Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Pennsylvania and Ohio Distance Champions in the 70's Chose Penn State

Larry Mangan recently pointed out how nearly all the Pennsylvania distance champions in our day gravitated to Penn State. We are doing our best to make that happen all over again.  Title IX makes that difficult on the mens side.  The list is rather impressive.  Let's see if I can get some of them:

Pennsylvania:
1.  Dave Felice, mile 1976
2.  Ray Krombel, 2-mile 1976
3.  Larry Mangan, mile  1977
4.   Marc Dunmire, mile 1977
5.  George Severine, 880 1977
6.  David Baskwill, 2-mile 1977
7.  Gary Black, mile 1978

I'm forgetting others!  Write a comment below to update the list.

And lets not forget Ohio, the state that's "high in the middle and round on both ends" (from Tom Rapp himself).   The Ohio State Mile Champions at PSU in my day are:

1.  Tom Rapp 1977
2.  Alan Scharsu  1978 (in the photo)
3.  John Zishka  1979
4.  Clark Haley  1981

All of this was off the top-of-my-head, which is notably deficientPlease send me additions and corrections in the comment section!

Ah, the updates are rolling in, just as I had hoped. 
1.  Mike Cook, 1600 1979.
2.  Mark Overheim, 1600 1981
3. Jay Novak, 3200 1986
4. Dan Mazzocco, 3200  2002
5.  Dave Greene 800, 1979
6.  Doug Walter, 800 1986
7.  Mary Rawe, mile 1977 or 1978?
8.  Robert Snyder, mile 1974, 1975
9.  Kathy Byrnes, 880, 1977 

9 comments:

  1. Sexist pig. What about those Lady Lions?

    Mary Rawe comes to mind first.

    (Sorry Coach, the she-devil made me do it.)

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  2. Dave Greene, 880/800?, 1979?
    Mike Cook, mile/1600?, 1979?
    Doug Walter, 800, 1986

    Maybe some 4x8 guys are hiding too?

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  3. Kathy Brynes from North Allegeheny in 1977, but she transferred to Lehigh after a year

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  4. Robert Snyder 74 and 75

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  5. Skwilli - Mary Rawe (Rapp) had to have won in HS Mile 1977 as she graduated with Tom Rapp in 1981 from PSU.

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  6. http://www.rodfrisco.com has some good stuff to browse

    some updates

    Mike Cook won the mile in 78 as well as the 1600 in 79
    Dave Greene won the 880 in 78
    Marc Dunmire didn't win, he was 2nd I believe
    Mary Rawe won a bunch, multiple miles, 880s, and 2M relay in 75-77
    Bill Kvashay won a relay gold
    And, um, you forget Greg the Course Marshall

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  7. Didn't know Cook won two. Knew Rawe won a few, but wanted confirmation. I have always thought Dunmire won! I was supposed to be in that race, but was DQ'ed at Districtrs for tripping Henry Klugh, and had to run the 2-mile instead. Didn't know Bill Kvashay could run an 880! And Greg was in High School before color was invented, so may not count! (Sorry Greg, I couldn't resist.)

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  8. What about the cross-country studs?
    Ron Moore, Doug Walter, Bob Hamer to name a few in my feeble head from my era.

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  9. I had not counted XC up until now. Gary Black PA 1978 springs to mind also. I was only 5th in 1977, but I had a stress fracture and was only 7th at Districts. And who is this Ron Moore you speak of?

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