Great post above.
Can't match that personal account, but in a book I've got at home is a photo of Lindgren, an 18 year old kid sticking it to a couple of USSR Olympians (Ivanov and Dutov) in an international 10,000m he won
Forget that xc time, check these out, they are still struggling to match his times now:
High school personal records
1500 meters - 3:44.6 (1964)
1-mile (1.6 km) - 4:01.5 (1964) (2nd fastest in history in 1964; #8 all time among American high schoolers as of 2008)
3000 meters - 8:06.3i (1964) High School Record (3rd best of all time as of 2008)
2-mile (3.2 km) - 8:40.0i (1964) High School Record (as of 2008 is still the 3rd All-time American High School time: and 1st all-time indoors)
3 miles (4.8 km) - 13:17.0 (1964)
5000 meters - 13:44.0 (1964) High School Record (2nd All-time American High School time as of 2008)
10000 meters - 29:17.6 (1964) High School Record (5th best all time as of 2008)
[edit] College personal records
3 miles (4.8 km) - 12:53.0 (1966) Collegiate Record
6 miles (9.7 km) - 27:11.6 (1965) Collegiate and World Record
3000 meters - 7:58 (1965) Collegiate Record
5000 meters - 13:33.8 (1968) Collegiate Record
10000 meters - 28:40.2 (1967) Collegiate Record
[edit] NCAA Championships
Cross Country - 1966 (29:01.4), 1967 (30:45.6), 1969 (28:59.2)
3 miles (4.8 km) outdoor track - 1966 (13:33.7), 1967 (13:47.8)
5000 m - 1968 (13:47.2)
6-mile (9.7 km) outdoor track - 1966 (28:07.0), 1967 (28:44.0)
10000 m - 1968 (29:41.0)
2 miles (3.2 km) indoor track - 1966 (8:41.3), 1967 (8:34.7)
Didn't he beat Pre once as well?