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Dick Richards tightens shoelaces during long jump competition where he spanned 16-7 3/4 at age 71.
Date: 04/12/2005
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Dick gets set to take the blocks -- ones he helped designed for use in practice and competition (called Vers-A-Block).
Date: 04/12/2005
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Dick starts his first 100-meter dash in competition in more than four years -- after a layoff for throat surgery.
Date: 04/12/2005
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Among old friends glad to see Dick run were Clarence Trahan, who turned 90 in November and is a record threat himself.
Date: 04/12/2005
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John Tomaschke, in his mid 50s, jumps for shirtless joy.
Date: 04/12/2005
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Davie Perry, two weeks shy of his 66th birthday, clears a height on the way to leaping 5 feet.
Date: 04/12/2005
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Davie is among several jumpers still proudly employing the straddle technique.
Date: 04/12/2005
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Former M45 world record holder Charlie Rader clears the bar on his 57th birthday.
Date: 04/12/2005
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Charlie, who also enjoys volleyball during the offseason, is a former high school coach of the photographer.
Date: 04/12/2005
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M40 star Ron Lee was consistent, topping most heights on the first try and ending the day with a 6-2 clearance.
Date: 04/12/2005
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Date: 04/12/2005
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Date: 04/12/2005
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Ron had help from an old-timer, Santa Ana College assistant coach Ed Caruthers (who in a former life pushed Dick Fosbury to Olympic gold at Mexico City. Ed won the silver at the 1968 Games at Caruthers missed and captured the silver at 7-3½.
Date: 04/12/2005
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The usual stable of SoCal TC middle-distance stars showed up.
Date: 04/12/2005
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SoCal TC coach Mark Cleary practices what he preaches.
Date: 04/12/2005
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Date: 04/12/2005
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Kathy Bergen (left) drives from the blocks in the 100.
Date: 04/12/2005
Views: 630
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M50 Greg Pizza (in SpeedWest red) explodes alongside Scripps College French Professor Thierry Boucquey (in green).
Date: 04/12/2005
Views: 665
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SpeedWest teammates Jim Chinn (left) and Kettrell Berry (right) battled hard for 100 meters, with the M40 Berry edging the M45 Chinn.
Date: 04/12/2005
Views: 732
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Al Sheahen, former editor and publisher of National Masters News, ran sprints this day -- still basking in the glow of having a short letter to the editor published in the L.A. Times that week.
Date: 04/12/2005
Views: 755
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