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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.

1973 Postal Nationals

(3-MILES) TEAMS

(Previous Record: 73:25.0 by Lompoc in 1972)

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INDIVIDUALS

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​1     Kimball, Rich       DeLaSalle13:43.6 12
2     Kingery, Mitch      SCarlos  13:56.4 11
3     Barnett, Robert     Hills    14:21.4 11
4     Read, Tom           MSJ      14:33.8 12
5     Hart, Benton        Modesto  14:34.0 12
6     Aguilar, Alex       SCrk     14:35.0 12
7     Fritzkey, Ron       Leigh    14:41.5 11
8     Emory, Jerry        Gunn     14:53.0 11
9     Sisler, Joe         Petaluma 14:46.0 12
10    DeBarr, Mike        Kennedy  15:00.5 12
11    Young, Ed           Carl     15:03.8 11
12    Paulin, Bob         Camden   15:09.0 10

(2-MILES) TEAMS

(record -- 1972, Lompoc, CA, 46:21.0)

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1   Leigh           San Jose, CA       47:58.2 
2   York            Elmhurst, IL       48:08.0 
3   St Francis      Mtn View, CA       48:14.8 
4   Loara           Anaheim, CA        48:24.4 
5   Merced          Merced, CA         48:32.2 
6   Lompoc          Lompoc, CA         48:34.6 
7   Largo           Largo, FL          48:41.2 
8   Foothill        Santa Ana, CA      48:44.6 
9   Mission Viejo   Mission Viejo, CA  48:45.4 
10  Carlmont        Belmont, CA        48:59.9

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