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University Daily Kansan
Friday, April 16. 1954
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2 Milers Rank As Top Names In KU Annals
Two great milers, Glenn Cunninghom and Wes Santee, with very similar records are by all odds the two most famous individual performers in the history of Kansas track.
Cunningham is the only performer in the history of the Big Six or Big Seven conferences ever to win a berth on two American Olympic teams. He finished fourth in the 1,500 meter race in 1932 and second in the same event in 1936.
Santee appeared in the 1952 Olympics, and will probably tie Cunningham's record by appearing in the 1956 games. In his first appearance he failed to qualify for the finals of the 5,000 meter race.
Cunningham dominated the midwestern track picture as no runner has ever done. He won six consecutive mile championships, three indoor and three outdoors, during the 1932-33-34 seasons. He held the league outdoor records in the half-mile and mile with times of 1:5.2 and 4:14.2 and he still holds the record in the 1,000-yd. run with a time of 2:11.1.
He accomplished another feat no other Big Seven runner has ever approached—winning the 880, mile, and two-mile at the conference meet the same afternoon. He accomplished this twice, in 1933 and 1934.
Santee has won the cross country championship twice, the indoor mile three times, and the outdoor mile twice. He also holds the school records in the half-mile and the mile, running the mile in 4:02.4 at Comppton, Calif, last summer, and the half-mile in 1:50.8 at the Big Seven outdoor meet last year.
While Santee's fastest time is 4:02.4, Cunningham's best time in the mile was 4:06.7 outdoors and 4:04.4 indoors. He made the outdoor record in 1934 and simultaneously held the indoor and outdoor world's records.
Cunningham's: 4.04.4 mile is the fastest indoor performance in history. He set this time in 1938 on Dartmouth's 6]-lap track in a paced race, four years after he had graduated from KU.
While Santee has run as low as 4:02.6, it was as anchor man on the distance medley team and not in an open mile. His fastest time in an open indoor mile is 4:04.9 run on the dirt track in a triangular meet with Michigan State and Illinois.
Other than the fact that both men were great milers, they were completely different.
Cunningham had to overcome a severe handicap in becoming an
outstanding runner, for he was badly burned when he was 8 years old in a fire which killed his older brother Floyd. He started running to get the full use of his legs. They continued to bother him throughout his track career, for the scarred issue required a long warmup period before he could get the proper circulation for a race.
Santee has never had to overcome such a terrific handicap.
Another way in which the runners differ is in their physical makeup. Santee is tall and slender.
standing 6-1 and weighs 150 pounds. Cunningham was a powerfully built runner, standing 5-2 and weighing 165 pounds.
While Santee has been primarily a one-sport athlete, even in high school, Cunningham was an all-around high school athlete, lettering in football and basketball as well as track.
Cunningham was the first miler given a chance to break the four-minute mile, but since he didn't accomplish it, it is very likely that his successor may do it.
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