I'm probably one of the few who has had the pleasure (sarc) of running 10K
X-C at Crystal. We had NCAA DII Western Regionals there in 1981. Connover
won with F. Assumma 2nd and C. Assumma 3rd and DiConti 4th. I believe I was
somewhere around 7th in 32:00 and our team, UCR, was quite victorious over
the Cal-Poly's and Humbolt et al. I've always liked the course despite how
brutal it is because it's tough but fair with pretty good footing the whole
way.
-Ray
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Subject: t-and-f: '74 AAU XC Natls. @ CRYSTAL SPRINGS
Crystal Springs (Belmont, CA) served as my "home course" while at both CCSF
and SF State University. I therefore have a serious love hate relationship
with the less than subtle terrain... exposed, hilly, hot, rutted...all in
all, brutal harrier geography.
The venue "highlight" that I wanted to share was the fact that in 1974, the
Nationals were held here. The 10KM senior men's race went something like
this...
1. John Ngeno 29;58, 2. Neil Cusack 30:15 3. Ted Castaneda 30:22 4. Greg
Fredericks 30:40 5. Taylor 30:43 6Tibaduiza 30:44 7. Mendoza 30:45 8.
Johnson, Tuttle, Peterson, Shorter, Rojas, Bringhurst, Wallace, Howard,
Liquori, McGuire, McCubbins, Staynings, Kardong, Timm, Moller, Zarate,
Gregorio, Thomas, Crawford, Stemmer, Boit, Smith, McAfee, Brown, Lawson,
Manley, Clark, Williams, Galloway, Childers, Clark, Flanagan, Hulst, Vigil,
Barger, Ndoo, Leddy, Brown, Fleming, Ruffato, Babiracki, Bacheler, Garcia,
........
TEAM Colorado TC, NYAC, Philly Pioneers, Eastern New Mexico, Club Northwest,
Florida Track Club
Junior 8KM
1. Bobby Thomas 24:25 2. John Roscoe 24:26 3. Roy Kissin 24:29 4. Ralph
Serna 5.Eric Hulst, Buell, Morden, Arbogast, Fulton, Whitaker, Clary,
Hansen, Lacy, Simonian, Kingery, Perez
Needless to say, the course has some history...serious history...even if it
is "merely" cross country (sorry Roger)
...anxiously awaiting Sydney (happy with whatever I can get in the interim)
- Mike Fanelli
