Sunday, January 04, 2015

Olympian Ron Larrieu (Palo Alto High School, California 1956; Cal Poly Pomona)


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Left to right, Keith Conning, announcer,  and G. Ronald (Ron) Larrieu, assistant coach at Mountain Ridge High School in Glendale, Arizona at the Stanford Cross Country Invitational on the Stanford Golf Course.
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North Coast Section
Edwards Stadium, UC Berkeley
May 26, 1956
100 - Rudy Jackson (Richmond) 10.0
220 - Rudy Jackson (Richmond) 21.8
440 - Henry Dorsey (Berkeley) 49.6
880 - Jerry Siebert (Willits) 1:57.1
Jerry Siebert (born 6 October 1938) is an American former middle distance runner who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics and in the 1964 Summer Olympics.[1] Wikipedia
Mile - Ron Larrieu (PA) 4:27.7
180 LH - Dan Austin (San Lorenzo) 19.9
120 HH - Cebron Russ (Berkeley) 15.0
880 Relay - Berkeley 1:29.1
BJ - John Perkins (El Cerrito) 23-11 1/2
HJ - (tie) Tyler Wilbon (Richmond) & Willie Hector (Tamalpais) 6-2
PV - Jim Matejka (Sequoia) 13-1
SP - Mike Profit (Campbell) 59-4 1/2
Note:  The CCS was still part of the NCS.
http://cifncs.org/sports/track/files/RESULTS/NCS%20Track%20Champions%201915-Present.pdf

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STATE MEET VIDEO: http://lynbrooksports.prepcaltrack.com/ATHLETICS/TRACK/56_state.avi 
Counter:
02:05-04:06 880 Yards================================================================

California State Track Meet 
Chico, California
June 2, 1956
880 Yards
1    Jerry Siebert            Willits                  NC    1:53.8     
2    Louis Miller             Fremont                  LA    1:54.1     
3    Bruce Knapp              Alhambra                 S     1:54.3     
4    Tom Brown                Merced                   C     1:54.3     
5    Wayne Lemons             Riverside                S     1:54.4     
6    Jim Cerveny              Mission                  SD    1:54.4     
7    John Patterson           Tulare                   C     1:55.2     
8    William Knocke           Narbonne                 LA    1:55.5     
9    Gary Sullivan            Stockton                 SJ    1:55.5     
10   Jesse Lea                Pittsburg                NC    1:56.0      
Mile 
1    Ron Larrieu              Palo Alto                CC    4:20.1         
2    Grady Neal               Fullerton                S     4:20.5         
3    Bob Monzingo             Hoover                   SD    4:20.9         
4    Hal Harkness             N Hollywood              LA    4:21.5         
5    Bob Holland              St Monica                S     4:21.6         
6    Herb Cloe                El Cerrito               NC    4:22.5          
 
http://lynbrooksports.prepcaltrack.com/ATHLETICS/TRACK/stateres.htm#1956

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STATE MEET VIDEO: http://lynbrooksports.prepcaltrack.com/ATHLETICS/TRACK/56_state.avi 
Counter: 14:53-17:21 One mile run

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Ron Larrieu was the third fastest U.S. high school miler in 1956.

One Mile Run
4:16.1 Jim Bowers (DeKalb, Ill.) No. Illinois Conf. Sterling 25May56
4:19.1 Ron Gregory (Sumner, St. Louis, Mo.) Olympic Fund St. Louis 1Jun56
4:20.1 Ron Larrieu (Palo Alto, Calif.) State Chico 2Jun56
4:20.5n Grady Neal (Fullerton, Calif.) State Chico 2Jun 56
4:20.7 Vic Zwolak (Salesianum, Wilmington, Del.)
4:20.7n Bob Monzingo (Hoover, San Diego, Calif.)
4:21.4 Cliff Cushman (Central, Grand Forks, ND)
4:21.5 Don Luisi (Rockland, Mass.)
4:21.5n Hal Harkness (N. Hollywood, Calif.) State Chico 2Jun56
4:21.6n Bob Holland (St. Monica's, Santa Monica, Calif.) State Chico 2Jun 56
4:22.5n Herb Cloe (El Cerrito, Calif.) State Chico 2Jun 56
4:22.9n Tim Roelen (San Fernando, Calif.)
4:23.1n Bob Hammond (Washington, San Francisco, Calif.)
4:23.5 Bob Rye (Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, Calif.)
4:25.2 Keith Wallace (Piedmont, Calif.)

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Ron Larrieu was the eighth fastest U.S. high school miler of all-time through 1956.

All-Time Best High School Performers Through 1956
One Mile Run
National Interscholastic Record: 4:16.1 (64.0, 65.0, 65.0, 62.1) Jim Bowers (DeKalb, Ill.), Northern Illinois Conference Meet at Sterling, Ill., May 25, 1956.  Bowers born November 6, 1938 at DeKalb, Ill.  Age at time of record: 17 yrs. 6 mos.
4:16.1 Jim Bowers (DeKalb, Ill.) No. Illinois Conf. Sterling 25May56
4:17.8n Deacon Jones (Boys Town, Nebr.) National AAU St. Louis, Mo. 18Jun54
4:18.5n Max Truex (Warsaw, Ind.) National AAU St. Louis, Mo. 18Jun54
4:19.1 Ron Gregory (Sumner, St. Louis, Mo.) Olympic Fund St. Louis 1Jun56
4:19.5 Tom Skutka (Morris Hills, Rockaway, N.J.) State 3 New Brunswick 4Jun55
4:20.0 Carl Joyce (Commerce, Boston, Mass.) CYO (sp) Brookline 28Jun47
4:20.0 Tod White (Newport Harbor, Cal.) State Los Angeles 16May55
4:20.1 Ron Larrieu (Palo Alto, Calif.) State Chico 2Jun56
Source: HIGH SCHOOL TRACK & FIELD ANNUAL 1957,
by  DICK BANK
Jim Bowers (DeKalb, Ill.)
Jim Bowers
Courtesy http://www.runningentertainment.com/runningshots25.html
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rlarrieu.jpg (717×1911)Ron Larrieu
http://lynbrooksports.prepcaltrack.com/ATHLETICS/XC/1965_B4/rlarrieu.jpg
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Ron Larrieu set the mile record of 4:12.24 at Cal Poly Pomona in 1961 and held it until 1973.

Cal Poly Pomona All-Time List
Mile
1. Tony Reyes 4:08.18 1984
2. Ken Johnson 4:08.64 1972
3. Jeff Williams 4:10.48 1984
4.Steve Lassegard  4:11.24 1973
5. Liam Ryan 4:11.74 1974
6. Ron Larrieu 4:12.24 1961
7. Mark Elias 4:13.74 1972
8. John Armstrong 4:13.74 1974
9. Russ Swift 4:14.84 1969
10. Angel Roman 4:15.24 1987
 2014 Cal Poly Pomona Media Guide
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Ron Larrieu qualified for the 1964 U.S. Olympic Team by finishing third in the 10,000 meters.

1964 U.S. Olympic Trials
Los Angeles
10000 m
1Gerry LindgrenUSA29.02.0TR
2Bill MillsUSA29.10.4
3Ron LarrieuUSA29.20.4
4Doug BrownUSA29.33.6
5John GutknechtUSA29.40.0
6Peter McArdleUSA30.34.0
7John MacyUSA31.00.0

Oscar MooreUSAdnf

Gene GuruleUSAdnf
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Men's 10,000 metres
at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
BillyMills Crossing Finish Line 1964Olympics.jpg
Billy Mills crossing the finish line
(U.S. Marine Corps photo)


1964 Olympic Games
Tokyo, Japan
October 14, 1964
PlaceAthleteNationTime5000
1Billy Mills United States28:24.4 OR 14:04.6 (14:19.8)
2Mohammed Gammoudi Tunisia28:24.8 14:07.0
3Ron Clarke Australia28:25.8 14:05.0
4Mamo Wolde Ethiopia28:31.8 14:06.0
5Leonid Ivanov Soviet Union28:53.2 14:13.0
6Kōkichi Tsuburaya Japan28:59.3 14:09.0
7Murray Halberg New Zealand29:10.8 14:16.0
8Anthony Cook Australia29:15.8 14:11.0
9Gerald Paul Lindgren United States29:20.6 14:12.0
10Franc Cervan Yugoslavia29:21.0 14:16.0
11Siegfried Herrmann Germany29:27.0 14:17.0
12Henri Clerckx Belgium29:29.6 14:28.0
13Jean Fayolle France29:30.8 14:27.0
14Funai Teruo Japan29:33.2 14:27.0
15Jean Vaillant France29:33.6 14:27.0
16Joszef Suetoe Hungary29:43.0 14:36.0
17Josef Tomas Czechoslovakia29:46.4 14:39.0
18Ron Hill Great Britain29:53.0 14:27.0
19Pal Benum Norway30:00.8 14:38.0
20Siegfried Rothe Germany30:04.6 14:39.0
21Michael Bullivant Great Britain30:12.0 14:28.0
22Alistair Fergus Murray Great Britain30:22.4 14:29.0
23Barry Magee New Zealand30:32.0 14:06.0 (16:26.0)
24Gilbert Ronald Larrieu United States30:42.6 14:37.0 (16:05.6)
25Pyotr Bolotnikov Soviet Union30:52.8 14:42.0
26Bruce Kidd Canada30:56.4 14:43.0
27Artur Hannemann Germany30:56.6 15:13.0
28Watanabe Kazumi Japan31:00.6 15:12.0
29Ranatunge Karunananda Ceylon32:21.2 16:43.0
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1964_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_10,000_metres

Keith Conning:  In 1967 I left my job as a salesman for Pan American World Airways on Maiden Lane in downtown San Francisco and I visited the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo.  It had been turned into a golf driving range by building a platform on the second deck.  I thought it was a desecration of a historical building.
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Ron Larrieu

Full name: Gilbert Ronald "Ron" Larrieu 
Gender: Male 
Height: 5-4.5 (165 cm) 
Weight: 119 lbs (54 kg) 
Born: May 23, 1937 (Age 77.226) in San Francisco, California, United States 
Affiliations: Los Angeles Track Club, Los Angeles (USA) 
Country: USA United States 
Sport: Athletics
Related Olympians: Brother of Francie Larrieu-Smith
Ron Larrieu was AAU cross-country champion in 1965-66. On the track he placed third in the AAU 10K in 1967 and the AAU 5K in 1965.
Personal Bests: 1500 – 3:49.2 (1960); Mile – 4:03.6 (1966); 2 miles – 8:32.0 (1967); 5000 – 13:43.0 (1964); 10000 – 28:54.2 (1966).
Men's 10,000 metres
GamesAgeCitySportCountryPhaseUnitRank
T(H)
1964 Summer27TokyoAthleticsUnited StatesFinal Standings
24
30:42,6
 http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/ron-larrieu-1.html

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