Oddest Grouping

[Wayne T. Armbrust]

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Brian Oldfield, in addition to the shot and discus, was very good in the 110 hurdles and the high jump. Can't remember his hurdles times but I think mid 14s. I saw him HJ 6' 9" (2.06). He also competed in at least 2 decathlons. He did good until the 1500, where he would have to walk part of the way! too many cigarettes!

[Jon]

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>Not sure why I didn't think of this before:
Nat Page Top 10 in the HJ and
>400H in the 1980-90's. Unfortunately I can't remember his pb's. Think it was
>2.29m in the HJ and sub 49secs in the hurdles. You stat geeks will have to help
>out here. He now coaches Trish Waller and others.



Page's PBs were:

200m - 20.97
110mH - 13.71
400mH - 48.75
HJ - 2.28m (2.29 indoors)

[marknhj]

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Not sure why I didn't think of this before:
Nat Page Top 10 in the HJ and 400H in the 1980-90's. Unfortunately I can't remember his pb's. Think it was 2.29m in the HJ and sub 49secs in the hurdles. You stat geeks will have to help out here. He now coaches Trish Waller and others.

[Jim Rorick]

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<Alexandra Chudina (USSR) - world class in HJ, LJ, JT, Pent, spiker on the volleyball team>.

Chudina is one of the best here. I still like Didrikson's 1932 golds in 80mH and JT, plus a silver in HJ. Just guessing she would have been a contender in the pentathlon if contested back then.

[gh]

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>Didn't Bob Seagren in addition to pole vaulting, run an 880 relay leg for his
>college or club at one time?>>

Seagren ran 52.0 (52.3y) in the 400H for USC in '69. Also ran on USC's 4x1 in some duals that year; second leg as I recall.

[Pego]

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At the peak of my running career (age 16) I was told by my coach: "Remember when I told you that in order to be a great athlete, you have to have 1% of talent and 99% of hard work? Well, you just can't make it with no talent at all."

[kuha]

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Why THANK YOU! This is far more adulation than I ever received back then. I only had to wait 37 years or so...but, boy, it WAS worth the wait! My head's so enlarged that I won't be able to get out of the house till tomorrow afternoon, at the earliest.

[hijumpsteve]

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>hjsteve: I know a little bit about quality, and trust me, my freshman PRs were
>not of middling quality, they stunk! But I had remarkable versatility in my
>lousiness and got 3rds and 4ths in both events (in piddling dual meets--or
>maybe I'm already a victim of rosy-distant-memory syndrome). I humbly believe
>that the shot/2mile is THE most ridiculous and improbable double imaginable.

both POWER and ENDURANCE... what a man is that Kuha !!!

[kuha]

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hjsteve: I know a little bit about quality, and trust me, my freshman PRs were not of middling quality, they stunk! But I had remarkable versatility in my lousiness and got 3rds and 4ths in both events (in piddling dual meets--or maybe I'm already a victim of rosy-distant-memory syndrome). I humbly believe that the shot/2mile is THE most ridiculous and improbable double imaginable.

[5k Guy]

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My highschool freshman 2 mile PR was 10:16 but I needed two hands to lift a shot-put. (LOL)

[hijumpsteve]

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>If QUALITY is not an issue: my standard two events as a HS freshman were the
>shot put and 2 mile.

and your freshman year PR's in those 2 events were....??

BTW my frosh prs wer 2:28 880, 4'8"(1.42 m) HJ. How's that for "quality" ?!

[79.]

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In the seventies, 1976 Olympic 110m/h Gold
Guy DRUT was also a good... pole vault specialist!!!

[kuha]

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If QUALITY is not an issue: my standard two events as a HS freshman were the shot put and 2 mile.

[5k Guy]

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I'm not sure of the specifics but I would assume from the legends that Jim Thorpe would have been world class as many different evens in his day.

[Halfmiler2]

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Didn't Bob Seagren in addition to pole vaulting, run an 880 relay leg for his college or club at one time?