Meet with track legends and vice versa: SoCal luncheon Feb. 13

Fat chance you’ll ever get to dine with dozens of Super Bowl champions or Baseball Hall of Famers. But for $45 on Saturday, Feb. 13, you can join Olympic gold medalists, WR setters and legendary coaches at the annual track star luncheon in Seal Beach, California. Over the years, the event was a staple of USC, UCLA and other famous SoCal track celebrities. Louie Zamperini used to attend. I showed up last year and wrote a story about it, featuring Billy Mills as just one of the (famous) guys. One of the organizers, Doug Smith the masters sprinter from Occidental College and Southern California Striders, shares info how you can attend. (You don’t have to be famous, though.) A thrill for me in 2015 was sitting at the Kansas table with Billy, miler Bill Dotson and long jumper Ernie Shelby. Also UCLA coach Jim Bush. Here’s a gallery of attendees.