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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.

1978 Postal Nationals

(2-MILES) TEAMS

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

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1    Mission San Jose    47:05.0
2    Skyline             48:39.0
3    Mills               49:27.0
4    Carlmont            49:28.0
5    Westmont            49:34.0
6    Castro Valley       50:10.0
7    Leigh               50:14.0
8    Watsonville         50:19.0
9    Menlo atherton      50:26.0
10   Irvington           51:02.0
11   Independence        51:24.0
12   St. Francis         51:31.0
13   Gunn                51:51.0
14   Overfelt            52:00.0
15   Santa Cruz          52:06.0
16   San Ramon           52:20.0
17   Bellermine          52:30.0
18   James Lick          52:30.0
19   St. Ignatius        52:52.0
20   Gilroy              53:01.0
21   Soquel              53:49.0
22   Sunnyvale           53:55.0
23   Half Moon Bay       54:15.0
24   San Lorenzo Valley  54:33.0
25   Menlo School        56:43.0
26   Awalt               57:07.0
27   Palo Alto           57:16.0
28   Peterson            57:32.0
29   Washington          58:28.0

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INDIVIDUALS

​(Record: 8:51.8 by Ron Craker, York, Elmhurst, IL, 1975)

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1    Strangio            MSJ     09:04.8   12
2    Downs. T.           SK      09:05.6   12
3    Trujillo            GI      09:11.1   11
4    Soto                MP      09:18.2   11
5    O'Connor            CA      09:19.0   11
6    Marden              MSJ     09:21.2   12
7    Rambeo              SC      09:21.5   12
8    Hoch                MA      09:22.9   11
9    Marden, J.          MSJ     09:23.4   10
10   Reid                MSJ     09:23.8   11
11   Baffert             SR      09:24.1   11
12   Downs, P.           SK      09:25.1   12
13   Lambeth             WE      09:30.3   12
14   Hernandez           IN      09:33.1   12
15   Hunt                WE      09:34.1   12
16   Wirdzer             MI      09:38.4   12
17   Vaquez              WE      09:40.6   12
18   Moulton             HMB     09:47.7   12
19   Baraza              WE      09:47.6   12
20   Dicks               SOQ     09:57.5   12
21   Marson              M       10:00.6   11

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HEAT 2
1    Mellquist           CA      09:34.4   12
2    Gamboa              SK      09:42.7   12
3    Samario, Stud       LE      09:54.4   11
4    Carey               MSJ     09:55.0   11
5    Siqueiros           W       09:56.0   12
6    Ligothetis          CA      09:56.4   12
7    Maloney, Moose      LE      09:58.2   12
8    Kaspari             SF      09:59.2   11
9    Spiegle             WE      10:00.4   11
10   Lawler              SK      10:01.2   12
11   Duliin, Mouth       LE      10:02.5   10
12   Mulcahy             MSJ     10:06.1   10
13   Ingram              WE      10:08.0   11
14   Loisel              MSJ     10:08.9   11
15   Lucas, Tiny         LE      10:09.8   10
16   Maruer, Studs       LE      10:10.0   11
17   Tripton             SF      10:11.2   12
18   Gutierrez           W       10:14.2   10
19   Rochlitz            SF      10:15.5   12
20   Dietrich            CA      10:19.0   12
21   Stoner              WE      10:21.6   12
22   Wergeland           SK      10:24.2   12
23   Mack                CA      10:27.5   11
24   Perez               W       10:39.7   9

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