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VOLUME XXI!1 NUMBF.R 5 COWMBUS, OHIO

CANADIANS OOMINATE 10 KM

JULY 1986

Niagara ial]s, July 1)--In today's National Athletics C0 ngress 10 Km race­walking championship, Canadian men swept four of the first seven places and Canadians also won the Junior title, the Master's tit l e, and the Women' s title. The men's title went to Faul Turpin in 42:45 , better than a half­minute ahead of Gary Morgan, who just edged another Canadian, Daniel Levesque for second. Morgan, however, is the official U.S. titlist. In the ladies rac 1, Deborah Powell beat Debbi Lawrence. Peter Bush won the Junior title by ) 2 minutes in 48:29 . And finally, Jaan Roos won the Masters race easily over Ron Kulik.

The races were conducted on a very flat 2 Km loop in a steady rain with the temperature hovering around 60 F. Results follow . Men: 1. Faul Turpin, Canada 42:45 2 . Gary Morgan, New York AC 43 :~7 J . Daniel Levesque, Can. 43:19 4. Mel McGi.nnis, Athletes in Action 43 ·54 5. Dave Mc(;overn, Reebok, East Side Racing Team 44;05 6. Michel Lafortune-,, Can. 44 12 $. Martin Archambault, Can. 44 50 8. CUrtis Fisher, Team Rock- · port 44j57 9, Mark Fenton, Reebok, ESRT 4_5:18 10. Marc Bagan, Reebok, ESRT 45=50 11. Wil Preischel, UCTC 46:24 12. Gilbert Daoust , can . 46;J7

lJ, Don Lawrence, un. 46:51 14. Richard Quinn, Futomac Valley 47:Jl ' 15. Cliff Mimm, Shore AC 47:33 16. Dan O' Brien, Wolverine Facers 47:54 17. David Marchese, un. 48:03 18. Keith Luoma, :fut . Val. 1-1-9:18 19, Alan Jacob­son, Reebok, ESRT 49:4J 20. Dave Talcott, Shore~AC 50:04 21. D. Milancom, Can. 50:20 22. Ron Kulik, Shore AC 50:30 2J , T.m Chelius, Shore AC 50:32 24. Robert Gottlieb, Westchester .Puma 50:18 25. Mark Henderson, Can. 51:13 26, Dave Lawrence, Niagara Walkers .52'2? 27, E, Rodriquez , Shore AC 52:44 28. Alan Price, :fut . Val. 53:08 29. Dan Talcott, Shore AC 5~:26 JO. Faul Guimond, un. 53:54 31. Sal Corrallo, :fut . Val. 54,33 32. Frances Montes, Reebok ESRT 56:19 33. Gregory Near, un. 56:45 J4 . Bob Mimm, Shore AC 58:53 35. Tim Saiter , Un. 61 :.52 36. Larry Krol , "Euffalo Belles and Braun 69 :24 37. Kenny Wade, GRTC 81 :31 DQ---Steve Pecinovsky, Reebok, ESRT Juniors: 1. Peter Bush, Can. 48 :29 2 . Richard Smith, un • .52 :00 J. Dennis McGonigal, can. 54:36 4. Jeff Birtt Niagara Walkers 59=18 Masters Men: 1. Jaan Roos, Can. 49·08 2. Ron Kulik, Shore AC 50:JO 3, Max Green, Wolverine Pacers 50:38 (1st 50-59) 4. Lee Bogart, Shore AC ~1118 5. •Tom Knatt, New England Walkers 52:15 6. Leon Jasionowski, Motor City St1;iders 53:09 7, Norm Browne, MCS 53:36. 8. Victor SiJl8s, Wolv. Ilacers 54·04 9, Franco Fantoni, Reebok 54 :07 10. Sal corrallo , Pot. Val. 54: JJ (2nd 50-59) 11. Mike Freeman, Can. 54;J8 12. Frank Soby, MCS 56;09 13. Da.ve Romansky, Shore AC 56:21 14. Dan Stanek, Niagara Walkers 57:07 15, John Elwarner, Wolv. Pac. 57:58 16. Walter lubzik , WP 58:? 17. Bob Minun, Shore AC 58:53 (1st 60-69) 18, Max Gould, Can. 58:58 (2nd 60-69) 19, Dick Bales, Niagara Walkers 59:? 20. Uno 1· ·t c ·

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THE ORW GALLERY OF OLD TIMERS. Larry Young demonstrates the impeccable style that carried to him to Olympic 50 Km bronze medals in both 1968 and 19?2. He was also 10th at 20 Km in 1972 and won eight U.S. 50 Km champ­ionships in as many tries.

JULY 1986 PAGE J The Ohio Racewalker (USPS )06-050) is published monthly in Columbus, Ohio. Subscription rate is $5.00 per year ($7.00 for First Class Mail, $11.00 for Overseas Air Mail) . F.ditor and Publisher: John E. {Jack) Mortland. Address all correspondence regarding both editorial and subscription matters to: Ohio RacewUker, 3184 Summit St., Columrus, Ohio 4)202. Second Class Postage paid at Columrus, Ohio. R)STMAS'IER: S~m address changes to Ohio Racewalker, J184 Summit St . , Columrus, Ohio 4)202.

(~ 60-69) 21. Nelson Fisher, Niag. Walkers 591? 22. Frank Fina, Niag. Walk. 59:? 2J. Greg Wittig, Niag. Walk. 59:? (These two were 3:rd and 4th in 50-59) 24. Don Johnson, Shore AC 61116 (4th 6o-69) 25. Frank Skvarek, Niag. Walk. 61:52 (5th 50-59) 26. Paul Perry, Wolv. Pa¢. 62112 27. Joe Vitucci, Clifton TC 62:45 (5th 60-69) 28. Carl Brungard, Ohio 63135 (6th 60-69) 29, John Zulick, Niag. Walk. 64130 (6h 50-59) JO. Bernie Kaufman, Reebok, ESRT 64:58 (7th 50-59) Jl, Jim Brown, Niag. Walk 65130 (7th 60-69) J2. Bill Tallmadge, un., Ky. 66:46 JJ. Ricza:rd Nawrocki, Wolv. Pac. 67126 (8th 50-59) 34. Bob Lubelski, Niag. Walk. 68:50 )5, Alan Lawrence, Niag. Walk. 69:06 ( 8th 60-69) J6. John Homorodean, Cleveland Walkers 69:23 (9th 50-59) J7. Don McNelly, Greater Rochelfter 69131 (9th60-69) J8 . Martin Bartels, un. 70:15 (2nd over 70--This group was won by Bill Talll!ladge, a fact I overlooked in listing him) 39. Harry Drazin, Shore AC 71:08 (3rd over 70) 4o. Mil Wood, Pot. Vall. 79:06 (4th over 70)

Women: 1. Deborah Powell, Can. 49:52 2. Debbi Lawrence, un. 50:03 3. Meg Mangan, Reebok East Side 50:4o 4. Louise Aubin, Can. 51:14 5. Lynn Weik, Team Rockport 52150 6. Carol Brown, Reebok Eas:t Side 53100 7. Christine Ostiguy, Can. 53:)6 8. Karen Rezach, Shore AC 53:37 9. Cheryl Hellinger, Niagara Walkers 56.04 (1st Junior) 10. Valeri Smith, Un. 57:30 11. Janice Looney, Athletes In Action 58:15 12. Patricia Reily, un. 58:? lJ. Jenn­ifer Green, Wolverine Pacers 58:? 14. Carol Romano, UCTC 58:? 15. Nol'l!en Milllffl, Shore AC 59:? 16. Terri Johnson, Shore AC 60100 17. Dorit Attias, Shore AC 61:12 18. Karen Fina, Niag . Walk. 64:44 19, Diane .t'ayne, un. 67: 56 20. Cathi Sullivan, Cleveland Walkers 69:31 21, Linda Smith, un. 71:22 22. Susan Lolli, Wolv. Pac. 71:24 2J. Helen Near, un. 73.20 24. Vivian Burrows, Kalamazoo TC 82;01 •

Masters Women: 1. Stella Cashman, Reebok ES 61:2) 2. Gloria Brown, Niag. Walk. 6J:44 (1st 50-59) J. Ann Rush, Daytona Beach TC 64=04 (2nd 50-59) 4. Marsha Hartz, Pot. Val. 65:47 5. Marian Spatz, Reebok ES 67:42 6. J. Jaquette, Reebok ES 67:56 (3rd 50-59) 7. Martha Vitucci, Clifton TC 7J;08 (1st 60-69) 8. Patricia Smolik, Cleveland Walkers 74133 (4th 50-59) 9. Florence Hoag, Wolv. Pac. 74:53 10. Carolyn Peet, un. 76.49 (5th 50-59) 11. Sylvia Mccann, Wolv. Pac. 77:57 (69h 50-59) 12. Mim Talll!ladge, un. 1147:22 (2nd 60-69)

Men's Teams: 1. Reebok East Side 2:16:0J) 2. Shore AC 2 128:09 . 3. Potomac Valley 2:29:57 Women's Teams: l. Reebok East Side 2;39:47 2. Shore AC 2 153:36 J. Niagara Walkers 3.08:02 Men's Masters Teams: 1. Shore AC 2;~8;09 2. Wolverine Pacers 214214o J. Motor City Striders 2:42:54 ·

CURT CLAUSEN, KEIIRY BRATIUN WIN JUNlDR TITLES

Towson, MD, June 28 (From Steve Vaitones)-Curt Clausen and Kerry Bratton recorded decisive victories in com:petitive races at the Junior National Track and Field Championships. Hot and humid conditions certainly affected the quality of finishing tiEs, but not the spirit of the competition, which decided berths on several teams. To spread the international exper ­ience among the juniors, and to prevent overracing,the TAC Racewalking

PAGE 4 JULY 1986 Cofflll!ittee had voted to send the top ttro finishers to the first ever World Junior Championships in Athens, while allowing the third and fourth placers to compete at the Junior 18n American meet in Orlando, Florida.

Except for the first two laps, Clausen was never more than a stride from the lead. Through the first half of the race• he shared the pscing with Jeff Salvage . The pair recorded miles of 7123, 7145, and 7:46 and had lapped all but third and fourth places by 5 Km. At this point, though, Salvage slowed and Doug Fournier moved into second. Twice Fonmier got as close as l second (at J¼ and 4¼ miles), but Clausen , walking no lap slower than 1159, proved too strong and maintained his strong pace through the finish . Similarly , Fournier built a steady lead in second over the final s~s of the race and will join Clausen in Athens . Salvage was never challe~ for third, and will team with Eb!er Becker, who walked alone in fourth for most of the race, at the Pan Allls. Seven of the ten junior comJ_>­etitors were from New York, with one each from Wisconsin, Missour i, and Nebraska.

This was the first time the Junior Women's race was contested over 5 Km, the distance having been J Km from 1976 to 1985. Thus, the form chart would tend to favor the · stronger and n10re eXJ1eirinced walkers, and the race proved close to fon. As 1n the men's race, the top four places were decided by the midway point .

'!he first raile saw a group of 5 pass in 8125, with the remainder of the 16-girl field strung out by another minute. By 1¼ miles, the lead pack was down to the trio of Sybil Perez, Kerry Bratton, and Laura Noak­land, with Deirdre Collier 4 seconds back. Covering the eight lap in 2100, Bratton and ~rez dropped }(Oakland and hit 2 miles in 16154. That pair remained together for two more laps, at whic h point Perez fell off the pace. Bratton passed J miles in 25121 and continued to the finish in 26 :13.45, a Vflry evenly paced psrfon1ance. ~z finished second and will make the European trip, while Noakland and Collier were never challenged fi7r third and fourth and are the Pan Am Wai.king duo. With places 4-.5-6 all being 16-years old, future Nationals should hold more good performances by our junior women. Half of the 16 entrants were from New York, with seven other states represented.

Clausen ls a 1986 graduate of Stevens Point, Wis. HS and will begin college this fall at Duke University. His 10 Km personal record of 46:39 was set in MOntreal in May. Bratton, a native of CuPertino, Cal., enters San Jose University in the fall. This is her third appearance on the 1fational Junior T&F team, Her personal record at 5 Km in 25;57 . Result s: Men: 1. Curt Clausen, Stevens Point , Wis. 47 :38.44 2. Doug Fournier, HOlbrook, N.Y. 48:24 .73 3. Jeff Salvaee, Oceanside, N.Y. 49:25.66 4. Elmer Becker, Mayview, Missouri 52;17.68 5. John Jorgensen, Selden. N.Y. 52127.78 6. Tim Krasnoff, Fa.rmi.ngville, N.Y. 53:11.00 7. Scott Petritsch, Cen•ereach, N.Y. 54'45.76 8. Nick Formica, Sayville, N.Y. 55131.66 9. Matt McCormack, Sayville, N.Y. 55:45 10. Rick smith, Lincoln , Neb. 56152 Women' s 5 Km: 1. Kerry Bratton, Cupertino, Cal. 26113.45 2. SYbil Perez, Los Angeles, Cal. 26,J8.o4 3 . I.aura Noakland, Montgomery , N.Y. 26158.88 4. Deirdre Collier, Blauvelt, N.Y. 27 122.82 5. Precious Hill, Waltham, Mass. 28,15.88 6. JeMifer Fisher, Kirkland , Wash. 28130.60 7. Lorraine Dusha.rn, Richvi lle, KY, 28 :55-79 8. Deborah Johnson, Warrensburg, Md. 29 :08:0J 9. Nicole Gustafson, Sayville, N.Y. 29 :32100 10. Margaret Fisher, Lincoln, Nab. 29:41.47 U . Hora Comans, st. James, NY 29146.08 12. Lori Seidel, Paralllll8, ff.J. 29:.52 09 13. Deirdre Meehan, Brentwood NY 29 58.92 14. Bethane Clyde, Port .Washington, NY )1125,81 15. Jeanine Swilt, Newrurgh, NY 31 :)4 .95 16. Robin Quinlin , Bowle, Md. 41.39 -40 Judges: Elliott Denman, trank Alongi, lform Brand• Sal Corrallo, Sharon Good, Bruce McDonald, and Art Miles .

.nJLY 1986 OTHER RESULTS

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ura R gutto, Can. 15:l. 3 2. E)iith Mon-Petite, Can. 15;~. )5 3. Deirdre Collier , U.S. 15;46 .82 4. LauraNoakland , U.S. 15:55 .39 Men' s 10 Km, July 5--1. Ca.rlos Mercnario, Mex. 43 106.Bo 2, Benoit Gauthier, Can. 47:16.19 3. Mario Alvarez , Cuba 48:07 .28 4. Jeff Salvage, U.S. 5():22.30 5. Chris McKay, Can. 51: )4.70 6 . Elmer Becker, U.S. 57:_54.Jl DQ--Daniel Vargas, Cuba; Antonio Carlos Kohler, Brazil (finished second, beating Gauthier in a sprint to the tape that was not regarded as legal.) Judges: Henry le.skau, Frank A1ongi, Hilde Iaskau, Donald Michand, Can.• and Ferando Infante, Hex. 5 Km, Raleigh, N.C. , June 7--1. Eric Bigham 25;07 2. Anlrew Briggs 30:09 3. Alivia Gaskill Jr. 31 :.50 Women: l. Kathy Donley 28:25 2. Frances Widman Jl ::)8 N .c. State Ga111es J Kia1 Chapel Hill, June 28--1. Ray McKinnis 14:12.l 2. Eric Bigham 14141.7 3. Ian Whatley 14145.9 Jr . Women: 1. Cindy Kesel 18 101.7 2. Niki Earico 18114.l Women: 1. Ka.thy Donley 15139.9 2. Frances Widmann 18114.3 3 . Julie Morrison 20 127 10 l{llt 1 Dearborn Heights Mich.• July .5-- 1. Gary Morgan 46:05 2. tan o•Brien 49122 3. Leon Jasio­owski 55;01 4. Victor Sipes 55:24 5. Norman Browne 59 :03 6. Walter Lubzik 60:15 Women's Km same lace--1. JeMifer Green 18:46 2. Valerie Stove 19:27 20 Km track. Kenosha Wis. Ma. 10-- l. Mike Stauch 1:30,31 2. Andy Kaestner 1 :32:39 3. lke De 1 1 152 4. Mike Rohl l:J4147 5. Wil Jreischel 1 :)4150 DNF--Jim Heiring 10 Km, same place--1. Doug Fournier 46:16 Women: 1. Julie Winrow 56119 2, c~rol Roma.no 59 :00 (Stauch had 5 Km splits of 2):17, 46:0l, and 1:0 81)4. Kaestner was with him through St miles) Wo~Q' s 10 Km, Kenosha, June 24--1. Juli e Wunrow 56 :47 2. Carol Romano ·47 NAIA 10 Km, Russelville 1 Ark., May 29:-- L Mike Stauch, U. of Wisconsin-~ks ide 46:Jl 2 . Andy Kaestner , UW-P 47:0l 3 . Doug Four­nier , UW- P 47:10 4. Mike Rohl, UW-P 47123 5, Allen James, Western Wash­ington 48:50 6 . Paul Judd, Aqulnas (mich.) ~ ,02-- 15 walkers 'iona l Youth Championships, Elmhurst , Ill. , Jul: 4-6 : Girls 11- 12 1 me ers-- • ea n , apa , • : 2 . arah Krebs, Kettering, Ohio ~J . Adeli na Rivera, Brooklyn , N.Y. 9 :24 Boys 11-21 l~0 -- 1. Steve Frank, Napa, Cal. 7:59 2 . Chris Braudis, Columbia, Mo. 8:5 J. Theo Comte, Mission Viejo, Cal. 8:46 Girls 11- 14 1 Km--1. Melody Rivera, Brooklyn , N.Y. 17:lJ 2 . Megan Gamer-Holman, Merriam, Kan. 17128 J. Jennifer Utz, PJ.anation , Fla. 17,32 4. Danielle Bushong, Kettering, Ohio 18:03 Boys 13-],4, JKm--1. Chria Eggemeier, Kettering, Ohio 17125 2. Nathan Re11111ers, Dayton, Ohio 17 :39 ). Scott Stewart, Overland P~k, Kan. 17 :53 Sirls 15-16 J Km--1. Dusa Haynes, Houston, Tex. 18146 2. Kimberlee Miller, Miami, Fla. 19 :23 Boys 15-16 3 Krn-- 1. Dan Frank, Napa, Oal. 15.JO 2. John Schaefe : Kansa"8 City, Mo 15:42 J. Aaron Steadman, Cedar Rapids , Iowa 15 14? 4. David Doherty, Stevens Point, Wis. 16:43 3 Km, Lakewood, Col., June 24--1. Floyd Godwin 15117 2. John Tarin 16;09 3. Dennis Crock 16133 4. Lorraine Green 17115 a K111 (track) , Aurora~ Colzi/, June 28-1. Floyd Godwin 25;58 2 . John Tarin 2 ·46 J. Dennis Croc 29; ' Junior ) Km, Irvine, Cal., June 8--1,. Sybil Perez 14:39.9 (Kational age 17 record) 2 . Clndy Perez 14144.4 (national ap;e 15 record) 3 . Ca.rolyn Holquin 16:36 4. Julie Robles 17 :39 5. Paula f:t~reno 18:05 6. Lydia Jaimes 18:38 5 Km, long Beach, May 4--1. K. Ward 2)'14 2. Carl Warrell 26:24 3. Iz~irre 27:08 4. Orendain 28 :46 5. Nestor 29 :o6 Women: L Hunter 27 ·08 2. Jane lanousek 31 .46 Juniors: J. Kathleen Huddleston 28 :29 20 l{lll 1 same place-1. Fd Bouldin 1:41:43 2, Hartzell 1:41:46 3. Burch 1 :36 103 4. Carl Acosta 1156114 5. Oliver 1:,56:2) 6. John Kelly 2;o6:33 Women: 1. Paula Kash 2:01,32 2. Jolene Steigerwalt 2:01:32 (1 129 at 15 Km, world age 42 best) 5 Km, R~lands, Cal,, May 17-- 1. Ed Bouldin 26 124 2 . Snyder 29=38 5 Km--;sii:nta Anita , Cal., Ma.y-18- -1. Dong 25130 2. Ted Greiner 27:28 J . Orendain 27 143 4. Bob Brewer 27.57 Women: 1. Kathleen Huddleston 28:Jl 10 Km, ea.me plac~

PAGE 6 JULY 1986 1. A· Cortex 47.51 2. K. Ward 48:22 3. Hartzell 48130 4. Izaguirre 48135 5. Jim Coots 55120 6. Oliver 58128 7. Snyder 59:12 8. Ted Greiner 61:20 5 Km, Irvine. Cal •• May 24---1. Jtim Coots 26:12 2. Carl Wa.rrel~ 26 121 J . Oliver 27:57 4. Oreddain 27:57 5. Nestor 29.09 6. Meador 29·% 7. Dempsey 29147 8. Gallegos 30:00 10 Km1 Ia Canada, Cal. 1 May 26-1. Hart­zell 48:52 2. Cortez 48:52 3. Carl Warrell 52:Jl 4. Jl.!n Coots 5J;45 5. Ca,rl Acosta 56.28 6. Orendain 59102 Women: 1. Paula Kash 58 :16 5 Km, Hunt~~n ~each, Cal., May 11--1. Flores 23115 2. coots 25;58 3. Kelly 27:59- John Macle.chlan 28;17 5. Oliver 28131 6. Gallegos 28t59 7. Brewer 29=20 8. Dempsey 29159 5 Km, Yorba Linda, Cal., June 8- - 1. Izaguirre 22;56 2. A. C<>rtez 23i37 J. Snyder 27138 4. Orendain 27 153 5• Brewer 2814o 6. Nestor 28159 7, Gallegos 29116 8. Weston 20:15 ~ Los Angeles, June 14--1. Larry Walker 21 :lo (National masters record) 5 Km, L:>s Angeles, June 2• -1. K. Ward 23115 2. John Kelly 27:01 3, Oliver 27153 4. Acosta 28:20 5. Gallegos 28:53 6. Keador 28:55 7. Orendain 29:0l 8. Dempsey 30101 ~ Km, L:>s An~les, June 28-- 1, K. Ward 231JJ 2. Ed Boul­din 24;J6 3. Jimoots 24;57 ~. John Kelly 26.54 5. Oliver 27:22 6. Bob Brewer 28:12 7. Orendain 28:38 8. Gallegos 28158 9. Dempsey 29:36 Women: 1. Jolene Steigerwalt 27:05 (National 2ge 42 record of 17:06 at 2 miles) 2. Fairchild 30 :47 10 Km, L:>s An,les, June 28--L F. I)Ong .501lJ 2. Ron Daniel 57131 J. Rl.ula Kash 57149 , R. Oliver 58 128 ' Triathlon, San Francisco, June 29--1. Rob Etlwards 1:10:12 (23 43 for 5 1tm walk 26112 for 9 Km bike, 20 :17 for 5 Km run) 2. Don Jankowsky 1:19:51 (29:46, 2J.16, 26=49) 3. Brie ~eybine 1:21132 (30:33, 23.53, 27106-women's record) 4. Denise Dunbar 1:26,02 2 Km, Gresham, Ore., July 11--1 . Ri.ul Kaald (~ 52) 10:44.6 2, Paul Kavadas (59) 12 132,9 3, Bob Wil­son (61) lJrll,7 2,8 Mile, Seattle , June 5-- 1. Bob Novak and Kal Brauner 26115 3. George Edwards 28 101 4. Ed Glander 28:32 J Km, Seattle, June 7- -1. Bev Iaveck 16:11 , l 2. Jenny Fisher 16:13 J. Paul Kaald 16 125 4. Jim Bryan 16:26.5 5. Eina.r Svensson 16.55,2 J Km, Sto~y Brook, N,Y,. June 29-- 1. Susan Liers 14;54-5 2. Mary Howell !4159.2 J. Viisha Sedlak 15,09,5 4, Meg Mangan 15:Jl.l 5. Carol Brown 15 49.J 6. Trish Reilly 16;08.2 7 , Frances Montex 16 :24.3 lJt!F= ~anne Torrel1as (part of a sports science evaluation camp at Univers it y Hospital, Stony Brook for the women's national team.) J,O Km (track), St. James, N.Y •• ,hmtl0--1. :ru o•Rourke 1:34:05 10 Km, same place--1. Doug Forunier 46:? 2 . Jon Jorgenson 51:20.2 3. Tom Krasnoff 32111.9 Women's 5 Km½nname.place-1 DeeDee Mehan 29:24.l 5 Km, Fast Meadow, N .Y ., July 17-1. . Weik 2.5:26 2. Frances Montex 28 139 20 Km, same place-1. Curtis F~sher l:~

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6 2 . David Marchese 1:43.53 J. Adam saravay 1Ji6·li5 4. Mike Heitzman l..rr 3 5. Jon Jorgenson 1157134 • • Ta;ge,nese Women's 10 Km Championship. Wajima:-1. Manami Kogima 5

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2. Hidero Hirayama 51:19 ••• 6. Jolene Steigerwalt. U.S. 5710_ 1st Mas er Men's 20 Km, same pl.ace-1. Takehior Sonohara 1129:30 2. ~oshir~ Oya . 1130124 3. Kenichi omori 1:33;50 50 Km, same placs- - 1. H1deich1 Takashima 4:23:36 IF YOU MISSED TIDSE RJ..CES TRY TO MAKE SOME OF THESE

t A 9-5 and 10 Km, Broomfield, Col , , 8 am (K) Sa. ug. (P) 10 Km. Asbury Park. N .J. • 9 am A 16--5 Mile, Belmar, N.J. 9 am (P)

Sat. ug . 5 Km, Dearborn Heights. Mich., 8 am (W) 17- - 10 Km. Palos Verdes, Cal.• 8 :15 am (N)

Sun. Aug. 20 Km, Taunton, Mass., 2 p .m. (NJ 23- - 8 Km, Norwalk, Cal . • 8 am (N)

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30-- 20 Km, Columbia, Mo., 6 am (G) 10 Km Men. 3 Km Women, Dearborn Heights~ Mich. (w) f Marathon, Santa Monica. ca1., 7 am (NJ

1---a Marathon, Seattle (A) 4---2.8 Mile , Seattle, 6 pm (A) 13--5 Km, Milano, Tex., 8 am (AA)

Rockport Northwest Regional 5 Km, Seattle (D) 5 Km. Dearborn Heights, Mich,, 9 am (W)

14--2 Hour. Worthington. Ohio (R) Rockport Regional 10 and 20 Km, Seattle (D) 5 Km, Denver, 8 am (K)

21-- lOl'IJ;On. AtlantAc City, N .J. (.DD) 27--2 i1e, Lake U1.Tay. Okla, (F)

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Sun. Sep. 28- -NATlONAL ATIILETICS CONGRESS 4o KM. FT, M:>NIDUTH, N,H.,9 am (P) · Alongi Memorial 20 Km and various 3 to 10 Km races. Dearborn

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CONTACTS

Heights, Mich., 8 am (W) 4---Start of 24 Hour Walk' Springfield, Ohio 25--- 10 Km, Denver, 9 am \K)

A--Dan Pierce, 1137 NW 57th , Seattle. WA 98107 D--Joe Barrow, 675 Marion St. , .Denver, 00 80218 F--Ron Marlett, 2712 NW 48th. Oklahoma City. OK 73112 G-- Joe Duncan, 298o Maple Bluff Dr., Columbia, M:> 65201 K--Bob Carlson, 2261 Glencoe St., Denver, OJ 8o207 N--Elaine Ward, 358 W. California Blvd., lasadena, CA 91105 P--Elliott Denman. 28 N. L:>cust, West long Branch. N .J. 07164 R--John White, 4865 Arthur Place , Columbus, OH 53~20 W--Frank Alongi. 26530 Woodshire, Dearborn Heights , MI 48127 AA--Tim Doss, 3209 South IH-35, #2069, Austin, TX 78741 BB--Win Benton. 29 Graylock St., Taunton, MA 02780

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'n,e 1985 Race Walking World Statistics for both men and women are now out. I.f you want these comprehensive compilations ~f world records, yearly, and all-time lists, send $4.00 for each to: Pa.Ile Lassen, Bolowsvej 40, DK-1870 Copenhagen V. Denmark ••• They a.re also avail-

aole in limited dumbers from Don Jacobs Box 23146, Tigard.OR9722J . Send Don $3.50 for the women's book, $4-,75 for the men's• or $8.00 for both ••• The 5 Km results from the Southeastern Masters Meet that we did not have earlier: Age 35-39- - 1. Ray Funkhouser 22 :18 2, Eric Bigham 25 114 .J. Danny Spell 27:22 1 45-49-- L Ron Kulik 2)151 2, Ray Mc)S:innis 24;0J 50-54--L Andy Briggs 28:30 55-59--1. John Mac~hlan 27"49 2. Joel Holman J0 :42 60-64=--l. Bob Mimm 27 118 2 . Carl Brungard Jl :57 65-69-- 1. Max Gould 28: 11 2. Don Johnson JO :38 ' 70-74- - 1. Bill Tallmadge 32 ; 1_5 75-79--1. Paul Fairbank 34;21 Bo and over --1. Rl.ul Spangler 37:27 Women: 30-34--1. Kathy llOnley 27:06 2. Terri JOhnson J0 :21 50-54--1, Anna Rush 31:14 ••• We were very sorry to learn of the death of Joe Tigerman. a long-time friend of race walking, of the ORW, and of the sport. We had only recently received a friendly. optimistic renewal note (for 2 years. Joe planned to be a round for a while). The obituary on the next page outlines Jo~•s many significant contril>­ut ions to the sport over many years • • • Dr , Howard Pa.lamarchuk writes to thank the Athletics Congress and all race-walking com:mittees for the opporttmity to be the team leader for the Sesto San Giovanni Race Walking Cup in Italy. He lists this distinct honor as the highlight of his career. Howie also alJOlogizes that he has not contributed a medical article to the ORW for some time, but has found it difficult

PAGE 8 JULY 1986 with the deinands of his :iractice and teaching coffllllitments . He did recently find time to author a chapter for a podiatric medicine sports medi cin e book that will be published soon. However, a serious auto accident shortly after his return from Italy, that resulted in 5 days in the hospital, put a further damper on outside projects. As TAC Sport ' s Medicine Cha irman , Howie urges all ra ce walkers to write or call him con­cerning injuries and proble111s. His address and phone nU111ber: 310 Middlet own Blvd. Suite 203, Ianghorne, PA 19()47. (215) 757-4997- , .Tom Knatt has rec ent ly comp:).eted a video called "Why Walk ?" )(ith Rob Roy McGregor, the sports podiatrist who wrote EEVeTeC1 The McGregor Solution for Mana,;ing the Pa.ins of Fit ness • The new video includes about 6 minutes description of exercise wal king (really the principles of racewalking, which was dee med an unacceptable word because it connates the necessity fo r compet­ition). It also inc lud es a description of how to buy shoes , how to get started , etc. , fo r a tota l of about½ hour. It sho uld be avai l able now at a price of $2,5-J0. contact Tom at 83 Rivers id e Ave., Concord, MA 01942 , or call hill at (617) 369-7912, preferably after 9 pn. He may also produce a video just describing race walking from the footage that was not used. He'd like to hear from people who are int erested • •• A training camp for youth and junior race walkers will be held in Dearborn, Michigan from August 16 to 24 . Frank Alongi will be the head coach and will be assisted by Martin Kraf t and Geral d Bocci. The ca.mp will be for 12 wal kers selected fr om t he Junior Natio nal T&F Championship and the National YoUth Championship . The focus will be on technique, training 1118thods, and biomechanical analysis. All rem and boa.rd and par tia l travel expenses will be covered. If you think you might be el~ible and have no t been contacted , call Frank Alongi at (JlJ) 277-6060, or Frank Soby at (313) 881-.54,58, • ,

Joseph B. Tigerman, former policeman, track-and-field judge · Joeeph B. Tigerman, 88, • ·

former Chicago police officer end internationally known truk -and-field official ~·ho organiud Loyola Uoiven1i­ty'1 fin1t track team, died Saturday at St. Francia H011-pital in Evanston.

A longtime resident or the North Side, Mr . Ticerman wu a Chicq o police officer from 1928 t.o 1960. He was a deputy coroner or Cook County Crom 1960 to 1968 and a deputy aheriff in 1968 and 1969.

Mr. T igennan became an intun ationally known tr ack and field participant during more than 70 years of in­volvement in flat sport u a compet itor , coach and judge.

For the past 20 ye8J"II, he WM a member of the Inter­nati onal Panel of Racewalk­UII Judges, and for the past 16 yean he wu the only member Crom the Western

Hem isphere of the Interna , tional Amateur Federation Racewalking Committee.

He ., . ._. the only American race walking judge at the 1964, 1968, 19i2 and 19i6 Olympic Game,. He also judged the Pan-American Games, the Eur opean Cham­pion ships, tbe Cent ral Ameri can Games and the Ruuian-Ameri ca n indoor and outdoo r t rack meets.

In 1974 he was inducted i.nto Loyola's Hall of Fame for organizing and coaching the fir11t track team from that school in 1929.

He ia 1urvived by his wife, Franci a: a daughter. Susan Gaines; a 10n, Me rle; a brother , Milton; aii crand· children and three great crand childr en.

Services will be tomorrow at 10 a.m. at Piser-Weins~in Menorah Chapel, 3019 W. Petenon . ·

JULY 1986 PAGE 9

IOOKING BACK

20 Years Ago (From the July 1966 0RW)- Ron Daniel overca me the elements more than the field to win the National JO Km in COlUJ11bia. With the temperature at 95 in the shade , but no shad e on the course, it wa.s a matter of survival, not performance. Ron's 2 ; 57 :07 left the fast-rising Larry YOung 4 minutes back and your editor another minute and a hall' in arears. Two walkers , in ­cluding sixth 1>lace Jack Blackburn, actually walked right out of a shoe , which stuck in t he hot tar . Early leader Ron !Aird took over 4 hours to finish lJth .. ,Rudy Haluza beat laird, 19.56 Olympic 50 Km gold medalist Norm Read, I.a.rrv Wdker, and Don DeNoon in an Jntei:national 20 Km in Los Angeles, Rudy• stime was 1:37:02 .

15 Years Ago (From the Ju l y 1971 0RW)-- Pa.ul Nihill, England, edged Nikolai Smaga in the USA- USSR- British C<>mmonwealth 20 Km in San Francisco, as both recorded l:J0:08. Tom Dooley finished fourth in 1:33159, • • John Kelly won both the mile (7:06) and 20 Km (1 :42 :38~ a t the Nati onal Masters meet • • . Lynn Olson won the 1 mile walk at the W~men' s National meet (the race was being staged fo r the first time and was termed an exhibition) in 7 :53 , 8 . Jeanne Bocci had 7 :.54 in second ••• Nihill had a 2 , J0 :J5 in the Brit~s h 20 Mile , a world ' s best at that time .

10 Years Ago (From the JUly 1976 0RW)--Mexi co ' s Daniel Bautista pulled well clear in the final 4 Km to win the Olympic 20 Km race in Montrea l. Bautista had 1:24 :41 , with East Germans Hans-Georg Reimann, Peter Frenkel, and Karl­Heinz Stadtfflllller following in 1:25,13, 1 :25 129i and 1 :26:50. Ron laird was 20th in 1 =33 :27, larry Walker 22nd in 1 :J41 9, and TOdd Scully 29th in l : J6 :J7 , There was no 50 Km t hat year. • .Derek Harrison covered lJl miles 3J6 yards in a 24-hour track race in England. Colin Y<>ung was second , some 29 yards over 129 miles . Harrison went through 100 miles in 18 104:07 , just 8 minutes ahead of Young, , ,Old Jack Mortlan d won the National Masters 10 Km in Chicago as practically no one showed up , and was reminded of the ­Columbia death march some 10 years earlier , as a blazing sun beat down on · Stagg field putting the temperature in the mid 90s . We shouldn't record the time, but it was 55 :11 .

5 Years Ago (From the July 1981 ORW)-«d Scully and Susan Lil!Ts - Westerfield caotured National 15 Km titles at Niagara Falls. Todd finished 1 minut e ahead of Canada ' s Helmut Boeck in 1 :08 :_56, with Pete Timmons and Ti m Lewis taking third and fourth. Susan had a much easier ti .me, also beating a Canadian , Joan Bender , but by more than 4 minutes. Susan had a ti me of 1 :15 :27 . Motor City Striders teammates Jeanne Boc ci an:l J\ll'le MacDonal d were third and fourth •• . Liars -Westerfield also won the 10 Km title, this time in Maine in 49:54 . Catherine Flack was nearly 6 minutes behind in second , f>llowe d by Norma Arneson and Carol Brown. • • In the US-USSR 20 Km race Jim Heir;ng stayed close for 15 Km and the n was DQ1. Pyotr Potschenchuk w~n in 1 :25"08 , a second ahead of Anatoiliy Solomin. Dan O' Connor finished in 1:J2 ;40 .. . The US. took 1- 2- 3 in the Maccabiah Games J Km, with Evan Fox winning in 13:18.27. Roger Brandwein and Bob Rosencrantz followed .

# # # # # # LEITERS

After a 1 ong while, Bob Stead man, down in LUbbock, Texas , has heard again fro m his friend , Ts. Combo jab, in Mongolia. Once again , he graciously shares the lett er with 0RW readers.

Dear Steadman ,

Ulan Bator 1986 JUly 14

Sorry to take so long to answer your lette r. Than you for the American calculator, which hasn ' t yet broken down like th e R · ussian ones. ""--• •ianks also

PAGE 10 JULY 1986 for the donut seeds, but they haven• t sprouted yet. Katrina says they looked just like the Cheerios that they used to be able to get in Lithuania before the war.

We have not been able to afford any tours for the Mongolian walkers this year, but we learned a lot from the Mecican trip , all about which I told you last year. The Party asked us to pUt all available funds towards a new indoor stadium for a.11 sports. I am proud to tell you of the open­ing last January of the Karl Marx Stadium in Ulan Bator. In our harsh winters, it is a great place to train.

When we were so soundly beaten every time in Mexico, my boys asked then for the secret of their success. Every time thay gave the eame an.swer t "Beane!" So when we ca.me back to Mongolia, beans started to appear in back­yards and vacant lots all over town. Some of my boys gained at least 5 kilos during the fall. But our problems really began in the winter season. The Mayor BUIIUloned me to his office and Uctured me, "Every time your walkers are in the new stadium, the whole place smells like a Mexican Locker room", and threatened to bar us all and leave us in the cold, Worse, the boys are not walking like Mexicans, only like fat Mongolians. When I wrote to Mr. Carcia in Mexico City and told him the beans were not working, he only replied: "They seem to be working very well. But if you axe still not happy, try a Pedraza Toddle." Tell me, comrade, what is a Pedraza TOddle? Do you drink it, walk it, or make love to it?

Some of our older judges are showing revisionist tendencies since we introduced the 40-millisecond flight time • But we have taken a leaf out of your book1 every time many walkers are disqualified in a race, we print the judges• names in our walking magazine. Already, two judges have turned themselves in for voluntary re-education, three have undergone public crit­icism sessions, and eleven have quit the sport altogether.

My Grandson, Bator, is giving me fits. After he won the national jun­ior championship at 10,000 meters, I got him a nice job with the M0 ngolian Goat Hair Marketing Board so that he would have lots of time to train. &las, althoug the kid only worked one day a week, he caught the dreaded anthrax, and had to be put into hospital up at Irkutsk. They have had a very good anthrax center there ever sicne a Russian experiment on germ war­fare in 1960. But when I visited, I think Russion hospitals are no better than when I was in Leningrad in 19J8. They say he will be able to walk next year, but will be too busy scratching hemself to concentrate on walking.

Pl.ease ask Mr. Mortland for his opinions on the ~draza Toddle versus pinto beans. Plea .se send some better donut seeds next time.

Yours sincerely, Ts. Gombojab

(Eld. We pass the question on to some of our readers who have trained and competed in Mexico.) Now, speaking of flight phase, we have se vera l letters in response to Ron laird •s provocative article in the May issue . First, from Bob Bowman:

I'm sorry to see our newly elected member of the US's Track and Field Hall of Fame take the position he ha.a with regard to the rules of our spart. r do know Ron is sincere in his suggestions and at least one other respected member of the Race Walking Fraternity, former British National Coach, Julian Hopkins, agrees with Ron. However, the vast majority of the Race Walking World doesn't and for very good reasons.

JULY 19A6 PAGE 11

Ron' 5 main thesis is that we should eliminate the contact ru]e . MOst of his arro,iments are based on the false assumption that the faster you walk, the more you lose contact. In response to his points:

(1) Main Assumption: "th e better we do this sport (faster we go), the more we break this contact rule and thus illegally gain a few inches. • • "

"It only makes sense to realize the higher the speed, the longer the loss of contact and forward float through the ·air." I disagree I just the opposite occurs. The better the technique, the faster you go. You don•t gain the speed in the air, even if you gain a few inches. Speed is gained while on the ground not in the air. The key to fast walking is to maintain constant contact with the ground. Many people fail to understand this. A similar situation occurs in the hurdles where you want to minimize time spent in the air clearing the hurdles. A race between two hurdlers of equal speed will be won by the one spending less time in the air. Likewise, a race betweeen two race walkers of equal abil ity will be won by the one with the better technique, assuming equal effort.

(2) Ron asks for rules on judging by eyesight so that "when the walkers loss of contact reaches human eye detectability, this will be reason for disqualification." Please not Ron, this is exactly the rule today. It ~houlQ be noted that Ron's discussion on the straingtening (bent knee) rule is technically correct.

(J) Ron claims we either continue to ignore "this problem" or "rewrite the contact rule, or in time •.•• fight those who would • •• eliminate race walkin11: as a legitimate athletics event." Again, the opposite is true, eliminate the contact rule and you will elimanate race walking as a legit­i mate athletics event. The contact rule is the main dif'ference between r11nnin~ events and walking events. Creditability in the spart of athletics is gained by enforcing the contact rule, not eliminating it.

Run further adds: "We should work •• ,to rid our event of the rule that makes our athletes cheater and burdens our judges with feelings of' con-: fusion and incompetence." Sadly, this one sentecne shows a total lack of understanding of our sport . It's hard to believe this came from one of our most distinguished past competitors. In my nearly JO years in the s-port, I've only encountered a handful of incidents of cheating--no more or no less a problem than with any other event. My experience as a judge today, and 1 believe of my fellow judges, is not one of confusion or incompetence . There are judp;ement calls to make and the level of consistency is actually quite rema.rkable--much more so than with other sparts. ' I personally feel the level of iairness and judging standard in the sport is better today than it was 10 or 20 years ago. Of course, the great walkers of the time usually were the fairest (i .e., Golubnichiy in the 60s, ~annenberg iJ_l the 70s, and Gonzales in the 80s) • Our own Iarry Young in the pa.st and Tl.m Lewis today are per­fect examples of how fairness in walking is consistent with fast walking-­not the opposite as Ron claims.

Ron further states "how depressing it must be for our judges to go to all sorts of indoor and outdoor track and field meets and allow our event to display its !forst feature, blatant loss of contact." He labels these events "shameful spectacles" and "plain cheating". Of course, this is not the case, but in order to sell his thesis, he must :pa.int a bleak picture of reality. He adds, "Our judges realize they ca.Mot pull the majority of wa].kers out of races." I can assure you our judges have no preconceived notion of how many walkers can or cannot be pulled. They don't want any to be pulled, but if all of them are blatant, as Ron claims, they will all come out. There is credi'tabili ty in the sport today by athletes and officials. When three 4oo meter hurdlers were disqualified from the Nationals a number

PAGE 12 JULY 1986 of years ago for dragging their trail leg around the hurdle instead of over it, no ex-400 1118ter hurdler came out of the woods demanding we change the rules of the event to accomodate those who couldn't abide by the rules , claiming the event is lost unless we do.

(5) If Ron thinks we have judging problell\8 now, can you imagine try­ing to enforce a rule that says loss of contact is ok as long as it isn't "exeessive", I can hear it now, "No, I wasn't 2 inches off , only½ inch!" And what Ron is asking for: disqualification of detectable loss of contact, is actually what we have now. The co111bination of a rule not allowing any loss of contact coupled with enforcement at the detectable level by the human eye works well. But if you open the door for "some" loss of contact , you loose control of the sport and soon after , loose the sport entirely.

(6) I can further ensure Ron, that any future comebacks that resu lt in a performance strategy aimed at "the kind of technique that wilJ hell) me cover up what is happening to my-diminishing contact", will be met with the usual red cards that pulled him from several national championshipa in the past.

(7) It seems Ron would like a new event called "stra~ht - legged runn ­ing" where excessive loss of contact and bending of the knees is not allowed, Not a very practical event. What about those who tire and stay on the ground? Are they disqualified?

(6) I also reject hi s asswaption that we can only .interei;tschool kids in races at distances of 200 meters and under. The pbysical benefits from such a program would be minimal not to mention the obvious comparison to actually running (i.e. , the record for 100 meters is still 9,9). The sport of race walking at t he longer distances is beneficial and practical for all •sand should be promoted as such- it's not going to appeal to au; rut that ' s fine , if we were all interested in the same things in life , it would be a very dull world,

rn conclusion , I D111st add that as a close friedd of R0ns for over 25 years and a training partner for ma.n,y of his competitive years, I found him to be one of the -fairest walkers we ever have had. On the odd occasions when he was disqua1.i.fied (a fate that strikes all great walkers at one J)Oint in their career - -&!., I believe Iarry Young was at least one exception.) it was usually due to his pushing himself beyond the limits that his con­ditioning or injuries would allow at the time. His contrirutions to our sport are many and he richly deserves to be listed among the greats in the U.S. Track and Field Hall of Fame, I'm looking forward to it this December.

A different view from Bob Iawson 1 Bob Bowman

I just read ROn Laird's article and agree with him. I want to voice my opinion fro support of his article, Our sport has been held back by confusing value systems concerning the present rules. What Ron says is r~ht concerning the lifting rule and individual interpretations on what is lifting (actual lli'ting) • .uike the new javelin rule, we nrust meet the needs of the present and future. As a coach , I know the popularity and the legality of the sport has been hurt most by the ancient rules and acceptance by our peers. If feel li' the athletes/ judges follow thi> rules as Ron says , then be realistic and judge so as not to give anyone an advant­age over any other competitor , but don't close your eyes to what really is happening and let the sport progress, Race walking hasn't progressed in real acceptance in the 16 years or so that I have been involved , and I feel

JULY 1986 PAGE 13 that it is due to the rules and their enforcement, I am not talking about numbers involved or better preforma.nces , but being a true part of track and field. 1118 point is not to argue each of our points of view, but lets solve why race walking is not progressing faster .

Just by the nature of our s port, the ~otivation and excitement is to go faster and the co!lll1littment to be better. Sport wouldn't need rules li' all peo'J)le were honest, rut the desire to win will always be a problem. All a rule can do is contral and try to make sure that everyone haS an equal opoortunity to compete fa5rly with opponents.

In short , I support what Bon says and , li ke the new javelin rule, let's not compare the past with the present and future. Walking rules 111USt be altered for the accept.acne of our sport.

I would like to express one more idea that I have fought for over 15 years that could be another major step in acceptance of walking . This con­'cerns 'the rule on "warnings". I believe that this rule is our of date and goes beyond the re sponsib il ity of an official. Further, it hurts the accep-

tance by the track and fie ld world. First, a warning is coaching , which &s not allowed by the rule book.

Why can an official tell an athlete during the race that if they don't change their mode of progression, they will be dq ' d . A tr~ined and legal athlete ' s responsibility is to do the job he or she is tra1J1ed to do accord­ing to the rule book, Like all sports, competitors follow the rules or are penalized. Why should an official have the power to coach or warn someone. Officials hhould only be responsible for seeing that each and every athlete has an equal opportllllity to compete equally and follow the rules set down by the rule book. The official is not there to judge style ­just to determine what is right or wrong.

We should eliminate the warning rule. If the three different JtXl.ges are needed to DQ and each official is given the power to DQ by showing a paddle' with the appropriate sign of the rule violation , then walkers would_know their mode of progression was in violation of the rules and that th~y had two more chances. No other sport tries to control style while the comp­eti tion is in progress. (Plus, there are too many misleading ideas of what may lead to a vialations from bouncing posture to what may cause a bent leg. An official shouldn't antici:tate an error or a past violation, ru concnetrate on what is happeninp; now. QUite simply , the ath le te is either le~al or not and its not (or shouldn't be) the judges responsibility to tell that athlete he or she has taken advantage and gained on an opponent and had better exercise better control. If the athlete gets DQ' d, then its the job of hie coach and athlete to solve the problem,

Let's keep it simple. Follow the rules like Ron laird says and elimin ­ate an outdated rule that has hurt the~ of racewalking as a sport.

And, from Hal Canfield:

Bob lawson Annapolis , Maryla nd

I'm writing to comment on Ron Laird's article that was published in the May 1986 issue. I surely agree with you that Ron spent considerable time and effort on the prep:i.ration of the article. He did a very thorough job of expressing his ideas regarding the contact rule,

I would like to J)Oint out that Ron's thesis is somewhat ambiguous in that at one point in the article he states , "the solution to the proble .m is to write a new rule that says when the walker ' s loss of contact reaches human eye detectability, this will be reason f'or disqualification," This

PAGE 14 JULY 1986 reasoning seems to coincide with TAC Rule 39, which states that judging decisions are made as seen by the human eye.

However, Ron confuses the issue as he proceeds and states: "With the contact rule~ from the rule book, those off the ground are then made legal." Then in the same paragraph, he states: "This is not the end of their problem; with the new rule the walker who extends the flight phase of his or her stride to an obvious human eye detectability level would first be warned. If this illegal behavior persists, they will soon receive the cards that would disqualify them."

It appears to me that in one instance he is suggesting that the con­tact rule be eliminated from the rulebook and then he states that the walker be disqualified if he can be detected by the human eye. He must decide one way or the other. It's not Possible to observe the contact rule, in whatever form he may choose , and eliminate it all at the same time.

Actually, he has stated nothing that conflicts with the present TAC rule if he will allow the racewalk judge to make decisions on what he can •tect with the eye . This is what Ron has stated , in iart at least, and this ls in accord with the present rule. It's my opinior that a contact rule lftUSt always be observed. Its elimination will mean that the fastest runner will always also be the fastest walker. I also feel that the judgment call between legal and illegal walking made by the racewalke judge is the best way to enforce the contact rule, just as the calls in baseball, basketball , and so many other sPorte are made by us imperfect human beings.

And, from Bob Mimm:

Hal Canfield Chairman, Racewalking Co111111ittee Southeastern Association, TAC

, I just finished reading Ron Laird ' s book, which was attached to your 1'18.y issue. My feelings have not changed. We must decide if we want to walk or run. The essential difference between walking and running is that both feet are off the ground at one Point in running. If we accept Laird's premise that a. walker can (may) lift off the ground so long as it still looks like walking, we are accepting the fact that we are allowing some running.

I do agree, however, with much of what Laird say. Our walkers are now hitting such speeds that ground contact loss is undectable . It will get worse . Laird says he is uncomfortable jddging, I can certainly understand that. He states that lifting should be allowed so long as it's not excess ­ive . Who determines (and how) what is excessive? He also states bent knees should continue to be frowned upc,n, Yet, there are a number of competitors with ·good knee look who do not have ~od ground contact.

One of the reasons for adding certain "evidences" to the judge ;s bag of tricks was because of the difficulty of dete ct ing ground contact . Observing the shoulders, for example, can indicate if a person is losing contact. Bending knees are certainly an indication of contact loss . A question arises as to how strict we need to get with straight legs . Many _people go into races now and just stroll or walk normally through. Legally, they can be disqualified because strollers do not lock . Yet do we want to be this strict? Do we want to eli minate such a large segment of individuals from the sport?

I personally don ' t think we should eliminate the contact requirement. We would simply be saying: "OK. You may run , but do it with good walking style . " T e only an.swer may be to accept the fact that there may be a speed beyond which you can't go without running. .

Bob MlJMI

JULY 1986

THB ORW GALLERY OF WORLD RANKING WALKERS

Spain' s Jose Marin was ranked number 1 in the world at 20 Km in both 1982 and 1985 by both the ORW and Track and Field News.

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Finland ' s Reima Salonen ha.a been ranked in the top 10 at ;l:J km for the past 4 years , with a high of 2nd in 1982. He has also been ranked at 20 Km twice.