Word: ryun
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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That was two weeks ago. Last week, thanks to Lyndon Johnson, the U.S. Navy and Air Force, the Russians, the Poles and three "rabbits," Ryun ran an unscheduled mile-and got his record...
...became an All-American meet instead, and the mile race was substituted for a 1,500-meter event. The "rabbits" were Jim's competitors-Richard Romo of Texas, Tom Von Ruden of Oklahoma State, and Wade Bell of Oregon-who got together before the race, agreed to help Ryun by pressing the pace. "It will be interesting," explained Von Ruden, "to see what Ryun can do with a fast pace...
Rumors that a record attempt was in the offing brought 15,000 spectators to Berkeley's Edwards Track Stadium, and most of them were on their feet when Von Ruden and Romo, setting the early pace, zipped past the quarter-mile mark in 57.7 sec., with Ryun patiently running a close-up third. Romo passed the lead to Bell during the second quarter; the half-mile time was 1 min. 55.4 sec. In the third lap, Ryun outran his rabbits. He flashed past Romo-"running like a bull," said Romo later-took off after Bell, and with...
Momentarily, the crowd quieted. Then the public-address system boomed: "A new world's record . . ." The roar that followed almost drowned out the announcement of Ryun's time. The judges had clocked him at 3 min. 51.3 sec.-a fantastic 2.3 sec. faster than Jazy's year-old record...
...Notion of Motion. Jim was hardly even breathing hard. "He's a physiological phenomenon," said Texas Southern Coach Stan Wright. He certainly is. Already the No. 1 distance runner in history, Ryun still has most of his racing career ahead of him, and he has no notion of what his limits may be. "Faster," he shrugged. "I always feel I can run faster." So saying, he headed for the Top of the Mark in San Francisco to celebrate his record-smashing victory-only to get turned away because he was under...