9 Olympians counted for Sacramento — am I missing any names?
I’m preparing a press release for USATF on Sacramento masters nationals. One of my duties is listing the Olympians entered. I count nine hidden in the Status of Entries: triple jumper Tiombe Hurd, hurdler Cherrie Sherrard, sprinter Lorna Forde, javelinist Bud Held, hammer hero Ed Burke, hurdler Henry Andrade, high jumper Trish Porter, triple jumper Willie Banks and high jumper James Barrineau. Have I missed any? Any foreigners with Games cred? Any Canadian Olympians coming down to Sacto? Feel free to write me privately.
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What about Howard Lindsay (M45), the Olympian from Antigua?
Exciting to know average Joes like me can go and participate…and hopefully not get too schooled!
Would also be cool to know how many World Champions from Lahti and Kamloops will be competing in Sacramento
Great catch, Peter!
Howard Lindsay is a three-time Olympian!
http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/howard-lindsay-1.html
Another Olympian at Sacramento:
http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/philip-rogosheske-1.html
(He competed in kayaking at Munich 1972.)
More on Phil, who will be doing M65 high jumping and race walking at Sacto:
http://gustavus.edu/athletics/halloffame/?id=1823
Racewalker Hank Klein, a fixture here in Southern California.
http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/kl/henry-klein-1.html
I think there will be a fair number of past NCAA All-Americans competing also? Any count of those yet?
I gave a thought to listing age-group world record-holders at Sacto, but decided it would take me two weeks to compile them! NCAA stars would be hard. Is there an NCAA database that lists All-Americans?
Kelsey Nakanelua, American Samoa:
http://archives.starbulletin.com/2000/09/14/sports/story2.html
How about almost Olympians? John Burns, M65-69, Javelin, Final trials finalist, Echo Summit l968.
Don’t forget Phil Raschker.
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