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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.

1969 Postal Nationals

(2-MILES) TEAMS

(record -- 47:11.2, Homestead, Sunnyvale, Calif '68)

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1. Upland, California 48:01.6
2. San Clemente, California 48:10
3. El Modena, California 48:31.8
4. South Torrance, California 48:31.8
5. Homestead, California 48:44.8
6. Mira Costa, California 48:50.4
7. Columbus, Georgia 49:05.2
8. La Habra, California 49:20.6
9. Carlmont, California 49:27.6
10. Westminster, California 49:55

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INDIVIDUALS

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1. Dave White, El Modena, CA, 9:14
2. Angus Gordon, Upland, CA, 9:19
3. Robert Sos, Upland, CA, 9:20
4. Mickey Wooley, El Modena, CA, 9:21
5. Tim Patton, Mira Costa, CA, 9:23
6. Danny Clark, Columbus, GA, 9:23
7. Mike Baer, South Torrance, CA, 9:24
8. Jack Colovin, Clear Creek, TX, 9:26

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