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...have been an indifferent lot in recent years. But in Los Angeles last week, a lithe (6 ft. 1 in., 155 Ibs.) sophomore from the University of Oregon proved that the U.S. might at last have a miler who could run with the Australians and Europeans. His name: Dyrol Burleson...
Competing on a tricky board track for the first time in his young career, 19-year-old Miler Burleson faced Sweden's Dan Waern, who had six times broken four minutes (Burleson's best: 4:06.7). At the gun, Burleson was content to stay back in the pack. As he ran, he gulped cheekfuls of air (see cut) gently exhaling them in a fashion he claims helps his rhythm. He loafed along with his smooth stride until the last lap. Then, with a dashman's acceleration, Burleson snatched the lead from George Larson, his Oregon teammate, flashed...
Back home in the lumbering town of Cottage Grove, Ore. they remember Dyrol Burleson as the spindly-legged kid who was always running-to the grocery, around the reservoir, or just down the road, with his mother pacing him in the family car. Burleson developed so fast that he set a national record of 4:13.2 for the mile in high school. Last year Burleson warmed up by making a national mile record for freshmen (4:06.7), then switched to the 1,500 meters to set an A.A.U. championship record (3:47.5) and thump Russia's best...
Despite his record breaking, the easygoing history major (B-minus grades) has never yet really been pushed, has finished some races looking back at the field with a laugh on his face. At the Olympics in Rome this summer, Burleson will get plenty of pushing from such stars as Czechoslovakia's Stanislav Jungwirth (3:38.1 for the 1,500 meters) and Australia's Herb Elliott, record holder of the mile (3:54.5) and 1,500 meters (3:36). Says the confident Burleson: "If I can keep within 20 yards of the leader of a race, I figure...
...Puffing mightily, Los Angeles' Parry O'Brien, 27, put the 16-lb. shot 63 ft. 1 in. to break his own indoor world record by a whopping 11¼ in., share meet honors with Miler Burleson (see above). In Manhattan, The Bronx's heavily girdered (6 ft. 2 in., 245 Ibs.) Gary Gubner, 17 (TIME, Jan. 25), finally found a gym big enough for his liking, snapped the national high school indoor record for the 12-lb. shot by 8 in. with a heave...