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clSn( dthis I asPrep runner Ryun clocksnp-adr3:58.1 in California mileMmj!h«alin\dinsnirIit hbyheheklt;11oirvmveidnit.IV' I \( K STI \ I vso\MODKSTO ( ,1,1 ( \p—),niKyun and Richmond Flower^ .Ir could become this \oar’vfirst .1 un^ high school graduatesto v\in a trip to Moscow^iich ’■ ms on n' uoi-d aw ,n|these days but the 1985 I'mted States I SSR track arid field inwt will be held jn Russm this sum.nr* arid ifie two voungsbrs could well make the team \t Satiirdav n»glr\ ( ah! riu; relays It vim won the mile m 3:58 1 oid bought he rnigh’ have linished faster if he’drealized lohn r.arrson o! FnAngeles was right on his heels1*001! STAKTk lowers, who onh a few weeks ago hattered the h gh school high hurdles record, w n the UO-yard regulation highs m 13/1 seconds iftei a poor start Both R\un of \\ ichita. Kan and I* lowers o: MonfgonuTv.Ala be,d Olympic silver medlists at Modesto C/ochoslo-\akia\s .losef Odlozil finishedfourth in the mile at 3:58 4 Flame Lindgren of Trementon, t tah, placed third in the hurdles although he had the same 13 9lime as FlowersMejnlHTs of the I nitod States team are picked from the top finishers m the Amateur \th-feiic I nion meet annuallv This reason, the National Foilegiate \t hletic Association says it won't permit its athletes to compete in the A A I’The same was true at Modes-» with the Cal Relas havingonly A At sanctionStill, two world rec »rds fe'J ind one was tied in addition to the great iKuformaiues h\ the two high school athletesWORLD AWARERalph Boston boosted his '.arid mark m tnc long jump to 27 feet 5 inches and Harold Connolly hurled the lfi-pound ham-jncr 233 feet 2 inches to leiler 110his previous best of 231-10 ,,Southern University of Bafon ( ,Rouge. La . ignoring NCAA sug- n|| gcstions that it not participate t0, in the relays, equalled the world nl, record of 3 015 for the mile relay event and also won at 440 -and R80 yards. ^The mile relay included three ^freshmen and junior anchor-, ( man I heron Lewis Rolxmt .lohnson led off with 47 4 for his rin quarter. Anthony Gates had (,d, 46 2. Everett Mason 4(1 li and lnn Lewis 44 9 (r()Australia’s Ron Clarke easiK dn won the two-mile in R 32 while ,,Czechoslovakia s Ludvig Danek | ov hurled the discus 205-3 to beat ( inlay Sylvester of the United nmStates who had 201-L njf,Floyd Manning of Oxnard. ton former I mversity of Kansas fCa)star, was second in the pole p„,vault, clearing 15 feel, 5v er , ,,uhf and
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Oxnard Press Courier

Oxnard, California, US

Mon, May 31, 1965

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