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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.

1965 Postal Nationals

(2-MILES) TEAMS

(record 48:05.9, Proviso West Hillside, Illinois '64)

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1. Homestead, California 48:09.0
2. Tennyson, California 48:40.6
3. Rogers, Washington 49:01.0
4. Watsonville, California 49:05.0
5. York, Illinois 49:10.1
6. Cupertino, California 49:11.0
7. Pleasant Hill, California 49:22.3
8. San Marino, California 49:39.0
9. Westminster, California 49:41.0
10. Power Memorial, New York 49:46.7

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INDIVIDUALS

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1. John Walker, Homestead, CA, 9:18
2. Dan Clark, Univ High, Spokane, WA, 9:19
3. Ray Celaya, Tennyson, CA, 9:21
4. Werner Beiensdorfer, Banks, Birmingham, AL, 9:22
5. Clayton Nicols, Banks, Birmingham, AL, 9:22
6. Vern Deahl, Rogers, Spokane, WA, 9:23
7. Mike Gunion, Wilcox, CA, 9:24
8. Bob Scurich, Watsonville, CA, 9:25

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