Dupree Takes Second Place In AAU 880
Cornell, Turner Fail To Place In California Track Meet
Jim Dupree ran the fastest time of his life but came off second best at the National AAU track and field championships at Walnut, Cal.
Dupree finished second beiind Santa Clara Youth Village’s Jerry Siebert in the 880-yard run. Dupree was the defending champion in the race.
Southern’s only other repesentatives Bill Cornell and Brian Turner failed to place in the meet which attracted 3ome of the U.S. top distance runners.
Jim Beatty won the mile with a 3:57 plus clocking followed by Jim Grelle, Cary Weisiger and Bill Dotson. All broke four minutes in the race that found Cornell unable to get started.
Turner failed to place in the Lhree-mile run that saw Murray Halberg and Max Truex battle it out for top honors. Haiberg won the race with 13:30 plus time far off his own record of 13:10.
By finishing second in the 880, Dupree earned a berth at By finishing second in the 880, Dupree earned a berth on the US. AAU track team that will run against Poland this weekend at the University of Chicago.
Dupree and Siebert have been running against each other for the past year with each taking turns winning. Earlier this year both ran in Europe on tour sponsored by the Amatuer Athletic Union.
Dupree’s second place time of 1:47.4 was three-tenths of a second behind Siebert’s winning time. Dupree’s time was eight-tenths faster than his NCAA winning time but was not enough to successfully defend his AAU title.
Daily Egyptian Diversity News Archive (Southern Illinois University Carbondale)
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