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By being the first American citizen to cross the finish line, Virgin was the AAU National Champion that year. Starting in 1975, the AAU added the “World Cross Country Championship Senior Men's Trials” in February at a more appropriate time to select an international team to the IAAF World Cross Country Championships. In 1979 the USTFF ...
The AAU is one of the largest, non-profit, volunteer sports organizations in the country. As a multi-sport organization, AAU is dedicated exclusively to the promotion and development of amateur sports and physical fitness programs. The AAU philosophy of “Sports for All, Forever” is shared by over 500,000 members and 60,000 volunteers ...
Bjorklund rapidly gained national prominence after she won the girls' division of the National Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) Cross Country Championships in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She won consecutive titles at the USA Cross Country Championships in 1974 and 1975. She came in seventh place at the World Cross Country Championships in 1976.
usatf.org. USA Track & Field (USATF) is a United States national governing body for the sports of track and field, cross country running, road running, and racewalking (known as the sport of athletics outside the US). The USATF was known between 1979 and 1992 as The Athletics Congress (TAC) after its spin-off from the Amateur Athletic Union ...
The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) has since 1926 conducted United States championship tournaments for women's amateur teams. On 28 occasions, small college teams (all from the central U.S.) have won the AAU women's basketball championship: [275] 1932–33 (2) Oklahoma Presbyterian College [64] 1934–36 (3) Tulsa Business College [66] [67] [68]
Won 8 National AAU Cross Country Championships. Won the prestigious Berwick (PA) Marathon 10 times. Two-time Olympic runner, even reaching the finals in his first Olympic appearance and finishing seventh overall. Gold medal winner at the Pan-Am Games. Was first U.S. Cross Country team manager. Received the first Annual Long Distance AAU Award ...
Craig Steven Virgin (born August 2, 1955) is an American distance runner. He was born in Belleville, Illinois, and grew up near Lebanon, Illinois.While in high school, Virgin won 5 state championships (two in cross country and three in track) as well as setting the national outdoor high school 2-mile record of 8:40.9 (beating Steve Prefontaine's mark of 8:41.5, though slightly short of Gerry ...
Between Olympic performances Bacheler captured National AAU Championships in cross country and the 10,000 meters in 1969 and the six-mile run in 1970 while running for the Florida Track Club. Of note, Jack ran a 5,000 Meter race on the University of Florida track in 1970, winning in a time of 13:41.4 which remains the track record in ...