Re: NCAA Men's & Women's 2019 Outdoor Championships
Originally Posted by
natstar1
I know PO just finished 4th in the shot put, who else has finished 5th or higher in NDSU outdoor history? All events.
Mike Slack?
https://northdakotarunner.blogspot.c...you-might.html
Until the year 1973, there was no "D1, D2, and D3" national cross country championship races, but rather a college and a university division. In 1971 and 1972, he won the college division national championship as an individual, and in 1971 he took 3rd individual in the university division in a stacked race that included the likes of Steve Prefontaine (one of the most famous U.S. distance runners of all time), Gary Bjorkland, and Dave Wottle (future gold medalist in the 800 meters at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games).
http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/ima...s/1971-men.pdf
He also won individual titles in the 1971 and 1972 NCC cross country championships, one of which NDSU won in 1971 (they also took second at nationals in the college division in 1971 and first in the college division in 1972). He went on to become a force in the 3-mile and 6-mile (precursors to the 5k and 10k) races, being D-II All-Americans in both. He later tried marathons, which he had trouble finishing, but was routinely WAY ahead of his competitors before having to drop out. Even more, for a short time he had the American record in the 20k at 59:58.
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