Two strong runners set new IJA records in this year's joggling events, held on the Valley High School track near the Showboat Hotel.

 

The temperature approached 90 by the 9 a.m. starting time for the 100-meter event, but didn't seem to bother the nine runners entered. Albert Lucas of Las Vegas, on the inside lane, surged ahead of John Ellwanger of Oklahoma City at the 70-meter mark to win with a record time of 12.67 seconds.

 

It was a grand moment for Lucas, who had been training for the event for several months with a high school track coach. He credited some of the victory to a special crouching start, which he claimed gave him a faster move off the mark than runners who began in an upright position.

 

Subsequent finishers and times were:

 2. John Ellwanger 13.84; 

3. Kenneth Rabe 15.86;

4. Ed Callan 16.04;

5. Mike Draney 18.91;

6. Cas Saverino;

7. Paul Bernardo;

8. Patrick Donahue;

9. Jim Piaskowy.

 

Kirk Swenson, a 19-year-old junior at Amherst College, joined the IJA the day before he won the mile joggle in a new record time of 4:56.0 I. He said he almost canceled his trip to the convention when a friend backed out, but Swenson came anyway and was glad he did.

 

Swenson charged ahead of the field at the first turn on the gravel-surfaced track, and was never threatened. He said he has only been a joggler for a month or two, and was pleased to be a winner in the IJA, since he is only an average runner on Amherst's track and cross country teams.

Since his best mile time without joggling is about 4:40, the extra burden of three bean bags did not slow him much. Jim Piaskowy, a Chicago-area school teacher, finished second with a time of 5:06.95.

 

Other finishers and times were:

3. John Ellwanger 5:23.70;

4. Paul Bernardo 5:47.93;

5. Albert Lucas 5:53.45;

6. Mark Krauska 7:08.23;

7. Mike Draney 7: 18.31;

8. Reg Bolton 7:50.03;

9. Ed Callan 8:01.37;

10. Patrick Donahue 8:02.20.