Meet highlights
Note these remarkably deep horizontal jump results.
Triple jump
1. Milan Tiff, UCLA - 52-5
2. Mohinder Gill, California Track Club - 52-1.75
3. Robert Reader, Oregon State - 51-10.25
4. Steve Gough, Seattle Pacific - 50-7
Long Jump
1. Heny Hines, USC - 24-11.25
2. Bouncy Moore, Oregon - 24-6.25
3. Henry Jackson, USC - 24-4
4. Gerry Whitaker, Oregon State - 23-3.5
In two of the three women's events, meet records were set.
Five-time World Cross Country champion Doris Brown (Falcon Track Club) dominated the women's mile in 4:45.5, breaking her 1970 meet record of 4:46.2. Francie Larrieu (San Jose Cinder Gals) was second in 4:59.3, with Falcon Track Club's Vicki Foltz 3rd in 5:01.9.
Joan Pirie's (Angels TC) 58.4 440y time smashed the old meet record set by Lebanon High's Karen Nelson of 59.8 (type hard to read in meet results; could be 59.6) in 1968. Second in 59.5 was Canyonville Bible Academy's Rosie Gilbert. Connie Hatfield of Centennial High School was 3rd in 60.0.
Susan George of Central Linn High School won the 60y dash in 7.0, while Angels TC's Judy Durham was 2nd in 7.1. Third in 7.2 was Sheldon High School's Mary Ann Berg.
In an epic battle of giants, Randy Matson (Texas Striders), the Olympic shot put gold and silver medalist, defeated Al Feuebach (Pacific Coast Club) by 5.75", 68-2.75 to 67-8. The Cougar Track Club's John Van Reenen was a full five feet behind in 3rd with a best of 62-8. Matson broke the meet record of 67-10 held by Oregon's Neil Steinhauer set in 1967.
West Germany's Jurgen May reminded us of the international presence on the indoor circuit; he won the mile in a tactical 4:04.7. The University of Oregon went 2-3, with Rick Ritchie in 4:06.9 and Steve Savage in 4:07.2.
In news that wasn't news, Oregon's Steve Prefontaine soloed an 8:31.5 two-mile, with teammate Arne Kvalheim second in 8:48.6. BYU's Dave Hindley was 3rd in 8:50.6, with Eastern New Mexico University's Rex Maddaford 4th in 8:54.0.
How close to greatness was this? The Eugene Register-Guard (1/31/71) notes that the world indoor record at the time was 8:27.2.