1980 Olympic Trials 10000m photo

nice

Bad luck for Craig virgin.

Thanks. When did Geis make that his event? Wasn't he a 1500/5000 guy at rice (?) and Oregon?

That's amazing that the finish was so close!

Lorenzo the Magnificent wrote:

Thanks. When did Geis make that his event? Wasn't he a 1500/5000 guy at rice (?) and Oregon?

I always thought of Geis as a strict 5000m guy.

But you're right, Geis got his qualifier (28:06) only two weeks before the Olympic Trials.

That photo reminds me that both Stan Vernon and Ric Rojas had 15K road records (and maybe one or two other among those guys).

Given your good effort at that track 15K, did you ever run Gasparilla or one of those big road 15Ks?

Magnificence, I did run Gasparilla once not very well. Did tie Lindsay's 10 mile AR (47:02) in a losing effort.

http://www.arrs.net/AllTime/AL_R10M2.htm

Lorenzo the Magnificent wrote:

That photo reminds me that both Stan Vernon and Ric Rojas had 15K road records (and maybe one or two other among those guys).

Given your good effort at that track 15K, did you ever run Gasparilla or one of those big road 15Ks?

Results 1980 Olympic Trials

1) 27:45.61 Craig Virgin

2) 28:03.14 Greg Fredericks

3) 28:10.42 Alberto Salazar

4) 28:12.82 Jeff Wells

5) 28:12.99 Mike Buhmann

6) 28:19.56 Tom Wysocki

7) 28:27.39 Steve Ortiz

8) 28:29.94 Tony Sandoval

9) 28:30.2 Herb Lindsay

10) 28:38.6 Stan Mavis

11) 28:40.7 Mark Nenow

12) 28:47.4 Gary Tuttle

13) 28:53.5 Ric Rojas

14) 28:54.5 John Flora

15) 28:57.5 Dan Dillon

16) 29:03.3 Alex Kasich

17) 29:29.8 Mark Anderson

18) 29:45.0 Paul Stemmer

DNF Paul Geis

DNF Stan Vernon

Yes a few of them had ARs, as you would expect. It was the Olympic Trials after all.

26:59.60 Chris Solinsky (OR) 01 May 2010 Palo Alto CA

27:13.98 Mebrahtom Keflezighi (CA) 04 May 2001 Palo Alto CA USA

27:20.56 Marcus Nenow (CA) 05 Sep 1986 Brussels BEL

27:25.61 Alberto Salazar (OR) 26 Jun 1982 Oslo NOR

27:29.16 Craig Virgin-2 17 Jul 1980 Paris FRA

27:39.4 Craig Virgin (IL) 17 Jun 1979 Walnut CA/USA

27:43.6 Steve Prefontaine (OR) 27 Apr 1974 Eugene OR/USA

27:51.32 Frank Shorter-2 03 Sep 1972 Munich GER

27:58.23 Frank Shorter (FL) 31 Aug 1972 Munich GER

28:08.0 Greg Fredericks 15 Jun 1972 Seattle WA USA

28:17.6 Billy Mills-2 12 Aug 1965 Augsburg GER

28:24.4 Billy Mills 14 Oct 1964 Tokyo JPN

28:50.34 Max Truex (CA) 08 Sep 1960 Rome ITA

29:58.9 Leonard Edelen 06 May 1960 Sunnyvale CA/USA

30:19.2 Lew Stieglitz 22 Apr 1960 Walnut CA/USA

30:31.9 Joe Tyler 07 Jun 1956 Los Angeles CA/USA

30:33.4 Curtis Stone-2 30 Jun 1952 Long Beach CA/USA

30:38.4 Curtis Stone (NY) 29 Jul 1949 Oslo NOR

30:54.6 Eino Pentti (NY) 17 Sep 1938 Helsinki FIN

31:06.9 Don Lash (IN) 03 Jul 1936 Princeton NJ/USA

31:24 Thomas McDonough (MA) 18 Jun 1932 Cambridge MA/USA

31:28.4 Joie Ray (IL) 07 Jul 1928 Cambridge MA/USA

31:43.6 Willie Kramer 08 Jun 1912 Cambridge MA/USA

22:04 Alberto Salazar-2 04 Jan 1981 Los Altos CA USA

22:13 Alberto Salazar (OR) 31 Dec 1978 Los Altos CA USA

22:13 Craig Virgin (IL) 31 Dec 1978 Los Altos CA USA

27:48 Marcus Nenow 02 Mar 1985 Phoenix AZ USA

28:01 Alberto Salazar-3 05 Mar 1983 Phoenix AZ USA

28:02 Alberto Salazar-2 15 Jan 1983 Miami FL USA

28:04 Alberto Salazar (OR) 09 Jan 1982 Miami FL USA

43:12 Ric Rojas-2 07 Feb 1981 Tampa FL USA

43:41 Ric Rojas (CO) 16 Sep 1978 Minneapolis MN USA

47:02 Herb Lindsay (MI) 22 Sep 1979 Lynchburg VA USA

1:01:47 Herb Lindsay (MI) 20 Sep 1981 Manchester VT USA

1:02:16 Stan Mavis (CO) 27 Jan 1980 New Orleans LA USA

2:09:21 Alberto Salazar-3 04 Dec 1983 Fukuoka JPN

2:10:08 Alberto Salazar-2 09 Apr 1983 Rotterdam NED

2:10:20 Tony Sandoval (NM) 09 Sep 1979 Eugene OR USA

2:10:20 Jeff Wells (TX) 09 Sep 1979 Eugene OR USA

Herb Lindsay's face can be seen over Alex's left shoulder. Just saying.

Nice bloody shot Malmo wrote:

Herb Lindsay's face can be seen over Alex's left shoulder. Just saying.

That's Tony Sandoval.

Not argueing, honestly, but I am from Michigan and that sure looks like Herb over number 552's left shoulder. I do know what Tony looks like and to me, that doesn't look like him, but you obviously would know better than I.

Regardless, thanks for posting the photo, pretty cool shot.

Nice bloody shot Malmo wrote:

Not argueing, honestly, but I am from Michigan and that sure looks like Herb over number 552's left shoulder. I do know what Tony looks like and to me, that doesn't look like him, but you obviously would know better than I.

I've trained with most of the field so I have an unfair advantage over you.

The uniform should be a dead giveaway. If that was Lindsay, he'd have changed teams, uniforms, shoes, and put on socks sometime during the race. Come to think of it, that might explain why he fell so far behind? ;)

Lindsay is between Stan Vernon and Stan Mavis. Between Lindsay and Mavis is Tom Wysocki.

The guy to the far left is Steve Ortiz. The guy between Sandoval and Geis, is probably Mark Anderson or Jeff Wells, (I'm leaning to the Sparkler) although it could be Mike Buhmann caught bouncing high in the air.

Do you have a pic from the 5k from that year? Did Bobby Snyder run the trials in 1980?

You are correct and I apologize. I did not even look between the 2 Stan's, not once. I saw the eyes and dark hair and just immediately thought it was Herb, but again, I was wrong. Thanks for pointing that out, seriously. I know who all the guys you named are and I "still" thought it was Herb, until your post. Thanks and have a good evening. It's midnight here in Michigan...lights out.

Why do you feel the need to apologize? You didn't do anything wrong.

Don't let the bedbugs bite.

trek bicycles wrote:

Do you have a pic from the 5k from that year? Did Bobby Snyder run the trials in 1980?

No I don't. Snyder didn't run.

Let me add this note: photo by Jeff Johnson.

malmo wrote:

Image:

http://i31.tinypic.com/vqis91.jpg

L-R: Alex Kasich, Paul Geis, Paul Stemmer, Craig Virgin (1st), Ric Rojas, Stan Vernon, Stan Mavis, Alberto Salazar (3rd), Greg Fredericks (2nd)

Was that the race where Lindsay was ticked because Virgin kept running so slowly in the lead, then fell back, apparently because the pace was too slow for him. I always wondered why didn't he just go in the lead and run faster. But that's why Virgin won the race.

Running was more epic in black-and-white.

Anyone else find Fredericks to be somnewhat enigmatic? Always "there", looking smooth (even amused, in this photo), but never in the limelight. I've seen so many photos of him and know nothing of him.