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Steve Prefontaine, Hayward Field, Oregon-Washington State dual meet, April 25, 1970, Pre wins 3 mile in 13:12.8


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The info below was derived from a Eugene Register-Guard April 26, 1970 article by Sports Editor Jerry Uhrhammer.

Oregon Freshman Steve Prefontaine, on Oregon’s Hayward Field, Oregon-Washington State dual meet, April 25, 1970. Before a crowd of 6,200, Pre wins the 3-mile in 13:12.8 on a rainy (most of the time, occasionally in sheets), windy (part of the time), chilly (40s) day. Pre’s prior official 3-mile finish was 13:30.6. He improved this by 17.8 seconds.

Pre bested the Hayward Field record time for this event of 13:32.4 set by Arne Kvalheim (OR) in 1969, and the U Oregon record time of 13:14.6 set by Kvalheim in 1968.

Pre’s time was the fastest American 3-mile time in two years. Only the day before the fastest US 3-mile time of the season had been set by Florida runner Jack Bacheler at the Drake Relays with a time of 13:13.4. Pre made a mental note.

"A great run," said Pre’s coach Bill Bowerman. "I didn’t realize he was capable of running that fast on a bad day. On a good day? Yes."

Rick Riley of Washington State competed in this event. Earlier in this meet placed he finished second in the mile with an all-time best time of 4:02.8. In the 3-mile he shadowed Pre the first mile, dropped back, then dropped out after another lap (his coach Jack Mooberry said he didn’t intend to finish). Riley held the High School 2 mile record of 8:48.4 until Pre took the record with 8:41.5 on April 25, 1969, setting a US High School record by besting his own season time of 9:01–a 19.5 second improvement in one race!

For this 3-mile race Pre ran four laps of 63, 65, 65, and 64 en route to a 4:17 first mile, a sub-13-minute pace.

Pre was feeling pretty good. "But after the first mile, I slowed down a little bit . . . I didn’t want to go all out and burn myself out," he said. His next four laps were 65, 67, 70, and 66, leading to a two mile mark of 8:45–faster than his 8:46.3 two-mile winning time the prior week vs UCLA.

Afterwards Pre explained that, in a sense, he was feeling his way. "I wanted to go out and run and see how I felt . . . I wasn’t excited and I just didn’t let any pressure get put on me." Thus, at the two-mile mark, he still felt strong. He wasn’t fading.

Pre’s next two laps were 69s. With two laps left he knew he was in range of Bacheler’s time the day prior. He ran the next lap in 67, then began sprinting the final 440 yards with the crowd cheering him on. Eyes fixed on the scoreboard clock, he drove hard down the final stretch with a 62 second final lap.

The race was an Oregon 1-2-3 sweep, with Steve Savage second in an all-time best of 13:50.0. The Ducks took the meet 83.5 vs 70.5. Despite the poor weather, the meet produced five meet records, four by the Ducks: Pre’s race, Roscoe Divine’s mile win in 4:01.8 (his best of the season), Tom Morrow won the steeplechase in 9:05.7, and freshman Weldon Vance won the 440 in 47.7. WSU’s 6’7" South African John Van Reenen broke his meet record with a 193-7 in the discus, and also won the shotput at 61-2.

Pre’s win ensured the team victory, so Bowerman entered a "second-string" unit in the mile relay to end the meet. The Duck’s victory effort was blemished when the relay men ran in their sweat suits and clowned around in the race, leaving many Duck fans muttering about poor sportsmanship. Bowerman, also upset, chastised the squad in a closed door meeting afterwards. "I told ‘em it’s bush league . . .bad manners to run like that."

"Bill really chewed," said a Duck after the meeting. Bowerman also apologized to WSU coach Mooberry.

3-mile Finishing times:

1. Pre (OR) 13:12.8 (meet, Hayward Field, U Oregon record)
2. Steve Savage (OR) 13:50.0 (Personal best time)
3. Mike Lyons (OR) 13:56.0

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