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Postal History: Founded in 1956 by cross country coach Forrest Jamieson the "Postal" idea was presented to Track&FieldNews. Bert & Cordner Nelson seeing the potential of such an event quickly jumped behind the high school coaches idea. The event culminated with a National Championship awarded based upon five man relay teams and published in the Prep Panorama section of Track & Field News. Before the internet era the Bible of Our Sport supported the idea of annual fall national postal competitions. The high school competition featured a five-man two-mile & three-mile total team time run on the track. Each season's top team receiving a special championship award from Track & Field News.

1964 Postal Nationals

(2-MILES) TEAMS

(record: 1963, Ossining, NY, 48:49.5)

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1   Proviso W.      Hillsdale, IL      48:05.9 *New National Record
2   Wilcox          Santa Clara, CA    48:20.7
3   Carlmont        Belmont, CA        48:21.7 
4   York            Elmhurst, IL       48:43.0 
5   E Whichita      E Whichita, KS     48:57.3 
6   Pittsburg       Pittsgurg, CA      49:04.3 
7   Kirkwood        Kirkwood, MO       49:26.7 
8   Homestead       Sunnyvale, CA      49:32.2 
9   Concord         Concord, NH        49:39.0 
10  Tennyson        Hayward, CA        49:54.0

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INDIVIDUALS

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1    Mike Ryan          Wilcox    8:57.7  Santa Clara, CA
2    Mike McCann        Carlmont  9:18.1  Belmont, CA
3    Mike Saunders      Wyandotte 9:20.8  Kansas City, Kansas
4    Martin McCann      Carlmont  9:30.2  Belmont, CA
5    John Woods         York      9:30.5  Elmhurst, IL
6    George McGreger    York      9:32.3  Elmhurst, IL
7    S Carter           Pittsburg 9:34.3  Pittsburg, CA
8    R Brackett         Homestead 9:39.2  Sunnyvale, CA
9    Ray Celaya         Tennyson  9:40.0  Hayward, CA
10   Mulkey             Sunnyvale 9:41.0  Sunnyvale, CA

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