Gerry Lindgren
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Gerald Paul Lindgren is an American track and field runner who set many long-standing high school and national records in the United States. In 1965, Lindgren and Billy Mills both broke the world reco
Lindgren in 1965
Lindgren (left) in 1971
Steve Prefontaine
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Steve Roland Prefontaine was an American long-distance runner who set American records at every distance from 2,000 to 10,000 meters from a period of 1973 to 1975. He competed in the 1972 Summer Olymp
Gerry Lindgren
…Championships. (His only loss at an NCAA championship was to Jim Ryun in the 1968 indoor 2-mile (3.2 km) race.) He was one of only two people to ever defeat Steve Prefontaine in an NCAA Championship. (Lindgren won the 1969 NCAA Cross Country Championship in which 1968 NCAA champion Mike Ryan finished second and Prefontaine…
Prefontaine running race in 1973
Prefontaine at Oregon
Prefontaine signing a child's arm, c. 1975.
Pre's Rock in 2007