AL GORE RAN HIGH SCHOOL TRACK - can an LR sleuth find his times?

4:30 miler, according to Frank Shorter

He didn't run track, he threw discus.

He did a workout indicating sub 4:30 shape before he got a season ending injury.

So like, all of us?

Lame Lame wrote:

He did a workout indicating sub 4:30 shape before he got a season ending injury.

Gore claims to have invented high school track!

We'll never find the results because it was before he invented the internet.

The world was significantly cooler back then, and more conducive to faster times.

The fact that he never ran 4:30 is an inconvenient truth.

trollingfordollars wrote:

4:30 miler, according to Frank Shorter

Problem was he competed in Florida. It seems he left the tag hanging out of his singlet and was disqualified for a uniform violation Would have won by 0.2 seconds too.

He came in second in a photo finish but argued he should have been credited with the win. Says he was more popular.

His boarding school won their Conference in T&F three times while he was enrolled ('63, '64, '65)

http://www.stalbansschool.org/Page/IAC-Championships

More info to follow...

So, he attended St Albans (a boarding school in the DC area), which is part of the Interstate Athletics Conference (IAC). I have so far been unable to locate a website for the IAC.

St Albans' website says that they recently hosted their first track and field home meet since 1969, according to archivist Mark Wilkerson. This indicates that there are records of track and field meets for the school at least back to '69, and hopefully back to Gore's years there.

Also important to note: all students at St Albans are required to participate in a sport, so we should not expect Gore to be some sort of stellar T&F athlete. He did receive varsity letters in the sport, however we do not know the requirements to get a letter.

Will continue digging.

He went to all required practices, hence the letter.

Everyone gets an award and makes the honor roll at these hoity-toity prep schools.

At $60k a year, wouldnt you expect your kid to be made to feel special?

Right Rojo?

FarOutMan wrote:

He went to all required practices, hence the letter.

Everyone gets an award and makes the honor roll at these hoity-toity prep schools.

At $60k a year, wouldnt you expect your kid to be made to feel special?

Right Rojo?

Well, this was in the 60s, before the trend of giving everyone a medal was so widely established.

Q. Cassadamius, Private Eye wrote:

FarOutMan wrote:

He went to all required practices, hence the letter.

Everyone gets an award and makes the honor roll at these hoity-toity prep schools.

At $60k a year, wouldnt you expect your kid to be made to feel special?

Right Rojo?

Well, this was in the 60s, before the trend of giving everyone a medal was so widely established.

Fallacious.

Does not mean it didn't happen before the popular trend.

Learn how to reason.

FarOutMan wrote:

At $60k a year, wouldnt you expect your kid to be made to feel special?

Right Rojo?

bush campaign manager wrote:

Gore claims to have invented high school track!

Heard he was a bandit in the 68 Boston Marathon. Jumped in after the Newton Hills just to meet chicks and get all that applause he so desperately craves.

Gore finished first, ahead of his main rival, George W. Bush of Exeter but the Jury of Appeals declared Bush the winner since he led on the biggest hills.

It is called Capital Hill for a reason. If you lead at the top of the hill you win.

ElectoralVoter wrote:

Gore finished first, ahead of his main rival, George W. Bush of Exeter but the Jury of Appeals declared Bush the winner since he led on the biggest hills.