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Steve Roland "Pre" Prefontaine [1] (January 25, 1951 – May 30, 1975) was an American long-distance runner who from 1973 to 1975 set American records at every distance from 2,000 to 10,000 meters. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics , [ 4 ] and he was preparing for the 1976 Olympics with the Oregon Track Club at the time of his ...
The individual championship was won by Steve Prefontaine, from Oregon, with a time of 28:00.2. [2] Prefontaine's time broke the event distance record, set the previous year by Gerry Lindgren. With the distance for the NCAA championships changing to 10,000 meters in 1976, his distance record would remain unbroken.
Steve Prefontaine: Oregon 13:22.0y 1971 Steve Prefontaine: Oregon 13:20.1y 1972 Steve Prefontaine: Oregon 13:31.4 1973 Steve Prefontaine: Oregon 13:05.3y 1974 Paul Geis: Oregon 13:38.89y 1975 John Ngeno Kenya: Wash St 13:22.73Ay 1976 Joshua Kimeto Kenya: Wash St 13:47.8 1977 Joshua Kimeto Kenya: Wash St 13:38.1 1978 Rudy Chapa: Oregon 13:35.3 1979
Blaine Newnham got an exclusive interview with Steve Prefontaine after he’d finished fourth in the 5,000 meters at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games. Blaine Newnham, former Register-Guard sports ...
Steve "Pre" Prefontaine (1951–1975) was an American Olympic runner born in Coos Bay, Oregon. Prefontaine was primarily a long distance runner, and at one point held the American record in every running event from the 2000 meters to the 10,000 meters. Prefontaine had one leg longer than the other (a common condition that does not affect ...
The individual championship was won by Oregon's Steve Prefontaine, with a time of 28:14.80. [1] This was Prefontaine's third individual title in four years. [ 2 ] Along with Gerry Lindgren (1966, 1967, and 1969) and Henry Rono (1976, 1977, and 1979), both from Washington State , Prefontaine is one of only three Division I collegiate runners ...
As of 2016, Lindgren remains one of four runners (Steve Prefontaine, Henry Rono, and Edward Cheserek are the others) to win three individual cross country national championships. Prefontaine finished third in 1969 and would go on to win the following three years.
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