) 28. Lora R3_g11tto, Can. 48:01 29 . Maria Gosza, Hung. 48:05 JO. Suzanne Greisbach, France 48:11 Jl. .Debbi Iawrence, USA 48116 (23:56) 32 , Lorraine Jachno, Australia 48 :21 33, Alison Ba.Jeer, Canada 48:Jl 34. Lynn Weilc, USA 48:37 35. Barbara Kollorz, WG 48:37 J6. Mirva Hamalainen, Fin. 48:38 37, Beverley Allen, GB ;B:L~5 38. Ildiko Illyes, Hung. 48 151 39, Rudolfne Hudi, Hung. 48:52 l!O. Helena Astrom, Fin. 48·55 41, Solvi Fumes, Nor. 49:05 42. Helen Elleker, GB 49:11 43. Nina Arnesen, Norway 49114 44. Antonella Marangoni, Italy 49:32 45. tleana Salvador, Italy 49:36 46. Margareta Olsson , Sweden 49:44 47. Aniko Szebenszky, Hung. 49:45 48. Sabine Desmet, Be-lg. 49:55 49. Rosa Sierra, Spi,in 50105 50. Jeanine Gosselin, France 50:18 51. Gunhild ICristiansen, Denmark 50:20 _sa. Renate Warz, WG 50:20 53, Anita Blomberg, Norway 50140 _54. Elsa Abril, Col. 50:40 55. Carrin Rudolph, WG 50:58 56. Br~itte Buck, WG 50:59 . . ,85. Alllparo Zanorano, Col. l:lJ116-four ~ and one non-finisher

Tea.ms: 1. USSR 203 2. Sp1.in 174 3. Australia 167 4. Mexico 164 5. Canada 160 6 . USA 153 7, Sweden 146 8. Great Britain & N. Ireland 135 9. China 126 10, Finland 126 11, Norway 124 12. Hungary 122 lJ. France 97 14. West Germany 94 15. Italy 86 16. Belgium 65 17. Switzerland 57 18. Denmark 51 19. Colombia: 47 20. Ireland 39 21. Venezuela 36 22. Argentina 25 23. Egypt 16.

~ The 1984 Olympi~ gold medalist, Ernesto Canto, made-a bold bid to

recapture the World Cup title he had won in 1981 (be was runner-up in 1983 and missed the '85 compgtition when the Mexican earthquake kept the team home). However, on this day, the ~earing pace he se t for the field l]t'oved to be too much, as he hit the wall on the final lap and faded to fifth. Taking over was his surprie;ing countryman, Carlos Mercenario, who celebrated his 20th birthday with a sweet victory in 1119124. With their third man, Biliulfo Andablo, in eithth, the Mexicans e~ed the USSR by one point for the team title at 20 Km. However, with GDR walkers no where to be seen in this - event, the Soviets took the Cup by a wide margin over Italy. The Soviets finished 2,J,9 in this one to go along with their 4,5 ,6, 7 in the 50. A surprising third among the 20 Km teams was Columbia., with Q;.terubin Moreno finally fulfilling his l]t'omise in great style, finishing fourth, and brother Hector taking ninth.

Canto took the lead early, and, although not always in the lead, was obviously controlling the i:ace, which was un'li!elievably fast. The first 2500 meter lap took only 9:JJ--a 1:16:24 pace for the full 20 Km if it continued, The fast pace put to rest the fears of many that, with the huge field, a pack of JO or 40 would stay together for as 111\lch as 10 Km, with people jogging a.long in the center out of s~ht of the judges. But there were very few who could stay with the pace Canto was forging, So, by the end of that first lap, the leading "mob" was already chopped to about 10 hearty souls. Surprisingly, Canto was being challenged at that point by Anatoliy Gorschkov, who. thls writer would Jla.ve expected to be somewhat more conservative in the early stages with the team title at stake.

There was little let up on the second lap, and Canto passed 5 Km in 19:13 with only Gorschkov and Australia's Dave Smith still challenging. A following group of e~ht was no¥ 10 second.a back and they were at least that far ahead of anyone else. Tim Lewis was walking very well, passing the 5 Km mark in 20 :07 in 19th place,

Canto continued his relentless p1.ce and after J laps, the competition disappeared. When he passed 10 Km in )8144, he had 21 seconds on Gorsch-

MAY 1987 PAGE 7 kov, with Smith another 10 seconds back and about to be waved off the cour: by the judges, an experience not new to the gutty Australian. Viktor Mostovik, Mercenario, anr Valdas Kaslaukas were right on Smith's heels , Shortly thereafter, Mercenario made a move, quickly moved clear of the of the others and closed on Gorschkov . At the 15 Km mark Canto still looked p:ood, although his pace had closed somwwhat. He went through in 58:46 with Mercenario now second, some 17 seconds behind, With Mostovilc now ·third, another 13 seconds back, Canto appeared to have things well under control.

But by the time they had gone another 2500 meters, it was obvious he was in trouble, Mercenario having cut !iis lead. in half and looking much th• stronger of the two at this point. A -2- Mexican seemed in the cards, the only question being if Canto could rally to held off bis eager young team­mate. That was answered quickly, Mercenario moving to the lead with about 1500 meters to go and drawing quickly- away. Now we could see Canto was really hurting. Mostovik passed him with about 1000 meters to go and closed · some ground on Mercenario, but never threatened the winner. In the final stretch, Moreno also caught Canto, as the Mexican really paid a _prier for .his fantastic early effort. Everyone but Moreno was slowing over the final 5 Km, it w:as just that Canto slowed a lot more. Moreno, with a very even pace, was able to move from 11th at 10 Km to his fourth pi,ce spot and had the fastest final 5 Km of anyone (.5 seconds faster than Mercena.rici) . His brother walked a similar race, though a bit slower, and moved from 21s· to 10th over the final 10,

Tim Lewis held up very well after his fast start . He moved up to 15th by halfway (40:14) and to 12th with 5 Km to go. On the final 5 Km, he caught Italy's Walter Arena, but watched Hector Moreno and Simon Baker go by him. Still, he covered that last 5 faster than .the struggling Canto He finished with his second best time ever. The U,S put three more walkers under 1 :29 and finished ninth as a team for the race. They were also ninth overall as Columbia, Czechoslavakia, and Mexico picked up enough points to overcome the lead we had in the 50 Km.

The only notable absehtees from the race were Josef Pribilinic , the 1983 winner,·still-suffering .from a hamstring injury incurred as he fin ­ished in the World IT1d.oors; Canada's Guillaume Leblanc, apparently out for the season with a knee injury; and the GDR's Ralf Kowalsky, whose absence sorely hurt his team's cause, Only Axel Noack in sixth walked well for the GDR, as they finis hed only 14th at 20 and fell to a distant third overall.

Mercenario was last year's Pan-Am Junior champion and finished second to Leblanc in the Pan- Am cup last fall in 1:21123, just ahead. of Tim Lewis , (The Morenos were fifth and sixth in that race in over 24.) After his win he noted: "It was almost an impossible dream. I din't believe it. I wasn't sure of my position, but when I saw Canto I knew I was the winner, I was not aware of the record. I was thinking more of the beam, because yesterday , in the 50 Km, we didn't do so well . I was concentrating on having the best time today for the Mexican team."

The results : 1. Garlos Mercenai.io, Mexico 1 :19:24 (19:27, 39:14, 59103) 2. Niktor Mos-t. ovik, USSR '1:19:32 (19:26, 39:14, 59:16) 3 , Anatoliy Gorschkov, USSR 1:20:o4 (19:13, 39 :05, 59 :19) 4. Querubin Moreno, ~l. 1 120:19 (19:53 , 39:57, 60:08) 5, Ernesto Canto, Mex. 1:20125 (19:13 , J8:44, 58:46) 6. Axel Noack, GDR 1:20:53 (19:28, 39:27, 59:49) 7, Maurizio Damila.no, Italy 1120:59 (19:27, ·39:39, 60:12) 8. Biliuflo Andablo, 'Mex, 1:21144 (19,27, 39:45, 60:13) 9 . \taldas Kaslaukas, USSR 1:21:49 (19:26, 39:15, 60:29) 10. Hector Moreno c 1 1 21 .50 (201 4o

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• : : : 9, :51, 61:16) 11, Sim.on Baker,

PAGE 8 MAY 1987 AUstralia 1 :21 :57 (20:2J, 4o :42 , 61:10) 12 . Erling Andersen, Norway 1:22:15 (19:4o, 391.58, 6o157) 13. Tim Lewis , USA 1122;27 (20107, 4o114, 61:00) 14. Roman Mrazek, Czech, 1:22 134 (19:53, 4o10J, 611o4) 15. Walter Arena, Italy 1:22149 (19J28 , 39151 , 6o:49) 16. Liu Jianli, China 1122 152 (20137 , 41117, 62

105) 17, Francisco Vargas, Col, 1•23110 (19:39 , 4o1l6 ,

~1:51) 18, Carlo Mattioli, rta~~ t123 126 (20129, 41:16 , 62;o4) 19 . Martial Fesselier, France 1 12J1% 20:JO, 41116 , 62 05) 20. J1.an Shao Hong, Qiina. l12J15J (201J8 , 41,15 , 62127 21, :RI.vol BlazJk, Czech. 1123 58 22. IAl.niel P.laza, Spain 1124101 2J, Ian Mccombie, GB 1124,13 24.'Girogia Duiilano, Italy 1124 117 25, Zdislaw Szlapldn, Toland 1 :24 2J 26 . Stefan Johansson, Sweden 1:24128 27 , Chris Maddocks, GB 1 124 133 ' 28 . Joel Sanchez, Mex. 1:24157 29. Jan Klos, ~land 1125 102 ~O. Jose Pinto, R>rtugal 1125105 Jl. Ricardo Pueyo, Spa.in 1 125;27 J2 . Jan Staa.f, Sweden 1125:JO JJ. ~or Kollar, Czech. l1251JJ 24. Alassan .dro l\1zzatini, Italy 1:25:47 35. Miguel Prieto , Spa.in 1,25,52 36 , Carlos Ramones, Venezuela. 1125155 J7 . Andrew Jacmo, Australia 1125;58 39. Zhou Chaowen, China 1126,07 4o . Abdelouahab Ferguene, A1geria 1126117 41. Joaek Bednarek, !bland 1 :26:20 42 . Wang Lizheng , China 1:26126 4J. Carols Montes, Spain 1 :26;27 44 . Wolf­gang Wiedemann, WG. 1126136 45, Ray Sharp, USA 1 127101 (20:JO , 41:J4, 63155) 46. Zbi8niew Sadlej, Poland 1 1271C>4 47. Jo}m Pa.tin, France 1 127 :ZJ 48 . Helder Oliveira, Port . 1:27125 49, Vesa Puukari, Finland 1 127 128 .50, Franz Kostyukevlts, USSR 1 127:33 51. Jacques IeMontagner, France 1127151 .52, Janos Szalas, Hungary 1 127 153 53, Mike Stauch , USA 1:27,54 (21,14 , 43119, 65 130) 54, Mohamed Bouha.Ua, Alg. 1128:01 55. Endre And.rasfay, Hung. 1128 118 56 • .Faul TUrpin , Canada 1 :28119 57. Sandor Kanya, Hung. 1128142 58. Roland Weiser, GDR 1 128 146 59 . .Faul Schwartzberg , USA 1 128148 (21156, 4J 147 , 65 149) 60. Jan Za.honcik, Czech, 1128156 61. Phil Vesty, ·GB 1 129104 62. Jbillippe Lafleur, France 1 129:34 63 • .Fauli Pi.rjeta, Fin. 1 , 29138 64. Kari Ahonen, Fin. 1 129:4'1 65. Andi Drake , GB 1 129145 66. Dirk Van De Bosch, Belg i um 1 129149 • , ,84, Steve Iecinovsky, USA l13J145 (21156 1 44137, 68126) , , ,120 . Antonio Olivo , Dom, Rep. 2:18106 DQ-- David S11ith , Australi J911J a.t 101 Andrej Ruba.rth, GDR 6J;29 at 151 and Sandor Urbanik, Hung, 61:12 at 15 in 15th place.

Teu Scores: 1. Mexico 305 2. USSR Jo4 J. Colombia 287 4. Italy 278 5. Czechoalavakia 2_52 6 . China 246 7 , Spa.in 235 8. !bland 229 9, USA 219 10, Great Britain & N. Ireland 217 11, France 214 12. lbrtugal 21J lJ. Australia 212 14 . GDR 205 15. Sweden 2o4 16 . Hungary 175 17 . Al8eria 168 18, Finland 168 19, West Germany 157 20. Canada 1.50 21 , Venezuela 133 . 22. Cuba. 130 2J, Norway 127 24. Belgium 117 25, Switzerland 107 26 . Ireland 92 27 , .Puerto Rico 82 28. Argentina 66 29 . Kenya 47 JO. Do111inican Repiblic 47 Jl . Guatamala J6 32, F.gypt J4 JJ. Malaysia 17 34 Ecuador 15

Final Team Sta.ndings : 1. USSR 607 2. Italy 569 J . GDR 518 4, Spain .505 5, Mexico 495 6. France 48J 7, Czechosla.vak.ia 472 8 . Colombia 471 9. USA 462 10. China 451 11. G,B. & N .I. 445 12, Finland 392 13, Rung-3.ry J86 14. Australia J85 15, Canada J74 16 . Sweden 367 17 . West Germany J.58 18. R>land J2J 19, CUba. 31J 20. Portugal JU 21. Algeria 3o4 22. Belgi1,1111 297 23, Venezuela. 251 24. Swtizerland 238 25. Norway 127 26. Guatamala 120 27 . Argentina 101 28. Ireland 92 29. fuerto Rico 82 JO. Keyna 47 31. Dominican Republic 47 J2 . F.gypt J4 JJ . Malaysia 17 )4. Ecuador 15

MAY 1987 PAGE 9 OTHER CUP NOTES

Canto seemed to be the favorite in the 20 among other athletes, in part du· to a. 1:19 :J? in la.te March during the Mexican race walking week. However , Mostovik had also proven his fitness with a. 1:19:57 in February, .. The world leader at .50 Km for the year was Pa.vol. Szikora, who had 3 42 120 on April 4. But he was never a. factor in the race, droppin.o: off the pace a.fter 15 Km and finishing just behind Carl Schueler .• ,Olga Krishtop had the best 10 Km time for the year going into t~e race, a 44:58 on Feb . 22 . Your editor was in New York for three days before the meet lending assist­ance to TAC Press Officer &te Ca.va's able crew as the resident "race walking exl)Brt." . , ,OPening ceremonies were held on Friday afternoon at the U .N. The athletes made a colorful spectacle on the sidewalks of New York as they walked erunasse the mile or so from meet headquarters at the Sheraton Centre , For the JRrade of nations at the ceremony, all of the athletes were attired in their warmups , except the British-the picture of elegance in their blazers and ties. As the announcer said , "And the team from Gi:eat Britain and Northern Ireland, imlnaculate a.a usual." The other exception was the flamboyant Aussie , Dave Smith, carrying the flag and magntficantly attired in his jeans and t-shirt . On reaching the entrance to the garden where the ceremonies w~re held and hearing the band doing its dideland rendition of "Just A ctoser Walk With Thee", Mr, Smith quick ­broke into a jaunty dance step to lead histeam onto the grounds, •. Ai a press conference the day before, Dave had rescued a toungue-tied Kerry Saxby, moving to the fore , seating himself on a chair, and trying to entice her onto his knee so he could serve as her ventroliquist. He then smoothly took over the Aussie portion of the conference,

NOW I ON TO. • • .OTHER RESULTS :

Bellair, Texas, Dec. 21, 1986 (At long last , results of thel986 TAC 100 Km championship, in an exclusive report to the OJN)--Scott Demaree's first appearance in a national race walking championship proved to be a success · ful one. With race walking PRs of 1 :47 and 5118 early in 1986 and an ultra - marathon background that included 1, 000 mile and 48 hour races in the preceding eight weeks, Demaree was a natural for the 100 Km race . The race attracted only five entrants. Of these , J - time winner Alan Price arrived late (not at all unusual for Alan), giving bis opponents a 67125 lead. A pa.rticip:1t1t in the concur.rent .50 Km race led the walkers for 20 miles, while Damaree and Dave Waddle of Atlanta gradually separated them­selves from George I.atta.rulo, Demaree hit sub-ll minute miles to build a l minute lead, then fell 2 minutes behind during a rest stop . At 14 miles, Demaree moved into first place for the final time , but the race wasn't over yet. Al.an Price set out on a 9:4o mile pace and promptly regained two of the 8 laps (0.72 m.iles ea.ch) that the leaders held on him • Afte r 18 miles, though , Price slowed enough that Demaree could gradually increase the remaining gap. This continued until nearly 10 hours had elapsed . When Demaree attempted to pass Price for the third time , Price matched the leader's pace and stayed at his heels. Deina.ree'a response wa.a to quicken his speed baok to the sub-eleven range, The lockstep continued for a full hour before Price eased off. With only 4 miles remaining , Demaree could slow up a little am. coast to victory in +1 :45 :.56. Dave Waddle gre4ually slowed as the race progressed, but still reached the 50 mile mark 25 minutes ahead of Price. The headstart was sufficient to get Waddle to the finish in second place, 15 minutes up on Price • Waddle is a virtual novice, having started race walking in August off very little training of any sort, The top two spots, thus were captured by walkers with a collective background of less than J yea.rs in race walking . Ralph ~arelli claimed the Masters crown with his fifth-place finish behind

a111Jnate Ie.ttarulo .

PAGE 10 MAY 1987 1. Scott Demaree ll:4Ss56 2. Dave Waddle l2;51:54 }. Alan .Price lJ :06:55 4. George Lattarulo 15:00:1 1 5 . Ralph Ca.J:darelli 15 38:55

3ulf Coast 50 Km, sa.me time and place-1. Demaree 5141:Jl 2 . John Stowers :48:!J J. Rnl Bradley 7:13:58 4. David Lloyd 7:23:07 .5 Km, East

Meadow, N.Y., March 22: Women lJ-19 years--1. DeDee Mehan 29:19 2. Hope Hallock 29'50 Women 20-39--1. Jocelyn Vrba 29120 Women 4o and Over--1. Vicki Mol~a.ro 30;.57 10 Km, same plaoe1 Men 13-19--1 . Je£f Salvage 48:22 2. Jon Jorgenson 49:43 J. Ma.re Anthonisen 54 55 Men 20-39--1. Roberto Gottlieb 50:23 Men 4o and over--1. Frank Moiignano 59,25 ~aw Jersey Waterfront Marathon, A.Pril 26--1. John Slavonic 3:42 :56 2,

Pierce 3;%;57 3. Nick Bdera 3;.56;05 4 . Marc Bagan 3:59:47 5, Alan ce 4:15;47 6. John Alfonso 4118104 7, Ion Wilson 4133:24 8. Bob Mimm

\~st over 60) 4;J7:o6 9. Gary Null 4:4o151 10. James Wass 4 149:14 (18 finishers) Women: 1. Mary Howell 4;20116 2. Stella Cashman 4:49,49 15 Km, Che~o Falls. N ,Y •1 April 5- - 1. Dave Talcott 1113 :35 2. Jim Miner 1:25~ 4 Mile.t!?amtom, N.Y., April 18--1. Dave Talcott 301J6 .4 5 Km, Oneonta, N;Y,1 i 25-- 1. Dave Talcott 2) 116,5 2. Dan Talcott 24 ·31.S 3, Jim Comerata 2 ;32.4 Southeast Masters Km Rale' h N .c., May 2--1. Ray McKinnis (47) 24:16,2 • Regis anda.r 27:22,7 3, Bob Mimm (62) 2714o.5 4. Alvia Gaskill (32) 29:19 .3 5. Wayne Nicol (54) 29:23 6. Geor~e Lati.arulo (38) 29124.6 7, Bob Fine (55) 29,33.9 8. Don John­son (70) .31:.56.2 10, George Heller (65) J2 :06.5 11. Gordon Wallace (77) 34:55,3 Women: 1, Kathy Donley (33) 27:19,9 Southeast Masters 20 Km, May 3-- 1. Dave Waddle (34~ 1143:27.2 2. Bradley Knutson (19) 1:§4:05.8 3, Ray MoKinnis (47) 1144 48.l 4 . Keith Luoma (25) 1:45:12 5. Kurt Clausen (20) 1:46:12 6 . Eric B~ham (4o) 1149:17 7, Regis Dandar (4o) 1:49139 8. John Knifton (47) 1=52:49 9, Kathy Donley (33) 1:55;57 10, Alvi Gaskill (32) 2;03141 11, Robert Fine (55) 2:07 :21 12. Bill Farrell (44) 2 110:43 13. Holden Thomas (48) 2:10:50 14. George-Ia.ttarulo (38) 2:l2:50 15. Don JOhnson (70) 2=13,05 16. J 0hn Hines (53) 2,15:4 2 17. George Heller (65) 2 11~:49 18. Bill Tallmadge (71) 2118138 19. Robert Mitrun (62) 2:23136 20. Thomas Guzik (46) 2 123'47 21 , E.B. Lloyd (64) 2,27:55 22. Gordon Wallace (77) 2 132:18 2J. John Walker (41) 2:34 :51 24.· Harold Stephens (64) 2:2703 25. ~arold Canfield (67) 2:37:33 26. Alpha Bennett (4o) 2,38:01 5 ~ Atlanta, April 29--1. Dave Waddle 24=25 2. Shaul Lad.any 29:42 3, '.Brf Farrell 30124 JOn, Atlanta, Ma 2- -1. Shaul I.ad.any 27142 Km lake Worth Florida A il 2 : Meni 5-39--1. Ron Salvio 29 :1 2. Steven Christline JO :2 Age 45-49--1. Dan Stanek 28 :48 Age .50-54-1. R. Lee Suffner 28 :ll Age 55-59--1. Bob Fine 28 :07 Women: Age 19-29-1. Kathryn Warren 27 :59 1500 Meters, Howard Wood Dakota Re~, Sioux Falls, S.D., May 1 (first time for event)--1. Joe Fial.al S,ota State 6:51.7 2. Joel Nelson, Bilton, Mo. 7 :20.9 (1st 4o-49 3. Craig Haugaard, Hutchinson, Minn, 7:.31 4. Lora Haugaard 8:19. 5. Vince Durkin, Rapid City, s.D. 9124.2 (1st 60- 69) 6. Edward Wolfe, Sioux Falls 10:01 (2nd 6o-69) 2 Mile , A1 buquerque, N.M., 1 . Rick Wadleigh 17:16 2. Larry Martinez 17:.50 J. Bruce S!hsbury 19:14 4. Joe Sutton 201.50 5. Judy Hablitzel 20:56 10 Km, Mt. SAC Relays, Walnut, Calif •• April 26-1. Murray Day, NZ 44sl0 2. lru:Ty Walker 44·J5 (1st Mast­er) 3, Federioo Valerio 45:51 4. Mark Hartzell 47125 5. Enrique Flores 48123 6; Keith Ward 49=1J 7, m Bouldin 50:20 8. Juan Izaquirre .50:50 9. Ester Lopez 51:47 10. Sa.rah Standley 53117 11. Carl Warrell.5J146 12. Crhis Sa.kelarios 54:00 13, Ron Laird 54 1.50 14. Jim Coots 55143 15. Chris Rael 55151 16. Richard Oliver 56:12 17. Stephen Tabb .56122 18. Gary Ihrig .57114 19. Carl Acosta 57:33 20. Stewart Boden .57:44 21. Jesus Orendain 5?1.57 22. Dave Snyder 58:23 22. Robert Granados 58:50 2~. Arthur Goolsbee 59:18' 25, Richard Nester 59:43 26. Allen

MAY 1987 PAGE 11 Brum( e1; 60 :20 27. Jolene Steigerwalt 60 :2.3 28 . Carolyn Butler 62 :26 &5

1finis~ers) 5 Km, San Fra~cisco 1 April 4--1. Jack Bray 25=29 2 . Bob

J a~ 30-~l 5Xm San Francisco A.Pril 18--1. Huey Johnson 29:14 2 ~n: Swift 29:15 J. Bob Craig 29:45 4. Ron Daniel J0 ·22 5 c·na.y

A/ 1 J~ =2t_ Km DeAnsa Cal. A il 11-1. Hector Flo~s l7 :21 1,5 Km za, --1. Bo? Edwards 2 ,57 5 Km, Marin, Cal. April 25=r.'

Huey.Johnson 2 :22 2. Mike Harris 28:33 3. Bob Craig 29:M 4 Br' Reybi.ne JO :1.3 5 Km, Oakland, April 11--1. Jack Bray 27 52 2 H• ieJ hn son 27 . 53 a Km Mont C 1 . • : • uey o -Kru · 6 . ,erey, a •• Amrl JJ-- 1. Kim Wilkinson 26,07 2 KarJ Ed ~ 2 · ~ 5 Km~ H?nolulu. April 12--1. tan Fitz:i;atrick 25 33 2 • 2 GI

oTn 2h7;25 2. Mlle, Seattle, April 2--1. Steve Dibernardo 19 , :C.c • en ao iyama 22·28 J Ed Gl d 25 •1 '· · Jv 5 Kal Br 26 2 6 • an er • 9 '+'.,., Bob Hendrickson 26 • 10

J~ck Cor~:e46 .5~ ~5 ~ ~l~~~ 29:J~ 8 K i Seattle, April 12--1.

Western Wash. u: 23.2J z. Tony Engl;ha:t '\,W~3

:11-L Herman Ne~son,

2625;06 4. CMen Robertson 25:08 5. Dominic'uraano 2~~48J.6Al~an J3r~~ges

:53 7. Bev La.Yeck 27:37 8. Doug Ermini 2 121 • • enny 1sher March 14--1. Steve Renard 21 52 2 R d 9 5,Km, Gresham, Oregon, 27 :46 4. Tim Theissen 29•on 1

5 ....'.. an0 ,YDoJac1obs 23'23 3. Jeff Kilday

0 • J • i4oy nne l 29.15 5 ~ w·11 t regon, Jla.rch 20--1. Steve Renard 22·2 .7 2 R ., .. 1 ame te, Kilday 27=20 4. Steve er 2 • ' • • andy Jacobs :4-0 J, Jeff Steve Renard 37:50 2, ~ve ~~ 47~2~J.lekSal7m, Ore , , March 22--1 San Francisco Ma 2 track --1 Jo ·cif1c TAC 10 Km Cham,12.., ..52:51 women's champion 3 ~l ~ Batto ~B:13 2. Kim Wilkinson .5, Kerry Bratton 57:.39 8 Km. Euge eg3r 55'24 4. Andrew Silver 57:39 Reynard 39:57 3. Steve Tyrer 4 •§i.e. re,-1: Jim Mann J7:o6 2. Steve Steve Renard 22:44• 2. Steve ~r 2;0~' Keizer, Ore,, April ),l--1. 1. Randy Jacobs 22 48 2 Troy O 'Do • 11 ( Km, Salem, Ore., April 19- -5 Km s 1 A · : • nne 21 :39 J • Dane Jaconetti 29 .10 , a em, pril 20--1. Randy Jacobs 24=07 2 Ste . Jef~ Kilday 28:00 4. Eric Kaplan J0:43 20 Km •Burl~e Tyrer 26:0~ 3 . April 12- -1. Ila.life I.awrence u S 1 ,-:,9 ,0,, "'-2 • i.ngotn, Ontario_, v- ( ) • • • • .J • J 'Fiu1 Gui d l 47 3 ':'" same :SSlace ·--1. Denis McGoniga.l 5J :09 2 Br mon : : 2 10 Freeman :25. • 5 Art Kea ( Bo) • ad Lessard 53;58 371-IHre · l. Louise Aubin 50·5.3 WOmenfs age 89=43 Women's 10 I{ln, same pla.ce--~ Km, Toronto, April 18=-1. Pauf ~Ln~~~ 2~~~e-21. Deborah FOwe~l 24:10 oman Olszewski 26,04 4. Mi~e Freeman 2 • · Peter Bush 24·41 3.

1. Ian McCombie l:23:26 2. Chris Madd ~05. io Km, Isle of Man, Feb. 28-1:29:53 Women's 10 Km, same place--l. 0

~ 1 ·2 1ll 3, Chris Smith

50:16 British 10 Mlle Cha.mp Kfiigst i:r,Iangf~ rd 47:54 2. Helen Elleke 2. S. Drake 69:03 j. F. Rei~•69 :l2 4n,A ch 1~ -1. Ian McCombie 67:36 6. J. Ball 70:14 (23 under 1,1 5 45 und •

1.Penn) 9149 5, D. Stone 70:00

Champ, same place--1 Lisa~ ' er :20 British Women's 10 Km Helen Elleker 49·02 ·4 . Victorfao~ 46137 2: ·Nicky Johnson 48:JJ J. 6 . Sarah Brown 49:57 7 Betty o.. :wrenki:e 49-10 5, Lisa Simpson 49:3-:i • ~"orows 50:05 J

FROM HEEL '.ro '.OOE Tffo readers have sent me copies of T supplements recently showing racewa~osh~ba ad that appeared in Sunday screen. The shot is from the LAC ll rs in living :olor on the TV 50 Km and includes Martin Bsrmud " R ser track during the 1984 Olympic­Uthnfiortunately, the gold medaliste(Gon:lw~)n~alels, and Carl Schueler.

s shot. Anyway thanks to Da. Log is c early off the groung in this along . . •• He~ Laskau is ave an and Harry Mazurek for sending be.llot for the National Track an~o~e~~e~n candidates on this yea.r's include members of the Track and F· ld Wr':l of Fame. The 600 voters ~ent. u:.s.,; champions (including :~ad J. ers of America, TAC Officials, a Ii ving me11tbers of the Hall F runners and race walkers) and Henry can follow Ron Laird in ;s tbour members will be selcted. We hope

e second race 1k wa er, • ,Now available

.:.PA:.:;GE==....:12=----- ---- -- -- -------- - --'MA""'.::Y:....::1,98::.iZ'-- 1sun. Ju l 19-- 3 Mile, Columbia, Missouri, 8 am (C) from The Athletdtoe Congres s; th e 1987 edition of the ~mpetition Rules of OONTACl'S the Athletics C ngress an .d the 1987 edition of the Alllerican Athletics , A-- Da.ve Waddle , 2327 Redfield Dr ,, Norcro ss , GA .38071 Annual. The fo~r conta in s rules for American tr ack and field, race C--Joe Duncan, 2980 Maple Bluff Dr . , Columbia , M'.l 65201 walking, and long distance running, and includes recom.a . It sells for D--Bev I.a.Yeck, 6633 Windermere, Seattle, WA 98115

64 $7 , .50. The Athletics Annual contains records, all-time li s ts , 1986 season E-- Elliott Denman, z8 N, Locust, West Long Branch, NJ 071 review , all-time rankings, pa.st winn ers in national and inte:mat i onal G--Elaine Ward, .3.58 w. California Blvd., B!sadena , CA 91105 championships, re cords of U.S . dual meets , a necrology , and an athletes H- '-Bqb Carlson, 2261 Glencoe st . , Denver , 00 80207 index for track and field (walks included), It se lls for $8.00 in the I- - J-¾n Bean, 493.3 Oak Ri.rk Dr, NE, Salem, OR 93705 U.S. and canada, $12.00 elsewhere. Order from TAC/uSA Book Order J- ·-St eve Vaitone s , 90 SUl!ll!lit st . , Waltham, MA 021.54 Department, P.O . Box 120 , Indianapolis, lN 46206 . TAC has also init i ated N---Don W~iec ki, 161 Stewart Ave. Buffalo, NY 14211 a new newsletter, TAc;rlMES. Tis is the newsl ette r of TACSTATS/uSA, the O-=-Gene Dix, 2301 El Nido ct. , mt, Al buquerque, NM 87104 Nat ional Center for ~ng Distance Running and Race Walking Record s and P..-ROn Marlett, 2721 NW 48th,, ~klahoma. City, OK 7.3112

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Resea.roh. If you fall in certain categories, subscri pt io ns a.re 1R-~ Westerfield, ID Box 'f'HJ, Smithtown , NY 11787 complimentary. Othe rwis e, you can get it for a minimUJ11 $20 contrirution s - -Fra.nk Alongi, 265.30 Woodshixe , Dearborn Heights, MI 48127 to TAC, Write TACSTATS/uSA, 7145 SW 138 Terrace , Miami , FL 33158 , or T-- Bert Bonanno. San Jose City- College, 2100 Moorpark Ave., San J ose , CA ca l 305-25.3-8448 for further information . 95128

BIG RACES, Ll'ITIE RACES: WE'VE OOT 'EM ALL

Wed , Jun J-J Kll!, Chestnut Hill , Mase . , 6 pm (J)

I u-·-IJa.ve Ta.loott , RD 3, Box 1.52A, Owego, NY 1.3827 W-'-Mike DeWitt , 814 4oth St,, Kenosha, WI 53140 X--Metropolitan Racewalkers, J6 W. 20th st . , New York 100 11 Z--Dave Gwyn, 6502 S. Briar Bayou, Hous ton, TX 71072

Thu. Jun 4---2 . 8 Mile, Seattle (D) Sat. Jun 6--3 Km (Masters) , Seattle (D) LOOKING BACK

5 Km Women, 10 Km Men , Dearborn , Mich,, 9 a m ($) 25 Years Ago (From the May 1962 AlllE!ri can Race Walker)-Your editor, then a 15 Km, C lumbia , Isssouri, 9 am (C) spry 27- yea.r-old , journeyed west to capture the National JO Km in Los 2 Mile , l1ruquerque , N .M., 6 pm (O) Angeles in 2 :36: 02 , with John Allen 3 minutes back , and Ron La.inl 6 min-

Sun. Jun 7-8 Km, Eugene, Ore~on (I) utee in arrears. Bob Bowman led the home contingent in f ourth ••• Bowman 5, lO, and 20 Km (track) , Houst00 • 8 am (Z) won the Mt. SAC Relays 2 Mile in 16 :27 .• • Pedestrian of the M<>nth was Various distances, Salem, Oreg on (I) corinn Blackburn Jack ' s moff!IIIY who as one of the pioneers in women's

Mon. Jun 8--- 5 Km, Long Branch, N ,J · • 6 pm (E) (and all Mo?Jdays thr0 ugh Aug) wa.lking had best' times of .56,45 for .5 miles and 681 10 for 6. Fri. Jun 12- - 5 Km, Seattle, 7 pm (D) 1 • • Sat. Jun lJ-20 Km (track), Cambridge, Mass., 9 am (J) 20 Years Ago (From the May 1967 ORW)-18noring the relentless sun and

1500 meters Cambridge , 12 noon (J) boiling blacktop of the McKeesport, Pa . Eastland Shopping .Plaza, Ron Laird 5 Km, Denve;, 8 am (H) scored an easy National 20 Km win in 1 :38141. Fast-improving Ierry Young

5 Kin, Racine, Wis,, 7 :45 am (W) lwas a d.is tan t second in 1142 110 , but still 3 111inutes ahed. of Tom Dooley 1,.5, 10 , 15 , and 20 Km, Atlanta (A) and Larry Walker, and 6 ahead off one Jack Mortland, who edged :rteve Hayden

Sun, Jun 14--New Jersey 5 JOn ~mp., Ewing {E) for fifth. The heat extracted a huge to ll , and a stupid pi.;rade around the 5 xm Riverside cal. 8 am (G) center behind a marching band ptior to the race, a required event for all Me~politan 5 Km Cha;p. New York City (X) !oontAstan tis, didn't help ••• Three days later , laird found cool er weather

Wed. Jun 17-- 3 Km, Chestnut Hill, Mas~., 6 pm (J) in C'-i~o and captured the Zinn Me1110rial 10 Km, a track race, in 44,49. Sat. Jun 20-7.5 Km Women, 15 Km Men, East Meadow, N .Y ., 8:30 am (R) Dooley (47: 32 ) and Mortland (47150) followed. • • • La.hd also picked up the

5 Km Nomen, 10 Km Men, Daa.rborn, Mich,, 9 am (s) Nationa l ti tl e at 35 Km in a very productive month ••• Shau l I.ad.any set Sun, Jun2 1-- 5 Km, :Brighton, R,Y., 6 pm (U) his annual American record at 50 miles rlth an 8 :11:41 in New Jersey. sat. Jun 27--NATIONAL ATHIEl'ICS OONGRESS WOMEN'S 10 KM, SAN JOSE, CAL. (T) Race director Elliott Denman was se cond in 9:11:.50, •• Jack Blackburn toye c sun. Jun 28--NATIDJlAL ATHIETICS OONGRESS MEN'S 20 KM, SAN JOSE (T) with Jack Mortland for J laps of the Ohio AAU 2 mile and then scored an

1.500 m and 5 Km, Oklahoma c1t y, Okla ., 6:4 5 am (P) ea sy win, 14:26 to 14147, with 7:11 for the second mile. 1 , 5, 10, 15, and 20 Km, Atlanta (A) 1.5 Yea.rs Ago (From the May 1972 ORW)--:ta.rry Young topped the nE!lfs with

5 Km, Briar Bayou, Tex. , 8 am (Z) an American record 20 Km on the track in Columbia, Mo. and a win in the 1 Hour, Owego, N .Y ,, 8:JO am (u) Western Hemisphere 20 Km in Sharon , .Pa., lJlrry had 1130,10 in the Columbia

Thu . Jul 2---J Km Women, 10 Km Men, Dearborn, Mich . 6 pm (s) ra.ce . At Sharon , 6 days later , he had no trouble winning in 1 131159 on Sat . Jul 4:---5 JOn, Denver (H) a tough , and maybe even slightly long, course. Ron nmiel was second in

· · J Km, BeUingham, Wash.t 10: 30 am (D) 1 137 :18, followed. by Flo yd GOdwin, John Knifton , Jose Oliveros, Neville Sun, Jul 5--10 Km Run-Walk (6 and 4; , :Wng Branch, N .J · • 9 am (E) Conway, Marcel Jobin, and Pat Farrelly . Steve Hayden covered the same Sun. July 12-NATIONAL ATHLETICS CDNGRESS 10 KM, NIAGARA FALLS, NY (N) course in l :41:22 to win a preliminary race from p.rl Merschenz, J;i.clj;.

5 arvl IO Km, Denver (H) MortlaJ;ld, and Alex Oakley, •• Daniel won the Seaside Heights 10 miler in 2.2 Mile, Denver (H) (The 5 and lO Km are on Saturday: sorry 1:14=15 , nmrly 3 minutes ahead of Dave Romansky , rut Dave tumed the

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(R) ~bles in Ma.rt in Luther King Games 1 Mile with a 6 ,20,5, • • Tom Dooley Thu. Jul 16--5 R)n, East Meadow, N,Y,, pm • Sat. Jul 18--3 Km Women, 5 Kin Men , Dearborn, Mich , 9am (S)

:5 Km, TUla a, Ok!.& (P)

PAGE 14 MAY 1987 did 2=29,24 for JO· Km on the track &Di Todd Scully had 4:32:25 for .50 •• Dooley and Bob Kitchen finished · together in l:Jl152 for a track 20 Km and Goetz Klopfer had 4,27,28 for .50 on the track.

10 Ye&l.'13 Ago (From the May 1971 Offll')-Augie Hirt won the National 100 Km in a recoro 1Q:2J:J2 (still the recoro), with :Faul Lightsey second more than 50 minutes behind ••• Jim Heiring won the USTFF 10 Km over U-W Park ­side tea111111ate chris Hansen 45136 to 45,48 •• ,The National 10 Km went to Steve ~cinovsky in 49 146, just 6 seconds ahead of Martin Kraft as few people showed up. Bill walker moved away from Jack Mortland over the last mile to take the master's title in .51153 • •• In the Mexican walking seek, ~dro Aroche won the .50 in 3 158109, with Daniel Bautista 3 minutes behind, and Bautista edged Domingo Colin in a short 20 Km with 1:22:29.

5 Years Ago (From the May 1982 ORW)--Jim Heiring and Marco Evoniuk fini .shed fourth and fifth in an International 20 IOn in Bergen, Norway, just inches apart, am. were given the same time, an Ameri<?an recoro l:;5

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Yevgeniy Yevsyukov won the track race in 1122·30 • .• ,Dan O Connor won the National .50 Km in 4 122122 with Vincent O'Sullivan second aml the Ohio Tr&ck club's chris l{llotts thiro in 4 1.35• • .Sue Cook ·wallmd a World Recore 5 Km of 22 145.6 in Australia and also had a world best for 10 Km--47,13, but that one was not acceptable since it was done in a men's race.

From SoUthern California Racewa.lking News, May 1, 1987:

ASX THE WALKlll'G OOC'roR by Paula Ka.sh, D.C.

Q: What a.re the best exercises for hip flexibility:

At A balance between flexibilijy and strength :in the hip area is impor­tant for race walkers in oroer to achieve fluidity as well as power of motion and to minimize injuries and aches. The following flexibility exercises can be beneficial for beginner§ and experienced alike . Since everyone is built differently, these exercises can be modified.

1. General Jl!Obili ty: Lie on ba.ck with one knee to chest, make small, gentle circles with each hip in each direction, or, standing on one leg, trace figure eights with free hanging leg . Do not tighten muscles, stay relaxed and get an idea of your tight areas.

2. Inner Thigh/Groin (Hip Alxiuctors): Sit on floor , with feet bottoms touching, bend forward as knees gently lowe: towards floor, or, standing, stretch inner legs by doing modified side lunge stretches. Feet are no more than. 20 inches apart. You want a gentle stret _ch,

3. Side of Leg (Hip Alxiuctors): Stand, cross the right leg behind the left and lean to the left, hold 20 seconds. Repeat opposite dir­ection.

4.Muscles Crossing Hip to Front of Thigh (Hip Flexors) 1 Lie on side, bend leg and grasp foot with ahnd and pull leg in backwaro direction, or, standing, point toe on leg to be stretched and lean away.

5. ~string (Hip Extendors): Sit on the ground, one leg outstretched and the oppo1rite foot resting near the lmee of straight leg. Reach forward, keep leg on ground,

6. Buttock, (Hip Stabilizers, Rotators): Cradle leg to be stretched as if it were a banjo, hold 20 seconds and repeat opposite leg.

MAY 1987 PAGE 15 Finally, for the month , we aeglected one important in our World Cup report Many of you may be wondering where all those points came from- - how do they score the competition. Following is the official explanation of the syste which was incorporated with the initial Lugano Cup competitmon in 1961.

WORLD CUP TEAM SCORING

Being a team competition, countries may enter a maximum of five walkers per event and a m·t nlmum of three walkers per event. Full teams must be entered In either the men's Cup races or the women's Cup race. It Is not a condition for entering the women's Cup to enter the men's Cup and vice versa.

MEN'S CUP SCORING

The final team results ' shall be decided on the following basis: To the winner of each race: points equal to three times the number

of teams competing plus one point. To the second place finisher: Two fewer points than the winner of

the race. To the third place finisher: Three fewer points then the winner, etc.

Retiring and disqualified walkers will not score points for their teams.

The fourth and fifth place finishers of a team do not count In the team scoring . ·

the team with the largest combined total point score from the two events (20k and 50k) wlll be declared the winner of the men's Cup. Any tie on total points scored wlll be decided In favor of the team with the best placed walker In the 50k event.

WOMEN'S CUP SCORING The result of the women's Cup will be decided, In respect of the one

1-0k race, as outlined above. Any tie will be decided In favor of the team with the best placed

·competitor.