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Steve Roland "Pre" Prefontaine [1] (January 25, 1951 – May 30, 1975) was an American long-distance runner who from 1973 to 1975 set American records at every distance from 2,000 to 10,000 meters. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics , [ 4 ] and he was preparing for the 1976 Olympics with the Oregon Track Club at the time of his ...
Steve Prefontaine: Oregon 13:22.0y 1971 Steve Prefontaine: Oregon 13:20.1y 1972 Steve Prefontaine: Oregon 13:31.4 1973 Steve Prefontaine: Oregon 13:05.3y 1974 Paul Geis: Oregon 13:38.89y 1975 John Ngeno Kenya: Wash St 13:22.73Ay 1976 Joshua Kimeto Kenya: Wash St 13:47.8 1977 Joshua Kimeto Kenya: Wash St 13:38.1 1978 Rudy Chapa: Oregon 13:35.3 1979
The temperature during the race was 38 °F (3 °C). The team national championship was won by the Oregon Ducks, their second title. [1] [2] The individual championship was won by Oregon's Steve Prefontaine, with a time of 28:14.80. [1] This was Prefontaine's third individual title in four years. [2]
Blaine Newnham got an exclusive interview with Steve Prefontaine after he’d finished fourth in the 5,000 meters at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games. Blaine Newnham, former Register-Guard sports ...
The individual championship was won by Steve Prefontaine, from Oregon, with a time of 28:00.2. [2] Prefontaine's time broke the event distance record, set the previous year by Gerry Lindgren. With the distance for the NCAA championships changing to 10,000 meters in 1976, his distance record would remain unbroken.
Steve Prefontaine: Oregon: 9 June 1973 1973 Championships: Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Six-mile run 27:43.1 Garry Bjorklund: Minnesota: 18 June 1971 1971 Championships: Seattle, Washington: 120 yard hurdles: 13.1 Rod Milburn: Southern: 8 June 1973 1973 Championships: Baton Rouge, Louisiana: 220 yard hurdles – Straightaway 22.2 Ancel Robinson ...
Prefontaine was a star athlete from Coos Bay who ran for the University of Oregon and later competed in the Olympics in the 1970s. He died in an automobile accident in Eugene on May 30, 1975, at ...
Steve Prefontaine [2] took the lead at 3400 metres. Over the next lap, Viren came from sixth place in line to mark Prefontaine. Viren was in turn marked by Emiel Puttemans. A five-man breakaway formed. With 850 metres to go, Viren passed Prefontaine. Down the back stretch, Prefontaine strained back into the lead.