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Selected stories from my five decades

in the greatest sport

Tales & Tips

Planes, trains, and automobiles.

I could feel the excitement in the air whenever the UIC team got to fly to a big meet - ones like the Kansas Relays or Raleigh Relays, or...

Feb 20, 20222 min read

I would have enjoyed being a high jumper. At least a good high jumper. But there is little calling for one whose best is 5'8" -...

Feb 13, 20223 min read

AccuTrack. Forty years ago it was the latest technology in timing a track meet - no stopwatches needed, no vague guesses on who was...

Feb 6, 20222 min read

In the early 80's I had a great distance runner, one that still holds some of the Drake records - even though forty years have passed....

Jan 30, 20223 min read

As a college coach I drove our teams tens of thousands of miles, if I had to guess, close to a million over my thirty-five years on...

Jan 23, 20224 min read

I coached at Loyola in the late 80's & early 90's, part of my duties working with the small bunch of sprinters, hurdlers, and field event...

Jan 16, 20223 min read