GREATEn ROCHESTER TRACK CLUB NEW~TER une 4 1978 VOLUlill II I-dBER 1 Page 1

Open Letter t o Our Iiembershipi

A elcome to all new members and a welcome back t o all t hose vho have renewed their membership - we are mailing 325 Newsl etters this t i me Each day br ings from 5 t o 8 new or renewal ~mberships

In the absence of the President s ~ essage as i t has not co~euro i n the mail (at our Annual Meeting on r~ 21 he said he had to hand h~ his t ests t o his principal and then would go to work on this ew91e1- ter) we are attemptin~ to get t his Newslett er ready f or mailing as s on as possible TiLle loS now very much of the essence as one (1) leek from t hi Tuesday - J une 13 - we tart our summer meets at R I T bull Pn1l1 and I along with our two girl s are ready to go - all we have t o do i_~ ack up t he wagon and hope that r r Gesell is able to arrange his wor hour~ so we can get t o RIT by 5 PM or a few minutes before

PLEASE NOTE that the Postal Department has as ed us to use our Post Of f ice Box Numper as our mailing address and not our street ~~C house num~er to facilitate the handling of the mai ls Therefcre Y~dld appreciate your cooperation when writing i f you would use 1 0 Bo 154 Hemlocl Y 14166

This year we will sell T-shirts (at cost) of varying sizes at t~~middot desk (afte the initi al rush i s over) as we had many requests froItl members last year who anted t o buy on the spot

Some c angee ~re made f r our Tuesday night meets Please read your ecretarys 1essage shoul d you pl an to att end the Tuesday ~ ight meets

We plan t o have t wo desks f or your ad ed convenienc bull one will be used for accepting applications for membership - new and renewal - and one wi accept your ent ry fee f or participation in the meet e are requesting that you sign a waiver each night and also wear your assigned number This will aid the timers in identification of comshypetit ors and give the field event directors a check on tttd people REfJIEl i13ER YOU MUST BE A GRTC Il~ffiER TO CmlPFIE THIS VI BE STRICTLY ElfFO OED AGAIN THI S YEAR To speed things up kindly bring yourwaiver ( see f orm el sewher e in this Newsletter) completed and signedalong with t he $100 entry f ee to the desk If you wi ll f ollow these ins ctions our waiting time in line ill be r educed considerablyHow I dislike looking up that first or second Tuesday night with my back starting t o ache f r om bending over the table only t o see a nevershyending ine A l i ttle advance preparation on yoar part could eleviate a lot of l ine- wai ting and gi ve you ore warm-up t i ne

Our turn-out at t he annual meeting was small but many thanks to t hose who t ook t he time to attend Time was ell spent discussing the ways we coul d spread t he work of t he Club among more members t o t ake a litt load of f the few now doing the wor k So i f you would l ike to time l earn to become a Cl er k of t he Course run a f i eld event O~ elp in any of our pro j ects come for th Remember if you do not

mo ho v to do any of the many j obs available you can easily be taught As you old members know all positions or officerships are unpaid and all t ime is donated and volunteered - for myself after working a seven hour day and doing the usual houselork I must find an eJrtra hour or t 0 each day to work for the club and thi s I am most happy to do We go with t he same officers again this year with the understanding more committees will be set up and more work will be given to other willing member s even if you only volun~eer a few hours

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GREATER ROCHESTER THACI CLUB IVEVJSLETTER June l ~ 1978 VOLliill II NUi JBER L Page 2

IIiPORTANTl PLEASE FOLLml THIS PROCEDURE FOR TUESDAY lHGET IiEETS

1 If you are not yet a member YOU ~ UST complete a membershipapplication and PAY YOUR DUES before you can compete l lembershi p applications will be processed at a separate table from the one where you will pay your entry fee for the meet

2 If you are a ~ember or as soon as you pay your membership dues come to the second t able and complete a waiver (You Iill be

eQuired to complete and sign one each week) You must print yournruJe and also sign the waiver If you are under 18 years of age you must have a parent s ign this waiver After you have signed the wai ver and paid your dollar entry fee you will be gi ven a number This number must be worn for all runni ng events and must bE VlOrn or shown at all f ield event s Thi s will not be a permanent number as different numbers will be issued each week

3 There will be no file folders this year All results entry blanks and information will be available at the meets Tal e the ones t hat you need

4 AAU blanks will be available at the meets and cards will be issued as time allows For you new members I am an AAU Commissioner with authority to issue AAU numbers Please have t1e money for AAU member ship - $4 00 without insurance and $550 Ii t h e I viII not issue car ds or numbers without t he money no matter hOlil badly you ne ed t hem Dont wait until you need t he J

card 0 request it but give t he application and money t o me vi t h ~ufficient time to get t he card ready for you I t cost me about 3000 out of my own pocket last year because I was II a good guy andissued cards and then never was paid for t he membership

5 iledals may be picked up as soon as the results of an event are turned i n and checked against t he list of paid entries

PLEAS FOLLO ~ THESE INSTRUCTIONS AND EVERYTHING ~ ILL RUN Sl OOTHLY shywe hope

Paul Gesell GRTC Secretary amp Tuesday Ni ght Desk Clerk

Some ews from our IIembers tlARY ED~IARDS vra in Beverly las S on 527 t o take part in the Wo ens rlini-uarathon alonrz with about 700 others

a time of L~525 for the 62 -dles rHce runningI SUE MiD DI CI IiOLZ ran and f inished the Ottaa imiddotareion- their first Their times were 4 40 and 4128 tUll pass your m ssage along to Gene on YQ1yo~~gring_tQ_~Q~~_a~_~hg_BQshg~t~r_~a~atJQD~_secty~_aog_Qisk~_________ _ JII PArliERI is going to try his luck at Frisbee competition this summer along viith t raveling for busines s reasons but will see his runningf riends in Aug for our Cross Country races Good Luck Jiml DERCICFRECHETTE lill be with us on Tuesday nights this year as he is moving back to Alfred f r om Eugene Oregon in f act he is probablyunpacking his suit case right now Capgratulations to all those tho co peted in the Section 5 Championshyships at Hobart on lay 27 and June J and also congratulations to those that Ion the opportunity to go on to Buffalo on June J and to LO~G Islruld on June 10 Jill run the names we have truen fr om t e local nelspaper if space permits under RESULTS At l5cent a r eVlSletter we don~_ want t o go over our wei ght limit or t he Post Office lit h char e us more

GREATEn ROCHESTER TRACK CLUB NELIIJSLETTER June 3 1978VOLULlE II NUIBER I Page

RESULTS Rh~ULTS RESULTS EASTER SEALS 7 IjILE ROAD RACE - farch 25 1978 1 endon Ponds Park

leather Cool 30 and breezy Coursel Dry o~

Coyne 38157 C 11o e~e

Hickey 42120 Hmiddot em S h 1 iI tJ c 00 i 1~s ers

Bagley 39140 Farquhar 42105 marshall 42130 ~laHarry 43134 Callens 401 45 Shanahan 43100 Carli 42148 Greene 44135 Koller 41131 Rios 43156 Bonis 43110 rlontione 47151 Burnett 41131 Kremer 45 10 Lane 43112 Clark 43135 Hasenauer 43135 Williams 4348

Austin

liiomen Taber

54100

49108

MalleySutter Hoak KBushart

42120 Coons 42155 Connelly44122 ~middotJallace 4 09 Fernandez

45 125 48 948 8 4912

IicAvinney nitto FergusonPhillips

~ I 49 05

46108 4830

Heiss Terziani Edwards BcCarthy

5045 5152 54126 55102

HugginsJohnson OBrien Butterazzi

44110 4413~4415 45115

Dillon Ball Frank Ifech

49139 4945 50143 5136

Jacobs KennedyBronunere Smith Peterson

49156 Valentine 54114 Kristellor 5 104 Hodgins5412 Kennel 5624

55143 5546 62113 65122

Schryver HerveyBal1estyKeene ABushart

452~4611 48134 5040 511 0

Pow Bartlett Beckett Hartman Ewert

51 53 j302 57135 57 36 59 06

Doyle 56145 Smith 54100 Hodgins 60114

Seniors Winn Tuller Lout zen 1 Valenti ne Halm

38157 Requa 39r middot~5 11essi ng 40 00 Imswiler 40 27 Eimon 40134 Lanigra

45116 45118 45123 461 8 47110

Blanchard

Ajewole Si mons Kaderli ~~cCarthy Kehoe

5500

50133 5125 5401 541 04 5 5 01

Wilson ConnollyTaber BagleyKris t eller Kerziani

61115 62124 65140 6540 66 49 6758

Czelusta Lannne

41107 Till 42135 Keene

47135 4740

Yuleo Roberts

5535 58103

l1ay 43 44 Purcell 4812 Sorrentino 59 57 Curry 44158 Henderer 49103 Atvell 45 14 Hays 49136 i[est n 45115 Bartlett 5024

2W Ilaxson IIarathon - 96 miles 1 R1ch Saxt on 50 10 (new course record) 3 Roger Tumasonis51156

13 Bruce Quimby 541 26 20 J ames Karr 56bull52 2S Donald Anson 59 IS

~Iill print Fairport r esults when they are received

FIFTH ANNUAL FORKS XV - FIFTEEN KILmIETER ROAD RACE - Triple CitiesRC Chenagno Forks NY Apr 9 1978 run in sunny weather 45 temp

6th Gerard Benedict 5151 1 in 30-39 age gr oup 16th J erry Goodrich 5445

Tom Cart er still holds record of 46158 (Tharucs Gerard for sending this info to us and congratulations )

1ST Al WAL SPRING ROAD RACE 69 inJES llARION J OGGING CLUB 48 temp ~Jindl 7EIO-12 lIPH 1 Thomas Painting 41136 19 Al an Jacobs 4622 2 Ed Farguhar 41155 22 Charles Fordham 47J34 3 Scott Bagl ey 42125 26 illiam S Powmiddot 4909 5 John Valentine 42147 29 Susan VanDe~1ater 51 02 ~ Ted Imsvliler 43106 32 mary Edwards 53=13

10 Paul A t vell 43117 38 Janie Paint i ng 59 14 13 Davi d Ham 44129 41 Joe Fernande z 621 43 rly apologi zes if I overlooked any of our members in this race

GREATEn ROCHESTER TRACK CLUB NELIIJSLETTER June 3 1978VOLULlE II NUIBER I Page

RESULTS Rh~ULTS RESULTS EASTER SEALS 7 IjILE ROAD RACE - farch 25 1978 1 endon Ponds Park

leather Cool 30 and breezy Coursel Dry o~

Coyne 38157 C 11o e~e

Hickey 42120 Hmiddot em S h 1 iI tJ c 00 i 1~s ers

Bagley 39140 Farquhar 42105 marshall 42130 ~laHarry 43134 Callens 401 45 Shanahan 43100 Carli 42148 Greene 44135 Koller 41131 Rios 43156 Bonis 43110 rlontione 47151 Burnett 41131 Kremer 45 10 Lane 43112 Clark 43135 Hasenauer 43135 Williams 4348

Austin

liiomen Taber

54100

49108

MalleySutter Hoak KBushart

42120 Coons 42155 Connelly44122 ~middotJallace 4 09 Fernandez

45 125 48 948 8 4912

IicAvinney nitto FergusonPhillips

~ I 49 05

46108 4830

Heiss Terziani Edwards BcCarthy

5045 5152 54126 55102

HugginsJohnson OBrien Butterazzi

44110 4413~4415 45115

Dillon Ball Frank Ifech

49139 4945 50143 5136

Jacobs KennedyBronunere Smith Peterson

49156 Valentine 54114 Kristellor 5 104 Hodgins5412 Kennel 5624

55143 5546 62113 65122

Schryver HerveyBal1estyKeene ABushart

452~4611 48134 5040 511 0

Pow Bartlett Beckett Hartman Ewert

51 53 j302 57135 57 36 59 06

Doyle 56145 Smith 54100 Hodgins 60114

Seniors Winn Tuller Lout zen 1 Valenti ne Halm

38157 Requa 39r middot~5 11essi ng 40 00 Imswiler 40 27 Eimon 40134 Lanigra

45116 45118 45123 461 8 47110

Blanchard

Ajewole Si mons Kaderli ~~cCarthy Kehoe

5500

50133 5125 5401 541 04 5 5 01

Wilson ConnollyTaber BagleyKris t eller Kerziani

61115 62124 65140 6540 66 49 6758

Czelusta Lannne

41107 Till 42135 Keene

47135 4740

Yuleo Roberts

5535 58103

l1ay 43 44 Purcell 4812 Sorrentino 59 57 Curry 44158 Henderer 49103 Atvell 45 14 Hays 49136 i[est n 45115 Bartlett 5024

2W Ilaxson IIarathon - 96 miles 1 R1ch Saxt on 50 10 (new course record) 3 Roger Tumasonis51156

13 Bruce Quimby 541 26 20 J ames Karr 56bull52 2S Donald Anson 59 IS

~Iill print Fairport r esults when they are received

FIFTH ANNUAL FORKS XV - FIFTEEN KILmIETER ROAD RACE - Triple CitiesRC Chenagno Forks NY Apr 9 1978 run in sunny weather 45 temp

6th Gerard Benedict 5151 1 in 30-39 age gr oup 16th J erry Goodrich 5445

Tom Cart er still holds record of 46158 (Tharucs Gerard for sending this info to us and congratulations )

1ST Al WAL SPRING ROAD RACE 69 inJES llARION J OGGING CLUB 48 temp ~Jindl 7EIO-12 lIPH 1 Thomas Painting 41136 19 Al an Jacobs 4622 2 Ed Farguhar 41155 22 Charles Fordham 47J34 3 Scott Bagl ey 42125 26 illiam S Powmiddot 4909 5 John Valentine 42147 29 Susan VanDe~1ater 51 02 ~ Ted Imsvliler 43106 32 mary Edwards 53=13

10 Paul A t vell 43117 38 Janie Paint i ng 59 14 13 Davi d Ham 44129 41 Joe Fernande z 621 43 rly apologi zes if I overlooked any of our members in this race

GREATEn ROCHESTER TRACK CLUB NEifllSLETTEn VOLU~ lE II iUIlBER I

June Page

3 1978

1978 NIAGARA M U CALENDAR OF EVEIITS - TRACI A ~ D FIELD

June 17 17

- Ilen IS Junior Championships - Junior ~vomens tI

Sweet Home HS l

Grosso tries Close J une 13

24 25

- College City Classic Brockport State - Junior Olympics - BoysampGirls 14-17 - Grosso

Lashbrook or M U Off

July 01 08

- JNYTC Relay Carnival - Region I Championships

Buffalo State Parker Field

Collopy Davis

on - Regi on I Jr Olympic Champion Portland ba ine 08 - Southern Tier Invitational Hornell Eabcock 15 - Jesse Owen Championships Buffalo State Fisher 22 - Region VI Empire Games Qualifier(rlenampWom Op )BrockportSt

St er nin 22 23

- JrOlympics (BoysampGirls 13ampUnd) Alfred Babcock - Reg VI Empire Games Qualifier (HighSch BoysampGirls)Brockport

Izzo 28-29-30 - Boys Nat 1 Age Grp Champs Liemphis Tenn

29 - Natl riens Jr Pentathalon Champ Fisher 29 - IJ iagara Sr Pentathalon Champs Fisher 29 - Niagara Relay Champs (rJen) Fisher 30 - Buffalo Belles Track Classic Parker Fi eld Brovm

(9ampunder through 16amp17) (Girls) Aug 5- 1 lcn s Senior Championships

5 - Seni or ~ ~omen s Champi onsh i ps Gros so 10-11-12 - J esse O~mes National Chrpions LosAngeles Galif Fisher

12 - Age Group Champi onships R 1T Ge s el l 16-20 - Empi re Games Fowmiddotler Fiel d Syracus e Sternin

CONTACTS Babcock Stephen RD t~l Hor nell NY 14843 Brotffi James 970 Baseline Road Gr and Island NY 14072 Col lopy Iiichael 355 Roat Dr Angola NY 14006 Davi s Dave 4000 Harlem Road Amher st NY 14226 Fisher Emery Di v ision of Recreation 511 Ci ty Hall Buffalo NY 14202 Ge sell Paul pO Box 154 Hemlock 1lY 14466 Grosso Ilark 265 lTort h Park Avenue Buffal o NY 14216 (875-5010)Lashbr ook Dan 4529 Redman Rd Brocltport tmiddoty 14420 (716-637-5373)St erni n Llark 738 Fletcher Avenue Tonawanda NY 14150 Izzo John 23 Beverly Dr ive Br oclcport 1Y 14420 Niagara MU Office 3925 Harlem Road Amherst IllY 14226 (716-839-1996)

Congratulations to a l l our members who co~peted f or the i r school in the gi rls and boys Section 5 Championship and St ate Qualifier Track and Fi eld meets A special congratulations to the following Who have represented or will represent Section 5 at the State meets Gi rls - Sandy ~lfest - 100m Hurdles BOY8 hiark Palmer - Discus amp

Penny O Brien - 880 Shot Put lile relay amp 2 mile Re Mike Graf - 440

Liz Taber - 880 Chris Blaakman - Triple J Ann Bait sholts - mile Steve Pa ce - Hi~h Jump

mi le relay amp 2 mil e relay (new Sec 5 Re~ord 610)Beth Dwyer - 2 mile mile re Jerry ODell - Hi gh J ump

amp 2 mile r el ay Karen Prue - mile relay To Jim Vandermol en Sorry to read Shirley Brownl i e - you were down wi t h mono and unable

Intersectional Relay t o compete

JEAN MITCHELL IEMQR~ 10 KILOME1ER RUN Bm-rEFIT American Cancer Society 343 No Iliain Street Canandaigua shy

SPONSOR COLUMBIA BANKING SAVING AND LOAN ASSOC IATION

DATE Saturday July 15 1978 PLACE Courthouse Square Canandaigua New York

STARTING TIMEs 1000 A M ENTTIY FEEl $300 donation to the American Cancer Society

NOTEs Post entries accepted no entries after 9145 A r COURSE Loop course - starting at Courthouse through beautiful

historic Sonnenberg Gardens and city streets Course marked with all turns and intersections monitored traffic controlled 5 kilometer split called

DRESSING Changing and showers at Y riIC A (0 lockers) AtvARDS CEREMONY 1130 A Th

l1ialesl Under 20 - Ist-i d Femalesl Under 20 - Ist-3rd 20-29 - l s t -3rd 20-34 - Ist-3rd 30-39 - Ist-3rd 35 amp over - Ist-3rd 40-49 - I st-3rd 50 amp over- Ist-3rd

All finishers to receive ribbons and times Over 100 ~ffiRCHANDISE awards by random drawing at ceremoney FIVE special awards to runners who have the most money pl edged prior to t he race benefit of the Amer ican Cancer Soci ety To be eligi ble money nrust be collected and returned to the American Cancer Society 343 N Fo ain St Canandaigua NY 14424 by 73078 0

ALL PROCEEDS RAISED WILL GO TO THE AMER ICAN CANCER SOCIETY

DATE _____________________________

In consideration of your accepting this entry I the undersignedint8nd to be legally bound heraby fo~ mysel f my heirs executors and administrators waive and release any and all claims for damagesI may have against the sponsor Columbia Banking Saving and Loan Association Sonnenberg Gardens the American Cancer Society the Y M CA or the City and Town of Canandaigua NY their representashyt i ves successors and assigns for any and a~l injuries suffered by me in said event I attest and verify that I am physically fit and have suf f i ciently trained for the completion of t hi s r ace SIGNATURE Date of Bi rth ___________~_____

Parent or Guardians signature if under 18 yrs of age ADDRESS Telephone _________ Category (AgeSex)

IL ENTRIES Don Mc~Jilliams 4620 Chapin Road Canandai gua bullY Office Phone (716) 394-6760 14424

CHECKS PAYABLE TO The American Cancer Society

GREATER ROCHESTER TRACK CLUB NE~ilSLETTER June 1978VOLllIE II Nill1BER I Page

The following was t aken from June 1978 Presidents Newsletter Road Runners Club of Ameri cal

NEill RRCAAAU ANTAGONISIi FLARES UP IN EASE AND wUEST RRCA chapters and members in two parts of the UShave been tangling with the AAU lately In Spokane ~middotashington the Bloomsday RRC decided after unsuccessful dealings with Inland Emyire AAU registration Officials to hold their Bloomsday Run as an RRCAjUSTFF sanctioned event Thi s was precipitated by AAU demands for percentage of entryf ees r egistration of all runners with MU dual awards structure for international class athletes and others (that is no t-shirts to all policy) and other equally silly requests In an attempt to derail this mass participation run the AAU took out paid advertising in s everal newspapers warning AAU registered runners and others who might want to ever join the AAU that they should not run in this event Local registration officials in California and New England and other places wrote letters to t op compet i t ors like Bill Rodgers and Joan Ullyotwarning them that t heir amat eur eligibility could be endangered if they ran All the invited runners showed despite t he threats---runshyners like Ullyot Rodgers and Duncan IiacDonald Gary Bjorklund Herm Atkins and of course the hose Don Kardong to just name some Of equal or more importance is the fact that 5000 plus other runners ran too Joan Ullyot va-ote a blistering letter to the AAU telling them that they mi ght be able to intimidate little children but not her and that they would face legal action should they suspend her

Letters from the RRCA to the National AAU leadership went unanswered as the drones in Indianapolis must have had more important proj ects to attend to I~leanwhile the National AAU Long Distance Running COlTIDlit tee meeting in Boston was apprised of t~le case It s react i on---many of its l eaders and members cast apers i ons on the intentions and motives of the Bloomsday RRC the RRCA Don Kardong and others After listenshying to an impassioned report by Kardon a key race or ganizer they disshymissed his views by saving that if there was trouble out there i t must be in large part due to him and the RRCA in general The AAU Long Di stance Committee ended up taking no substantive acti on in t he case (One aside that I must relate At this same meeting an AAU LDR chairman from California got up and proud as a peacock related how he had gone about trying to destroy an unsancti oned womens race put on in his area by threatening runners etc Ironically the run was conducted by the womens AAU LDR chairperson in his area who had decided for this beginner type run no registr~tion was t he best policySomehow this runner fel t that by depriving women of the right to run or by threatening themwith that he was promoting our sport I )

lYevlspaper coverage i n Spokane of the hass les was int 2nse with the AAU get ting plenty of bad press while gaining no community support The AAU a f ter having spent months threatening and harassing the Bloomsday RRC finally caved in (Several of its own officers---the Track and Field Committee Vice Chairman among them---broke with the local AAU) Sensing defeat add seeing the array of armament the Bloomsday RRC and the RRCA had assembl ed (legal newspapers City Council etc) the National Board of Directors of the AAU voted to issue an emergency sanction although no sanction was ever requested This action on their part was to presumably try to save face since they real i zed everyone was ignoring their actions anyhow The race was a great success and the town was jubilant over it~ The sanction ---well we have always maintained we didnt need one for several reasons including right to hold closed competition right t o hold open competition without AAU sanction or registration (domestic) interference (The lawyers have a more complicated retionale which I won t go into now) How the AAU could manage to issue one after it

JEAN MITCHELL IEMQR~ 10 KILOME1ER RUN Bm-rEFIT American Cancer Society 343 No Iliain Street Canandaigua shy

SPONSOR COLUMBIA BANKING SAVING AND LOAN ASSOC IATION

DATE Saturday July 15 1978 PLACE Courthouse Square Canandaigua New York

STARTING TIMEs 1000 A M ENTTIY FEEl $300 donation to the American Cancer Society

NOTEs Post entries accepted no entries after 9145 A r COURSE Loop course - starting at Courthouse through beautiful

historic Sonnenberg Gardens and city streets Course marked with all turns and intersections monitored traffic controlled 5 kilometer split called

DRESSING Changing and showers at Y riIC A (0 lockers) AtvARDS CEREMONY 1130 A Th

l1ialesl Under 20 - Ist-i d Femalesl Under 20 - Ist-3rd 20-29 - l s t -3rd 20-34 - Ist-3rd 30-39 - Ist-3rd 35 amp over - Ist-3rd 40-49 - I st-3rd 50 amp over- Ist-3rd

All finishers to receive ribbons and times Over 100 ~ffiRCHANDISE awards by random drawing at ceremoney FIVE special awards to runners who have the most money pl edged prior to t he race benefit of the Amer ican Cancer Soci ety To be eligi ble money nrust be collected and returned to the American Cancer Society 343 N Fo ain St Canandaigua NY 14424 by 73078 0

ALL PROCEEDS RAISED WILL GO TO THE AMER ICAN CANCER SOCIETY

DATE _____________________________

In consideration of your accepting this entry I the undersignedint8nd to be legally bound heraby fo~ mysel f my heirs executors and administrators waive and release any and all claims for damagesI may have against the sponsor Columbia Banking Saving and Loan Association Sonnenberg Gardens the American Cancer Society the Y M CA or the City and Town of Canandaigua NY their representashyt i ves successors and assigns for any and a~l injuries suffered by me in said event I attest and verify that I am physically fit and have suf f i ciently trained for the completion of t hi s r ace SIGNATURE Date of Bi rth ___________~_____

Parent or Guardians signature if under 18 yrs of age ADDRESS Telephone _________ Category (AgeSex)

IL ENTRIES Don Mc~Jilliams 4620 Chapin Road Canandai gua bullY Office Phone (716) 394-6760 14424

CHECKS PAYABLE TO The American Cancer Society

GREATER ROCHESTER TRACK CLUB NE~ilSLETTER June 1978VOLllIE II Nill1BER I Page

The following was t aken from June 1978 Presidents Newsletter Road Runners Club of Ameri cal

NEill RRCAAAU ANTAGONISIi FLARES UP IN EASE AND wUEST RRCA chapters and members in two parts of the UShave been tangling with the AAU lately In Spokane ~middotashington the Bloomsday RRC decided after unsuccessful dealings with Inland Emyire AAU registration Officials to hold their Bloomsday Run as an RRCAjUSTFF sanctioned event Thi s was precipitated by AAU demands for percentage of entryf ees r egistration of all runners with MU dual awards structure for international class athletes and others (that is no t-shirts to all policy) and other equally silly requests In an attempt to derail this mass participation run the AAU took out paid advertising in s everal newspapers warning AAU registered runners and others who might want to ever join the AAU that they should not run in this event Local registration officials in California and New England and other places wrote letters to t op compet i t ors like Bill Rodgers and Joan Ullyotwarning them that t heir amat eur eligibility could be endangered if they ran All the invited runners showed despite t he threats---runshyners like Ullyot Rodgers and Duncan IiacDonald Gary Bjorklund Herm Atkins and of course the hose Don Kardong to just name some Of equal or more importance is the fact that 5000 plus other runners ran too Joan Ullyot va-ote a blistering letter to the AAU telling them that they mi ght be able to intimidate little children but not her and that they would face legal action should they suspend her

Letters from the RRCA to the National AAU leadership went unanswered as the drones in Indianapolis must have had more important proj ects to attend to I~leanwhile the National AAU Long Distance Running COlTIDlit tee meeting in Boston was apprised of t~le case It s react i on---many of its l eaders and members cast apers i ons on the intentions and motives of the Bloomsday RRC the RRCA Don Kardong and others After listenshying to an impassioned report by Kardon a key race or ganizer they disshymissed his views by saving that if there was trouble out there i t must be in large part due to him and the RRCA in general The AAU Long Di stance Committee ended up taking no substantive acti on in t he case (One aside that I must relate At this same meeting an AAU LDR chairman from California got up and proud as a peacock related how he had gone about trying to destroy an unsancti oned womens race put on in his area by threatening runners etc Ironically the run was conducted by the womens AAU LDR chairperson in his area who had decided for this beginner type run no registr~tion was t he best policySomehow this runner fel t that by depriving women of the right to run or by threatening themwith that he was promoting our sport I )

lYevlspaper coverage i n Spokane of the hass les was int 2nse with the AAU get ting plenty of bad press while gaining no community support The AAU a f ter having spent months threatening and harassing the Bloomsday RRC finally caved in (Several of its own officers---the Track and Field Committee Vice Chairman among them---broke with the local AAU) Sensing defeat add seeing the array of armament the Bloomsday RRC and the RRCA had assembl ed (legal newspapers City Council etc) the National Board of Directors of the AAU voted to issue an emergency sanction although no sanction was ever requested This action on their part was to presumably try to save face since they real i zed everyone was ignoring their actions anyhow The race was a great success and the town was jubilant over it~ The sanction ---well we have always maintained we didnt need one for several reasons including right to hold closed competition right t o hold open competition without AAU sanction or registration (domestic) interference (The lawyers have a more complicated retionale which I won t go into now) How the AAU could manage to issue one after it

GREATER ROCHESTER TRACK CLUB NE~ilSLETTER June 1978VOLllIE II Nill1BER I Page

The following was t aken from June 1978 Presidents Newsletter Road Runners Club of Ameri cal

NEill RRCAAAU ANTAGONISIi FLARES UP IN EASE AND wUEST RRCA chapters and members in two parts of the UShave been tangling with the AAU lately In Spokane ~middotashington the Bloomsday RRC decided after unsuccessful dealings with Inland Emyire AAU registration Officials to hold their Bloomsday Run as an RRCAjUSTFF sanctioned event Thi s was precipitated by AAU demands for percentage of entryf ees r egistration of all runners with MU dual awards structure for international class athletes and others (that is no t-shirts to all policy) and other equally silly requests In an attempt to derail this mass participation run the AAU took out paid advertising in s everal newspapers warning AAU registered runners and others who might want to ever join the AAU that they should not run in this event Local registration officials in California and New England and other places wrote letters to t op compet i t ors like Bill Rodgers and Joan Ullyotwarning them that t heir amat eur eligibility could be endangered if they ran All the invited runners showed despite t he threats---runshyners like Ullyot Rodgers and Duncan IiacDonald Gary Bjorklund Herm Atkins and of course the hose Don Kardong to just name some Of equal or more importance is the fact that 5000 plus other runners ran too Joan Ullyot va-ote a blistering letter to the AAU telling them that they mi ght be able to intimidate little children but not her and that they would face legal action should they suspend her

Letters from the RRCA to the National AAU leadership went unanswered as the drones in Indianapolis must have had more important proj ects to attend to I~leanwhile the National AAU Long Distance Running COlTIDlit tee meeting in Boston was apprised of t~le case It s react i on---many of its l eaders and members cast apers i ons on the intentions and motives of the Bloomsday RRC the RRCA Don Kardong and others After listenshying to an impassioned report by Kardon a key race or ganizer they disshymissed his views by saving that if there was trouble out there i t must be in large part due to him and the RRCA in general The AAU Long Di stance Committee ended up taking no substantive acti on in t he case (One aside that I must relate At this same meeting an AAU LDR chairman from California got up and proud as a peacock related how he had gone about trying to destroy an unsancti oned womens race put on in his area by threatening runners etc Ironically the run was conducted by the womens AAU LDR chairperson in his area who had decided for this beginner type run no registr~tion was t he best policySomehow this runner fel t that by depriving women of the right to run or by threatening themwith that he was promoting our sport I )

lYevlspaper coverage i n Spokane of the hass les was int 2nse with the AAU get ting plenty of bad press while gaining no community support The AAU a f ter having spent months threatening and harassing the Bloomsday RRC finally caved in (Several of its own officers---the Track and Field Committee Vice Chairman among them---broke with the local AAU) Sensing defeat add seeing the array of armament the Bloomsday RRC and the RRCA had assembl ed (legal newspapers City Council etc) the National Board of Directors of the AAU voted to issue an emergency sanction although no sanction was ever requested This action on their part was to presumably try to save face since they real i zed everyone was ignoring their actions anyhow The race was a great success and the town was jubilant over it~ The sanction ---well we have always maintained we didnt need one for several reasons including right to hold closed competition right t o hold open competition without AAU sanction or registration (domestic) interference (The lawyers have a more complicated retionale which I won t go into now) How the AAU could manage to issue one after it

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RRCA art icle continued - spent months sayi ng i t wasn t possible is something they can answer For us--- t hey can take i t back anytime they want it we don t need i t

In Pittsburgh a long- standing feud erupted again with the suspensionof two GPRRC members who are team mates on the Human Energy TC Both were depri ved of an opportunity to compete at Boston as t hat race s officials caved i n to pressure after waver ing back and forth several times report edly Both runners (Tom All ison and Sam Bair) who have been AAU members f or years Were suspended without a hearing That i s a violati on of the USOC cons t i tution which the AAU as a member is botmd to obey The Allegheny 1ountain Asso ciation AAU has continued to t r y and get these two runner s Barred from other competitions but at last report race dir ectors were ignoring t he AAU ffi d welcoming these athletes to their events l~at s i mportant to remember here is that regardless of hat these two men are supposed to have done t o de8er ve suspension ( In Allison s case conduct a non-AAU sanctioned event ) they have never even been given the opportunity to de fend thems elves Even in many tot alitarian government s kangaroo trails are off r ed but the AAU just finds people gui l ty period A f ormal complaint has been filed with the SOC by Tom All i son and other substantive action is underway

As Iord spreads and the maj ority of race director s in both AAU and non-AAU events stick together it will become obvious that the coalition of non- running AAU officials and those few misguided AAU officials who are runners too will be shown t o be powerless t o unfair ly halt the athletic career3 of rurmers Ie put on most of the events anyhow so we wil l determir c if justice has been served In the case of international competition the runners have the right to appeal to the USOC and fai ling to cet satisfaction to get binding ~bitration That is right nOlI in the USOC constitution RRCA officials and the proglcsoive MIT runningofficials cant l et a few runners i n the MIT call the shots when the actions can ruin our sport that we all haye worked hard to build

The RHCA at its annual meeting in Baltimore (February 1978) comshymitted itself to the right of amateur athletes to compete Let me clearly state some facts about that commitment Je in 110 ~ay want or intend to interfere in the right of race directors to voluntarilyrequire AAUnembership for entry into their races That is a policy of even some RRCA clubs on occasion albeit a minority 1illen it serves the local needs that is their right (as long as it isn t an RRCA championship o~ course) However when a race director does not want an AAU sanction andor require AAU membership ~or entry into a race as i is the case in many major and small events w will fight for that right if challenged ~~e are fight i ng for the -ight of athletes to comshypete and the right of race directors to let t ~m compete ithout fear of reprisal from our National Governing Body

So far we have provided technical l egal as istaace to some clubs and to eorne nnCA members pl anning a l arge run in Oregon Legal options arK r emedies are being explored in several areas Legi slative initiati ves are also a possibility It appears that this method will be necessary as the AAU has so far been unwilling~ enter meaningful negoti ations

It shoul d be emphasized that our actions have the full support of many progr3ssi ve AAU long distance running offi cials ~ho are sickened by the actions of their organization They understand our positionis aililed at re taining our independence and jurisdiction over our pr oshygrams and is not directed at the right of local AAU offi cials to sanction competition which they conduct when requested to by local runshyners 1e also commend the AAU offi ci als who have worked wit IllCA officials in some areas to devel op compromises that are agreeable t o both groups locally continued on nextpage

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nnCA article continued shy~ e ask RHeA members ho are also AAU officials to speak out strongly

against tile tactic s of harassment and threats that are being used Speak out and let it be known that you will not back up AAU actions that are not in the best interests of our sport Tell the AAU LDR leadership to get behind the runners interests tJith our dual efforts we can correct the probl ems by bringing pressure both on the inside and on the outside

r have been buoyed by the support of many RRC chapter presidents bull lith but one exception those who have communicated with me have been totally supportive t o our commitment to athlete s rights

am sorry to have had to truce so much space to discuss this situashytion (and in fact have probably just glossed over it ) but it is important He can no longer pretend tl_ttt there are not elements in LDR that are disruptive rJe can It hide behind the i dea that all runshyners are great guys and thi nk alike

Let me leave you with the knowl edge that the runners in ittsburgh are planning a legal defense fund run probably on July 4 It is sad that runners have to raise money to assure their right to run but good on the other hand that there are man~ other runners standing by to support them The RRCA wil l provide lhatever assistance it can and will continue to work to dispel the myths about registration and sanshyctioning Remember nowhere i the IAAF rul es does it say the AAU has to get all runners to r egister for domestic competition It is an AAU inventiun Amateur status can neither be proved or lost by payment or non paYllHut fo a Iittle card by Jeff Darman Pres nnCA

A fOTE TO GRTC 1illitBERS ABOUT THE I f4GARA ASSOCIATION OF THE M U I attended the annual meeting at NiaGara Falls 0477 and middotras given a very hard time by the TtF chairman i1arc Grosso about -the sanctioning of our summer meets The MU insists t hat 9 sanc1ion our meets and open them up to everyone rho is a member of the M U To this I saynutsi I Our meet are closed t o club members only and acoorcllne to the AAU Code 1977 page 6) article 50 Sanctions SectIon 4501 Jurioqiction Part A last sentence This Requirement shall not inc~ude those events open only to members of a club organization or group that is a member of an Association of this Union or by an allied Lember or vthen it fa 1 R

under the category of closed competition Page 87 Article 57 Competitions Section 4572 Closed Part a - Definition first sentence Closed Competition is that competition open only to the members of an organization or group that is a member of any Association of the Union or of an Allied i ember Page 121 Al liance Agreement between theAAU and the Road Runners Club of America part 4 - The MU recognizes the right of member clubs of the RRCA to conduct closed competition conshysistent lith MU rules for Al lied llembers and under eligibility rul es considered satisfactory to the Road Runners Club

If Ie were to sanction our meets it wou d cost the club -11000 per meet plus 1070 of the profits Also every member who competed uould have to be a member of the AAU All the AAU 1ants is more money and would someone please tell me what they do for the athlete except truce his middot)4 00

tieare a member club of the iiagara AAU Road Runners of America and United States Track and Field Federation Tle meets are closed to members only and I will not sanction by Paul Gesell Secretary

SHOULD YOU HAVE AI Y QUESTIONS ABOUT TUESDAY LEETS AREA llEETS iillETS IN GENEHAL OR ANY ASPECT OF TRACI~ AND FIELD THE PIillSIDEI-T KAS ASKED THAT ill NOIf TAKE THESE CALL SO-- - ICTI iDLY CALL PAUL OR SHIRLl-gtY GESELL AT AREA CODE 716- 367- 2875 AFTER 4 30 PII

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GREATER OCHESTER TRACK CLUB KEu~SL1TTcR June 1978 VOLUuE II NUltBER I page

nnCA article continued shy~ e ask RHeA members ho are also AAU officials to speak out strongly

against tile tactic s of harassment and threats that are being used Speak out and let it be known that you will not back up AAU actions that are not in the best interests of our sport Tell the AAU LDR leadership to get behind the runners interests tJith our dual efforts we can correct the probl ems by bringing pressure both on the inside and on the outside

r have been buoyed by the support of many RRC chapter presidents bull lith but one exception those who have communicated with me have been totally supportive t o our commitment to athlete s rights

am sorry to have had to truce so much space to discuss this situashytion (and in fact have probably just glossed over it ) but it is important He can no longer pretend tl_ttt there are not elements in LDR that are disruptive rJe can It hide behind the i dea that all runshyners are great guys and thi nk alike

Let me leave you with the knowl edge that the runners in ittsburgh are planning a legal defense fund run probably on July 4 It is sad that runners have to raise money to assure their right to run but good on the other hand that there are man~ other runners standing by to support them The RRCA wil l provide lhatever assistance it can and will continue to work to dispel the myths about registration and sanshyctioning Remember nowhere i the IAAF rul es does it say the AAU has to get all runners to r egister for domestic competition It is an AAU inventiun Amateur status can neither be proved or lost by payment or non paYllHut fo a Iittle card by Jeff Darman Pres nnCA

A fOTE TO GRTC 1illitBERS ABOUT THE I f4GARA ASSOCIATION OF THE M U I attended the annual meeting at NiaGara Falls 0477 and middotras given a very hard time by the TtF chairman i1arc Grosso about -the sanctioning of our summer meets The MU insists t hat 9 sanc1ion our meets and open them up to everyone rho is a member of the M U To this I saynutsi I Our meet are closed t o club members only and acoorcllne to the AAU Code 1977 page 6) article 50 Sanctions SectIon 4501 Jurioqiction Part A last sentence This Requirement shall not inc~ude those events open only to members of a club organization or group that is a member of an Association of this Union or by an allied Lember or vthen it fa 1 R

under the category of closed competition Page 87 Article 57 Competitions Section 4572 Closed Part a - Definition first sentence Closed Competition is that competition open only to the members of an organization or group that is a member of any Association of the Union or of an Allied i ember Page 121 Al liance Agreement between theAAU and the Road Runners Club of America part 4 - The MU recognizes the right of member clubs of the RRCA to conduct closed competition conshysistent lith MU rules for Al lied llembers and under eligibility rul es considered satisfactory to the Road Runners Club

If Ie were to sanction our meets it wou d cost the club -11000 per meet plus 1070 of the profits Also every member who competed uould have to be a member of the AAU All the AAU 1ants is more money and would someone please tell me what they do for the athlete except truce his middot)4 00

tieare a member club of the iiagara AAU Road Runners of America and United States Track and Field Federation Tle meets are closed to members only and I will not sanction by Paul Gesell Secretary

SHOULD YOU HAVE AI Y QUESTIONS ABOUT TUESDAY LEETS AREA llEETS iillETS IN GENEHAL OR ANY ASPECT OF TRACI~ AND FIELD THE PIillSIDEI-T KAS ASKED THAT ill NOIf TAKE THESE CALL SO-- - ICTI iDLY CALL PAUL OR SHIRLl-gtY GESELL AT AREA CODE 716- 367- 2875 AFTER 4 30 PII

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