Fam breaks 32 year old Franklin Field record 8:24.24

There were a lot of future stars in that 1976 race.

1976 Men's Division I Outdoor Track And Field

Finals

3000 Meter Steeplechase - 1976-06-05

At (Franklin Field, University of Pennsylvania) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1. James Munyala * University of Texas at El Paso 8:24.86 10

2. Henry Marsh Brigham Young University 8:27.88 8

3. Ronald Addison University of Tennessee, Knoxville 8:29.47 6

4. George Malley Pennsylvania State University 8:30.33 4

5. Greg Meyer University of Michigan 8:33.85 2

6. Bill Lundberg University of Kansas 8:34.38 1

7. Bruce Bickford Northeastern University 8:34.67

8. Bob Christensen Wichita State University 8:41.20

9. George Mason University of Kansas 8:41.20

10. John Roscoe University of Kansas 8:44.73

11. Gary Gustafsen University of Washington 9:04.15

12. John Wright University of Tennessee, Knoxville 9:35.75

Notes:

*New Franklin Field & NCAA Meet Record by James Munyala (UTEP) 8:24.86.

Old Franklin Field Record - George Malley (Penn St.) 8:34.4, 1976.

Old NCAA Meet Record - Doug Brown (Tennessee) 8:38.1, 1973.

http://web1.ncaa.org/ncaa/event.do?championship=700036&division=700036700036&athlete=705038&event=700785

Lundberg!

mh wrote:

Lundberg!

Amen. Kansas with 3 in the top 10.

Crap, now I am kicking myself for not going down to watch. Were there cowbells aplenty ringing, or did the FF security Nazis confiscate them again?

It was a great effort by Fam - he was all by himself after the 2nd lap. There were cowbells aplenty, tons of people near the water jump and the one of the squeegie guys was wearing a blond wig!

yeaaaah.... if you could get those tps reports in a-sap, that would be greeeaaaat.

I admit that the blond wig was pretty funny.

assumming Lincoln is done, can anyone in the US challenge Fam at the Trias?

See also:

- same talk from last year at this time

- 2007 USATF results

Arkansas wrote:

See also:

- same talk from last year at this time

- 2007 USATF results

Fam also didn't run any steeples before the 2007 USATF Meet. Granted he was also running way fast in other events this time last year too...

Fam thinks he can run 8:15 right now. I wonder how fast he'll be in June?

Fam's had trouble in previous seasons maintaining his momentum. Let's hope he doesn't over race in this important year...

any photos ?

Here's a video of the race, thanks to the Flotrack guys

http://www.flocasts.org/flotrack/coverage.php?c=250&id=13710