Archive for December 9, 2009
Reynaldo Brown recounts biggest high: beating kidney failure
Reynaldo Brown’s greatest leap wasn’t the 7-3 he straddled in September 1968 to make the Olympic team at age 17. It wasn’t the 7-0 1/4 he cleared at Mexico City to take fifth behind the gold and silver of teammates Dick Fosbury and Ed Caruthers. His greatest effort came several years ago while hospitalized with kidney […]
December 9, 2009
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Huntington Beach HS in SoCal has series of all-comers meets
It’s subfreezing in many parts. But now is when a masters’ fancy lightly turns to thoughts of January all-comers meets. One such series is at Huntington Beach High School, south of Los Angeles. It’s a hand-timed affair, but the price is right: $5 per event. And masters sprint star Doug Smith calls the new track […]
December 9, 2009
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