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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.
1974 Postal Nationals
(3-MILES) TEAMS
(Previous Record: 73:25.0 by Lompoc in 1972)
1 Leigh 1.15:22.3
2 Watsonville 1.16:07.0
3 Carlmont 1.16:36.2
4 Camden 1.17:06.5
5 Los Altos 1.17:37.0
6 Carlmont #2 1.17:58.1
7 St. Ignatius 1.18:09.0
8 Woodside 1.18:13.1
9 San Carlos 1.18:20.1
10 Leigh #2 1.18:40.4
11 Newark 1.18:54.0
12 Hillsdale 1.20:28.0
13 Menlo-Atherton 1.21:04.7
14 Logan 1.21:08.0
15 Alameda 1.22:14.1
16 San Lorenzo Valley 1.23:03.0
INDIVIDUALS
1 Kingery SC 14:11.0
2 Fritzke LE 14:16.0
3 Barnett HILLS 14:23.0
4 Paulin CAMD 14:42.0
5 Curran LA 14:42.0
6 Baudendisk HILLS 14:47.0
7 De La Garza, Dave WAT 14:51.0
8 Cortez, Dave WOOD 14:58.1
(2-MILES) TEAMS
(record -- 1972, Lompoc, CA, 46:21.0)
1 York Elmhurst, Ill. 47:39.8
2 Albertus Magnus, NY 47:47.8
3 Largo, Fla. 47:58.0
4 Jesuit, CA 47:59.2
5 Palos Verdes, CA 48:21.8
6 Lynbrook, CA 48:24.0
7 Mission Viejo, CA 48:31.0
8 Lindbergh, MO 48:33.8
9 Clear Creek, TX 48:39.0
10 Lincoln, CA 48:45.0
11 Loara, CA 48:53.8
12 Leigh, CA 48:58.0
13 Parkway North, MO 49:12.0
14 Bergen Catholic, NJ 49:15.4
15 La Sierra, CA 49:16.4
16 Lindbergh "B", MO 49:18.2
17 Tempe, AZ 49:18.2
18 Merced, CA 49:23.2
19 Huntington Beach, CA 49:24.8
20 Watsonville, CA 49:25.0
21 Edison, CA 49:28.8
22 Carlmont, CA 49:31.4
23 Centennial, CO 49:35.2
24 Mills, CA 49:38.2
25 Christian Bros Academy 49:38.6
26 Homestead, CA 49:41.6
27 El Modena, CA 49:52.0
28 York "B", Ill. 49:53.4
29 Camden, CA 49:56.6
30 Mt. Pleasant, CA 50:00.0
31 Lick, CA 50:02.0
32 Woodstock, Ill. 50:02.2
33 Laguna Beach, CA 50:07.0
34 Marina, CA 50:07.8
35 University, CA 50:08.0
36 Marshalltown, IA 50:08.4
37 Downey, CA 50:08.8
38 Northwest, MO 50:09.0
39 Quiney, Ill. 50:09.0
40 Ygnacio Valley, CA 50:11.4
41 Foothill, CA 50:16.8
42 Los Altos, CA 50:17.0
43 S. San Fransisco, CA 50:17.0
44 Sterling, TX 50:22.2
45 Westminster, CA 50:24.0
46 Lango "B", FL 50:45.8
47 San Carlos, CA 50:47.8
48 San Clemente, CA 50:52.0
49 Woodside, CA 50:52.4
50 Albertus Magnus, NY 50:52.6
51 Bishop Ford, Brooklyn 51:01.6
52 Rancho Almitos, GG 51:07.0
53 St. Ignatius, CA 51:08.0
54 Miraleste, CA 51:09.0
55 Carlmont "B", CA 51:12.0
56 Hale, Seattle, WA 51:15.4
57 Red Bank Catholic, NJ 51:16.0
58 La Quinta, Ca 51:20.0
59 Hillsdale, CA 51:25.0
60 Newark, CA 51:25.0
61 Leigh Sophs, CA 51:28.4
62 Washington, Ca 51:38.0
63 Arroyo, CA 51:51.0
64 Logan, CA 51:57.0
65 Crecent Valley, Corvallis 51:57.8
66 San Ramon, CA 51:57.8
67 Fremont, CA 52:00.0
68 Leigh "B", CA 52:00.0
69 Sequel, CA 52:00.0
70 Upland Sophs, CA 52:05.0
71 College Park CA 52:05.4
72 Weatmont, CA 52:06.0
73 Lompoc, CA 52:10.0
74 Mission, CA 52:15.0
75 Cypress, CA 52:17.0
76 Central Valley, WA 52:33.0
7 Pleasant CA 52:33.2
78 O. Neff, CA 52:38.0
79 Silver Creek Sophs, CA 52:38.0
80 York "C", Ill. 52:38.8
81 Parkway North "B", MO 52:41.0
82 Northwest "B", MO 52:41.2
83 Christian Bros Academy 52:44.0
84 Del Mar, CA 52:49.0
85 Centennial "B", CO 52:49.2
86 Edison Sophs, CA 52:52.0
87 Alameda, CA 52:53.0
88 Awalt, CA 52:56.0
89 St. Francis, CA 52:57.0
90 University Sophs, CA 52:59.0
91 Hellgate, MT 53:01.0
92 Palos Verdes Soph, CA 53:05.0
93 Oakgrove, CA 53:06.0
94 Mt. View, Calif. 53:09.0
95 Newbury Parkway, CA 53:10.0
96 Palos Verdes, CA 53:11.0
97 Tustin, CA 53:11.0
98 Bolsa Grande, CA 53:12.0
99 Huntington Beach, CA 55:12.0
100 Wilsox, CA 55:14.0
101 Burroughs Sophs, CA 55:19.0
102 Leigh "E", CA 55:19.2
103 McAteer, CA 55:27.0
104 Artesia JV, CA 55:34.0
INDIVIDUALS
1 Ralph Serna LOA 08:56.0
2 Eric Hulst LAGU 09:00.0
3 Roy Kissin SR 09:01.8
4 Jeff Curran LAGU 09:03.0
5 Tim Holmes DOW 09:09.0
6 Ron Fritzke LEI 09:09.6
7 Ron Craker YORK 09:11.8
8 Mitch Kingery SC 09:12.6
9 Breggar Moore RA 09:15.0
10 Robert Barnett HS 09:18.0
11 Rumaldo Montenegro LIN 09:18.0
12 Mike Warre LAR 09:18.2
13 Dirk Feenstra JES 09:19.4
14 Bob McCarty YORK 09:20.0
15 Jon Winters LAR 09:20.0
16 Cliff Jury PV 09:24.0
17 Colin McConnell EDI 09:24.2
18 Kirk Cobstaff TEMP 09:24.6
19 Salet MILP 09:26.0
20 Joe Mangan FRE 09:27.0
21 Rudy Munoz WAT 09:27.0
22 Paul Dulaney PV 09:27.4
23 Mike Colangelo AM 09:27.6
24 Time Riley FER 09:28.2
25 Gene Cavazos MER 09:28.6
26 Gagen EC 09:30.0
27 Kevin Leonard AM 09:30.2
28 Kevin Byrne BER 09:31.2
29 Jon Cook MV 09:32.0
30 Chris Hulburd LYN 09:32.0
31 Johnm Mulvihill MT 09:32.0
32 Farrell LS 09:32.6
33 Bob Paulin CAM 09:32.8
34 Marty Cochran LYN 09:33.0
35 Terry Huddleston SCL 09:33.0
36 Bill Lowry PN 09:33.0
37 Dave Hull MA 09:33.6
38 Jamie Kempton AM 09:33.6
39 Matt Shaw HALE 09:33.6
40 Adams AND 09:34.0
41 Robert Angel HB 09:34.0
42 Jessie Martinez TEMP 09:34.0
43 Rich Desmond CBA 09:34.4
44 Forrest Metcalf EST 09:34.4
45 Rod Read JES 09:34.4
46 Mike Walterhouse MV 09:34.4
47 Don Fernandez HOM 09:35.0
48 Robert Garriott CC 09:35.0
49 Kevin Frie CC 09:35.2
50 Bob Gallagher LOA 09:35.2
51 Don Lofe PN 09:35.2
52 George Buckheit AM 09:35.4
53 Todd Miller YORK 09:35.8
54 Russ Smith MTT 09:36.0
55 Cody Bakkilla U 09:36.2
56 Gilbert Flores LIN 09:37.0
57 Chris Money EM 09:37.0
58 Eric Becker LIN 09:37.2
59 Pete Miera CENT 09:37.6
60 Mark Spilsbury FH 09:38.2
61 Kurt Peter LIN 09:39.0
62 Bob Turney YV 09:39.2
63 Greg Miller MTPL 09:39.4
64 Furey EC 09:40.0
65 Salazar LICK 09:40.0
66 Mark Womack MV 09:40.0
67 Bob Wulff JES 09:40.0
68 John McNIff AM 09:41.0
69 Ron Criner MTD 09:41.2
70 Joe Moran BF 09:41.2
71 Pete Gaul JES 09:42.0
72 Dan Prince WM 09:42.0
73 Howard Bass YORK 09:42.2
74 Paul French LOA 09:42.4
75 Bill Bedecarre MTD 09:43.2
76 Johnson OF 09:43.2
7 Tony Magdaleno WS 09:43.4
78 Bob McQuilken LAR 09:43.4
79 Tom O'Neill JES 09:43.4
80 Tom Alarcon CAM 09:44.0
81 Timothy Chain LYN 09:44.0
82 Rolen EC 09:44.0
83 Davide Fritz PV 09:44.2
84 Mark kruse LIN 09:44.2
85 Ron Loza MILL 09:44.4
86 Duane Phinney CC 09:04.8
87 Jim Chrisione ARR 09:45.0
88 Mike McQueeney LYN 09:45.0
89 Jeff Nicklin MV 09:45.0
