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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 death ...
Pre's Rock, a memorial to Steve Prefontaine who died after finishing 4th in the 1972 Olympic 5000 m Memorial to Bronisław Malinowski, who died one year after winning an Olympic gold medal Plaque commemorating Ryan Shay, who died while running the 2008 United States Olympic trials marathon. A number of athletics competitors have died during ...
At the time of Steve Prefontaine's death in 1975, [13] Buerkle was his chief American rival; he composed a tribute poem that was printed in the Eugene's Register-Guard the following day. [14] Buerkle eventually grew tired of the winter weather in his native Rochester, New York, and relocated his family to Atlanta, Georgia, soon thereafter ...
Prefontaine was a star athlete from Coos Bay who ran for the University of Oregon and later competed in the Olympics in the 1970s. He died in an automobile accident in Eugene on May 30, 1975, at ...
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The Prefontaine Classic began in 1973, as a Hayward Restoration meeting. Two years later, the meet was officially founded and was set to be named the "Bowerman Classic" after University of Oregon Coach Bill Bowerman. However, following Steve Prefontaine's death in 1975, the meeting's name was switched to the Prefontaine Classic in honor of him.
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 ...
With the unexpected death of University of Oregon distance runner and Olympian Steve Prefontaine in an automobile accident on May 30, the Oregon Track Club changed the name, with Bowerman's approval, on June 1; [3] [4] the first "Pre Classic" was held six days later. [5]