Henry Rono and Steve Prefontaine only won 3 Pac-10 xc titles, who beat them?

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rojo

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3 years ago 10/27/2016 5:46pm CDT

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I was reading how Cheserek is trying to make history this week.

https://www.dailyemerald.com/2016/10/27/oregon-cross-country-will-be-in-title-contention-at-pac-12-championship-meet/

"Only two other men have come close to achieving this feat â€“ Oregonâ€™s Steve Prefontaine (1970, 1971, 1973) and Washington Stateâ€™s Henry Rono (1976, 1978, 1979)."

Does anyone know who beat Pre and Rono?
lkj

3 years ago 10/27/2016 5:53pm CDT
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Didn't Gerry Lindgren beat Pre at Pac-10's?

I think Rono only ran three (3).
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3 years ago 10/27/2016 5:54pm CDT
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Lindgren?
Alternate Reality

3 years ago 10/27/2016 6:03pm CDT
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rojo wrote:

I was reading how Cheserek is trying to make history this week.

https://www.dailyemerald.com/2016/10/27/oregon-cross-country-will-be-in-title-contention-at-pac-12-championship-meet/

"Only two other men have come close to achieving this feat â€“ Oregonâ€™s Steve Prefontaine (1970, 1971, 1973) and Washington Stateâ€™s Henry Rono (1976, 1978, 1979)."

Does anyone know who beat Pre and Rono?

Neil Cusack won in 1972.
I don't think Pre ran that year.

I think Lindgren's last year was 69?
Glatzman

3 years ago 10/27/2016 6:05pm CDT
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rojo wrote:

I was reading how Cheserek is trying to make history this week.

https://www.dailyemerald.com/2016/10/27/oregon-cross-country-will-be-in-title-contention-at-pac-12-championship-meet/

"Only two other men have come close to achieving this feat â€“ Oregonâ€™s Steve Prefontaine (1970, 1971, 1973) and Washington Stateâ€™s Henry Rono (1976, 1978, 1979)."

Does anyone know who beat Pre and Rono?

In 69, some little dude named Lindgren won...
In â€™77, some Kenyan named Joeleruiyot won as he had the same time as Rono... 29:35... Salazar was second at 29:47!....
Glatzman

3 years ago 10/27/2016 6:08pm CDT
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Glatzman wrote:

rojo wrote:

I was reading how Cheserek is trying to make history this week.

https://www.dailyemerald.com/2016/10/27/oregon-cross-country-will-be-in-title-contention-at-pac-12-championship-meet/

"Only two other men have come close to achieving this feat â€“ Oregonâ€™s Steve Prefontaine (1970, 1971, 1973) and Washington Stateâ€™s Henry Rono (1976, 1978, 1979)."

Does anyone know who beat Pre and Rono?

In 69, some little dude named Lindgren won...
In â€™77, some Kenyan named Joeleruiyot won as he had the same time as Rono... 29:35... Salazar was second at 29:47!....

That's Joel Cheruiyot!

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3 years ago 10/27/2016 6:09pm CDT
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Lindgren beat Pre in 1969
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3 years ago 10/27/2016 6:14pm CDT
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Alternate Reality wrote:

rojo wrote:

I was reading how Cheserek is trying to make history this week.

https://www.dailyemerald.com/2016/10/27/oregon-cross-country-will-be-in-title-contention-at-pac-12-championship-meet/

"Only two other men have come close to achieving this feat â€“ Oregonâ€™s Steve Prefontaine (1970, 1971, 1973) and Washington Stateâ€™s Henry Rono (1976, 1978, 1979)."

Does anyone know who beat Pre and Rono?

Neil Cusack won in 1972.
I don't think Pre ran that year.

I think Lindgren's last year was 69?

So when did Cusack transfer from East Tennessee State U. (ETSU) into the Pac 8?
Rojo, Pre never won a Pac 10.
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3 years ago 10/27/2016 6:27pm CDT
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Lindgren beat frosh Pre in that classic 1969 photo-less finish.

Rono finished a step behind teammate Cheruiyot in '77, so he's basically a 4-time champ.

PAC-12 INDIVIDUAL
CHAMPIONS
1957 Max Truex, USC (20:32.6)
1958 Max Truex, USC (20:15.8)
1959-68 Not Contested
1969 Gerry Lindgren, WSU
(28:32.4)
1970 Steve Prefontaine, ORE
(30:11.7)
1971 Steve Prefontaine, ORE
(28:59.6)
1972 John Ngeno, WSU (29:12.4)
1973 Steve Prefontaine, ORE
(28:05.4)
1974 John Ngeno, WSU (27:37.6)
1975 Joshua Kimeto, WSU
(27:48.6)
1976 Henry Rono, WSU (28:19.0)
1977 Joel Cheryuiot, WSU
(29:34.8)
1978 Henry Rono, WSU (29:29.5)
1979 Henry Rono, WSU (29:07.4)
1980 Ron Cornell, UCLA (30:26.5)
1981 Richard Tuwei, WSU
(30:56.0)
1982 Jim Hill, ORE (28:50.0)
1983 Jim Hill, ORE (30:09.6)
1984 Tom Ansberry, ARIZ
(30:24.8)
1985 Marc Olesen, STAN (30:33.2)
1986 Aaron Ramirez, ARIZ
(30:23.7)
1987 Matt Giusto, ARIZ (30:33.0)
1988 Brad Hudson, ORE (30:47)
1989 Marc Davis, ARIZ (23:31)
1990 Marc Davis, ARIZ (23:44)
1991 Colin Dalton, ORE (23:36)
1992 Josephat Kapkory, WSU
(23:46)
1993 Josephat Kapkory, WSU
(23:38)
1994 Martin Keino, ARIZ (24:04)
1995 Karl Keska, ORE (24:14)
1996 Mebrahtom Keflezighi, UCLA
(23:45)
1997 Bernard Lagat, WSU (23:59)
1998 Abdi Abdirahman, ARIZ
(23:23)
1999 Steve Fein, ORE (23:37)
2000 Jonathon Riley, STAN (23:39)
2001 Grant Robison, STAN (24:04)
2002 Grant Robison, STAN (23:27)
2003 Ian Dobson, STAN (24:33)
2004 Robert Cheseret, ARIZ
(23:48)
2005 Robert Cheseret, ARIZ
(23:57)
2006 Galen Rupp, ORE (23:03)
2007 Shadrack Kiptoo-Biwott, ORE
(22:54)
2008 Galen Rupp, ORE (22:55)
2009 Chris Derrick, STAN (22:35)
2010 Elliott Heath, STAN (23:00)
2011 Lawi Lalang, ARIZ (22:37)
2012 Lawi Lalang, ARIZ (22:49)
2013 Edward Cheserek, ORE (24:36)
2014 Edward Cheserek, ORE (23:23)
2015 Edward Cheserek, ORE (23:0
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3 years ago 10/27/2016 6:47pm CDT
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rojo wrote:

I was reading how Cheserek is trying to make history this week.

https://www.dailyemerald.com/2016/10/27/oregon-cross-country-will-be-in-title-contention-at-pac-12-championship-meet/

"Only two other men have come close to achieving this feat â€“ Oregonâ€™s Steve Prefontaine (1970, 1971, 1973) and Washington Stateâ€™s Henry Rono (1976, 1978, 1979)."

Does anyone know who beat Pre and Rono?

Gerry Lindgren beat Steve at the 1969 Pac 8 XC championships. It was a close finish.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2439/3995888360_0916a3a1c6_o.jpg
photo???

3 years ago 10/27/2016 7:29pm CDT
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Looks like Pre had him in the lean. Pre had a bigger chest than the wimpy guy in the glasses (gerry).
bin there

3 years ago 10/27/2016 7:56pm CDT
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Glatzman wrote:
In â€™77, some Kenyan named Joeleruiyot won as he had the same time as Rono... 29:35... Salazar was second at 29:47!....

That's Joel Cheruiyot!

http://www.juanjosemartinez.com.mx/rono.html

http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/kenyan-distance-runners-joel-cheruiyot-and-henry-rono-above-news-photo/72864848#kenyan-distance-runners-joel-cheruiyot-and-henry-rono-above-a-lake-in-picture-id72864848

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3 years ago 10/27/2016 8:08pm CDT
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This full body photo makes it pretty obvious that 18 year old Pre got there before 23 year old Lindgren.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4102/4771518639_d6c7799f4b.jpg
lkj

3 years ago 10/27/2016 8:16pm CDT
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All politics that they gave it to Lindgren. It was his SR year.
bin there

3 years ago 10/27/2016 8:50pm CDT
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Looks like it should have been a DQ on Pre.

Is it too late to file an appeal?
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3 years ago 10/28/2016 11:03am CDT
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1000 words wrote:

This full body photo makes it pretty obvious that 18 year old Pre got there before 23 year old Lindgren.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4102/4771518639_d6c7799f4b.jpg

Not the angle needed to determine who won
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3 years ago 10/28/2016 1:32pm CDT
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bin there wrote:

Looks like it should have been a DQ on Pre.

Is it too late to file an appeal?

Phil won't allow it.
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3 years ago 10/28/2016 4:36pm CDT
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The newspaper item doesn't mention it but in the Pre biography I think it says they purposely tried to tie. Why the officials didn't just let it stand as a tie, who knows.
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3 years ago 10/28/2016 4:40pm CDT
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Pre was busy pouring beers at 'The Pad' in '72 after Munich

Alternate Reality wrote:

rojo wrote:

I was reading how Cheserek is trying to make history this week.

https://www.dailyemerald.com/2016/10/27/oregon-cross-country-will-be-in-title-contention-at-pac-12-championship-meet/

"Only two other men have come close to achieving this feat â€“ Oregonâ€™s Steve Prefontaine (1970, 1971, 1973) and Washington Stateâ€™s Henry Rono (1976, 1978, 1979)."

Does anyone know who beat Pre and Rono?

Neil Cusack won in 1972.
I don't think Pre ran that year.

I think Lindgren's last year was 69?
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3 years ago 10/28/2016 6:40pm CDT
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rojo wrote:

I was reading how Cheserek is trying to make history this week.

https://www.dailyemerald.com/2016/10/27/oregon-cross-country-will-be-in-title-contention-at-pac-12-championship-meet/

"Only two other men have come close to achieving this feat â€“ Oregonâ€™s Steve Prefontaine (1970, 1971, 1973) and Washington Stateâ€™s Henry Rono (1976, 1978, 1979)."

Does anyone know who beat Pre and Rono?

I think in Rono's '76 championship race, he finished side by side with a teammate. I always thought Rono had 4. How do championships handle teammates who finish together.