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Tuesday, October 31, 1989 / University Daily Kansan
Petersen wants 2:10 in N.Y. marathon
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — When Frank Shorter, Bill Rodgers and Alberto Salazar were at their peak, U.S marathoners were kings of the hill—and the road.
Now that the three are no longer competitive, U.S. runners have gone rapidly, and their road performance has been filled with pitfalls and potholes.
Not since Salazar was timed in 2 hours, 9 minutes, 21 seconds in finishing fifth in the Fukuoka (Japan) Marathon on Dec. 4, 1963, has a U.S. marathon broken 2:10. Meanwhile, 38 marathoners have finished under 2:09, more than a minute faster than any U.S. runner.
The American closest to breaking 2:10 in the past six years is Pat Petersen, who clocked 2:10:04, finishing seventh in the London Marathon in April.
Petersen, 29, a full-time financial analyst for Grumman Corp., will take another shot at that elusive barrier Sunday in the New York City Marathon.
He is not obsessed with running under 2:10 but thinks a fast time will come under the proper conditions.
"I don't put pressure on myself and say, 'This marathon has to be the breakthrough,'" he said. "I just let each race unfold."
SOURCE: New York Road Runners Club
"I don't think about the time. I just want to run comfortably. The time will come."
marathons and their financial remunerations have hurt American marathoners.
Petersen said the proliferation of
Instead of running in the major marathons against the world's elite, many Americans prefer to run in lower profile races, where the competition is smaller. Their money is almost as good or better, Petersen said.
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"The only way to turn it around is for Americans to go to the best marathons, where the best competition is, and get pulled through." Petersen suggested. "You're as good as your competition.
"But a lot of Americans are intimidated by what others are doing and
"To run 2:10, you have to be in the
world class runs... to be swept into
that world."
However, he doesn't put much stock in that.
Petersen, has virtually limited his marathoning to New York and London, two of the world's premier races. He has run New York five times and New York four times. In four London runs, he has been the first U.S. runner twice.
"I get a lot of press for being the first American, but it's undeserved billing," he said. "Usually, I'm the only top American in the race."
In that race, Petersen, one of the
prerace favorites to make the three-man team, dropped out twice,
The first time came near the 14 mile mark.
"An ABC (television) camera was with me, and I didn't want a lot of people to me (dropping out)." Petersen said. "Nobody came to pick up the camera in a minute until the next group of rummers came by and I got back into it."
then I jumped into the bushes to hide from the cameras. I just didn't want to talk to anybody."
"I ran another three or four miles
Petersen said because of his anxiety to make the team he had trained too hard, especially on the hills. And by the time the race began, he was tired. In addition, he was suffering from a hip injury.
Since then, he has avoided the hills and concentrated on training on the
He has not, however, avoided the top-flight competition.
In the London Marathon six months ago, Petersen raged against Douglas Wakiliwih of Kenya, Ahmed Saleh of Djibouti and Steve Moneghetti of Australia, the 2-3-5 finishers in the Olympic marathon.
"Under optimum conditions, I hope I can run under 2:10," said Petersen, of Rockville Centre, N.Y.
Sport briefs
Second-seeded Stefan Edberg of Sweden also advanced easily by defeating Soviet Andrei Chesnovik 6-2, 6-3.
Chang, the No. 5 seed in the tournament, took just more than an hour to beat Mansford, the Paris Open's defending champion.
Chang made the decisive break in the eighth game of the first set, going up 5-3. He held serve in the next game after holding off a game point.
In the second set, after an early trade of breaks, Chang began to be more consistent with his groundbreaks in the decisive concussive games, beating Mansdorf.
He now meets Henri Leconte of France in the next round. Leconte, a tournament wild card because his ranking has dropped to 37th in the world, survived three set points in the first set and won 7-6, 10-8, 6-0 against Richard Matuszewski of the United States.
In a match between French wild cards, Guy Forget struggled before beating 16-year-old Fabrice Santoro 7-5, 6-3.
Aaron Krickstein of Grosse Pointe, Mich., and Martin Jaitle of Argentina also won early matches in opening-round play.
Krickstein, the No. 6 seed, had no trouble with Mikael Pernors, fomring 6-1, 6-3 as his Swedish opponent made numerous unforced errors.
Jaitie came from behind and defeated West Germany's Carl-Uwe Steeb 2.6, 6.4, 7.6 (7-3).
DOGS CONTRIBUTE: Dog and horse racing at The Woodlands racing complex will pump an estimated $30 million into the metropolitan economy in its first year, officials said yesterday.
"The projected yearly figures we've compiled are taken from our first month's operation," said Bruce Rimbo, executive vice president of Sunflower Racing Inc., which owns the Woodlands.
The Woodlands Kennel Club opened Sept. 14, and quarterhorse and thoroughbred racing is scheduled to begin May 24.
Placing bets on Breeder's Cup
The Associated Press
HALLANDALE, Fla., — The Easy Goer that Sunday Silence will face in the $3 million Breeders' Cup Classic is a different colt from the one he competed against in the Tribute Crown.
At least in the opinion of trainer Shug McGaughey.
"He's matured into a much better horse than he was six months ago," McGaughey said outside his barn at Gulfstream Park. "I know he's a lot better horse than the horse Sunday Silence faced in the Triple Crown."
There will be many top thor-
oughbreds in action Saturday but
the renewal of the Easy Goer-Seur-
Sunday Silence rivalry is the focal
point of the seven-race, $10 million
which is celebrating its sixth year.
"If Sunday Silence or Easy Goer would win, Horse of the Year
would be a lock," McGaughey said. "I think they are the only two horses who are deserving of it."
Should both get upset, either one could still win Horse of the Year.
"I think the weather is going to come perfect, and it's a small field, and nobody will need excuses," said Charlie Whittingham, who won Horse of the Year with Ferdinand after he beat Alysheba by a nose in the 1987 Classics.
western Playboy, a 3-year-old, and five older horses are expected to join the hunt for the winner's purse of $1.35 million in the 1/4-mile Classic.
Official entries will be taken and post positions will be drawn tomorrow morning.
Since finishing to second Sunday Silence in the 1/4-team Kentucky Derby and in the 1/3-team Boston Red Sox, he won five straight Grade I stakes.
He ruined Sunday Silence's bid for the Triple Crown with an
eight-length victory in the $1\frac{1}{2}$-mile Belmont Stakes, then beat 3-year-olds in the $1\frac{1}{4}$-mile Travers and older horses in the $1\frac{1}{3}$-mile Whitney, $1\frac{1}{4}$-mile Woodward Handicap and the $1\frac{1}{2}$-mile Jockey Club Gold Cun.
Sunday Silence followed his Belmont loss with a second-place finish to Prized in the 1¼-mile Swaps. In his only other start, he won the 1¼-mile Super Derby.
This will be Easy Goer's second Breeders' Cup appearance. He finished second to Is It True in the 1/16-mile Juvenile on a muddy track at Churchill Downs in 1988 but still was voted champion 2-year-old.
McGaughey, who won the 1988 Breeders' Cup Distaff with Personal Ensign, will have horses in three other races.
When the Breeders' Cup races were run Nov. 5, 1988, Sunday Silence had had only one start.
Athletics celebration is subdued
The Associated Press
OAKLAND, Calif. — A mile from the site of the earthquake's worst disaster, Oakland celebrated a World Series victory yesterday in a muted rally that recalled the wreckage and marked the city's renewal.
More than 4,000 fans of the Oakland Athletics, who completed a four-game sweep of the San Francisco Glants on Saturday, joined in the rally in Jack London Square that began with music and a flag processional.
The parade was subdued compared to the celebration after the San Francisco 49ers Super Bowl victory but the A's were still grateful.
"The longer you have to wait for something, the more it means to you." A's Manager Tony La Russa said "Nobody likes the reason we win." But in the world of champions but I know it means a great deal to all of us."
The 1989 Athletics, La Russa said, are among the best teams in baseball history, including the 1975 Cincinnati Bills and the 1927 New York Yankees.
Each of the players, standing in front of a banner that read, "Oakland's World Serious," spoke briefly to the crowd.
"After last year's disappointing loss to the Dodgers, the most gratifying part about winning this year was showing the whole world what the A's are really like," third baseman Carney Lansford said.
Pitcher Dave Stewart, an Oakland native and MVP of the Series after winning the first and third games, drew one of the loudest ovations.
"Last year, when the Series was over," he said, "the one thing we all said in the clubhouse is that there were two teams that played in the World Series. One won, but there was only one ballcub that could expect to come back again next year. And we were that club."
A few minutes earlier and a mile away, workers clearing battered vehicles from the crumpled section of Interstate 880 removed the car in which the last survivor of the collapse was trapped for four days. Thirty-nine people died in the Oct. 17 earthquake.
Plans for a more traditional parade and ceremony at City Hall were canceled because of the disaster, which occurred a half-hour before the originally scheduled third game at Candlestick Park. The game was postponed to Oct. 27, and the A's quickly ended the Series by winning the third and fourth games in Candlestick.
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