Cromwell Field renamed

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Wow, no love for Quincy? Actually Butch wasn't on the team that year, but there was an okay guy named Steve Lewis. That makes a pretty good three-deep....

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Since this thread is supposed to be about Bob, I can throw in my favorite Bob story. (At least among those that can be repeated here.)

We...

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Great stuff, Bill. I don't suppose Pete let you actually publish it? I didn't realize how good Bart was until reading the bio.
Typically the competition...

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Keith Connor? Or was he SMU?

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Is no one going to claim the low-hanging fruit by naming our other athlete? If you've always wanted to solve one of these but someone always beats you...

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Wow, I never realized JB's identity had ever been revealed. Scott knew, but wouldn't tell.

Twirrell was one of Scott's common references....

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Walter, is there any chance that you have the photo of the two after the race, all smiles and arms around their shoulders? It's classic Scott and classic...

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Dilan there's one more bit to add, and it's the thing that's stuck in my craw for years.
Felix came out of high school as the bluest of blue chip...

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USC's track facility has been named after the great Dean Cromwell since it opened in - maybe the early 80s. The stadium itself later added the name of...

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In most sports, small pedantic corrections would cause an eyeroll, or perhaps a sarcastic response. But we aren't most sports. We welcome corrections...

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Gotcha. It was 38.19.

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Off topic for this thread, maybe a split called for, but under modern rules could the US have pulled together a team to threaten for a medal? Thinking...

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I'm going to guess Gerald Tinker as turning 72 today. Still remember Bill Toomey's excitement on his relay leg. ("Tinker got our better today,...

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Many here certainly spent far more time with Bob than I did, but I have many fond memories of time spent with Bob at meets all over the country and the...

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Continuing in that vein, and as for JW's age - "missed it by THAT much". (There are a few advantages to being part of our generation.)

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I'm thinking John Walker, and the other athlete is Jeremy Wariner?

Walker ran the 8 and the 15, winning gold in the latter. Would have been...

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Rich raises an interesting point in his replay in that thread - how do the rankers consider a FS DQ? Obviously it's considered a loss in the overall record,...

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Likely someone who was still active and competitive in '80 but missed because of a boycott. (Or maybe a Soviet bloc competitor who similarly missed out...

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During the Triplecast, Dr Zarnowski made a comment during the hammer about how the event was often won by an Irish cop from New York. I've always remembered...

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Steve, when *you* post high school stuff, that *makes it* a valid thread.

Ahh, does that mean no Kennedy Smith videos this year? (Oops,...