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20 kilometers around the town
Dooley favored in walk
By EVAN SMITH
Of the Emerald
If you want to watch today’s Olympic trials but
can't afford the price of admission to Hayward
Field, take the footbridge across the Willamette to
Day Island Road for finals of the 20 kilometer race
walk.
The walkers will stroll the first 800 and last 300 of
their 20,000 meters on the Hayward Field track. In
between, they will make their way north on Agate to
Franklin Boulevard, walk west to the new bike
route, cross the Willamette on the footbridge and
take six trips on a 2'*.-kilometer out-and-back
course on Day Island Road before retracing their
steps to the stadium.
The course is one that offers the worst of all
possible worlds. The walkers will get neither the
chance to perform before a roaring crowd nor the
chance to cover a varied course. The event has
traditionally been held as a road race, but it must be
held on a small, closed course where the judges can
keep the competitors under nearly constant sur
veilance.
Head walking judge Bruce McDonald told the
Emerald Friday of the problems involved in
judging walking races: “The hardest part is seeing
that they maintain contact with the ground, to see
that one foot doesn’t leave the ground until the other
touches. Then we have to check on both sides to see
that the legs straighten on every stride.”
Althougii the threat of a disqualification is always
present for race walkers, infractions are not as
frequent in the Olympic distances of 20 kilometers
* 12.4 miles) and 50 kilometers (31.1 miles) as they
are in one and two mile track races.
Among Americans competing in the Olympic
Trials, the dominant competitor at both distances is
I.arry Young.
It was Young in 1968 who became the first
American to win an Olympic race walking medal.
I le won a bronze medal in the 50 at Mexico City.
This year he will attempt to double in the two
events.
In ‘68 Young qualified for the American team in
both events but gave up his spot in the 20 to con
centrate on the 50.
He may now be the leading American in both
events. He told the Emerald Friday that he would
try to make the team in both events, then decide
after the trials whether to withdraw himself from
one of them
The two races are only three days apart here, just
as they will be at Munich. “I don’t know if it’s
enough rest,” said Young.
As the trials begin. Young ranks as the favorite in
both events. He established his pre-eminace in the
20 early this year with an American record time of 1
hour, 30 minutes, 10 seconds.
Young’s record time ranks him well ahead of the
second fastest American of the year—Tom Dool jy.
Dooley has a time of 1:31:52.
Young lists Dooley and Goetz Klopfer (1:39:30) as
the most likely contenders. Both represented the
U.S. at Mexico City where Dooley was 17th in the 20
and Klopfer 10th in the 50.
All six of the U.S walkers who competed at
Mexico City are entered in the 20 here. The six are
Young, Dooley, Klopfer, Dave Romanskey
(1:32:14), Ron Laird (1:33:35) and Rudy Huluza
(1:37:34) Huluza was fourth in the Mexico 20 with
Laird 25th. Romansky finished 25th in the 50 in
Mexico.
The veterans will not have the race to themselves
in the 33-man field. Bill Ranney is a contender with
the nation’s fourth best time of the season (1:33:01).
Coloradans Floyd Godwin (1:34:15) and Jerry
Brown (1:36:41) could also make the old-timers
scramble.
Young says he expects a close battle among many
of these competitors for at least 10 or 15 kilometers,
but he doesn't expect a particularly fast time:
“There are too many sharp turnarounds on this
course to keep a fast pace.”
A fast pace for these walkers is about 7:20 per
mile or faster than eight miles an hour.
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